4-M: World Engineering Day for Sustainable Developmentspecial issue # 11 # march 2023
On 4th March World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development is celebrated. This Day, proclaimed by UNESCO in 2020, is a part of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its purpose is to present engineering and technology projects that allow the goals set within the Sustainable Development Plan proposed by the nations to be achieved.
The key message of World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development is to highlight the role of engineers in the future of humanity. The theme of World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development 2023 is "Engineering innovation for a more resilient world".
The CIMNE research groups focus their efforts on offering engineering solutions that seek sustainability. In this sense, the centre is involved in projects to search for new materials to build infrastructures using less energy, energy management systems that can control consumption and create more efficient buildings, reduce emissions from transport infrastructures, boost the use of lightweight material in electric vehicles chassis, etc.
Coinciding with this celebration, we take the opportunity to explain some of them.
The Building, Energy and Environment group of CIMNE is involved in four European projects of the H2020 Programme in SC3-Secure, clean & efficient energy, which we list below:
K1 (Kids First): Barcelona / Milan urbanisc programs to protect schools surroundings
The group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport of CIMNE, CENIT, takes part in the EU-funded project K1 (Kids First). Within the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) programme, the K1 (Kids First) address the task of rethink one of the most crucial spaces in the city: the areas around schools.
"FROM CIMNE, THE PROJECTS [in Latin America] ARE CURRENTLY FOCUSING ON SUPPLYING DRINKING WATER AND TREATING WASTEWATER THROUGH BIODIGESTERS TO AMAZONIAN KICHWA INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES"
On occasion of the World Engineering Day, we interviewed the CIMNE researcher Jaime Martí Herrero. Member of CIMNE Beegroup since 2008, he is a doctor in Physical Sciences. In 2009, he began to develop research, development and implementation projects in Bolivia related to biodigesters. This activity led him to visit and collaborate in biodigesters with most Latin American countries. In 2014, he moved to Ecuador, where he is currently a tenured professor at the Ikiam Amazon Regional University. His profile combines applied research activities and international cooperation activities, implementing projects mainly in rural communities. His research work is reflected in about thirty indexed scientific articles, some of them published on open access.
Development of digital tools based on Machine Learning models for the prediction of removal levels of different pollutants in advanced tertiary treatments.
FIBRE composite manufacturing technologies FOR the automation and modular construction in shipYARDS
FRP ships manufactured with advanced production procedures will use less material more efficiently, reducing significantly the ship’s weight: less fuel consumption, recyclable materials, energy efficient production and addressing noise pollution.
RESILMOB - Predictive System for Resilient Mobility
The general objective of RESILMOB is to provide resilience to the geostructures (slopes, embankments, tunnels, etc.) belonging to slopes of linear infrastructures, fundamental for the mobility operations of people and goods.