Research Units at ETSIT-UPM www.etsit.upm.es/research
Outlook Overview Departments and research groups Institutes and centers Some figures
R & D at ETSIT-UPM Broadly speaking, we aim at: contributing actively to technological knowledge generation & transfer through research and innovation… … within a school that educates professionals in the areas of Telecommunication Engineering and Biomedical Engineering with a sound knowledge of ICTs.
Research Units 4 Research Centers/Institutes & 6 Departments 15 Chairs from Industry Partners 35 Accredited Research Groups
Historically, these Centers/Institutes/Groups emanate from our Departments: 2 Departmental Sections: Organization Engineering, Business Administration and Statistics Linguistics Signals, Systems and Radiocommunications Telematics Engineering Electronic Engineering Photonic Technology and Bioengineering Phys. Electronics, EE and Applied Physics Mathematics for ICTs
Research Institutes and Centers 4 Research Centers or Institutes located at ETSIT: Solar Energy Institute, IES Institute of Optoelectronic Systems and Microtechnology, ISOM Center for Advanced Materials and Devices in ICTs, CEMDATIC Information Processing and Telecommunications Center, IPTC (new, potentially the biggest in UPM)
Chairs from Industry Partners
Department Signal, Systems & Radiocommunications Research Groups: Visual Telecommunications Application Group (G@TV) Signal Processing Applications Group (GAPS) Automation in Signal and Communications Group (GASC) Applied Electromagnetism (GEA) Computational Electromagnetism applied to Antennas & μwaves (ECAM) Microwaves and Radar Group (GMR) Data Processing and Simulation Group (GPDS-CEDITEC) Radiation Group (GR) Information and Communication Technologies Group (GTIC) Image Processing Group (GTI)
Telematics Engineering Department Research Groups: Advanced Telecommunication Networks and Services Engineering New Generation Internet Telecommunication and Internet Networks and Services (RSTI) Intelligent Systems Group (GSI) Real-time Systems and Telematic Services Architecture (STRAST)
Electronic Engineering Department Research groups: Integrated System Lab (LSI) Biomedical Image Technology (BIT) Speech Technology Group (GTH) B105 Electronic Systems Lab Connectivity Group
Department Photonic Technology & Bioengineering Research Groups: Bioengineering and Telemedicine Group (GBT) Life Supporting Technologies (LST) Photonic Signal Group (GSF) Renewable Distributed Generation and Intelligent Control (GEDIRCI)
Mathematics for ICTs Department Research Groups: Dynamical Systems, Learning and Control (SISDAC) Numerical Simulation in Science and Engineering (GSNCI) Biometry, Biosignals and Security Group (GB2S)
Electronics & Physics Department & Solar Energy Institute (IES) IES established on February 1979, confirmed as a University Institute on 1993 (RD 846/1993) Located at ETSIT-UPM Five research groups: Instruments and Systems Integration (ISI) Photovoltaic Systems (SPV) Renewable Distributed Generation and Intelligent Control (GEDIRCI) Silicon and New Solar Cell Concepts (SNSCC) III-V Semicondurcotrs (III-V) Facilities: Silicon production; Epitaxial growth; Cell manufacturing Intermediate band materials and solar cells characterization lab CPV test facilities Concentrator Photovoltaic
Institute of Optoelectronic Systems & Microtechnology (ISOM) Instalación Científico-Técnica Singular (ICTS) Located: at ETSIT-UPM Faculty members and groups from: Electronic Engineering Department; Applied Physics Department; Chemical Engineering . 400 m2 Clean Room (100/1000) + 300 m2 characterization Labs
Center for Advanced Materials and Devices in ICTs (CEMDATIC) Microsystems and Electronic Materials Group (GMME) Applied Photonics Group (GFA) 42 members 28 PhD Optical and Magnetic Materials properties and their Applications Gruoup (POEMMA) Objective: new materials development for ICT applications and their integration in new devices Currently developing ceramic materials, acousto-optic and ferroelectric devices, piezoelectric materials for sensors and filters, configurable dielectric materials for RF, RF signal control laser and optic devices, high brightness and high speed semiconductor lasers
Some Figures More than 500 active research projects (131 international) 510 researchers & 248 faculty members. 76 PhD theses (15-16) Publications: nearly 400 JCRs (average annual value 2011-15) More than 160 patents since 2000 20-25% of UPM funds in research projects (more than 16 M€ in 2015). [UPM: 1st Spanish Univ. (3rd Organization) in R&D FP7 funding (2007-13) with 82 M€: 18.5 M€ come from ETSIT] More than 500 active agreements with industry partners.