The improvement of thermal efficiency in solar thermal collectors can be reached by the use of materials able to reduce heat losses by conduction, convection and radiation into the environment. Another methodology consists ...

Engineering education is becoming increasingly complex and requires a comprehensive approach to teaching theory, practice and non-technical skills. The curricula include not only knowledge-based training, but also the ...

Semi-arid areas are characterized by a climate with scarce and torrential rain events, with the Region of Murcia being a clear example. This situation has conditioned the design of stormwater detention tanks from the first ...

In this communication it is presented a study concerning the sowing of Vetiveria Zizanioides using slopes of selected grounds in Guatemala as an example of Bioengineering applied in the stabilization of these slopes. The ...

The several public defence acquisition programs are characterized at present international society by the need of providing, beside the enforcement of the national security of each country, the direct or indirect return ...

The chayote (S. edule), is a vegetable export marketed USA and Canada. It is harvested by hand and susceptible to friction, rolling, oxidation and manipulation during the selection and packaging, quality and reducing ...

Nowadays, there is still a long debate about the advantages and disadvantages of allocating the firm's resources over a limited number of technological areas (exploitation) versus diversifying them over a greater variety ...

The idea to establish the BIM methodology in Projects subjects for undergraduate degrees at the School of Industrial Engineering of the University of Valladolid (EII-UVa), arose to let a gradual student approach into the ...

Man has revolutionized the world in recent years with clear progress in the field of technology, from the appearance of the first mainframes, personal computers and arriving at present, with large capacities devices smaller, ...

This study is part of the already finished LIFE+ project MIPOLARE ENV/ES/000439. The main objective of this project was the environmental remediation of contaminated mining ponds, in the Sierra de Cartagena-La Union,. The ...