Research areas

> Structural design and construction

  • Analysis, modeling, and numerical simulation of building structures.
  • Design of structural connections.
  • Advanced materials for the construction of steel, concrete, and wood structures.
  • Seismic risk and seismic-resistant structural solutions.

> Intervention in built structures

  • Modeling of historical structures.
  • Advanced materials for the reinforcement of steel, concrete, and wood structures.
  • Rehabilitation of built structures.

> Structural design theory

  • Structural optimization and form-finding.
  • Structural design linked to the architectural project.
  • Sustainability in building structures.

> Geotechnics y foundations

  • Seismic analysis and special problems in foundations.
  • Load-bearing capacity analysis of foundations and slope stability.
  • Foundation analysis using machine learning.
  • Analysis of geotechnical structures using reduced models.
  • Analysis of geotechnical pathologies using advanced numerical methods.

> Transport

  • Road design and analysis.

> Architectural acoustics

  • Acoustic insulation of construction systems.
  • Virtual acoustics.
  • Sustainable materials and acoustic absorbing metamaterials.
  • Sound field analysis.

> Lighting

  • Photometric sensor monitoring
  • Lighting simulation
  • Lighting projects

> Materials science

  • Nuclear physics.
  • Applied photonics.
  • Quantum materials.
  • Magnetic materials.

> Complex systems

  • Study of the emergence of cooperation
  • Ecology and public health
  • Social interactions