Review of teaching and research activities at the

Review of teaching and research activities at the School of Engineering at the University of Valencia Vicente Cerverón-Lleó cerveron@uv. es

UV overview Since 1499, the “Estudi General de València” has become the Universitat de València (UV), a modern European university, one of the largest, oldest and most varied in Spain. Academic areas ◦ ◦ Basic and Applied Sciences & Technology Health sciences Social sciences Humanities and Education Some figures ◦ more than 50. 000 students ◦ 3. 800 professors and lecturers ◦ 92 departments and 16 research institutes Engineering School at Universitat de València 2

Technology and Engineering at UV The UV has a vast background in the application of science to technological development. In 1940 s UV created the section of Chemical Technology In 1960 s UV started teaching and research in Electrical and Electronic Technologies and Computing and Information Technologies. Engineering School at Universitat de València 3

Engineering degrees at UV UV has full Engineering degrees from 1993 at its inception, organized from the Faculties of Physics and Chemistry since 2003, structured and organized in our own School of Engineering named Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria ◦ www. uv. es/etse no English version by now Engineering School at Universitat de València 4

ETSE-UV teaching activities Engineering degree programs (4 y. BSc) ◦ Chemical Engineering ◦ Industrial Electronics ◦ Electronics for Telecommunications ◦ Telematics Engineering ◦ Computer Engineering (IT-IS) ◦ Multimedia Engineering Master programs. . . Engineering School at Universitat de València 5

ETSE-UV teaching activities Master programs (MSc-Ph. D programs) ◦ Environmental engineering ◦ Electronic engineering ◦ Systems and Services for the Information Society ◦ Advanced Computing and Intelligent Systems ◦ International Master in Advanced Sciences of Modern Telecommunications (in English) http: //www. uv. es/mscasmt Engineering School at Universitat de València 6

Research activities Computing Department Electronic Engineering Department Chemical Engineering Department Robotics and ICT Institute

Computing Department ◦ Computing Department ≠ Computing Services Research lines at Computing Dpt. ◦ Computational perception and learning ◦ Algorithms and parallelism for Genomic Analysis of DNA ◦ Networks and Virtual Environments ◦ Technologies and Architectures for Computing Perception and Robotics Engineering School at Universitat de València 8

Research at Computing Dpt. Computational perception and learning ◦ Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision ◦ Multimodal and Interactive learning ◦ Applications: (search MIPRCV) Interactive Transcription of 1 -D Signals Interactive Retrieval of Multimedia Content Interactive Face Recognition and other Biometry applications Medical Imaging Assisted Diagnosis Assisted Vehicle Driving Engineering School at Universitat de València 9

Research at Computing Dpt. Bioinformatics ◦ Genomic Analysis of DNA ◦ DNA sequence analysis: oligonucleotide profiling ◦ Tools applied to the analysis of networks/graphs ◦ Algorithms and Parallelism for Genomic Analysis Engineering School at Universitat de València 10

Research at Computing Dpt. Networks and Virtual Environments ◦ Reliable and High Performance architectures for Data Centers and Internet servers ◦ Networks On Chip ◦ Collaborative augmented reality ◦ Multiagent systems Engineering School at Universitat de València 11

Research at Computing Dpt. Technologies and Architectures for Computer Perception and Robotics ◦ Smart CMOS Vision Sensors ◦ FPGA and application specific architectures Engineering School at Universitat de València 12

Electronic Engineering Research Groups at Electronic Engineering Department ◦ Digital Signal Processing Group. ◦ Communications and Digital Systems Group. ◦ Industrial Electronics and Instrumentation Systems Group. ◦ Images Processing and Acquisition Group. Engineering School at Universitat de València 13

Electronic Engineering Research Digital Signal Processing Group ◦ Digital signal processing and the application of different technical approaches to widely known fields (Biomedical Engineering, Industrial System). ◦ Implementation of different sort of architectures for real-time processing. Engineering School at Universitat de València 14

Electronic Engineering Research DSP Group: Research lines & Experienced application fields ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Biomedical Engineering. / Telemedicine. Design of automated industrial process. Intelligent sensors. / Remote sensing. Hyperspectral images processing. Distributed control systems development. Design of real-time systems. Neural networks and pattern recognition. Fuzzy logic and data mining. Engineering School at Universitat de València 15

Electronic Engineering Research Communication and Digital Systems Group ◦ design of digital electronic systems supported by advanced technologies (FPGAs, SOC, m. P, …). ◦ signal integrity in high speed digital transmission systems. ◦ energy management electronic systems. Engineering School at Universitat de València 16

Electronic Engineering Research Communication and Digital Systems Gr. Research lines & Experienced application fields ◦ High sped data transmission networks. ◦ Electronic communication systems. ◦ Microelectronic design. ◦ Rehabilitation technologies. ◦ Electronic technologies applied to sport. ◦ Software design for real–time process control. ◦ Biomechanic electronic systems ◦ Industrial process control. Engineering School at Universitat de València 17

Electronic Engineering Research Industrial Electronics and Instrumentation Systems Group ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ High Power & High Efficiency Converters. Renewable energies. Advanced control systems. Characterization of power electronics semiconductors. Solid-state sensors fabrication and characterization. Smart sensors systems design. Analog signal processing and sensors interfaces. Design of distributed measurement systems. Engineering School at Universitat de València 18

Electronic Engineering Research Industrial Electronics and Instrumentation Systems Group. Experienced application fields ◦ Induction heating. ◦ Aerospace applications (battery charger/dischargers). ◦ Instrumentation system design. ◦ Environmental monitoring. ◦ Industrial process control. Engineering School at Universitat de València 19

Electronic Engineering Research Image Processing and Acquisition Group ◦ Research lines Images analysis in medicine. 3 D artificial vision. Measurement and control of ionizing radiations. ◦ Experienced application fields Images acquisition and processing in medical diagnosis. Dosimetry and X-rays qualification. 3 D reconstruction and analysis of dynamical movement objects. Engineering School at Universitat de València 20

Chemical Engineering Research Groups at Chem. Eng. Dept. ◦ Environmental engineering - water treatment and waste management ◦ Environmental engineering - air treatment ◦ Thermodynamic & Transport Properties of Organic Mixtures ◦ Electrolyte Solution Thermodynamics ◦ Heterogeneous Catalysis ◦ Food technology Engineering School at Universitat de València 21

Chemical Engineering Research Environmental engineering - water treatment and waste management (1) ◦ Biological nutrient (N, P) removal of waste water: lab and pilot scales studies and development of process models. ◦ Fermentation - elutriation of primary sludge and anaerobic sludge digestion lab and pilot scales studies and development of mathematical models. ◦ Design of urban and industrial waste water treatment plants (WWTP) assessment of options and alternates, sizing of the different units, hydraulic estimations, and process simulation. Engineering School at Universitat de València 22

Chemical Engineering Research Environmental engineering - water treatment and waste management (2) ◦ Control and optimization of waste water treatment plants (WWTP) development of advanced control strategies (fuzzy control and others) to optimize the performance of WWTP. ◦ Phosphorous recovery of waste water struvite precipitation. ◦ Use of different biomaterials as adsorbents in the removal of heavy metals in waste waters lab scale test with low cost bioadsorbents and modelling. Engineering School at Universitat de València 23

Chemical Engineering Research Environmental engineering - air treatment ◦ Removal of air pollutants by means of biological treatment lab scale experimental tests in biofilters, biotrickling filters, bioscrubbers, etc. ◦ Pilot and full scale tests of biotrickling filters in the abatement of volatile organic compounds of industrial gas exhaust air emissions. ◦ Lab scale tests of photocatalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds in indoor air and industrial gas emissions. Engineering School at Universitat de València 24

Chemical Engineering Research Thermodynamic & Transport Properties of Organic Mixtures ◦ Experimental determination of viscosity, density and refraction index of organic mixtures, and its correlation with different theoretical models. ◦ Measurement of vapour-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibria of industrial interest mixtures, and parameter determination of thermodynamic correlation models. ◦ Pilot scale distillation for extractive, azeotropic and others especial distillations. Engineering School at Universitat de València 25

Chemical Engineering Research Electrolyte Solution Thermodynamics ◦ Experimental study of vapour-liquid equilibrium, liquid-liquid equilibrium, viscosity, density and refractive index of mixtures containing ionic liquids, and its correlation with different theoretical models. ◦ Experimental study of vapour-liquid equilibrium, viscosity, density and refractive index of mixtures including ionic salts, and its correlation with different theoretical models. Engineering School at Universitat de València 26

Chemical Engineering Research Heterogeneous Catalysis ◦ Lab scale experimental test of catalyst for cracking, isomerization, hydrotreatments of different petroleum fractions. ◦ Study and catalyst optimization of paraffin deshydrogenation. Engineering School at Universitat de València 27

Chemical Engineering Research Food technology ◦ Alcoholic fermentation ◦ Supercritical fluids for extraction and crystallization ◦ Food preservation ◦ Drying process Engineering School at Universitat de València 28

Robotics and ICT Institute activities located at the PCUV (Scientific Park of the University of Valencia), it counts with more than 100 researchers Intelligent Transport Systems Communications and Information Systems Control & Robotics ARTEC & LSy. M: Virtual Reality, Simulation & Modeling Engineering School at Universitat de València 29

Robotics and ICT Institute activities R&D in Intelligent Transport Systems ◦ Represents Spanish Government in standardization committees (Ministries Interior and Construction) ◦ Active as project managers on behalf of the DGT in Euro Regional project ARTS ◦ Active as project coordinator for the Spanish/Catalan area in SERTI (DGT/SCT). ◦ Active member of the World Wide Web consortium and expert in the definition and use of XML-related issues [for Transport]. ◦ Experts in the area of Tolling/Road pricing ◦ Test, evaluation and demonstration of transport systems and sensors: Video sensing/enforcement on the CV 35 near Valencia. Engineering School at Universitat de València 30

Robotics and ICT Institute activities Communications and Information Systems Group ◦ Wireless sensor networks for environment monitoring. ◦ Distributed architectures for agricultural systems. Power line or radio communications ◦ CISCO Networking Academy Program: technical networking courses Engineering School at Universitat de València 31

Robotics and ICT Institute activities Control and Robotics (1) ◦ Architectures for mobile and aerial robot control ◦ Implementation and comparison of control architectures ◦ Tests on real mobile robots: self-built mobile robot, Pioneer, Khepera, self-built helicopter ◦ Active sensorisation systems (ultrasonic) ◦ Flight-time based sensors ◦ Biologically inspired active sensors (triaural sensor) based on inter-aural intensity difference and inter-aural time diff. Engineering School at Universitat de València 32

Robotics and ICT Institute activities Control and Robotics (2) ◦ Hardware implemented algorithms using programmable logic (FPGAs) ◦ Algorithms for detections of self-mobile objects as seen by a mobile robot ◦ Calculation of time-to-impact based on optical flow. ◦ Neural network based algorithms for controlling a Stewart motion platform ◦ Direct model-less connection between sensor signals (accelerometers) and actuator commands (bar lengths of the platform) Engineering School at Universitat de València 33

Robotics and ICT Institute activities ARTEC-LSy. M: 3 D Graphics, VR, RA, S&M (1) ◦ Basic Tridimensional Modeling Oriented to Real-Time 3 D Applications ◦ Real-Time Terrain Representation ◦ Virtual Actors with autonomous behaviour in interactive environments. ◦ Virtual Reality Application in Mental Disability Treatment ◦ High Quality Inmersive Display Systems and Navigation Metaphors for Educational Training Environments ◦ Virtual Environment for trainning & Simulation ◦ Organization, Transmission and Virtual Environments Representation on Web Engineering School at Universitat de València 34

Robotics and ICT Institute activities ARTEC-LSy. M: 3 D Graphics, VR, RA, S&M (2) ◦ Development and integration of civil simulators for training of heavy machinery operators Physically based modeling Collision detection Real-time Granular Systems models using Cellular Automata GPU implementation of algorithms ◦ PC clustering technologies for graphics rendering Development of affordable simulation systems Substitution of expensive workstations ◦ Movement and vibration analysis using 6 Do. F motion platforms Inertia stimula for simulator Car seat design ◦ Remote sensorization systems development Engineering School at Universitat de València 35

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ETSE-UV international and corporate partnerships Universities and research centers ◦ European and American Universities ◦ CERN Companies and public organizations ◦ IBM, Cisco, Oracle (Academic alliances) ◦ Schneider Electric ◦ EPSAR ◦ National and Regional Transport Dpts. Engineering School at Universitat de València 37

Review of teaching and research activities at the Engineering School in University of Valencia Vicente Cerverón-Lleó http: //www. uv. es/etse (English version in development)