One of the strongest commitments of the Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València is to promote equality in RDI activity and encourage STEM studies among girls and young women.
Women and Science
The Portuguese Man O’Wars Invading the Mediterranean Will Die off as Summer Progresses
The invasion of Portuguese Man O’Wars in the Valencian coast has caused a great deal of alarm. We asked Ainara Ballesteros, researcher at a reference center, the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), to dispel our doubts. Ainara Ballesteros studied the Master’s Degree in Assessment and Environmental Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems at the UPV.
The UPV Develops a Low-Cost System to Achieve More Sustainable Aquaculture
Contributing to more sustainable aquaculture: this is the ultimate objective of the dissertation authored by Oliva native, Lorena Parra, and supervised by the the research professors from the Campus Gandia of the UPV, Jaime Llore and Miguel Rodilla. In this regard, the thesis paper presents the design and development of low-cost sensors for fish farms, with very low energy consumption […]
An Environmental Science Graduate From Campus Gandia UPV Wins the CEMEX Chair Third
Sara Suárez Almiñana, an Environmental Science graduate of the Universitat Politècnica de València (Campus of Gandia), has won the third prize in the CEMEX – Sustainability UPV Awards, in the category of Master’s Thesis related to sustainability and the environment. The Master’s thesis by Sara Suárez, titled “Habitat Selection Guilds and Habitat Suitability Modelling for […]
The Gender Perspective in Science
The Equality Committee of the Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València organized the conference “Equality: A Path That We Can Travel Together”. The activity forms part of the Campus Gandia program to commemorate March 8, International Women’s Day. According to Eva Mestre, Committee coordinator, the conference wanted to “examine the current situation of women […]
Ecohydrological-Based Forestry Ideal for Mediterranean Forest Management
A study carried out by researchers from The Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA), with the participation of Campus Gandia research scientists, has determined that ecohydrological-based forestry is the most suitable for forest management of Mediterranean forests, especially in water-scarce scenarios. The research is based on the consideration that current forest management practices in […]
New Book Collects 20 Years of Research in Tourism from Campus Gandia
The Universitat Politècnica de Valencia (UPV) has joined in the celebration of the 2017 International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development sponsored by the United Nations Organization, with the presentation of the book Sustainable Tourism and Heritage. Tools for Value-Enhancement and Planning. The book gathers the knowledge accumulated during more than 20 years of research in […]
Young Researchers from Campus Gandia Awarded for their Work in Acoustic
The Spanish Acoustic Society has awarded the 2017 Andres Lara Young Researcher Award to Manuel Parrilla Navarro, who holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications Systems, Sound and Image Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Acoustic Engineering from Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València. The Prize was awarded during the 2017 Tecniacústica International Symposium, […]
“Female Researchers’ Night” Highlights the Role of Women in Science
On September 29th, for the first time ever the city of Valencia celebrated the “European Researcher’s Night“, a project promoted by the European Commission that aims to showcase the most human side of scientific research. In the case of Valencia, the local organization also wanted the celebration to raise social consciousness, therefore a total of […]
