University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain
The 2nd Spanish National Mechanisms and Machine Theory Olympiad (2ª Olimpiada Nacional en TEORÍA DE MÁQUINAS Y MECANISMOS) is taking place today and tomorrow in Seville. This Olympiad is organized by the Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Department (Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y Fabricación) of the University of Seville.
Mikel Diez is attending the Olympiad with Javier Viaña y Mario Badas, both Engineering Students of our Faculty. All the best to all the participants!
Next week, Javier Corral will attend the 15th EAEC European Automotive Congress 2017 organized by the Sociedad de Técnicos de Automoción (STA), member of FISITA. The biennial EAEC Congress will be held from 3rd to 5th of October at the Carlos III University of Madrid (Leganés Campus) in Spain. There, Javier Corral will present the following two works:
Last week, from 18th to 22nd september 2017, Mónica Urízar and Saioa Herrero presented our work at the ONPU (Odessa National Polytechnic University) in Ukraine. During their stay, they introduced both the Faculty of Engineering and COMPMECH Research Group to all the professors and students attending the sessions.
Besides, Mónica Urízar offered a theoretical and practical lesson about GIM Software. This was a very interesting opportunity for assistants to learn how to use the program and see all the possibilities it offers to be used in their classes and research. Finally, Saioa Herrero presented the work developed in her PhD Thesis about parallel manipulators. This was also an attractive presentation for the students, since some of them are starting their PhD in related topics. In all the sessions students and professors showed their interest on the topics and participated in a very active way. Thank you to all of them!
This stay is funded by the Organization of Erasmus+ for teaching abroad.
On 2nd June 2017 José Ignacio Ibarreche Mendía defended his PhD Thesis – Análisis y síntesis estructural de manipuladores paralelos de baja movilidad con múltiples modos de operación. Dr. Prof. Alfonso Hernández has been the Advisor of the PhD Thesis.
This week, from 22nd to 26th May 2017, Alfonso Hernández and Víctor Petuya are giving lessons at the UPT (Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara) in Romania. These lessons are funded by the Organization of Erasmus+ for teaching abroad.
Their lessons in this Erasmus+ project are focused on mechanisms and robotics.
COMPMECH Research Group had the pleasure to receive Itzel Flores and Rubén Valenzuela – from the UNAM University in Mexico – this morning. During their visit, they have given a talk about their previous and current projects. It has been really interesting and a great opportunity to learn more about the great work that these two experts in bio-engineering have been doing in the last ten years. We hope to see them again soon and keep talking about future lines in bio-engineering.
This week, Alfonso Hernández, Víctor Petuya, Javier Corral and Mikel Diez have attended the first meeting for young researches organized by the Spanish Association of Mechanical Engineering (AEIM). The meeting has taken place on 9th and 10th May in Calatayud (Aragón, Spain).
The Spanish Mechanical Engineering Association has signed an agreement with the journal DYNA and has selected Víctor Petuya as new Associate Editor.
On 6th April 2017 Mathias Hüsing, from the IGM – RWTH Aachen University, offered a talk at the Faculty of Engineering in Bilbao where he explained the current projects of their research group. The IGM institut and COMPMECH research group collaborate often together in different projects, so it is always very interesting to host them and get their point of view of different topics.