The Regional Minister of Education, Rafael van Grieken, visited our facilities past July 22. During his visit, he made balance of the current regional plan for research and innovation.
Our alumny Miguel Herráez has received the best PhD Thesis award by the Spanish Association of Composite Materials (AEMAC). His work was supervised by Carlos González and Claudio Lopes. Miguel is now working at the Laboratory of Applied Mechanics and Reliability Analysis (LMAF-EPFL) in Switzerland,
This article in “El Mundo” journal (in Spanish only) explains how research on new materials keeps revolutionizing the world we live in.
This article in madridiario (in Spanish only) explains how we achieve economic sustainability while preserving academic quality
Andrea Fernández, research assistant in the Composite Materials group, has been awarded the Youth Prize 2019 for environment category by the Spanish Youth Institute (INJUVE). Andrea explains her research work in this article for “Diario 16” journal
Our colleague Cleis Santos explains in this interview for Mujeres a Seguir the water purification technology she is developing.
Our Deputy Director, Teresa Pérez Prado, works in optimization of metallic powders. This interview in “El Mundo” journal explains the ultimate goals of her research activity. Source | El Mundo
Our Scientific Director, Javier Llorca, expresses his views about the next industrial revolution in this article published by «El Pais» journal.
Javier Llorca, scientific director of the IMDEA Materials Institute and leader of the research group on “Advanced structural materials and nanomaterialss” of the Technical University of Madrid has been elected Fellow of the Materials Research Society. The category of Fellow is awarded to members of the association who have stood out for their contributions to the development of research in materials throughout their careers and who have received international recognition for this. Javier Llorca is the first Spanish researcher to obtain this international award. Click here to access the full text in Madri+d website (content only available in Spanish)
The work of our colleague Rubén Costa has been highlighted in this article in the newspaper El Confidencial in the section named “Hacia un futuro mejor” and sponsored by Banco Santander, that has the goal of disseminating the projects of people that transform society and thrust progress. Click here for the full text (content only available in Spanish).
It was a great opportunity to have been able to transmit the research of excellence in science and materials engineering to all those attending the Fair. Helping to awaken the interest to solve the challenges of society and promote sustainable development in Madrid. Researchers from IMDEA Materials showed the importance of studying new materials, how to improve current ones through new additives or novel manufacturing processes, as well as their study by computational calculations. All this for applications in various fields, from aeronautics to biomaterials. Experiments, demonstrators and videos were shown on the main R & D activities in IMDEA Materials. Thanks to Dr. Juan Pedro Fernández, Dr. Damien Tourret, Dr. Daniel Cintora, Dr. Juan José Vilatela, Alejandro Rodríguez, Verónica Fernández-Luna García, Dr. Joseba Múgica, Alvaro Doñoro, Dr. Cristina Pascual, Jimena de la Vega, Andrea Fernández, Jaime Castro, Dr. Andrea García-Junceda. A success thanks to them!!
MAT4.0-CM is the name of the new project led by the IMDEA Materials Institute. The acronym comes from the union of the word materials and the term 4.0 that defines the current industrial revolution marked by the application of Artificial Intelligence to productive processes. MAT4.0-CM is financed by the Autonomous Community of Madrid and aims to strengthen the industrial sector in three key areas: aeronautics, transport and health. Click here to access the full new (content only available in Spanish)
IMDEA Materials work in the SORCERER project, funded by Clean Sky 2, has been highlighted in the CompositesWorld magazine. Click here to check the whole article.
Our colleague Andrea Fernández Gorgojo, has been awarded one of the Young Talent Awards (premio Talento Joven-Carné Joven ) from the regional government of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid) in the environmental category due to her innovative project focused in the application of new materials to obtain efficient, economic and sustainable batteries. Congratulations!
In this opinion article in “El País” journal, our researcher Andrea García-Junceda claims the role of women in research centers, Universities and laboratories around the world. In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/70/212 declaring 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Juan José Vilatela, head of the Multifunctional Nanocomposites group at IMDEA Materials, has been awarded best researcher under 40 by the Madrid regional government. The award giving ceremony will take place next november 14th in Madrid (Spain).
Rubén Costa is working in a paradigm swift related to lightning technologies, based in biological LEDs. Read more about his research line on solar windows in this article published by “El Mundo” journal (in Spanish only).
The high content of blue light presented by current LEDs can be harmful to the human retina, especially for children, and has a negative impact on our brain´s chemistry. Rubén Costa, researcher at the IMDEA Materials Institute of Madrid; Elena Lalinde and Jesús Berenguer, from the University of La Rioja, and Javier García, from the University of Alicante, have succeeded at producing a material similar to sand (silica nanoparticles) that emits high quality white light for a new generation of LEDs hybrids. Read more at LED professional.
