Marine Sciences
COORDINATOR
CONTACT
Office 202 – Building C2 (North Campus)
Tel.: 934 016 497
E-mail: doctorat.CMAR.camins@upc.edu
https://deca.upc.edu/ca/doctorat-recerca/doctorat/ciencies-mar
The doctoral degree in Marine Sciences is an interuniversity programme in which the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) participate, as well as three centres belonging to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC): the Marine Sciences Institute (ICM), the Advanced Studies Centre of Blanes (CEAB) and the Research and Development Centre (CID). The programme received a positive evaluation from the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU) in July 2013 and the Universities Council in September 2013.
Like so many other scientific and technical fields, the marine sciences are undergoing a process of rapid change in their very nature. (Some describe the field as a meeting place for all scientific disciplines.) This change is also driven by the high rate of development and innovation in the activities that the marine sciences encompass. It is therefore necessary to extend, update and deepen the training of master’s students, both in the marine sciences and in the disciplines that converge in this field (civil engineering, naval engineering, geology, biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics). Undertaking advanced studies beyond the master’s level is the best way for future professionals to get the training they need in this field, in which new areas of activity are constantly emerging, such as exploitation of marine renewable energies (a relatively new field in Spain) and exploration for mineral and energy resources in deep and ultra-deep waters.
The doctoral degree in Marine Sciences of the UB and the UPC (the programme coordinator) combines advanced, flexible training elements with a critical mass of renowned researchers and technical experts, top-notch facilities (both in the laboratory and at sea), outstanding scientific activity, and highly significant socioeconomic activity linked to the sea. Thanks to these assets, the programme provides the best framework to guide and direct students who wish to complete their academic training by preparing a doctoral thesis in this area.
The UPC and the UB have collaborated effectively since 1985 to deliver the programme, building a strong working relationship and rapport in their educational and scientific approaches. This productive partnership, the number of theses presented (and the grades awarded), and international publications linked to this work all attest to the ability of these two universities to continue producing doctoral graduates who are well prepared to pursue a career in this field. Within Spain, the UB is a leader in the experimental sciences, while the UPC has a reputation for excellence in the field of engineering. Both universities, and in particular the centres and research groups that support the programme, hold consistently strong positions in international rankings. The UB is the top-ranked Spanish university in physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, biological sciences, earth sciences and environmental sciences. The UPC is ranked number one in engineering and second in mathematics. Both are well-positioned on international rankings, including the Shanghai Rankings. The UB, in fact, is the top-ranked university at the national level. The UPC, for its part, has earned a place on the QS Top 50 Under 50, which ranks the world’s top young universities. The joint research projects of the two institutions in the marine sciences (both national and European) are at the frontier of knowledge. This is clearly reflected in the early recognition of the Barcelona Knowledge Campus (BKC), where the disciplines that converge in the field of marine sciences hold pride of place, as a joint International Campus of Excellence. These markers of excellence demonstrate the high degree of competitiveness of the two universities that support the doctoral programme and their researchers (including in EU programmes, where a relatively small proportion of proposals are awarded funding). The UB, the UPC, and the departments and groups of both universities involved in the programme offer students the multidisciplinary approach needed to ensure effective training in the various branches of marine sciences (biology, geology, physics, chemistry, engineering and management). Opportunities to get involved in active research projects and contracts further enrich the learning experience. In addition, the programme’s extensive network of external collaborations—with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), and other public and private research bodies—enables doctoral students to find the arrangements and scientific framework that best match their area of research. Within Spain, Catalonia (and in particular Barcelona) has one of the highest and richest concentrations of universities and research centres in the marine sciences, and their complementary relationship is reflected in an abundance of infrastructure and human capital. The training offered, as well as the approach and capabilities, are comparable and often superior to those of the doctoral programmes in marine sciences of European and American universities. Apart from being home to the UPC and the UB, CSIC centres and the Port of Barcelona, Barcelona offers other significant advantages. In Europe, this privileged situation is only matched by the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), the Kiel-Bremen area (GEOMAR and MARUM) and Brest (IFREMER and the University of West Brittany).
The UB and the UPC maintain close collaborations with all of these institutions and many others in Europe within the framework of research projects and educational programmes (e.g. the Erasmus Mundus master’s degree in Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management, CoMEM, organised with the universities of Delft, Trondheim and Southampton, and the EURODOM Research Training Network on European Deep Ocean Margins—both projects now completed). The UB has strong collaborations in marine research with the NOC, IFREMER, the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), GEOMAR, the Italian Institute for Marine Research (ISMAR), the Alfred Wegener Institute, the University of Tromsø, the National University of Ireland, the Hydrographic Institute of Portugal, the University of Ghent, the Max Plank Institute and the University of Bremen, among other institutions. The UPC, for its part, collaborates with the NOC and HR Wallingford in the UK, Deltares in the Netherlands, DHI in Denmark, IFREMER, the Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOM) and the Météo doctoral programme in France. This wide network of collaborations with European institutions in research projects, training and other activities allows us to continuously check how the level and competitiveness of the doctoral programme measures up against those offered by similar institutions and partnerships in the EU. These connections also enable us to establish specific cooperative relationships involving the exchange of professors (usually within the framework of mobility programmes), research and doctoral students, as well as facilitating the completion of joint co-supervised theses, a growing trend. More broadly, these collaborations offer clear benefits and an international frame of reference for all doctoral students.
Within this framework, the main aim of the interuniversity doctoral programme in Marine Sciences is to ensure that students from related master’s degrees (particularly the master’s degree in Marine Science: Oceanography and Marine Management, also offered jointly by the UB and the UPC) receive advanced training that meets the highest international standards. The two joint UB-UPC programmes in this field are the most recent result of a long-standing collaboration that dates back to the 1980s, when the two universities started offering joint doctoral courses, and has culminated in the participation of academic staff from both institutions in the interuniversity master’s programme, which has now been offered for six years. In the marine sciences, the master’s and doctoral programme that emerged from this partnership have been granted a series of quality awards by the Spanish Ministry of Education since they were launched. The doctoral programme was granted the Pathway to Excellence award from 2010 (MEE2011-0703: 2011, 2012, 2013) and, before that, the Quality award from 2003 (MCD2003-00141: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).
The programme allows doctoral students to delve into the latest advances in marine sciences with the support of UPC and UB professors and researchers as well as visiting scholars (on mobility stays or in connection with research projects carried out at the two institutions). In this environment, students are able to constantly update and assess their training and ensure that their thesis is on the right track. This is particularly important given that a doctoral thesis is a student’s first, and therefore most important, research project—a key project that they must be able to manage and complete with the support of their assigned supervisor and tutor. The learning experience is also enriched by interdisciplinary input from the departments and groups of the two institutions behind the doctoral programme. The programme offers students opportunities to participate in a wide range of activities, including oceanographic campaigns with large ships (observations, measurements, in situ sampling, acquisition of geophysical data); field measurement seminars in the coastal zone and on the continental shelf; learning how to process and visualise large volumes of data (bathymetric, geophysical, oceanographic, etc.); development of numerical models (surges, sediment transport); and integrated management analyses (coastal areas, seabed). As a result, uses of the seabed, understanding and sustainable exploitation of marine resources, quality assessment of waters and the ecosystem, and management of coastal and marine areas are core elements of the doctoral programme. These activities naturally entail the use of a diverse range of information sources, types of data (from satellite images to microorganisms and sedimentary particles) and spatial and temporal scales, though each doctoral student will focus on those most relevant to the development of their thesis.
All of the work done within the framework of the programme converges in a characterisation of the dynamics and health of the Catalan coast (both land and marine components), which has become a pressing need for Catalonia and by extension Spain, both of which are heavily dependent on the coastal strip, which generates a significant percentage of GDP and is home to a large population. Similarly, given the impact of fishing activities and future threats to the sector, understanding the variables (natural and anthropogenic) that affect fishery yield is vital from both a social and a resource management perspective. Training in population dynamics and the genetic characterisation of organisms, including both commercially exploited and unexploited species, is therefore essential. Our country also needs experts trained in marine hazards, such as those generated by recent tsunamis and catastrophic storms. Finally, there is also a need for specialists in exploration of the seabed and sub-seabed, an increasingly important source of hydrocarbons and a reservoir of resources, such as gas hydrates, that could prove to be extraordinarily important. The Catalan coast is also being affected by the growing presence of rigid infrastructures, which modify its characteristics and produce a wide range of impacts.
All of these issues underscore the need for an approach to training and research that produces doctoral graduates who are specialists in marine sciences and presents coastal populations and society in general with the results of their research in theses and scientific papers, which have a key role to play in improving efficiency (and therefore sustainability) in the development of our seas and coasts. For example, ‘enough’ beaches need to be maintained without excessive economic costs or environmental impact, and added value must be generated by using the tools of operational oceanography to manage risks in the coastal zone, extract mineral and energy resources from the seabed and sub-seabed, prevent risks and manage fisheries.
The social and industrial fabric of Catalonia and Spain needs to absorb this advanced knowledge to reach levels of efficiency that make it possible to tackle challenges related to the current economic upheaval in a marine ecosystem subject to a high level of stress. Only if this is achieved will it be possible to mitigate natural and anthropogenic impacts on the coastal zone. Persistent organic pollutants and microplastics that have reached the most remote places in the global ocean and entered its food chain are just one example of the many challenges that need to be tackled.
The interuniversity doctoral programme in Marine Sciences covers six of the priority research areas established in Catalonia:
- Environment. The coastal zone and near-shore marine waters are one of the most biologically productive areas with one of the highest concentrations of population and socioeconomic value, particularly in the Mediterranean Basin.
- Sensitivity to climate and climate variation. The sea-land boundary plays an important balancing role in relation to marine and terrestrial climate drivers.
- Space. Now and in the coming years, most observations of environmental variables on the coastal strip and the sea will be made using remote images and data collected by instruments on planes, balloon probes and satellites. This focus is also in line with EU research priorities.
The marine sciences also include the following areas:
- Transport. Maritime transport is one of the most energy-efficient alternatives.
- Materials. Construction of new offshore structures requires a different type of analysis than that used for on-land construction.
- Non-renewable and renewable energies. The latter have gained a great deal of momentum in recent years in the marine context.
The interuniversity doctoral programme in Marine Sciences also maintains a close relationship, based on mutual interest, with the drivers of technological development in the broadest sense, particularly in relation to the design, construction, verification and use of new information and communication technologies (ICT); remotely-piloted and autonomous vehicles that can reach the depths of the ocean; and systems for taking measurements and carrying out in situ operations on the seabed and in the sub-seabed (including at great depths). The advanced application of ICT in the marine environment responds to the need to transmit information at a distance, both for observation and to quantify risks and various processes that occur in that environment. Examples include LIDAR systems installed on oceanographic buoys and early detection and alert systems for storms and other geophysical phenomena.
The areas of activity mentioned above are also a priority in the strategic development plans of the UB and the UPC. This emphasis is reflected in existing research facilities (e.g. the UPC’s wave flume and the UB’s pool of instruments for monitoring the deep marine environment) and others under development (e.g. the UB’s laboratory for non-destructive analysis of geological samples, designed specifically to facilitate the study of sediment cores extracted from the seabed).
There is abundant evidence of the capabilities of the UB and the UPC: the number of research projects awarded competitive funding in recent calls; numerous contracts with companies, consortia and public-sector bodies; the Government of Catalonia’s official recognition of consolidated research groups (including the UPC and UB groups that coordinate the programme, in effect continuously since 1994); and the exceptional facilities that doctoral students have access to for carrying out thesis-related research work, including EU facilities and facilities that have been recognised as “outstanding” by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. These top-notch facilities include the UPC’s wave flume and the large oceanographic research vessels managed by various agencies and used mainly by the UB and the UPC. The creation of joint centres involving the CSIC, the UPC and the UB, and the two universities and the Government of Catalonia (all linked to this doctoral programme), is further evidence of the capabilities of the partner universities and their researchers, and of the synergies needed to provide doctoral students with specialised training in this field. The research, development and innovation strategy of the two institutions, and those of the public-sector bodies and companies that collaborate with them, benefits from the doctoral programme in Marine Sciences (which produces new specialists and transferable research results). Conversely, the doctoral programme benefits from a scientific, social and economic framework that facilitates the generation of new ideas and yields fruitful interactions for research and, sometimes, for its funding.
The results obtained over the more than 25 years that the joint doctoral programme in Marine Sciences has been offered—in terms of theses, papers and research projects, added value in training, and benefits to society—provide ample justification for the programme, which has also produced impressive results in terms of the ratio of theses to enrolled students, grants obtained, and the number of publications in journals with a very high impact factor. These strengths have been widely recognised. For example, a number of Latin American countries, including Brazil, Chile and Mexico, prioritise or grant exclusive status to this programme when awarding scholarships to their citizens to complete doctoral theses in the marine sciences in Spain. This preferential treatment also shows that the programme is very well regarded in the Spanish-speaking world.
Other Universities
University of Barcelona
General information
Access profile
The doctoral programme in Marine Sciences is aimed at students with a strong background at the bachelor’s and master's level, in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 99/2011, in marine sciences or a related field.
It is therefore also aimed at students who have completed degrees in biology, geology, environmental sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, geography or related fields. It is also a programme conceived and designed by and for engineers, preferably those who have completed a degree in civil or naval engineering. The doctoral course is also open to graduates of industrial engineering, telecommunications and architecture programmes. Students who hold equivalent degrees from foreign universities are also welcomed.
Output profile
Doctoral candidates who complete a doctoral degree will have acquired the following competencies, which are needed to carry out quality research (Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28 January, which regulates official doctoral studies):
a) A systematic understanding of the field of study and a mastery of the research skills and methods related to the field.
b) An ability to conceive, design or create, put into practice and adopt a substantial process of research or creation.
c) An ability to contribute to pushing back the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
d) A capacity for critical analysis and an ability to assess and summarise new and complex ideas.
e) An ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general as regards their fields of knowledge in the manner and languages that are typical of the international scientific community to which they belong.
f) An ability to foster scientific, technological, social, artistic and cultural progress in academic and professional contexts within a knowledge-based society.
The award of a doctoral degree must equip the graduate for work in a variety of settings, especially those requiring creativity and innovation. Doctoral graduates must have at least acquired the personal skills needed to:
a) Develop in contexts in which there is little specific information.
b) Find the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem.
c) Design, create, develop and undertake original, innovative projects in their field.
d) Work as part of a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context.
e) Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and make judgements with limited information.
f) Offer criticism on and intellectually defend solutions.
Finally, with respect to competencies, doctoral students must:
a) have acquired advanced knowledge at the frontier of their discipline and demonstrated, in the context of internationally recognised scientific research, a deep, detailed and well-grounded understanding of theoretical and practical issues and scientific methodology in one or more research fields;
b) have made an original and significant contribution to scientific research in their field of expertise that has been recognised as such by the international scientific community;
c) have demonstrated that they are capable of designing a research project that serves as a framework for carrying out a critical analysis and assessment of imprecise situations, in which they are able to apply their contributions, expertise and working method to synthesise new and complex ideas that yield a deeper knowledge of the research context in which they work;
d) have developed sufficient autonomy to set up, manage and lead innovative research teams and projects and scientific collaborations (both national and international) within their subject area, in multidisciplinary contexts and, where appropriate, with a substantial element of knowledge transfer;
e) have demonstrated that they are able to carry out their research activity in a socially responsible manner and with scientific integrity;
f) have demonstrated, within their specific scientific context, that they are able to make cultural, social or technological advances and promote innovation in all areas within a knowledge-based society;
g) have demonstrated that they are able to participate in scientific discussions at the international level in their field of expertise and disseminate the results of their research activity to audiences of all kinds.
Number of places
10
Duration of studies and dedication regime
Duration
The maximum period of study for full-time doctoral studies is four years, counted from the date of first enrolment in the relevant programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited. The academic committee of the doctoral programme may authorise a doctoral candidate to pursue doctoral studies on a part-time basis. In this case, the maximum period of study is seven years from the date of first enrolment in the programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited. To calculate these periods, the date of deposit is considered to be the date on which the thesis is made publicly available for review.
If a doctoral candidate has a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%, the maximum period of study is six years for full-time students and nine years for part-time students.
For full-time doctoral candidates, the minimum period of study is two years, counted from the date of an applicant's admission to the programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited; for part-time doctoral candidates it is four years.
When there are justified grounds for doing so, and the thesis supervisor and academic tutor have given their authorisation, doctoral candidates may request that the academic committee of their doctoral programme exempt them from the requirement to complete this minimum period of study.
Temporary disability leave and leave for the birth of a child, adoption or fostering for the purposes of adoption, temporary foster care, risk during pregnancy or infant feeding, gender violence and any other situation provided for in current regulations do not count towards these periods. Students who find themselves in any of these circumstances must notify the academic committee of the doctoral programme, which must inform the Doctoral School.
Doctoral candidates may request periods of temporary withdrawal from the programme for up to a total of two years. Requests must be justified and addressed to the academic committee responsible for the programme, which will decide whether or not to grant the candidate's request.
Extension of studies
If a doctoral candidate has not applied to deposit their thesis before the expiry of the deadlines specified in the previous section, the academic committee of the doctoral programme may, at the request of the doctoral candidate, authorise an extension of this deadline of one year under the conditions specified for the doctoral programme in question.
Dismissal from the doctoral programme
A doctoral candidate may be dismissed from a doctoral programme for the following reasons:
- The doctoral candidate submitting a justified application to withdraw from the programme.
- The doctoral candidate not having completed their annual enrolment or applied for a temporary interruption.
- The doctoral candidate not having formalised annual enrolment on the day after the end of the authorisation to temporarily interrupt or withdraw from the programme.
- The doctoral candidate receiving a negative reassessment after the deadline set by the academic committee of the doctoral programme to remedy the deficiencies that led to a previous negative assessment.
- The doctoral candidate having been the subject of disciplinary proceedings leading to their suspension or permanent exclusion from the UPC.
- A refusal to authorise the extensions applied for, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3 of these regulations.
- The doctoral candidate not having submitted the research plan in the period established in Section 8.2 of these regulations.
- The maximum period of study for the doctoral degree having ended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4 of these regulations.
Dismissal from the programme means that the doctoral candidate cannot continue studying at the UPC and that their academic record will be closed. This notwithstanding, they may apply to the academic committee of the programme for readmission, and the committee must reevaluate the candidate in accordance with the criteria established in the regulations.
A doctoral candidate who has been dismissed due to having exceeded the time limit for completing doctoral studies or due to an unsatisfactory assessment may not be Academic Regulations for Doctoral Studies Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Page 17 of 33 admitted to the same doctoral programme until at least two years have elapsed from the date of dismissal, as provided for in sections 3.4 and 9.2 of these regulations.
Legal framework
Organization
COORDINATOR:ACADEMIC COMMISSION OF THE PROGRAM:
Other Universities:
University of Barcelona
STRUCTURAL UNITS:
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (PROMOTORA)
- (ENG)Laboratori d'Enginyeria Marítima
https://deca.upc.edu/ca/doctorat-recerca/doctorat/ciencies-mar
CONTACT:
Office 202 – Building C2 (North Campus)
Tel.: 934 016 497
E-mail: doctorat.CMAR.camins@upc.edu
Agreements with other institutions
Convenio colaboración_UB_UPC Ciencias del Mar.pdf
Access, admission and registration
Access profile
The doctoral programme in Marine Sciences is aimed at students with a strong background at the bachelor’s and master's level, in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 99/2011, in marine sciences or a related field.
It is therefore also aimed at students who have completed degrees in biology, geology, environmental sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, geography or related fields. It is also a programme conceived and designed by and for engineers, preferably those who have completed a degree in civil or naval engineering. The doctoral course is also open to graduates of industrial engineering, telecommunications and architecture programmes. Students who hold equivalent degrees from foreign universities are also welcomed.
Access requirements
As a rule, applicants must hold a Spanish bachelor's degree or equivalent and a Spanish master's degree or equivalent, provided they have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits on the two degrees (Royal Decree 43/2015, of 2 February).
Applicants who meet one or more of the following conditions are also eligible for admission:
a) Holders of official Spanish degrees or equivalent Spanish qualifications, provided they have passed 300 ECTS credits in total and they can prove they have reached Level 3 in the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education.
b) Holders of degrees awarded in foreign education systems in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), which do not require homologation, who can prove that they have reached Level 7 in the European Qualifications Framework, provided the degree makes the holder eligible for admission to doctoral studies in the country in which it was awarded.
c) Holders of degrees awarded in a country that does not belong to the EHEA, which do not require homologation, on the condition that the University is able to verify that the degree is of a level equivalent to that of official university master's degrees in Spain and that it makes the holder eligible for admission to doctoral studies in the country in which it was awarded.
d) Holders of another doctoral degree.
e) Holders of an official university qualification who, having been awarded a post as a trainee in the entrance examination for specialised medical training, have successfully completed at least two years of training leading to an official degree in a health sciences specialisation.
Legal framework
Admission criteria and merits assessment
The main admission criterion is training within the framework of an official Spanish bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and a master's degree (or equivalent), that prepares the student to undertake and benefit from the research training provided on the doctoral programme in Marine Sciences.
Therefore, the following points will be given particular consideration:
• Master’s level or equivalent qualifications held by applicants (and corresponding course plans)
• Bachelor’s level or equivalent qualifications held by applicants (and corresponding course plans)
• Other merits for which the applicant has provided documentary proof, such as periods of mobility spent at marine science research centres, publications and professional experience
The admission process involves the following steps:
I. Applicants’ entrance qualifications are assessed. Those who hold degrees that are fully compatible with the doctoral programme are automatically pre-admitted. This applies in the case of degrees in:
a) Marine sciences and oceanography
b) Civil and naval engineering
c) Biology, geology, chemistry, physics, environmental sciences and mathematics
For other studies, the Programme Committee reviews the curriculum for the degree completed by the applicant and submits a proposal to the university where they plan to enrol if accepted.
In all cases, the secretary for the doctoral programme in Marine Sciences will verify that the curriculum includes the subjects most closely related to the four basic branches of marine sciences. This verification process may point to the need for a student to complete bridging courses. Relevant details will be discussed in an interview with the student concerned.
II. For pre-admitted students, an order of priority will be established based on the following factors (weighting in parentheses):
a) Marks for previous studies (55%).
b) Projects that introduce students to research (e.g. on master’s programmes), publications and contributions to conferences and scientific meetings mentioned on the applicant’s CV (30%).
c) Grants, scholarships or financial aid received (10%).
d) Other merits (5%).
Training complements
The academic committee for the programme may require that doctoral students pass specific bridging courses, which will be linked to research training credits. These credits will be compulsory for students who have completed a bachelor’s degree that carries 300 or more ECTS credits and qualifies them for admission to the doctoral programme but does not include credits of this type. In such cases, the committee will keep track of the bridging courses completed and establish appropriate criteria to limit their duration.
Bridging courses will provide research training. In no case may doctoral students be required to enrol for 60 or more ECTS credits. (The academic regulations for UPC doctoral courses state that bridging courses may also provide cross-disciplinary training, but it is anticipated that this point will be changed so that bridging courses are associated only with research training credits, particularly in the case of students admitted to a doctoral programme with a bachelor’s degree that carries 300 ECTS credits.)
Taking into account the doctoral student activity report, the academic committee may propose measures that complement those specified in the regulations and which result in doctoral students who do not meet the specified requirements being excluded from the programme.
For the doctoral programme in Marine Sciences, decisions concerning any bridging courses required will be based on the recommendations of tutors, with the approval of the interuniversity committee for the programme. Every effort will be made to ensure that students admitted from the interuniversity master's degree in Marine Science: Oceanography and Marine Management (a joint UB-UPC programme) or similar degrees are not required to take any bridging courses.
When a student's academic background leads their tutor to conclude that additional training is needed, the student concerned will be required to complete credits based on the joint master’s degree in Marine Science: Oceanography and Marine Management. As a general rule, tutors will select specialisation modules from the master’s programme that provide added value for the student’s training. For example, students admitted to the doctoral programme in Marine Sciences who have gaps in their knowledge of chemistry or engineering will be recommended to complete the corresponding training modules.
Enrolment period for new doctoral students
From around mid-September to mid-October of each academic year.
February (extraordinary enrolment), mainly for students awaiting visas and/or grants
More information at the registration section for new doctoral students
Enrolment period
From around mid-September to mid-October of each academic year.
Monitoring and evaluation of the doctoral student
Formation activities
- Activity: Tutorial.
Hours: 432.
Type: compulsory.
- Activity: Courses.
Hours: 72.
Type: optional.
- Activity: Seminars.
Hours: 25.
Type: optional.
- Activity: Workshops.
Hours: 10.
Type: optional.
- Activity: Research stays.
Hours: 480.
Type: optional.
- Activity: Training in information skills.
Hours: 8.
Type: optional.
- Activity: Research methodology.
Hours: 12.
Type: optional.
- Activity: Innovation and creativity.
Hours: 8.
Type: optional.
- Activity: Language and communication skills.
Hours: 18.
Type: optional.
- Activity: Assessment based on doctoral student activity report (DAD) and research plan.
Hours: 4.
Type: compulsory.
Procedure for assignment of tutor and thesis director
The academic committee of the doctoral programme assigns a thesis supervisor to each doctoral candidate when they are admitted or enrol for the first time, taking account of the thesis supervision commitment referred to in the admission decision.
The thesis supervisor will ensure that training activities carried out by the doctoral candidate are coherent and suitable, and that the topic of the candidate’s doctoral thesis will have an impact and make a novel contribution to knowledge in the relevant field. The thesis supervisor will also guide the doctoral candidate in planning the thesis and, if necessary, tailoring it to any other projects or activities undertaken. The thesis supervisor will generally be a UPC professor or researcher who holds a doctoral degree and has documented research experience. This includes PhD-holding staff at associated schools (as determined by the Governing Council) and UPC-affiliated research institutes (in accordance with corresponding collaboration and affiliation agreements). When thesis supervisors are UPC staff members, they also act as the doctoral candidate’s tutor.
PhD holders who do not meet these criteria (as a result of their contractual relationship or the nature of the institution to which they are attached) must be approved by the UPC Doctoral School's Standing Committee in order to participate in a doctoral programme as researchers with documented research experience.
The academic committee of the doctoral programme may approve the appointment of a PhD-holding expert who is not a UPC staff member as a candidate’s thesis supervisor. In such cases, the prior authorisation of the UPC Doctoral School's Standing Committee is required. A UPC staff member who holds a doctoral degree and has documented research experience must also be proposed to act as a co-supervisor, or as the doctoral candidate’s tutor if one has not been assigned.
A thesis supervisor may step down from this role if there are justified reasons (recognised as valid by the committee) for doing so. If this occurs, the academic committee of the doctoral programme will assign the doctoral candidate a new thesis supervisor.
Provided there are justified reasons for doing so, and after hearing any relevant input from the doctoral candidate, the academic committee of the doctoral programme may assign a new thesis supervisor at any time during the period of doctoral study.
If there are academic reasons for doing so (an interdisciplinary topic, joint or international programmes, etc.) and the academic committee of the programme gives its approval, an additional thesis supervisor may be assigned. Supervisors and co-supervisors have the same responsibilities and academic recognition.
The maximum number of supervisors of a doctoral thesis is two: a supervisor and a co-supervisor.
For theses carried out under a cotutelle agreement or as part of an Industrial Doctorate, if necessary and if the agreement foresees it this maximum number of supervisors may not apply. This notwithstanding, the maximum number of supervisors belonging to the UPC is two.
Permanence
The maximum period of study for full-time doctoral studies is four years, counted from the date of first enrolment in the relevant programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited. The academic committee of the doctoral programme may authorise a doctoral candidate to pursue doctoral studies on a part-time basis. In this case, the maximum period of study is seven years from the date of first enrolment in the programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited. To calculate these periods, the date of deposit is considered to be the date on which the thesis is made publicly available for review.
If a doctoral candidate has a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%, the maximum period of study is six years for full-time students and nine years for part-time students.
If a doctoral candidate has not applied to deposit their thesis before the expiry of the deadlines specified in the previous section, the academic committee of the doctoral programme may, at the request of the doctoral candidate, authorise an extension of this deadline of one year under the conditions specified for the doctoral programme in question.
Dismissal from the doctoral programme
A doctoral candidate may be dismissed from a doctoral programme for the following reasons:
- The doctoral candidate submitting a justified application to withdraw from the programme.
- The doctoral candidate not having completed their annual enrolment or applied for a temporary interruption.
- The doctoral candidate not having formalised annual enrolment on the day after the end of the authorisation to temporarily interrupt or withdraw from the programme.
- The doctoral candidate receiving a negative reassessment after the deadline set by the academic committee of the doctoral programme to remedy the deficiencies that led to a previous negative assessment.
- The doctoral candidate having been the subject of disciplinary proceedings leading to their suspension or permanent exclusion from the UPC.
- A refusal to authorise the extensions applied for, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3 of these regulations.
- The doctoral candidate not having submitted the research plan in the period established in Section 8.2 of these regulations.
- The maximum period of study for the doctoral degree having ended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4 of these regulations.
Dismissal from the programme means that the doctoral candidate cannot continue studying at the UPC and that their academic record will be closed. This notwithstanding, they may apply to the academic committee of the programme for readmission, and the committee must reevaluate the candidate in accordance with the criteria established in the regulations.
A doctoral candidate who has been dismissed due to having exceeded the time limit for completing doctoral studies or due to an unsatisfactory assessment may not be Academic Regulations for Doctoral Studies Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Page 17 of 33 admitted to the same doctoral programme until at least two years have elapsed from the date of dismissal, as provided for in sections 3.4 and 9.2 of these regulations.
Legal framework
Learning resources
Resources are made available to the interuniversity doctoral programme in Marine Sciences by the two institutions involved (the UPC and the UB) and other collaborating institutions, including the CSIC centres in Catalonia that support the programme. Students therefore have access to:
• Research equipment for use in the field/at sea and in the laboratory, which constitutes one of the most powerful arrays of technical-scientific infrastructure in Spain for conducting marine science research.
Equipment available to doctoral students includes:
• Maritime Research and Experimentation Wave Flume (CIEM)
• Network of Oceanographic and Meteorological Instruments (XIOM)
• Pool of mooring instrumentation (UB)
• Laboratories of the Department of Agri-Food Engineering and Biotechnology (UPC)
• Laboratories of the Department of Ecology (Faculty of Biology, UB)
• Laboratories of the Department of Stratigraphy, Palaeontology and Marine Geosciences (Faculty of Geology, UB)
• Laboratories of the Blanes Centre for Advanced Studies (CSIC)
• Laboratories of the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (CSIC)
• Laboratories of the Institute of Marine Sciences (CSIC)
• Laboratories of the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia.
• Access to oceanographic vessels of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and the Geological and Mining Survey of Argentina (SEGEMAR), and to medium and small vessels of the Government of Catalonia, the UB, the UPC and private operators, as well as oceanographic and drilling vessels operated by other countries.
• CEAB oceanographic buoy.
• Numerical facilities, including various models developed by participating research groups and the libraries and machine resources of the institutions involved and programme partners. A particularly valuable resource that students have access to is the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the recently upgraded MareNostrum supercomputer.
• Specific software for processing and visualisation of large volumes of data under licence (UB, UPC and collaborating institutions).
• Students also have access to the libraries of the two universities and partner organisations. Through the UB’s Learning and Research Resources Centre (CRAI) and the University Union Catalogue of Catalonia (CCUC), students have online access to all of the collections held by the University Libraries Consortium of Catalonia (CBUC), which include over nine million documents. In addition, for their specific work, students have access to documents held by the research groups involved in the doctoral programme, including reports, maps and other types of documents that fall under the rubric of “grey” literature, which is often needed to conduct research work in an efficient manner. All of these resources make it even easier for students to focus and develop their thesis.
Doctoral Theses
List of authorized thesis for defense
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Last update: 08/12/2025 05:46:17.
List of lodged theses
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Last update: 08/12/2025 05:31:27.
List of defended theses by year
- ENRÍQUEZ HIDALGO, ANDRÉS MAURICIO: Decision support system for coastal area management in response to flooding and coastal erosion: a case study of Tumaco-NariñoAuthor: ENRÍQUEZ HIDALGO, ANDRÉS MAURICIO
Thesis link: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/695990
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN MARINE SCIENCES
Department: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DECA)
Mode: Normal
Reading date: 14/10/2025
Thesis director: MESTRES RIDGE, MARC | ESPINO INFANTES, MANUEL | TORRES ABELLO, ANDRES EDUARDOCommittee:
PRESIDENT: DEL RIO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA
SECRETARI: GIRALDO OSORIO, JUAN DIEGO
VOCAL: OSORIO ARIAS, ANDRES FERNANDO
Thesis abstract: Flood and erosion risk management in coastal areas affected by these processes requires integrated and, when conditions allow, coupled approaches that combine physical, socioeconomic, and cultural factors. This thesis develops a methodology based on a decision support system (DSS), which operates in contexts with data scarcity and high uncertainty. This DSS integrates coupled numerical modeling (FLOW+SWAN), geospatial analysis, fuzzy logic (FL), machine learning (ML), and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) with Monte Carlo simulations, offering a platform focused on risk characterization and the spatial prioritization of development pathways (DP) proposed in the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Its flexible design allows for the combination of indices that consider hazard, vulnerability, and exposure, and the evaluation of DP such as hard and soft engineering measures, built environment adaptation, planned retreat or advancement, and nature-based solutions (NBS), adapted to coastal archetypes.Flood and erosion hazards are estimated based on coastal water levels that exceed land elevation and coastal slopes, considering significant wave height (SWH) and tidal range obtained through numerical modeling, and integrating as additive factors the influence of peak wave period (PWP) and wave direction (WDI). The degree of influence of oceanic forcing on shoreline displacement (SLD), analyzed using 30 years of data from the Landsat 5, 7, 8, and 9 collections with CoastSat, is quantified using a random forest. Vulnerability is defined based on elevation, terrain slope, and the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), while exposure is based on land use and land cover (LULC) and human settlements (HS); all these variables are derived from Sentinel-2 imagery processed using a convolutional neural network (ResNet). These layers are normalized and combined using fuzzy membership functions along with Monte Carlo simulations, which allows the generation of probabilistic risk maps derived from hazard, vulnerability, and exposure. In parallel, the DP are prioritized through MCDA, using the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), enhanced with Monte Carlo simulations to incorporate the uncertainty associated with expert judgment. Finally, the optimal solutions are spatially assigned according to the risk distribution, sea level rise (SLR) scenarios (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, and SSP5-8.5) projected by NASA, and LULC and HS projections for the present, 2050, and 2100.The methodology developed constitutes the main result of this thesis. In its application to El Morro and Tumaco islands, in the Bay of Tumaco (Nariño – Colombia), the spatial allocation of DP shows a predominant combination of NBS, soft engineering, and built environment adaptation, distributed according to the level of risk, LULC, and HS. When comparing scenarios with and without numerical modeling, it is observed that the omission of modeling leads to a significant overestimation of risk areas, which implies managing approximately 284 more hectares than are necessary. Likewise, the inclusion of sea level rise (SLR) projected by the SSP scenarios allows the identification of 52 additional hectares requiring intervention in the long term. These differences demonstrate that the DSS is not only robust but also flexible, as it allows for the evaluation of scenarios with varying degrees of technical complexity and the adjustment of the risk threshold established in this case at the 95th percentile according to the decision maker’s level of risk tolerance.
- GONZÁLEZ ÁVALOS, RAÚL ALEXIS: High-Fidelity Modelling of Aquaculture Net Cages in Waves and Currents Using Smoothed Particle HydrodynamicsAuthor: GONZÁLEZ ÁVALOS, RAÚL ALEXIS
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN MARINE SCIENCES
Department: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DECA)
Mode: Article-based thesis
Reading date: 14/02/2025
Thesis director: ALTOMARE, CORRADO | GIRONELLA I COBOS, FRANCESC XAVIERCommittee:
PRESIDENT: CASTRO RODRÍGUEZ, MARIA TERESA
SECRETARI: MARZEDDU, ANDREA
VOCAL: ROMANO, ALESSANDRO
Thesis abstract: As aquaculture expands into areas exposed to unfavourable climatic conditions, it becomes imperative to develop numerical models capable of predicting the behaviour of these systems under severe environmental scenarios. The complexity of aquaculture systems, which encompass nets, floating structures, and mooring lines, presents a significant challenge for traditional low- and medium-fidelity numerical approaches. These methods often rely on simplifying assumptions that are not applicable in such contexts. Modelling these systems in energetic seas necessitates solving multi-body problems subject to non-linear loads, wherein components such as nets undergo substantial deformations and exhibit non-linear behaviour. High-fidelity numerical models are therefore essential to accurately capture the intricate interactions between the fluid and the structuresThis thesis investigates the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), based on the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method, as a high-fidelity tool for the numerical modelling of marine aquaculture systems in complex environmental settings. A methodology has been proposed and developed in which the net is represented as a set of fluid-driven elements connected through dynamic moorings. In this scheme, the particles that make up these elements interact directly with the particles that constitute the fluid, thereby establishing the fluid-structure interaction. This approach differs from other recent advances in the numerical modelling of these systems by integrating the net elements within the same simulation domain as the fluid, representing a significant advancement in the numerical modelling of these structures.This thesis is presented as a compendium of scientific articles organised into chapters, including conclusions and recommendations for future research. In Chapter 1, the context and relevance of the research problem are introduced. Chapter 2 presents the first article of the compendium, which describes the application and validation of the proposed methodology for the numerical modelling of aquaculture nets in currents. Chapter 3 includes the second article, which expands the approach by applying it to the modelling of an aquaculture cage with copper alloy nets at a 1:15 scale, subjected to current conditions representative of high-energy zones, and validates the results through comparison with experimental data. Chapter 4 presents a manuscript under review, which validates the modelling of the net cage under regular wave conditions and extends its application to a multi-component aquaculture system (cage and mooring system) subjected to the combined action of waves and currents. Finally, Chapter 5 presents the discussions and conclusions of this thesis. The results obtained demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach as a high-fidelity tool for modelling aquaculture systems in challenging marine environments.
- LOPEZ MILLAN, MARILYN YAHIRA: La reconversión de los espacios portuarios, en el Puerto de Balboa en el Pacífico de Panamá. Propuesta de mejora de la operativa mediante un modelo de optimizaciónAuthor: LOPEZ MILLAN, MARILYN YAHIRA
Thesis link: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/694894
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN MARINE SCIENCES
Department: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DECA)
Mode: Normal
Reading date: 18/06/2025
Thesis director: MARTINEZ DE OSÉS, FRANCISCO JAVIERCommittee:
PRESIDENT: DIAZ DE LA ROSA, ANGELICA
SECRETARI: CASTELLS SANABRA, MARCEL·LA
VOCAL: RODRIGUEZ DIAZ, EMILIO
Thesis abstract: The coexistence of ports in the Panamanian Pacific with their surroundings requires everyone to have access to the ability to move around in an organized and spontaneous manner. The Port of Balboa, one of the most important centers in Panama's logistics chain and international trade, faces a series of operational challenges due to high demand and the complexity of its workflow. Efficient management of wait times and scheduling for carriers is one of the critical areas that directly impacts productivity and user satisfaction.To develop the studies, various surveys and interviews were conducted to understand the movement times outside and inside the terminal, as well as the arrival and approach of vessels to the terminal.Based on this diagnosis, a mathematical optimization formula was developed that took into account various factors, such as cargo volume, type of transport, truck characteristics, and the availability of port resources. The formula sought to reduce carrier wait times by assigning appointments more efficiently and in line with the port's actual capacity. To achieve this, optimization and mathematical programming techniques were used, which allowed for the establishment of a more precise methodology for appointment management.In this context, this research focused on developing a mathematical solution. Based on the results, a custom mathematical model was developed in Python that could be extrapolated to other terminals. This model seeks to generate operational efficiency and minimize long wait times outside the facilities. This model also fosters a positive relationship with the surrounding community.This research demonstrates the feasibility of applying optimization methods and advanced technological tools in ports and logistics terminals, contributing to improved appointment management and optimized wait times. The successful implementation of this formula at the Port of Balboa could be replicated at other ports and logistics points, offering a scalable solution to optimize service to carriers, reduce operating costs, and improve efficiency in international trade.The findings highlight that establishing an adequate flow to serve truck drivers by scheduling appointments to minimize wait times minimizes both the average truck service time and the total service time for all trucks during the day. Furthermore, queques and congestion around port facilities are eliminated.
- RAYA RODRIGÁLVAREZ, VANESA MARÍA: Spatial and temporal dynamics of larval fish communities in relation to environmental variability in the NW MediterraneanAuthor: RAYA RODRIGÁLVAREZ, VANESA MARÍA
Thesis link: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/694600
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN MARINE SCIENCES
Department: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DECA)
Mode: Normal
Reading date: 15/05/2025
Thesis director: SABATÉS FREIJÓ, ANA MARIACommittee:
PRESIDENT: SOLER MEMBRIVES, ANNA
SECRETARI: ESPINO INFANTES, MANUEL
VOCAL: LANDEIRA SÁNCHEZ, JOSÉ MARÍA
Thesis abstract: The early developmental stages of fish, eggs and larvae, found in the planktonic environment are subject to a high mortality. Thus, the study of larval survival has been a key issue in fisheries science since the early 20th century. Spatial patterns in the larval fish communities are influenced by a complex array of environmental processes that interacts with fish biology at different temporal and spatial scales. These processes include those of large scale, such as climate patterns and seasonal and interannual environmental variability, which determine adults’ distribution and their spawning strategies. At local and short time scale, larval fish communities are shaped by the hydrodynamics that influence fish larval dispersal and retention, and by biologic factors, such as food concentration and predation, that ultimately determine their survival.This thesis characterises the structure of the larval fish community in summer and winter in the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean), an area with a wide array of environmental conditions and high hydrodynamic activity. The aim is to understand its spatial and interannual variability in response to changes in environmental conditions, including oceanographic variables and hydrodynamic processes. Within the context of climate change, the thesis describes long-term changes in the structure of the summer larval fish communities and aims to understand the interactions between larvae of established species and species that are expanding northwards in the area.To investigate the influence of winter environmental conditions on the structure of fish larval communities, two winters, 2017 and 2018, with contrasting environmental conditions were compared. 2017 was mild, while 2018 was more severe, with intense vertical mixing and deep-water formation and cascading events that enhanced shelf-slope water exchanges. Differences in the structure of larval fish community were found in relation to shelf-slope water exchange processes.A high spatial heterogeneity in larval fish communities was detected in the summers of 2003, 2004 and 2012, related to environmental factors, such as the continental shelf structure, latitudinal difference in surface temperature, primary productivity, and stratification level. Hydrodynamic structures such as instabilities of the Northern Current and anticyclonic eddies, also played an important role in the configuration of these communities.In summer, over three decades, 1980s, 2000s and 2010s, an increase in sea water temperature and a decrease in chlorophyll were detected. Changes in the composition and abundance of the larval fish community were also detected. These were mainly due to the presence of warm water species in the area for the first time, or to their increase in abundance, in the 2000s in relation to the northward expansion of the adults' range. Other species showed a decline in abundance over time, probably due to the decrease in chlorophyll.This work quantitatively compared the survival chances for larvae of E. encrasicolus (a established species) and S. aurita (a species expanding northwards). To this aim, a new method, the Box-Balance Model, was developed to evaluate the role of hydrodynamic structures in their mortality. The model revealed that despite the warming trend would contribute to the expansion of S. aurita, it has not yet developed an adaptation strategy as successful as that of E. encrasicolus, a well-established species in the area.
- SÁNCHEZ ARTÚS, XAVIER: Morphodynamic modelling for coastal hazard mitigationAuthor: SÁNCHEZ ARTÚS, XAVIER
Thesis link: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/694895
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN MARINE SCIENCES
Department: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DECA)
Mode: Article-based thesis
Reading date: 17/06/2025
Thesis director: GRACIA GARCIA, VICENTE | ESPINO INFANTES, MANUELCommittee:
PRESIDENT: ALVAREZ FANJUL, ENRIQUE
SECRETARI: MÖSSO ARANDA, OCTAVIO CESAR
VOCAL: MUSUMECI, ROSARIA ESTER
Thesis abstract: Mediterranean sandy beaches are facing increasing hazard, a situation that will be exacerbated due to climate change. This thesis focuses on the analysis of flooding and erosion along Catalan beaches under present and future conditions. The analysis is performed using the hydromorphodynamic model XBeach. A user-friendly and high-resolution operational service is developed to forecast these impacts, enabling authorities to take preemptive measures to minimise their effects. A nature-based mitigation approach is tested in a thoroughly validated area to assess their efficacy in reducing coastal hazards. Finally, the modelling strategy is used to simulate different coastal archetypes for both present and future conditions, including sea level rise scenarios due to climate change. Through the study of these three fields, a complete review of the capacities of the hydromorphodynamic modelling is presented. Thus, the analysis sheds light on the knowledge of beach responses across different time scales and demonstrates the necessity of implementing nature-based solutions (NbS) and Early Warning Systems (EWS) to mitigate coastal hazards during storm events.
- YILMAZ, ELIF: Interannual to decadal variability in the Southern Ocean surface CO2 fluxes in relation with the large-scale atmospheric modesAuthor: YILMAZ, ELIF
Thesis link: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/695422
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN MARINE SCIENCES
Department: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DECA)
Mode: Normal
Reading date: 25/09/2025
Thesis director: BERNARDELLO, RAFFAELE | MARTIN, ADRIAN PETERCommittee:
PRESIDENT: FRÖLICHER, THOMAS
SECRETARI: LLORT JORDI, JOAN
VOCAL: MARINOV, IRINA
Thesis abstract: AbstractThe Southern Ocean (<35◦S), which encircles Antarctica, plays a disproportionately large role in the global carbon cycle, accounting for nearly half of the ocean’s uptake of anthropogenic CO₂. This critical function has helped mitigate the pace of atmospheric CO₂ accumulation and climate change. However, observations over recent decades have revealed substantial interannual to decadal variability in the Southern Ocean carbon sink, characterized by alternating periods of weakening and reinvigoration. Understanding the drivers of this variability is crucial for improving predictions of the ocean’s future carbon uptake capacity and its feedbacks on the climate system.This thesis investigates the atmospheric and oceanic processes underlying the variability of Southern Ocean CO₂ fluxes, with a focus on the influence of major climate modes including the Southern Annular Mode (SAM), the Pacific-South American (PSA) pattern, and Zonal Wave 3 (ZW3). Through a combination of reanalysis datasets, empirical orthogonal function and wavelet analyses, observation-based CO₂ flux products, and ocean-only numerical simulations, the thesis systematically diagnoses the mechanisms linking atmospheric variability to ocean carbon dynamics.The results identify SAM as the principal driver of CO₂ flux variability on seasonal to decadal timescales, modulating surface wind patterns, Ekman upwelling, and sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies that affect CO₂ exchange. ENSO and ZW3 are shown to exert important secondary effects, introducing regional asymmetries and modulating the physical and biological drivers of CO₂ fluxes, particularly in the Pacific sector. A novel finding is the detection of a delayed warming mechanism, whereby positive SAM phases enhance eddy kinetic energy, amplifying thermal effects on surface pCO₂ and partially offsetting the expected CO₂ uptake from weakened upwelling.The thesis also conducts a comprehensive evaluation of nine observation-based CO₂ products, highlighting uncertainties, mismatches, and shared patterns that improve our understanding of carbon cycle variability. Importantly, the results underscore the need to improve the representation of mesoscale processes, asymmetric climate modes, and atmosphere-ocean coupling in Earth system models to enhance their predictive capability.Overall, this research provides new insights into the drivers of Southern Ocean CO₂ variability, offering a framework to refine predictions of future carbon-climate feedbacks and to better anticipate the ocean’s role in mitigating anthropogenic climate change.
- ZOELLER, VICTORIA CHRISTINE: Stability and Dynamics of Geophysical Neutral VorticesAuthor: ZOELLER, VICTORIA CHRISTINE
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN MARINE SCIENCES
Department: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DECA)
Mode: Article-based thesis
Reading date: 10/04/2025
Thesis director: VIUDEZ LOMBA, ALVAROCommittee:
PRESIDENT: CLARET CORTES, MARIONA
SECRETARI: ISERN FONTANET, JORDI
VOCAL: ZAVALA SANSÓN, LUIS
Thesis abstract: Mesoscale and submesoscale vortical structures are ubiquitous in the ocean and atmosphere. Most of these vortices are long-lived with a lifetime of several months. They often travel considerable distances and can interact with currents, other vortices, or topographic features. They play an important role in the distribution of heat, salt, and other tracers in the global ocean circulation. This PhD dissertation consists of the numerical investigation of the stability and dynamics of these meso-and submesoscale ocean vortices in both two-dimensional (2D) isochoric Euler flows, and three-dimensional (3D) quasi-geostrophic (QG) flows. In particular, this dissertation places special emphasis on neutral vortices, with a continuous vorticity distribution in 2D or potential vorticity anomaly (PVA) distribution in 3D QG flows.A neutral vortex is defined as a vortex with vanishing circulation at its outer boundary. This kind of shielded neutral vortex is a much more realistic approximation to vortices in the ocean than other theoretical approximations of shielded vortices. The neutral and non-neutral vortices used in this dissertation are linear combinations of vorticity layer-modes (or PVA spherical layer-modes in 3D QG), which consist of conveniently normalized cylindrical (or spherical) Bessel functions of order 0, truncated by a zero of the Bessel function of order 1. A necessary condition for vortices to be unstable is the change of sign of PVA somewhere inside the vortex. Thus, neutral vortices are subject to being unstable, which would be at odds with their observed long-time persistence. Therefore the first aim of this thesis is to present new exact 3D QG solutions for neutral vortices with distributed PVA. Depending on the superposition of the different layer-modes, some vortices remain axisymmetrically robust to small vorticity perturbations, while others are slightly unstable and evolve into stable multipolar structures. Robust axisymmetric neutral vortices have no exterior potential flow, thus generating no physical impact on the vortex surroundings. Furthermore, the robust vortex solutions found in this dissertation could explain the long persistence of baroclinic vortices in the ocean. The exact solutions of neutral vortices described in this dissertation are used to investigate further the interactions of these vortices.The first interaction studied is the interaction between a small-amplitude shear current and different vortices, specifically a neutral robust vortex, a neutral unstable vortex, and a non-neutral vortex. The results show that neutral vortices are good models for geophysical vortices as these vortices remain robust during their interaction. Both the vortices and the shear current remain robust while the vortices cross the shear current until reaching their stable equilibrium location, which is of the same vorticity sign as its amount of circulation.The second interaction is between two neutral vortices. This includes the interaction of two neutral unstable vortices and the interaction of one neutral unstable vortex and one neutral robust vortex. It reveals that some pairs of neutral vortices reach an oscillating near-equilibrium state due to a vorticity (or PVA) exchange mechanism. This involves a periodic exchange of vorticity and the generation of dipolar moments within the vortices. These dipolar moments separate the vortices. However, the formation of an exterior potential flow arising from the breaking of circular symmetry, and the subsequent vorticity advection and redistribution of peripheral vorticity causes the vortices to attract.The last interaction investigated is between a Lamb-Chaplygin dipole and an axisymmetrical unshielded vortex. It shows that vortex interactions can be elastic, indicating that interactions with almost no vorticity exchange, or vorticity loss to the background field, between vortices are possible. The interaction implies a change in their direction and velocity.
Last update: 08/12/2025 06:02:26.
Theses related publications
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Research projects
| START DATE | END DATE | ACTIVITY | FINANCING ENTITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | I-01679 | CAIXA DE CREDIT DELS ENGINYERS-CAJA |
| 01/12/2023 | 30/11/2026 | The MARINERG-i Distributed Research Infrastructure (DRI) unites and consolidates the EU Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) testing facilities to accelerate development and realise potential of this secto | Commission of European Communities |
| 02/11/2023 | 31/12/2024 | Realització del projecte d’R+D consistents en dissenyar i desplegar un sistema de gestió de dades | OCEAN ECOSTRUCTURES S.L. |
| 01/10/2023 | 30/09/2024 | Desenvolupament d'un sistema de tracking de baix cost i baix consum que permeti la seva geo-localització a través d'una aplicació basada en tecnologia web LTE/NOIoT | TOP-CABLE, SA |
| 01/09/2023 | 31/08/2026 | MUltiscale CHaracterization Of GroUndwater and Solutes discharge into The Ocean | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 05/07/2023 | 31/01/2025 | Coastal marine (pre)operational services around the Mediterranean Sea | MERCATOR OCÉAN |
| 01/06/2023 | 31/05/2025 | Red Temática de Matemática Discreta y Algorítmica | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/03/2023 | 31/12/2023 | Contrato de servicio técnico para la actuación preventiva de reubicación de arenas en el borde liltoral del Delta del Ebro (Tarragona) | EMP.TRANSFORMACIÓN AGRARIA SA |
| 09/02/2023 | 08/02/2025 | Contracte per a la Realització de comparació de transport de sediment entre dades de satél.lit i dades batimétriques obtingudes a la platja d'Altafulla i Tamarit considerant les variacions estacionals | Ajuntament d'Altafulla |
| 02/02/2023 | 02/02/2023 | Sistema de información marina costera | |
| 24/01/2023 | 23/07/2023 | Contrato de servicios para la realización de los Trabajos de apoyo para el diseño del observatorio portuario del cambio climático (OPCC) | ORG.PÚBLICO PUERTOS DEL ESTADO |
| 01/01/2023 | 31/12/2025 | Innov. para Canal de Inv. Exp. Marítima, Multifunc/Multiesc | MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA E INNOVACION |
| 01/01/2023 | 30/06/2027 | Next generation multiplatform Ocean observing technologies for research infrastructures | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/01/2023 | 31/12/2026 | operAtional seNsing lifE technologies for maRIne ecosystemS | Commission of European Communities |
| 19/12/2022 | 31/12/2022 | Collaboration contract related to Trackers embarcacions IoT | EMS, S.L. |
| 03/12/2022 | 03/12/2022 | UBathy: A software to obtain the bathymetry from video imagery (version 2.0.0) | |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | Soluciones basadas en la naturaleza para la adaptación al cambio climático de las costas deltaicas: evaluación de las respuestas morfodinámicas | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | A la búsqueda de espacio de acomodación para la adaptación de la zona costera a los riesgos presentes y futuros | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | Herramientas para una mejor gestión de la basura marina en zonas costeras y acelerar la transición a una economía circular del plástico | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2025 | DIagnostic framework to Assess and Predict tHe impact Of underwater NoIse on marine species (DIAPHONIA) | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | 3D slag concrete manufacturing solutions for marine biotopes | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | ParticIpatory Technologies for sustAinable COastal monitoRing in urban Areas-HYDRO | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2025 | Sistema multiescala híbrido para la predicción en el corto plazo y las proyecciones de cambio climático de la inundacíon debida a fenómenos compuestos (MyFlood) | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | : Participatory technologies for sustainable coastal monitoring in urban areas-HYDRO | Gobierno de España. Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. Dirección General de Programas y de Transferencia de Conocimiento (Dgptc) |
| 01/11/2022 | 30/10/2024 | Into The Deep: Marine Image Analysis Hub for Citizen | EURCOM-EDU.AUDIO&CULTURE EX.AG |
| 01/11/2022 | 31/01/2024 | Collaboration contract related by EMSO ERIC physical access 2022 call pilot | ANB Sensors Ltd |
| 01/11/2022 | 30/09/2024 | Collaboration contract related by EMSOTNA CALL 2022 | UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN |
| 22/10/2022 | 20/10/2027 | Contrato de colaboración para la prestación del servicio/'Asistencia técnica para el seguimiento ambiental del proyecto de extracción de arenas en el sector norte de la zona II de la APB (2022-2026)/' | FUNDACION AZTI-AZTI FUNDAZIOA - UNI |
| 01/10/2022 | 30/09/2026 | Geosphere INfrastructures for QUestions into Integrated REsearch | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/10/2022 | 30/09/2025 | DANUBIUS Implementation Phase Project | Commission of European Communities |
| 14/09/2022 | 13/01/2023 | Contracte de col·laboració per l'elaboració de les rutes d'adaptació climàtica d'un tram de la costa catalana | GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA |
| 01/09/2022 | 31/08/2025 | Fundamentos y optimización de la producción de bioproductos a partir de cianobacterias tratando efluentes residuales | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/09/2022 | 15/11/2022 | Contracte de serveis per a la realització dels treballs sobre/'Metodologia per a l'avaluació de la capacitat de càrrega física a aplicació en un tram de la costa de Catalunya/' | Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya |
| 01/09/2022 | 31/08/2025 | Imaging data and services for aquatic science | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/09/2022 | 31/08/2025 | Resolviendo carencias de conocimiento críticas para mejorar las proyecciones morfodinámicas de costas bajas en el siglo XXI: Modelado | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 26/07/2022 | 25/07/2025 | Desenvolupament de nous materials | Agència per la Competitivitat de l'Empresa (ACCIÓ) |
| 29/06/2022 | 31/01/2024 | XPrize Rainforest | Xprize foundation |
| 01/06/2022 | 31/05/2023 | Siren Song | THE SENSE OF SILENCE FOUNDATION; Prince Albert II de Monaco |
| 01/06/2022 | 31/05/2023 | Elaboració del atles de la vulnerabilitat de la costa de Moçambic davant el canvi climàtic. Fase II | Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC |
| 13/05/2022 | 13/05/2022 | Generating device for quasi-cyclic ldpc codes from generalized quadrangles | |
| 28/04/2022 | 27/04/2023 | Contrato de colaboración para el apoyo técnico al/'Análisis de datos de la boya ANTEIA situada junto al primer quiebro del Dique de Zierbena. Año 2022/' | AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE BILBAO |
| 19/04/2022 | 18/07/2022 | Contrato de apoyo técnico para la redacció del/'Informe técnico sobre los efectos de determinados elementos rígidos en la costa exterior del hemidelta norte del río Ebro, en el término municipal de De | SERVICIO PROVINCIAL DE COSTAS EN TA |
| 01/03/2022 | 30/06/2023 | Passsive Acoustic Monitoring of river dolphins in the varzeá | ROLEX |
| 01/01/2022 | 31/12/2025 | María de Maeztu Program for Centers and Units of Excellence in R&D (proyecto CEX2020-001084-M). | Agencia Estatal de Investigación |
| 01/01/2022 | 29/07/2022 | Contracte de col·laboració per la fabricació de 50 trackers i app per instal·lació a boies | ONA SAFE & CLEAN SL |
| 01/12/2021 | 30/11/2024 | Sistema Inteligente para el mantenimiento predictivo de diques (PI-BREAK) | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2021 | 30/11/2024 | Plataforma de Larga Duración para la Observación de los Ecosistemas Marinos | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 18/11/2021 | 21/08/2022 | Gemelo dIgital de centRAles SOLares Fotovoltaicas - GIRASOL | MIN. INDUSTRIA ENERGIA TURISMO |
| 01/11/2021 | 31/10/2024 | Adquirir conocimientos sobre el riesgo de rebase para las zonas costeras urbanizadas | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/10/2021 | 31/03/2026 | Large scale RESToration of COASTal ecosystems through rivers to sea connectivity | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/10/2021 | 31/03/2025 | iCIEM 2.0: Hacia un Simulador Ambiental Integral (Lab y Obs) | MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA E INNOVACION |
| 29/09/2021 | 13/12/2021 | ESTUDIO DE DINAMICA LITORAL PARA ANALIZAR LA INFLUENCIA DEL PORT DE COMA·RUGA EN LA ESTABILIDAD DE LAS PLAYA A PONIENTE | ENIGEST S.L. |
| 01/09/2021 | 31/08/2024 | Riesgos naturales compuestos y conectados en la costa Mediterránea española ante el cambio climático - Mar | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/09/2021 | 31/08/2024 | Environmental Computations and Observations for BAY Sustainability | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/09/2021 | 31/08/2024 | Evaluación del rol de protección costera de las acumulaciones de plantas marinas en la playa | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/09/2021 | 31/08/2025 | Esfuerzo conjunto entre BIología y TEcnología para monitorear y recuperar especies y ecosistemas impactados por la pesca: plataformas | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/09/2021 | 31/08/2024 | Combinatoria: nuevas tendencias y aplicaciones | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 16/07/2021 | 15/08/2022 | Contrato de colaboración en I+D entre la Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares y la UPC para el DESARROLLO DE UN PLAN DE ADAPTACIÓN AL CAMBIO CLIMATICO PARA LOS PUERTOS DE LA AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE BALEARES | AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE BALEARES |
| 01/06/2021 | 31/05/2025 | HARNESSING THE POWER OF NATURE THROUGH PRODUCTIVE MICROBIAL CONSORTIA IN BIOTECHNOLOGY- MEASURE, MODEL, MASTER | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/06/2021 | 31/05/2025 | Developing Optimal and Open Research Support for the Black Sea (DOORS) | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/06/2021 | 30/11/2024 | Procution of Biostimulatns,Biofertilizers, Biopolymers and Bioenergy form OLIVE.oil chain residues and by products. 4BIOLIVE | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/06/2021 | 30/06/2023 | CONTRACTE DE DONACIÓ ENTRE LA FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA SENSE OF SILENCE FOUNDATION per a proporcionar suport al desenvolupament de tècniques acústiques en el projecte PROVIDENCE, projecte que té com a objecti | THE SENSE OF SILENCE FOUNDATION |
| 24/05/2021 | 21/12/2022 | Serveis tècnics | WAICONT SYSTEMS, S.L. |
| 16/04/2021 | 31/12/2021 | Análisis del comportamiento de las playas metropolitanas al sur de Barcelona y propuesta de medidas de actuación en las playas metropolitanas. | BARCELONA REG. A.M.D.U.I., S.A. |
| 01/04/2021 | 31/03/2025 | Metrology for Integrated Marine Management and Knowledge-Transfer Network | Commission of European Communities |
| 29/03/2021 | 30/09/2021 | Treballs per a l’adaptació als impactes del canvi climàtic dels ports i alguns passejos marítims | Oficina Catalana del Canvi Climàtic |
| 01/02/2021 | 31/01/2025 | Solutions @ Underwater Radiated Noise Projecte europeu Call H2020-MG-2020-SingleStage-INEA | Commission of European Communities |
| 25/01/2021 | 12/03/2021 | Ensayos a escala reducida en el canal CIEM para determinar el comportamiento de un nuevo tipo de diques hinchables desarrollados por CIMNE como elemento disipador de energía. | CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUM |
| 01/01/2021 | 31/05/2022 | Valorization of co-products from waste treatment technologies for the production of innovative value-added products for agriculture. | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/01/2021 | 30/06/2021 | Blue Boat Initiative | Melimoyu Ecosystem Research Institute |
| 01/01/2021 | 30/09/2023 | Aprofundir en el coneixement relatiu a l'adaptació dels ports de la Generalitat de Catalunya i els passeigs marítims a l'impacte del canvi climàtic | GENCAT-DEP.POL.TERR.OBR.PUB |
| 01/01/2021 | 27/05/2022 | Adquisició de dades de camp (velocitat de marea i batimetria), processat i anàlisis del corrent de component oest per la futura implementació d’una instal·lació d’energia mareomotriu al nord de l’Illa de Saboga (Panamà | Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC |
| 01/01/2021 | 27/05/2022 | Elaboració del atles de la vulnerabilitat de la costa de Moçambic davant el canvi climàtic. Fase I: aproximació metodològica i caracterització de paràmetres fonamentals. | Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC |
| 30/12/2020 | 15/04/2021 | Prestació d’assistència per a la millora de l’agitació de l’avantport i clota petita del Club Nàutic de L’Escala. Avaluació de l’impacte sobre la platja de Riells | Club Nàutic l'Escala |
| 16/12/2020 | 22/12/2023 | Realització d'un assaig físic al canal CIEM per a l'estudi mitjançant model físic reduït dels esforços generats per l'acció de l'onatge en situació de temporal en el Pont del Petroli de Badalona (Encà | AJUNTAMENT BADALONA |
| 01/12/2020 | 30/11/2023 | H2020-101004275- MObiLIty sERvices Enhanced by GALILEO & Blockchain’,/'MOLIERE/' | Commission of European Communities |
| 26/10/2020 | 25/06/2021 | Realització d'escenaris d'inundació de costa i erosió de platges pel projecte PIMA ADAPTA COSTAS. Exped. S-689/20 (ICGC-2020-00045) | Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya |
| 26/10/2020 | 25/06/2021 | Realització d’escenaris d’inundació de costa i erosió de platges pel projecte PIMA ADAPTA COSTAS | Institut Cartografic de Catalunya (ICC) |
| 01/07/2020 | 28/12/2020 | Análisis del impacto costero asociado a la possible ampliación de Port Balís | Club Nàutic El Balís |
| 19/06/2020 | 25/09/2020 | ELABORACIÓ D'UN MODEL DE DISPERSIÓ PER LES AIGÜES QUE DESEMBOQUEN PER CANAL D'ILLA DE MAR A LA BADIA DEL FANGAR | INST.RECERCA I TECNOLOGI.AGROALIMEN |
| 19/06/2020 | 18/11/2020 | Anàlisi de les problemàtiques i primeres alternatives de solució de les platges dels municipis de Sant Adrià, Badalona i Montgat | BARCELONA REG. A.M.D.U.I., S.A. |
| 01/06/2020 | 25/11/2021 | OSIP Remote Sensing for Marine Litter-Study Scheme | ESA (EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY) |
| 27/03/2020 | 31/12/2021 | Congrés VI Expanding Ocean Frontiers 2020 | CLIENTS DIVERSOS |
| 24/03/2020 | 23/07/2021 | Elaborar un plan de adaptación a los efectos del cambio climático de los Puertos adscritos a la Comunidad Autónoma de las Illes Balears | PORTS DE LES ILLES BALEARS |
| 24/03/2020 | 30/09/2020 | Boia Dinàmica Monitoritzada: Boies de senyalització costera amb tecnologia IoT | ONA SAFE & CLEAN SL |
| 24/03/2020 | 30/09/2020 | SmartLaser: Tecnologia IoT aplicada als capc¸als la`sers | MONOCROM, S.L. |
| 24/03/2020 | 30/09/2020 | IP-Buoy link: Prova de concepte per la implementacio´ del control de les boies d’amarre amb tecnologia IoT | IP BUOYS, S.L. |
| 01/03/2020 | 28/02/2021 | Development of a low-cost and do-it-yourself hydrodynamic measurement device for monitoring oceanographic variables in developing countries. | Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC |
| 01/02/2020 | 31/01/2024 | Joint European Research Infrastructure of Coastal Observatories: Science, Service, Sustainability | Commission of European Communities |
| 31/01/2020 | 31/03/2020 | Servei de redacció de l'estudi de propagació de l'onatge i la seva interacció amb el dic de recer al port de Blanes | PORTS DE LA GENERALITAT |
| 31/01/2020 | 30/04/2020 | ESTUDI PER AL REFORÇ I REPARACIÓ DEL DIC DE RECER DEL PORT DE BLANES (TEMPORAL GLORIA) | Ports de la Generalitat |
| 23/01/2020 | 23/01/2020 | Aparato de captación de imágenes hiperespectrales para la exploración del subsuelo | |
| 01/01/2020 | 31/05/2022 | MEDIOS DE EVALUACIÓN Y ATENUACIÓN DE LOS RIESGOS COSTEROS LOCALES DEBIDOS A LOS IMPACTOS DE LOS TEMPORALES | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/01/2020 | 30/06/2021 | Monitorització de la biodiversitat, mitjançant la creació i la instal·lació d’una xarxa sense fils de sensors distribuïts per tot l’Amazones | SONSETC, MAKING SENSE OF SOUNDS |
| 18/12/2019 | 31/12/2019 | Ampliació del contracte de col·laboració per experiències pilot per realitzar tracking de bobines de cable carregades en camions | TOP-CABLE, SA |
| 01/11/2019 | 31/12/2023 | Improving and Integrating European Ocean Observing and Forecasting Systems for Sustainable use of the Oceans | Commission of European Communities |
| 02/10/2019 | 31/12/2019 | Support Activities for A1 Hydrophone | SITEP ITALIA S.P.A |
| 18/09/2019 | 30/04/2020 | Conveni únic per encàrrecs a CARNET per a la realització d'un projecte sobre/'MARITIME SHUTTLE” | FUNDACIO C INNOVACIO I TEC CIT UPC |
| 09/09/2019 | 08/10/2019 | Assessorament tècnic per a l'estudi i disseny de mesures al problema d'erosió costanera del municipi de Gavà | BARCELONA REG. A.M.D.U.I., S.A. |
| 03/09/2019 | 03/09/2019 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING SEA LICE EXPOSURE IN MARINE FISH FARMING | |
| 02/09/2019 | 31/12/2021 | Ampliació del contracte de col·laboració entre SARTI-UPC i MONOCROM S.L. Cada encàrrec es formalitzarà a través dels documents d'ofertes i comandes, que indicaran la durada i pressupost de l'encàrrec. | MONOCROM, S.L. |
| 01/06/2019 | 31/12/2020 | Noise influence for cuttlefish invertebrate - St Brieuc Wind Farm Site. (Ref. CPCS – 771596) | IBERDROLA S. A. |
| 20/05/2019 | 31/10/2020 | The main objective is to give support during the entire project live until October 2020, in the creation of a web-based SensorML generator, allowing users to create their own SensorMLs, describing in | CYPRUS SUBSEA CONSULTING AND SERVIC |
| 20/05/2019 | 31/12/2022 | 5th DualSPHysics Users Workshop | CLIENTS DIVERSOS |
| 01/04/2019 | 31/12/2022 | Hydraulic Collector for Polymetallic Nodules from the Deepsea | EUROPEAN INST OF INNOV.& TECHNOL. |
| 01/04/2019 | 01/04/2022 | KIC RM BLUE HARVESTING-PA 18138 - Hydraulic Collector for Polymetallic Nodules from the Deepsea | European Commission |
| 27/03/2019 | 24/12/2019 | Col.laboració LIM-UPC i METEOSIM per al desenvolupament de la investigació referent a l'aplicació de la eina Coastal Hazard Wheel (CHW) en diversos països costaners d'Àfrica Occidental i Camerun | METEOSIM SL |
| 22/03/2019 | 21/03/2020 | SUBCONTRATACIÓ PER A LA INSTAL.LACIÓ DE DOS CORRENTÒMETRES ADCP A LA BADIA DEL FANGAR DURANT 1,5 MESOS EN EL PRIMER SEMESTRE DEL 2019, LES DADES RECOLLIDES S'UTILITZARAN EN EL MARC DEL PROJECTE SOBRE | INST.RECERCA I TECNOLOGI.AGROALIMEN |
| 01/03/2019 | 04/04/2021 | amending the Design criteria of URban defences in LECZs through Composite-modelling of WAVE overtopping under climate change scenarios | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/03/2019 | 24/09/2022 | Joint Framework for Ocean Noise in the Atlantic Seas | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/03/2019 | 28/02/2020 | Execució de la segona campanya de mesures hidrodinàmiques a la Badia d’Inhambane (Moçambic) en el marc d’un projecte de col•laboració inter-universitària amb la UP-Maxixe | Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC |
| 01/03/2019 | 28/02/2020 | Desplegament d'una xarxa LORA per a la mesura de la hidrodinàmica dels rius de la badia d'Inhambane | Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC |
| 01/03/2019 | 28/02/2020 | Desplegament d’una xarxa LORA per a la mesura de la hidrodinàmica dels rius de la badia d’Inhambane. | Centre Cooperació per al Desenvolupament |
| 01/03/2019 | 28/02/2020 | Implementació d'una xarxa de comunicacions acadèmica a la Universidad Pedagógica de Maxixe a Moçambic. | Centre Cooperació per al Desenvolupament |
| 01/02/2019 | 31/01/2024 | Potential and Validation of Sustainable Natural & Advance Technologies for Water & Wastewater Treatment, Monitoring and Safe Water Reuse in India | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/01/2019 | 31/12/2023 | Ampliació del contracte de col.laboració per al disseny, optimització i validació d'impressió de peces 3D. | ALSTOM TRANSPORTE, S.A. |
| 01/01/2019 | 31/07/2019 | Formación especializada sobre el uso y explotación de los equipos e instrumentos de National Instruments. | NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS |
| 01/01/2019 | 30/09/2022 | Producción sostenible de bioproductos a partir de microalgas y agua regenerada | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/01/2019 | 30/09/2022 | Morfodinamica de playas protegidas en el Mediterraneo frente el cambio climatico: Modelado | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/01/2019 | 01/01/2022 | INTERREG-EAPA_52/2018-JONAS - Joint Framework for Ocean Noise in the Atlantic Seas | European Commission |
| 01/01/2019 | 01/01/2022 | H2020-688975-Blue Nodules - Breakthrough solutions for the sustainable harvesting and processing of deep sea polymetallic nodules | European Commission |
| 01/01/2019 | 31/12/2022 | ENVironmental Research Infrastructures building Fair services Accessible for society, Innovation and Research | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/01/2019 | 31/12/2021 | Master's Degree in Urban Mobility | European Institute for Innovation and Technology |
| 01/01/2019 | 31/12/2022 | ENVironmental Research Infrastructures buildingFair services Accessible for society, Innovation and Research’ | PLOCAN |
| 24/07/2009 | 30/11/2025 | Desarrollo de un programa de control de la calidad del agua en zonas portuarias mediante simulacion numerica y observaciones | ORG.PÚBLICO PUERTOS DEL ESTADO |
Teaching staff and research groups
Research groups
UPC groups:
External groups:
- Institute of Marine Sciences – Barcelona (ICM-CSIC)
- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC)
- Oceans Catalonia International S.L.
- Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC)
- Blanes Centre for Advanced Studies (CEAB-CSIC)
- International Centre for Coastal Resources Research
- Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO)
- Benthic Ecology and Biology Research Group (Bentonic)
- Research and Development Centre (CID)
- Research Group on Marine Geosciences (Geociema)
Research areas:
- Physical and chemical oceanography
- Marine geosciences
- Marine biology
- Marine ecology
- Maritime engineering
- Coastal and marine area management
Teachers
Doctoral Programme teachers
- Andre Sanchez, Michel
- Ball, Simeon Michael
- Caceres Rabionet, Ivan
- Calvete Manrique, Daniel
- del Rio Fernandez, Joaquin
- Espino Infantes, Manolo
- Garcia Serrano, Joan
- Gironella i Cobos, Xavi
- Gonzalez Marco, Daniel
- Gracia Garcia, Vicente
- Grifoll Colls, Manuel
- Jimenez Quintana, Jose Antonio
- Mestres Ridge, Marc
- Mösso Aranda, Cesar
- Perarnau Llobet, Guillem
- Sanchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustin
- Sierra Pedrico, Juan Pablo
- Valdemoro Garcia, Herminia
- Vena Cros, Lluís
External teachers
ABELLÓ SALA, PERE
AGUZZI, JACOPO
ALBAIGES RIERA, JOAN
ALCARAZ MEDRANO, MIGUEL
ALONSO MARTÍNEZ, BELÉN
ALSINA TORRENT, JOSÉ Mª
ALVAREZ SALGADO, XOSÉ ANTÓN
ANTONIO GARCÍA, OLIVARES
ATIENZA ARIZNOVARRETA, DACHA
BALLABRERA POY, JOAQUIM
BALLESTEROS SAGARRA, ENRIQUE
BARATA MARTI, CARLOS
BLASCO FONT, DOLORS
CALAFAT FRAU, ANTONIO
CALBET FABREGAT, ALBERT
CAMP SANCHO, JORDI
CANALS ARTIGAS, MIQUEL
CARLOS DUARTE, QUESADA
COLL MONTÓN, MARTA
CRUZADO ALORDA, ANTONIO
DACHS MARGINET, JORDI
DEMESTRE ALTED, MONTSERRAT
ELISA BERDALET, ANDRÉS
FERNÁNDEZ GONZALEZ, FELIPE
FLOS BASSOLS, JORDI
FONT FERRÉ, JORDI
FUENTES, VERÓNICA LORENA
GARCÉS PIERES, ESTHER
GASOL PIQUÉ, JOSEP Mª
GILI SARDÁ, JOSEP Mª
GRIMALT OBRADOR, JOAN
GUEDES ABRANTES, FÁTIMA FILOMENA
GUILLEN ARANDE, JORGE
ISLA SAAVEDRA, ENRIQUE
LACORTE, SÍLVIA
LATASA ARCALIS, MIKEL
LORENA FUENTES, VERONICA
LÓPEZ LASERAS, PILAR
MARRASE PEÑA, MARIA CELIA
MARTA ESTRADA, MIYARES
MASSANA MOLERA, RAMON
MAYNOU HERNÁNDEZ, FRANCESC
MONTOYA TERAN, JOSÉ M
NAVARRO BERNABÉ, JOAN
PALANQUES MONTEYS, ALBERT
PELEGRÍ LLOPART, JOSE LUIS
PETERS , FRANCESC
PIERA FERNANDEZ, JAUME
PIÑA CAPÓ, BENJAMIN
PORTE VISA, CINTA
PUIG ALENYA, PERE
PÉREZ VALLMITJANA, MARTA
RAMÓN FRANQUESA, ARTES
ROMERO MARTINENGO, JAVIER
ROS ARAGONES, JOANDOMENEC
SAIZ SENDRÓS, ENRIC
SARDÁ BORROY, RAFAEL
SERRA RAVENTOS, JORDI
SIMARRO GRANDE, GONZALO
SIMÓ MARTORELL, RAFAEL
TURIEL MARTÍNEZ, ANTONIO
URGELES ESCLASANS, ROGER
VIDAL BARCELONA, MONTSERRAT
VIUDEZ LOMBA, ÁLVARO
Research projects
| START DATE | END DATE | ACTIVITY | FINANCING ENTITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | I-01679 | CAIXA DE CREDIT DELS ENGINYERS-CAJA |
| 01/12/2023 | 30/11/2026 | The MARINERG-i Distributed Research Infrastructure (DRI) unites and consolidates the EU Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) testing facilities to accelerate development and realise potential of this secto | Commission of European Communities |
| 02/11/2023 | 31/12/2024 | Realització del projecte d’R+D consistents en dissenyar i desplegar un sistema de gestió de dades | OCEAN ECOSTRUCTURES S.L. |
| 01/10/2023 | 30/09/2024 | Desenvolupament d'un sistema de tracking de baix cost i baix consum que permeti la seva geo-localització a través d'una aplicació basada en tecnologia web LTE/NOIoT | TOP-CABLE, SA |
| 01/09/2023 | 31/08/2026 | MUltiscale CHaracterization Of GroUndwater and Solutes discharge into The Ocean | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 05/07/2023 | 31/01/2025 | Coastal marine (pre)operational services around the Mediterranean Sea | MERCATOR OCÉAN |
| 01/06/2023 | 31/05/2025 | Red Temática de Matemática Discreta y Algorítmica | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/03/2023 | 31/12/2023 | Contrato de servicio técnico para la actuación preventiva de reubicación de arenas en el borde liltoral del Delta del Ebro (Tarragona) | EMP.TRANSFORMACIÓN AGRARIA SA |
| 09/02/2023 | 08/02/2025 | Contracte per a la Realització de comparació de transport de sediment entre dades de satél.lit i dades batimétriques obtingudes a la platja d'Altafulla i Tamarit considerant les variacions estacionals | Ajuntament d'Altafulla |
| 02/02/2023 | 02/02/2023 | Sistema de información marina costera | |
| 24/01/2023 | 23/07/2023 | Contrato de servicios para la realización de los Trabajos de apoyo para el diseño del observatorio portuario del cambio climático (OPCC) | ORG.PÚBLICO PUERTOS DEL ESTADO |
| 01/01/2023 | 31/12/2025 | Innov. para Canal de Inv. Exp. Marítima, Multifunc/Multiesc | MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA E INNOVACION |
| 01/01/2023 | 30/06/2027 | Next generation multiplatform Ocean observing technologies for research infrastructures | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/01/2023 | 31/12/2026 | operAtional seNsing lifE technologies for maRIne ecosystemS | Commission of European Communities |
| 19/12/2022 | 31/12/2022 | Collaboration contract related to Trackers embarcacions IoT | EMS, S.L. |
| 03/12/2022 | 03/12/2022 | UBathy: A software to obtain the bathymetry from video imagery (version 2.0.0) | |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | Soluciones basadas en la naturaleza para la adaptación al cambio climático de las costas deltaicas: evaluación de las respuestas morfodinámicas | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | A la búsqueda de espacio de acomodación para la adaptación de la zona costera a los riesgos presentes y futuros | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | Herramientas para una mejor gestión de la basura marina en zonas costeras y acelerar la transición a una economía circular del plástico | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2025 | DIagnostic framework to Assess and Predict tHe impact Of underwater NoIse on marine species (DIAPHONIA) | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | 3D slag concrete manufacturing solutions for marine biotopes | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | ParticIpatory Technologies for sustAinable COastal monitoRing in urban Areas-HYDRO | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2025 | Sistema multiescala híbrido para la predicción en el corto plazo y las proyecciones de cambio climático de la inundacíon debida a fenómenos compuestos (MyFlood) | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | : Participatory technologies for sustainable coastal monitoring in urban areas-HYDRO | Gobierno de España. Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. Dirección General de Programas y de Transferencia de Conocimiento (Dgptc) |
| 01/11/2022 | 30/10/2024 | Into The Deep: Marine Image Analysis Hub for Citizen | EURCOM-EDU.AUDIO&CULTURE EX.AG |
| 01/11/2022 | 31/01/2024 | Collaboration contract related by EMSO ERIC physical access 2022 call pilot | ANB Sensors Ltd |
| 01/11/2022 | 30/09/2024 | Collaboration contract related by EMSOTNA CALL 2022 | UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN |
| 22/10/2022 | 20/10/2027 | Contrato de colaboración para la prestación del servicio/'Asistencia técnica para el seguimiento ambiental del proyecto de extracción de arenas en el sector norte de la zona II de la APB (2022-2026)/' | FUNDACION AZTI-AZTI FUNDAZIOA - UNI |
| 01/10/2022 | 30/09/2026 | Geosphere INfrastructures for QUestions into Integrated REsearch | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/10/2022 | 30/09/2025 | DANUBIUS Implementation Phase Project | Commission of European Communities |
| 14/09/2022 | 13/01/2023 | Contracte de col·laboració per l'elaboració de les rutes d'adaptació climàtica d'un tram de la costa catalana | GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA |
| 01/09/2022 | 31/08/2025 | Fundamentos y optimización de la producción de bioproductos a partir de cianobacterias tratando efluentes residuales | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/09/2022 | 15/11/2022 | Contracte de serveis per a la realització dels treballs sobre/'Metodologia per a l'avaluació de la capacitat de càrrega física a aplicació en un tram de la costa de Catalunya/' | Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya |
| 01/09/2022 | 31/08/2025 | Imaging data and services for aquatic science | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/09/2022 | 31/08/2025 | Resolviendo carencias de conocimiento críticas para mejorar las proyecciones morfodinámicas de costas bajas en el siglo XXI: Modelado | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 26/07/2022 | 25/07/2025 | Desenvolupament de nous materials | Agència per la Competitivitat de l'Empresa (ACCIÓ) |
| 29/06/2022 | 31/01/2024 | XPrize Rainforest | Xprize foundation |
| 01/06/2022 | 31/05/2023 | Siren Song | THE SENSE OF SILENCE FOUNDATION; Prince Albert II de Monaco |
| 01/06/2022 | 31/05/2023 | Elaboració del atles de la vulnerabilitat de la costa de Moçambic davant el canvi climàtic. Fase II | Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC |
| 13/05/2022 | 13/05/2022 | Generating device for quasi-cyclic ldpc codes from generalized quadrangles | |
| 28/04/2022 | 27/04/2023 | Contrato de colaboración para el apoyo técnico al/'Análisis de datos de la boya ANTEIA situada junto al primer quiebro del Dique de Zierbena. Año 2022/' | AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE BILBAO |
| 19/04/2022 | 18/07/2022 | Contrato de apoyo técnico para la redacció del/'Informe técnico sobre los efectos de determinados elementos rígidos en la costa exterior del hemidelta norte del río Ebro, en el término municipal de De | SERVICIO PROVINCIAL DE COSTAS EN TA |
| 01/03/2022 | 30/06/2023 | Passsive Acoustic Monitoring of river dolphins in the varzeá | ROLEX |
| 01/01/2022 | 31/12/2025 | María de Maeztu Program for Centers and Units of Excellence in R&D (proyecto CEX2020-001084-M). | Agencia Estatal de Investigación |
| 01/01/2022 | 29/07/2022 | Contracte de col·laboració per la fabricació de 50 trackers i app per instal·lació a boies | ONA SAFE & CLEAN SL |
| 01/12/2021 | 30/11/2024 | Sistema Inteligente para el mantenimiento predictivo de diques (PI-BREAK) | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/12/2021 | 30/11/2024 | Plataforma de Larga Duración para la Observación de los Ecosistemas Marinos | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 18/11/2021 | 21/08/2022 | Gemelo dIgital de centRAles SOLares Fotovoltaicas - GIRASOL | MIN. INDUSTRIA ENERGIA TURISMO |
| 01/11/2021 | 31/10/2024 | Adquirir conocimientos sobre el riesgo de rebase para las zonas costeras urbanizadas | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/10/2021 | 31/03/2026 | Large scale RESToration of COASTal ecosystems through rivers to sea connectivity | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/10/2021 | 31/03/2025 | iCIEM 2.0: Hacia un Simulador Ambiental Integral (Lab y Obs) | MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA E INNOVACION |
| 29/09/2021 | 13/12/2021 | ESTUDIO DE DINAMICA LITORAL PARA ANALIZAR LA INFLUENCIA DEL PORT DE COMA·RUGA EN LA ESTABILIDAD DE LAS PLAYA A PONIENTE | ENIGEST S.L. |
| 01/09/2021 | 31/08/2024 | Riesgos naturales compuestos y conectados en la costa Mediterránea española ante el cambio climático - Mar | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/09/2021 | 31/08/2024 | Environmental Computations and Observations for BAY Sustainability | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/09/2021 | 31/08/2024 | Evaluación del rol de protección costera de las acumulaciones de plantas marinas en la playa | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/09/2021 | 31/08/2025 | Esfuerzo conjunto entre BIología y TEcnología para monitorear y recuperar especies y ecosistemas impactados por la pesca: plataformas | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/09/2021 | 31/08/2024 | Combinatoria: nuevas tendencias y aplicaciones | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 16/07/2021 | 15/08/2022 | Contrato de colaboración en I+D entre la Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares y la UPC para el DESARROLLO DE UN PLAN DE ADAPTACIÓN AL CAMBIO CLIMATICO PARA LOS PUERTOS DE LA AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE BALEARES | AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE BALEARES |
| 01/06/2021 | 31/05/2025 | HARNESSING THE POWER OF NATURE THROUGH PRODUCTIVE MICROBIAL CONSORTIA IN BIOTECHNOLOGY- MEASURE, MODEL, MASTER | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/06/2021 | 31/05/2025 | Developing Optimal and Open Research Support for the Black Sea (DOORS) | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/06/2021 | 30/11/2024 | Procution of Biostimulatns,Biofertilizers, Biopolymers and Bioenergy form OLIVE.oil chain residues and by products. 4BIOLIVE | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/06/2021 | 30/06/2023 | CONTRACTE DE DONACIÓ ENTRE LA FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA SENSE OF SILENCE FOUNDATION per a proporcionar suport al desenvolupament de tècniques acústiques en el projecte PROVIDENCE, projecte que té com a objecti | THE SENSE OF SILENCE FOUNDATION |
| 24/05/2021 | 21/12/2022 | Serveis tècnics | WAICONT SYSTEMS, S.L. |
| 16/04/2021 | 31/12/2021 | Análisis del comportamiento de las playas metropolitanas al sur de Barcelona y propuesta de medidas de actuación en las playas metropolitanas. | BARCELONA REG. A.M.D.U.I., S.A. |
| 01/04/2021 | 31/03/2025 | Metrology for Integrated Marine Management and Knowledge-Transfer Network | Commission of European Communities |
| 29/03/2021 | 30/09/2021 | Treballs per a l’adaptació als impactes del canvi climàtic dels ports i alguns passejos marítims | Oficina Catalana del Canvi Climàtic |
| 01/02/2021 | 31/01/2025 | Solutions @ Underwater Radiated Noise Projecte europeu Call H2020-MG-2020-SingleStage-INEA | Commission of European Communities |
| 25/01/2021 | 12/03/2021 | Ensayos a escala reducida en el canal CIEM para determinar el comportamiento de un nuevo tipo de diques hinchables desarrollados por CIMNE como elemento disipador de energía. | CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUM |
| 01/01/2021 | 31/05/2022 | Valorization of co-products from waste treatment technologies for the production of innovative value-added products for agriculture. | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/01/2021 | 30/06/2021 | Blue Boat Initiative | Melimoyu Ecosystem Research Institute |
| 01/01/2021 | 30/09/2023 | Aprofundir en el coneixement relatiu a l'adaptació dels ports de la Generalitat de Catalunya i els passeigs marítims a l'impacte del canvi climàtic | GENCAT-DEP.POL.TERR.OBR.PUB |
| 01/01/2021 | 27/05/2022 | Adquisició de dades de camp (velocitat de marea i batimetria), processat i anàlisis del corrent de component oest per la futura implementació d’una instal·lació d’energia mareomotriu al nord de l’Illa de Saboga (Panamà | Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC |
| 01/01/2021 | 27/05/2022 | Elaboració del atles de la vulnerabilitat de la costa de Moçambic davant el canvi climàtic. Fase I: aproximació metodològica i caracterització de paràmetres fonamentals. | Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC |
| 30/12/2020 | 15/04/2021 | Prestació d’assistència per a la millora de l’agitació de l’avantport i clota petita del Club Nàutic de L’Escala. Avaluació de l’impacte sobre la platja de Riells | Club Nàutic l'Escala |
| 16/12/2020 | 22/12/2023 | Realització d'un assaig físic al canal CIEM per a l'estudi mitjançant model físic reduït dels esforços generats per l'acció de l'onatge en situació de temporal en el Pont del Petroli de Badalona (Encà | AJUNTAMENT BADALONA |
| 01/12/2020 | 30/11/2023 | H2020-101004275- MObiLIty sERvices Enhanced by GALILEO & Blockchain’,/'MOLIERE/' | Commission of European Communities |
| 26/10/2020 | 25/06/2021 | Realització d'escenaris d'inundació de costa i erosió de platges pel projecte PIMA ADAPTA COSTAS. Exped. S-689/20 (ICGC-2020-00045) | Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya |
| 26/10/2020 | 25/06/2021 | Realització d’escenaris d’inundació de costa i erosió de platges pel projecte PIMA ADAPTA COSTAS | Institut Cartografic de Catalunya (ICC) |
| 01/07/2020 | 28/12/2020 | Análisis del impacto costero asociado a la possible ampliación de Port Balís | Club Nàutic El Balís |
| 19/06/2020 | 25/09/2020 | ELABORACIÓ D'UN MODEL DE DISPERSIÓ PER LES AIGÜES QUE DESEMBOQUEN PER CANAL D'ILLA DE MAR A LA BADIA DEL FANGAR | INST.RECERCA I TECNOLOGI.AGROALIMEN |
| 19/06/2020 | 18/11/2020 | Anàlisi de les problemàtiques i primeres alternatives de solució de les platges dels municipis de Sant Adrià, Badalona i Montgat | BARCELONA REG. A.M.D.U.I., S.A. |
| 01/06/2020 | 25/11/2021 | OSIP Remote Sensing for Marine Litter-Study Scheme | ESA (EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY) |
| 27/03/2020 | 31/12/2021 | Congrés VI Expanding Ocean Frontiers 2020 | CLIENTS DIVERSOS |
| 24/03/2020 | 23/07/2021 | Elaborar un plan de adaptación a los efectos del cambio climático de los Puertos adscritos a la Comunidad Autónoma de las Illes Balears | PORTS DE LES ILLES BALEARS |
| 24/03/2020 | 30/09/2020 | Boia Dinàmica Monitoritzada: Boies de senyalització costera amb tecnologia IoT | ONA SAFE & CLEAN SL |
| 24/03/2020 | 30/09/2020 | SmartLaser: Tecnologia IoT aplicada als capc¸als la`sers | MONOCROM, S.L. |
| 24/03/2020 | 30/09/2020 | IP-Buoy link: Prova de concepte per la implementacio´ del control de les boies d’amarre amb tecnologia IoT | IP BUOYS, S.L. |
| 01/03/2020 | 28/02/2021 | Development of a low-cost and do-it-yourself hydrodynamic measurement device for monitoring oceanographic variables in developing countries. | Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC |
| 01/02/2020 | 31/01/2024 | Joint European Research Infrastructure of Coastal Observatories: Science, Service, Sustainability | Commission of European Communities |
| 31/01/2020 | 31/03/2020 | Servei de redacció de l'estudi de propagació de l'onatge i la seva interacció amb el dic de recer al port de Blanes | PORTS DE LA GENERALITAT |
| 31/01/2020 | 30/04/2020 | ESTUDI PER AL REFORÇ I REPARACIÓ DEL DIC DE RECER DEL PORT DE BLANES (TEMPORAL GLORIA) | Ports de la Generalitat |
| 23/01/2020 | 23/01/2020 | Aparato de captación de imágenes hiperespectrales para la exploración del subsuelo | |
| 01/01/2020 | 31/05/2022 | MEDIOS DE EVALUACIÓN Y ATENUACIÓN DE LOS RIESGOS COSTEROS LOCALES DEBIDOS A LOS IMPACTOS DE LOS TEMPORALES | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/01/2020 | 30/06/2021 | Monitorització de la biodiversitat, mitjançant la creació i la instal·lació d’una xarxa sense fils de sensors distribuïts per tot l’Amazones | SONSETC, MAKING SENSE OF SOUNDS |
| 18/12/2019 | 31/12/2019 | Ampliació del contracte de col·laboració per experiències pilot per realitzar tracking de bobines de cable carregades en camions | TOP-CABLE, SA |
| 01/11/2019 | 31/12/2023 | Improving and Integrating European Ocean Observing and Forecasting Systems for Sustainable use of the Oceans | Commission of European Communities |
| 02/10/2019 | 31/12/2019 | Support Activities for A1 Hydrophone | SITEP ITALIA S.P.A |
| 18/09/2019 | 30/04/2020 | Conveni únic per encàrrecs a CARNET per a la realització d'un projecte sobre/'MARITIME SHUTTLE” | FUNDACIO C INNOVACIO I TEC CIT UPC |
| 09/09/2019 | 08/10/2019 | Assessorament tècnic per a l'estudi i disseny de mesures al problema d'erosió costanera del municipi de Gavà | BARCELONA REG. A.M.D.U.I., S.A. |
| 03/09/2019 | 03/09/2019 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING SEA LICE EXPOSURE IN MARINE FISH FARMING | |
| 02/09/2019 | 31/12/2021 | Ampliació del contracte de col·laboració entre SARTI-UPC i MONOCROM S.L. Cada encàrrec es formalitzarà a través dels documents d'ofertes i comandes, que indicaran la durada i pressupost de l'encàrrec. | MONOCROM, S.L. |
| 01/06/2019 | 31/12/2020 | Noise influence for cuttlefish invertebrate - St Brieuc Wind Farm Site. (Ref. CPCS – 771596) | IBERDROLA S. A. |
| 20/05/2019 | 31/10/2020 | The main objective is to give support during the entire project live until October 2020, in the creation of a web-based SensorML generator, allowing users to create their own SensorMLs, describing in | CYPRUS SUBSEA CONSULTING AND SERVIC |
| 20/05/2019 | 31/12/2022 | 5th DualSPHysics Users Workshop | CLIENTS DIVERSOS |
| 01/04/2019 | 31/12/2022 | Hydraulic Collector for Polymetallic Nodules from the Deepsea | EUROPEAN INST OF INNOV.& TECHNOL. |
| 01/04/2019 | 01/04/2022 | KIC RM BLUE HARVESTING-PA 18138 - Hydraulic Collector for Polymetallic Nodules from the Deepsea | European Commission |
| 27/03/2019 | 24/12/2019 | Col.laboració LIM-UPC i METEOSIM per al desenvolupament de la investigació referent a l'aplicació de la eina Coastal Hazard Wheel (CHW) en diversos països costaners d'Àfrica Occidental i Camerun | METEOSIM SL |
| 22/03/2019 | 21/03/2020 | SUBCONTRATACIÓ PER A LA INSTAL.LACIÓ DE DOS CORRENTÒMETRES ADCP A LA BADIA DEL FANGAR DURANT 1,5 MESOS EN EL PRIMER SEMESTRE DEL 2019, LES DADES RECOLLIDES S'UTILITZARAN EN EL MARC DEL PROJECTE SOBRE | INST.RECERCA I TECNOLOGI.AGROALIMEN |
| 01/03/2019 | 04/04/2021 | amending the Design criteria of URban defences in LECZs through Composite-modelling of WAVE overtopping under climate change scenarios | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/03/2019 | 24/09/2022 | Joint Framework for Ocean Noise in the Atlantic Seas | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/03/2019 | 28/02/2020 | Execució de la segona campanya de mesures hidrodinàmiques a la Badia d’Inhambane (Moçambic) en el marc d’un projecte de col•laboració inter-universitària amb la UP-Maxixe | Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC |
| 01/03/2019 | 28/02/2020 | Desplegament d'una xarxa LORA per a la mesura de la hidrodinàmica dels rius de la badia d'Inhambane | Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC |
| 01/03/2019 | 28/02/2020 | Desplegament d’una xarxa LORA per a la mesura de la hidrodinàmica dels rius de la badia d’Inhambane. | Centre Cooperació per al Desenvolupament |
| 01/03/2019 | 28/02/2020 | Implementació d'una xarxa de comunicacions acadèmica a la Universidad Pedagógica de Maxixe a Moçambic. | Centre Cooperació per al Desenvolupament |
| 01/02/2019 | 31/01/2024 | Potential and Validation of Sustainable Natural & Advance Technologies for Water & Wastewater Treatment, Monitoring and Safe Water Reuse in India | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/01/2019 | 31/12/2023 | Ampliació del contracte de col.laboració per al disseny, optimització i validació d'impressió de peces 3D. | ALSTOM TRANSPORTE, S.A. |
| 01/01/2019 | 31/07/2019 | Formación especializada sobre el uso y explotación de los equipos e instrumentos de National Instruments. | NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS |
| 01/01/2019 | 30/09/2022 | Producción sostenible de bioproductos a partir de microalgas y agua regenerada | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/01/2019 | 30/09/2022 | Morfodinamica de playas protegidas en el Mediterraneo frente el cambio climatico: Modelado | AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION |
| 01/01/2019 | 01/01/2022 | INTERREG-EAPA_52/2018-JONAS - Joint Framework for Ocean Noise in the Atlantic Seas | European Commission |
| 01/01/2019 | 01/01/2022 | H2020-688975-Blue Nodules - Breakthrough solutions for the sustainable harvesting and processing of deep sea polymetallic nodules | European Commission |
| 01/01/2019 | 31/12/2022 | ENVironmental Research Infrastructures building Fair services Accessible for society, Innovation and Research | Commission of European Communities |
| 01/01/2019 | 31/12/2021 | Master's Degree in Urban Mobility | European Institute for Innovation and Technology |
| 01/01/2019 | 31/12/2022 | ENVironmental Research Infrastructures buildingFair services Accessible for society, Innovation and Research’ | PLOCAN |
| 24/07/2009 | 30/11/2025 | Desarrollo de un programa de control de la calidad del agua en zonas portuarias mediante simulacion numerica y observaciones | ORG.PÚBLICO PUERTOS DEL ESTADO |
Quality
The Validation, Monitoring, Modification and Accreditation Framework (VSMA Framework) for official degrees ties the quality assurance processes (validation, monitoring, modification and accreditation) carried out over the lifetime of a course to two objectives—the goal of establishing coherent links between these processes, and that of achieving greater efficiency in their management—all with the overarching aim of improving programmes.
Validation
- Verification Memory (Doctoral Programme) - 2013
- Verification Resolution (MECD) - 2013
- Agreement of the Council of Ministers (BOE)