PhD theses

GRIC is open to the incorporation of PhD students interested in developing research projects within the framework of the GRIC’s main research topics:

- Improving the energy efficiency of buildings

- Modelling the built environment

Doctoral studies can be performed through:

- Environmental Engineering Doctoral Programme

- Construction Engineering Doctoral Programme

Last doctoral theses directed by group members are:

Boix-Cots, David. Sistema de evaluación y priorización de inversiones públicas. Supervised by Pablo Pujadas and Francesc Pardo-Bosch. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022.
Alavi, Hamidreza. Building information modelling for facility managers. Supervised by Núria Forcada. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022
Muñoz-Liesa, Joan. Energy and material circularity in building-integrated agriculture: an environmental approach. Supervised by Santiago Gassó and Eva Cuerva. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022.
López-Ruiz, Luis Alberto. Implementation and evaluation of the circular economy model in the construction and demolition waste sector. Supervised by Santiago Gassó and Xavier Roca. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021.
Ramírez, Montserrat G. Propuesta metodológica para estimar N₂O en inventarios de emisión y evaluaciones de eco-eficiencia en plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales. Directed by Santiago Gassó and Leonor Patricia Guereca Hernández. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021.
Reinhardt, Robert. Sustainable business model perspectives for the electric vehicle industry: the case of battery second use. Directed by Santiago Gassó and Beatriz Amante. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019.
Tejedor, Blanca. Contributions to the determination of thermal behaviour of façades using quantitative internal IRT (Infrared Thermography). Directed by Miquel Casals and Xavier Roca. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019.
Bortolini, Rafaela. Enhancing building performance: A Bayesian network model to support Facility Management. Directed by Núria Forcada. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019.
Barrias, Antonio José. Development of optical fibre distributed sensing for the structural health monitoring of bridges and large scale structures. Directed by Joan Ramon Casas and Sergi Villalba. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018.
Nadal, Ana. Urban agriculture in the framework of sustainable urbanism. Directed by Alejandro Josa and Eva Cuerva. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2018.
Gaspar, Kàtia. Impact assessment of the façades' actual state on the energy performance gap of residential buildings. Directed by Miquel Casals and Marta Gangolells. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018.
Rodríguez, Gerardo. Monitorización de estructuras de hormigón mediante sensores de fibra óptica distribuida. Directed by Joan Ramon Casas and Sergi Villalba. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017.
Valverde, Víctor Manuel. Characterization of atmospheric pollution dynamics in Spain by means of air quality modelling. Directed byM. Teresa Pay and José M. Baldasano. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016.
Banks, Robert. Assessment of planetary boundary-layer schemes with advanced remote sensing instruments and air quality modelling. Directed by José M. Baldasano and Santiago Gassó. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016.
Suárez, Sindy. Propuesta metodológica para evaluar el comportamiento ambiental y económico de los residuos de construcción y demolición (RCD) en la producción de materiales pétreos. Directed by Xavier Roca. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016.
Camps, Joan. Monitorització de projectes no determinats utilitzant Scrum i la Concept-Knowledge Theory. Directed by Xavier Roca. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015.
Bossi, Benedetta. Construction site energy consumption assessment. Earthworks and concrete structures. Directed by Marco Trani and Miquel Casals. Politecnico di Milano, 2014.