ENGINEERING AROUND

New Composite product

1- MATERIALS ENGINEERING

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Alba Martínez, a chemical engineering undergraduate at UPC has created a new product called CellPLA composite. As part of her final degree project, Alba created a new recycling protocol that offers industry a viable alternative for treating plastic waste as part of the sector’s circular economy.

The project that she completed included a new protocol that aims to use enzymes to modify polymer chains.

These modifications react with the addition of cellulose to create a new elastic material with a good texture, ready to be reused.

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3- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING The best option: electric mobility

A study carried out by the University of Cambridge concluded that electric vehicles are the best option for sustainable transport. They offer better energy performance and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in the transport sector. The study also reveals that progress in decarbonizing the network and technology are significantly improving the effect of reducing CO2 emissions.

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2- CREATIVE ENGINEERING Being creative

Creativity is essential for overcoming times of crisis like the present. Engineering students at Harvard University have attended their virtual classes from home and are therefore unable to use the 3D printers, laser cutters and other tools. To overcome this limitation, a university team has sent students a home remote control kit with all the tools and components they need to design and complete their final projects. The idea behind the project was to use the material they were sent to create a basic robot.

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1. ENGINYERIA DELS MATERIALS

L’estudiant d’Enginyeria Química de la UPC Alba Martínez ha desenvolupat un protocol com a alternativa al tractament de residus plàstics que, aplicant l’economia circular, permet modificar químicament les cadenes polímeres, les fa reaccionar amb altres materials i crea un nou producte: el CellPLA composite.

2. ENGINYERIA CREATIVA

Uns enginyers de la Universitat Harvard han hagut d’agusar l’enginy per acabar el seu projecte des de casa sense les eines ni els materials adients. Per fer-ho, un equip de la universitat va enviar a casa de cada alumne equipament fonamental amb control remot, eines i components perquè poguessin crear un robot bàsic.

3. ENGINYERIA ELÈCTRICA

Els vehicles elèctrics ajudaran a disminuir les emissions amb efecte d’hivernacle del sector del transport. A mesura que aquesta tecnologia es consolidi, la reducció de les emissions de CO2 serà més gran. És la conclusió que s’extreu d’un estudi elaborat per enginyers de la Universitat de Cambridge.