0. Research
Units at
ETSIT-UPM

1. Outlook Overview Departments and research groups
Institutes and centers
Some figures

2. 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.

3. Research Units 4 Research Centers/Institutes & 6 Departments
15 Chairs from Industry Partners
35 Accredited Research Groups

4. 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

5. 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)

6. Chairs from Industry Partners

7. Department Signal, Systems & Radiocommunications
Research Groups:
Visual Telecommunications Application Group
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)

8. 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)

9. Electronic Engineering Department
Research groups:
Integrated System Lab (LSI)
Biomedical Image Technology (BIT)
Speech Technology Group (GTH)
B105 Electronic Systems Lab
Connectivity Group

10. 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)

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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) m2 characterization Labs

14. 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

15. 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 )
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 ( ) with 82 M€: 18.5 M€ come from ETSIT]
More than 500 active agreements with industry partners.