The URJC and the UAH once again reward excellence in 'smart energy'

Raul Garcia Hemonnet

Innovative energy solutions, the Internet of Things to improve life, complex systems, networks to increase efficiency in renewable plants, these and other similar topics have been the subject of the awarded works in the 2023 'International Excellence Awards-Campus' contest. of Intelligent Energy' URJC-UAH.

The first prizes in each category were the following:

• Best Scientific Contribution URJC: 'Simultaneous exercise recognition and evaluation in prescribed routines: Approach to virtual coaches' presented by Prof. Sara García de Villa, David Casillas Pérez, Ana Jiménez Martín and Juan Jesús García Domínguez.
• Best UAH Scientific Contribution: “Persistence in Complex Systems” presented by Prof. Sancho Salcedo Sanz, David Casillas Pérez and Lucas Cuadra Rodríguez.
• Best URJC Thesis: 'Synthesis of New Nanosystems Based on Titanium Oxides with Advanced Applications', whose author is Miguel Díaz Sánchez.
• Best UAH Thesis: 'Contributions to impedance shaping control techniques for power electronic converters' whose author is Javier Serrano Delgado.
• Best URJC TFM: 'Design of a Hybrid LNG and Hydrogen Regasification Plant Using Neural Networks for the Canary Islands' presented by student José Ignacio García-Lájara Valero.
• Best TFM UAH: 'Design and Implementation of an IoT System with LoRa Communications for Monitoring People with Cognitive Impairment' whose author is the student Alejandro García Requejo
• Best URJC TFG: 'Simulation using EBSILON of a Carnot battery for the As Pontes thermal power plant (A Coruña)' whose author is the student Sara Viana Martinez
• Best TFG UAH: 'Development of an Intelligent Autonomous Mailbox System (SIBA) in a low-consumption embedded system' whose author is Juan José Pérez Ruiz.

The awards were presented this Monday at the University of Alcalá de Henares. The rector of the URJC, Javier Ramos, has valued the curiosity of all the winners, “that human impulse that leads us to seek information, knowledge and new experiences, the primary emotion that fuels our will to overcome our domain and our understanding of the world. Curiosity has been one of the fundamental factors in the development of scientific thought and knowledge throughout History. Scientific experience comes from asking ourselves and asking others questions,” he noted.

Furthermore, Ramos has called on the researchers present in the room and the scientific community in general to reflect on intelligence and intellectual autonomy at a time when the university "is presented with a multitude of challenges, but also opportunities to collect a new relevance. We have a powerful tool that imitates the cognitive abilities of humans, which is present in our daily lives and which has great potential to improve our quality of life, our efficiency, our creativity and our innovation. However, we must ask ourselves many questions about the possible ethical, social and political risks that arise after its possible abuse. In the hands of researchers lies a responsibility to which you should not be oblivious."

The rector, Javier Ramos, was accompanied by the vice-rector for Research, Innovation and Transfer, Fernando García Muiña, who participated in the presentation of the winners.

For his part, the rector of the UAH, José Vicente Saz, who co-chaired the delivery ceremony with Javier Ramos, indicated that “we need an energy transition that improves our relationship with the planet and allows us to move towards a world in which progress goes hand in hand with sustainability” and, regarding the award-winners, he added that “you set an example of the best of our university communities. They materialize the desire of the URJC and the UAH to move towards sustainable and equitable development at the service of human beings.” Saz reviewed the enormous legacy of the UAH and pointed out that the researchers awarded today are worthy heirs of it.”

 'International Excellence Awards-URJC-UAH Intelligent Energy Campus' have the objective of supporting, promoting and encouraging research in the field of 'Intelligent Energy' at the URJC and the UAH, whose basic pillars are: 'Energy technologies 'clean' and 'Smart Cities' in a context in which energy production represents 60% of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, according to the United Nations.