Gregorio García, Rubén (Date of defense: 2013-07-01)
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate which practices lean enterprises adopt to focus on value streams. An exploratory case study of four plants is developed. The four plants have successfully ...
Rieländer, Daniel (Date of defense: 2016-11-24)
This PhD thesis is in the scope of experimental quantum communication. It deals with correlated photon pairs of which one photon is stored in a solid state device, while the other photon is at telecom ...
Soriano Alfonso, Francisco (Date of defense: 2015-05-22)
There is an increasing demand for vehicles with lower environmental impact and higher fuel efficiency. To meet these requirements, powertrain hybridization has been introduced in both academia and ...
Ochoa Aday, Leonardo (Date of defense: 2019-01-30)
The evolution of information and communication technologies (e.g. cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G, among others) has enabled a large market of applications and network services for ...
Guerini de Souza, Leonardo (Date of defense: 2018-01-29)
This PhD thesis is focused on the quantum measurement simulability problem, that is, deciding whether a given measurement can be simulated when only a restricted subset of measurements is accessible. ...
Koci, Elvis (Date of defense: 2020-06-04)
Spreadsheet applications have evolved to be a tool of great importance for businesses, open data, and scientific communities. Using these applications, users can perform various transformations, generate ...
Sanchez Torreguitart, Ismael (Date of defense: 2019-05-23)
The present thesis incorporates the CAD model into an adjoint-based optimization loop and uses it for the shape optimization of a 2D transonic turbine blade mid-section (profile). This is demonstrated ...
Malandrino, Andrea (Date of defense: 2012-07-26)
Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is primarily involved in back pain, a morbidity that strongly affects the quality of life of individuals nowadays. Lumbar IVDs undergo stressful mechanical loads ...
Ahmad, Nura Mohammad Rabiu (Date of defense: 2020-07-20)
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is considered to be the biggest killer of mankind in the history of infectious diseases. There are still more than 10 million new TB cases every year and ...
Llort Sánchez, Germán M. (Date of defense: 2015-11-03)
With ever more powerful machines being constantly deployed, it is crucial to manage the computational resources efficiently. This is important both from the point of view of the individual user, who ...