Projects

«SISTEMAS DE ALMACENAMIENTO DE CALOR SENSIBLE EN HORMIGONES ECOLÓGICOS OPTIMIZADOS MEDIANTE INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICAL (CALHORIA-CM-UC3M)».

Financing Entity: Comunidad de Madrid

Participants: Univ. Carlos III de Madrid

Principal Researchers: Manuel Torres y Esperanza Batuecas

Dates: July 2024 – December 2026.

Financing: 74.830,03€

«SOLAR THERMAL STORAGE IN SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (ALTESOMAT)».

Financing Entity: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación – Proyectos de Transición Ecológica y Transición Digital

Participants: Univ. Carlos III de Madrid

Principal Researchers: Manuel Torres y Francisco Velasco

Dates: December 2022 – November 2024.

Financing: 141.795 €

«DEVELOPMENT OF ECO-EFFICIENT CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS WITH LOW-IMPACT AND HIGH DURABILITY (ECOCEMAT)».

Financing Entity: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación – Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento

Participants: Univ. Carlos III de Madrid and Universidad de Barcelona

Principal Researchers: Manuel Torres y Asunción Bautista

Dates: September 2022 – August 2025.

Financing: 58.080 €

«NUEVOS CONCEPTOS DE HORMIGONES SOSTENIBLES PARA ALMACENAMIENTO DE ENERGÍA TÉRMICA SOLAR (HORATSO-CM-UC3M)».

Financing Entity: Comunidad de Madrid

Participants: Univ. Carlos III de Madrid

Project Coordinator: Manuel Torres Carrasco

Principal Researchers: Manuel Torres y Sergio Sánchez

Dates: Enero 2020 – Dic 2021.

Financing: 55.843,98 €

«INFLUENCIA DE LA CORROSIÓN Y SU MORFOLOGÍA EN EL COMPORTAMIENTO A FATIGA DE BARRAS CORRUGADAS DE ACERO INOXIDABLE Y ACERO AL CARBONO (FACOR)».

Financing Entity: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Ref. RTI2018-096428-BI00)

Participants: Univ. Carlos III de Madrid

Project Coordinator: Manuel Torres Carrasco

Principal Researcher: Mª Asunción Bautista

Dates: January 2019 – Sep 2022.

Financing: 90.750 €

«ELECTRICAL STEEL STRUCTURING, INSULATING AND ASSEMBLIG BY MEANS OF THE LASER TECHNOLOGIES (ESSIAL).

Financing Entity: Unión Europea (H2020, FoF 06-2017, Ref. 766437)

Participants: Ecole Superieure d’Ingenieurs en Electrotechnique et Electronique d’Amiens (Francia), Jeumont Electric (Francia), Matikem (Francia), Univ. Carlos III de Madrid (España), Euronovia (Francia), Centre de Recherches Metallurgiques ASBL (Bélgica), Fundacion Andaltec I+D+I (España), Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung (Alemania), Multitel (Bélgica), Laser Engineering Applications (Bélgica), Albatros SL (España), Universite de Picardie Jules Verne (Francia), Institut de Recherche Technologique Materiaux, Metallurgie, Procedes (Francia)

Coordinator: Francisco J. Velasco (at UC3M)

Dates: Nov 2017 – Oct 2021.

Financing: 461.087,50 €

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«KREATIE HABITAT: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERE FROM KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES (KET) TO REAL MARKET APPLICATIONS IN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES RELATED WITH THE HABITAT INDUSTRY IN THE SUDOE SPACE (KrEaTive Habitat)».

Financing Entity: Interreg SUDOE (Ref. SOE1/P1/E0307)

Participants: Fundación Centro Tecnológico de Componentes CTC (Spain), Centro Tecnológico de Automoción de Galicia CTAG (Spain), Université de La Rochelle (France), Univ. Carlos III de Madrid (Spain), Universidade do Minho (Portugal), IrRADIARE LDA (Portugal)

Coordinator: Francisco J. Velasco (at UC3M)

Dates: Jul 2016 – Jun 2019.

Financing: 249.853,40 €

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«THE INHIBITION SYNERGISM OF SOME PLANT EXTRACTS AND COMMON INORGANIC INHIBITORS TO ENHANCE THE CORROSION CONTROL OF THE EMBEDDING STEEL BARS IN CONCRETE (NATCON)».

Financing Entity: European Union (Ref. 892074 – H2020-MSCA-IF-2019)

Participants: Univ. Carlos III de Madrid

Coordinator : Francisco Velasco

Dates: Jan 2021- Jan 2022

Financing: 86.466 €

PREVIOUS PROJECTS

«Manufacturing, characterization and evaluation of geopolymers based on volcanic ashes, for construction applications «.

Financing entity: CONCYTEC – Peru (Ref. 121-2016-FONDECYT)

Participants: Univ. Católica de San Pablo (Peru), Univ. Carlos III de Madrid

Coordinator: Asunción Bautista (at UC3M) Dates: Dec 2016 – Dec 2018

«Design and optimization of the structure of busses and coaches by means of adhesive structural joints of dissimilar materials «.

Financing entity: MINECO (Ref. TRA2014-56471-C4-2-R)

Participants: Univ. Carlos III de Madrid (Mechanical Eng Dept), Univ. Carlos III de Madrid (Materials Sci and Eng Dept), Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón.

Coordinators: Miguel Ángel Martínez Casanova, Francisco J. Velasco

Dates: Jan 2015 – Dec 2017. Financing: 96.800 €

«Surface treatments for PMCs using physical and/or chemical techniques, to improve in-service performance of structural adhesive bonds «.

Financing entity: Mº Ciencia e Innovación (Ref. MAT2011-29182-C02-02)

Participants: Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón, Univ. Carlos III de Madrid

Coordinator: Francisco J. Velasco

Dates: Jan 2012 – Dec 2014.

Financing: 49.999,62 €

«PARTICOAT: New Multipurpose coating systems based on novel particle technology for extreme environments at high temperatures».

Financing entity: European Union (Ref. 211329)

Participants: Fraunhofer ICT (Germany), Dechema (Germany), SVUM (Czech Republic), Tecnatom (Spain), Pyrogenesis (Greece), WIP Prague (Czech Republic), Sibtermochim (Russia), Univ Carlos III (Spain), Univ La Rochelle (France), Turbocoating (Italy), Acciona (Spain), Siemens (Germany), R-Tech (Germany), Larco (Greece)

Coordinator: Francisco J. Velasco (at UC3M)

Dates: Nov 2008 – Oct 2012.

Financing: 494.808 €

«Silanes as a responsible environmentally friendly solution to remove hexavalent chromium as pretreatment for lacquered aluminium «.

Financing entity: Mº Medio Ambiente (Ref. 136/PC08/3-11.2)

Participants: Univ. Pontificia Comillas (ICAI), Univ. Carlos III de Madrid

Coordinator: Miguel Ángel Martínez Casanova

Dates: Jul 2008 – Dec 2010.

Financing: 133.115 €

«Strategies to optimize reinforced concrete life cycle: pulse cathodic protection «.

Financing entity: Mº Educación y Ciencia (Ref. BIA-2007-66491-C02-02)

Participants: Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, Univ. de Vigo

Coordinator: Francisco J. Velasco

Dates: Oct 2007 – Dec 2010.

Financing: 148.830 €