The group works on clinical and technological applications of the Physics of Vision (psychophysical physiological optics and mathematical models of visual processing), without neglecting basic research in this field. The three main working lines are:
- Basic research in vision: Obtaining information on the structure and function of the visual system from psychophysical experiments. Modelling of visual processes.
- Applications to clinical psychophysics, with two different working lines:
- Development of psychophysical tests for detection, screening or classification of vision problems: Evaluation of existing devices. Analysis of respectability, sensitivity, specificity in normal and pathological populations. Study of measurement distortion factors. Analysis of concordance between devices.
- Technological applications of Vision Sciences: Characterisation of image capture and display devices. Development of specific colourimetric characterisation methods (point-to-point methods). Applications of image display devices as generators of visual stimuli in clinical psychophysical tests. Applications of image capture devices as colorimeters. Applications of colour measurement in green chemistry, for estimation of chemical parameters correlated with the colour of samples. Characterisation of optical elements. Development of protocols for measuring optical quality in vitro. Measurement of optical and visual quality of intraocular lenses.
- Clinical applications for the improvement of visual function in patients. Basic studies and development of applications, especially aimed at amblyopia (lazy eye), to determine which stimuli would favour concordance with the dominant eye.
The Digital Systems Design and Communication Group (DSDC) is a consolidated research group attached to the Escola Técnica Superior d'Enginyería of the Universitat de València since 1996. It is currently made up of four teachers and researchers with doctorates and four pre-doctoral researchers. It has two 100m2 laboratories fully equipped for the design and development of electronic demonstrators.
He has extensive scientific experience, with more than 70 articles in high-impact international journals and more than 90 participations in scientific congresses. It also has an extensive track record in the development of research projects, having participated in more than 15 projects funded by public calls for proposals, and has a long tradition in technology transfer, having collaborated as a scientific partner in matters related to electronics, computing and telecommunications through more than 30 contracts and agreements with major players in different sectors and business areas.
Areas of research:
- Customised electronic design (hardware and firmware). Reconfigurable Logic (CPLDs, FPGAs, PSoC). Microcontrollers (AVR, ARM, 8051, etc.). RTOS.
- Sensor networks (WSN). Wireless communications technologies (Wifi, Zigbee, CyFi, Bluetooth, Sigfox LoRA, etc.)
- Applications for mobile devices (IOS, Android)
- High-speed electronic design (Altium, etc.).
- Internet of Things (IoT). Motes. Concentrators. Embedded electronic developments, with special emphasis on aspects such as low power consumption, energy harvesting and miniaturisation.
- Project management. Development of pre-commercial prototypes, including cost analysis and CE pre-certification.
Sectors of application:
- Energy (smartgrids, smartmetering, renewables).
- Environment (climate change, smartcities, smarthome and building automation).
- Industry (process analytical technologies - PAT).
- Biomedical engineering (implantable devices, nuclear medicine PET).
- High-energy physics detectors (ATLAS-CERN).
- Consumer Electronics (wereables).
Collaborating organisations, associations and foundations in the areas of interest (excluding RTD, LI, SME):
Climate-KIC. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Spanish Technological Platform for Energy Efficiency. Spanish Geothermal Technology Platform The Valencian Association of Energy Sector Companies (AVAESEN). InnDEA Foundation (Valencia City Hall). Spanish Home Automation Association (CEDOM). Multisectoral Association of Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies, Telecommunications and Digital Content Companies (AMETIC). Spanish Association for the Internationalisation and Innovation of Spanish Electronics Companies (SECARTYS). Building Institute of Valencia (IVE). Valencian Association of Habitat Technologies (AVATHA). Professional bodies and associations (COIT, COITT, FENITEL, FENIE). TECMA-RED communication group.
The Materials Technology and Sustainability Research Group (MATS) of the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Universitat de València focuses its research activity on the design, development, characterisation and validation of technologies for the preparation and functionalisation of materials with a multi-sectoral character, and with a focus on sustainability within the concept of circular economy.
MATS' lines of work include:
- the development of technologies for obtaining and functionalising (nano/micro) polymeric fibres and films, composites and hybrids, and their transfer to industrial sectors based on membrane technology: effluent treatment, packaging and biomedicine, among others;
- research into the correlation between the physico-chemical properties of polymeric and hybrid materials and their performance in service conditions, aimed at design re-engineering;
- the evaluation of alternatives for the material, chemical, energy and biological recovery of plastic waste, under the concept of circular economy and the use of bio-resources;
- the development of advanced reaction techniques using supercritical fluids or emerging solvents to obtain polymers of interest; and
- the design of nanostructured catalysts using electrochemical techniques for the preparation of hybrid membranes.
MATS is made up of a multidisciplinary team, with expertise in (bio)polymer and composite technology, advanced reaction processes with sustainable emerging solvents, hybrid catalyst generation for environmental technologies and corrosion control techniques. In this way, they are able to address the challenges of industries and institutions committed to sustainable innovation in environmentally efficient and value-added products and processes. MATS is also committed to the transfer of research and innovation results to society, by means of
- the training of qualified professionals in a scientific-technological and international environment, through internships, academic stays and the development of doctoral and master's theses;
- the preparation of specialised training courses and workshops in the field of sustainability and the circular economy of materials;
- dissemination in general and specialised environments and
- collaboration in networks and technological platforms for the development of Research, Development and Innovation projects.
The research activity is focused on the design, modelling, advanced characterisation and integration of microsensors and microelectronic circuits. In this sense, and in close collaboration with other groups in our immediate environment, at national and international level, we have developed capabilities in the design of sensors based on nanostructured layers for the sensing of physical magnitudes such as the magnetic field or the concentration of gases. We have also demonstrated skills in the design of polarisation circuits for these sensors, signal conditioning and data acquisition.
