The International Design Project Semester (IDPS) is an innovative training programme which addresses the new professional demands engineers of the future will face. The programme focuses on industrial design and adheres to the learning outcomes established by the European Higher Education Area.

The EuropeanProject Semester (EPS) is an innovative training programme that addresses the new professional demands that will be placed on the engineers of the future.

Developing multimedia actions for the Catalonia railway museum

The objective for this project was to develop a new website about railway heritage. To improve the interactivity several multimedia tools were used. The website has to include information about the museum, railway heritage, conservation and education.

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Smart Structures Economic Feasibility Study

In recent years, the Civil Engineering world has seen a change in how to preserve and monitor structures. Thanks to Smart Structure systems, which capture data on pathologies by use of different sensors, deformations in structures can be noticed and anticipated. Different research works are being undertaken on buildings by a variety of institutions such as Neàpolis in Vilanova I la Geltrù.

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ECHO project

There are many environmental issues that inflict aquatic life across the planet. Proper monitoring can be essential with preserving aquatic life and preventing any further damage. EPSEVG and Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB) sponsored a project, called Project ECHO, that would make monitoring aquatic easier and more efficient. This project's main goal was improve the deployment of monitoring equipment process LAB already had in place.

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Teseus project

TESEUS is being carried out within the umbrella of the ongoing Urban Node1 study and focuses on the development of a computational system capable of handling a huge amount of data received from urban nodes in a smart city.

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Accessibility and Universal Design

Each year, the Polytechnic University of Catalonia proposes a more or less similar accessibility project allowing the engineering students to make their best to help people by creating devices. In this one, the accessibility team must find how to build a device for two clients, who are two boys using wheelchairs. The best solutions must be found because the clients will live with them during a long time, even all their childhood.

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SUMLUNG: Neonatal and paediatric lung simulator

Simulation in medicine as a way of teaching the future professionals is one of the most effective ways for students to acquire both theoretical and practical knowledge. This project is focused on simulating, in medical education, the scenario of a paediatric or neonatal patient that needs to be assisted by mechanical ventilation.

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A Study of Interaction Design in the Catalunya Railroad Museum

In order to improve visitor experience, the museum wants to offer new initiatives and services that would make the visit to the Museum a more interactive and educational resource. The aim of this project was to improve the experience, through the application of user centred design and embracing contemporary technology.

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Renewable Sun Power

In order to improve visitor experience, the museum wants to offer new initiatives and services that would make the visit to the Museum a more interactive and educational resource. The aim of this project was to improve the experience, through the application of user centred design and embracing contemporary technology.

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Urban Node Project

The Urban Node, which combines elements of: street lantern, informative point with interactive screen and as a additional part: generator of electric power from renewable sources. It allows the placing of a new generation antenna and sensors inside. Characteristics of the Urban Node are: modular, sustainable and easy to maintain.

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The Autonomous Acoustic Buoy (June 2013)

Together with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya(UPC) , the Laboratori D’Aplicacions Bioacústiques(LAB) has provided another Autonomous Acoustic Buoy(AAB) project within the European Project Semester 2013(EPS). The project is being supervised by the Laboratori D’Aplicacions Bioacústiques (Figure 1) is a group ...

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Accessibility and Universal Design: Motorization of a wheelchair

An ELECTRIC POWERED WHEELCHAIR (EPW) can enhance the mobilitiy of disabled individuals in daily life and reduce the dependence on human aides. EPWs are wheelchairs which are propelled by electric motors rather than by manual power.

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Chloride reduction from brackish water by hollow fiber supported liquid membranes

The use of water constantly increases, while supply for clean water decreases. Nowadays more than 1,3 billion people suffer from water shortage and its consequences - with an upward tendency. Not only the growing world's population but also the increasing pollution and...

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Outboard Electric Propulsion (May 2013)

The need for this project came forth from the fishing industry. Fishermen need small boats to maneuver from the ports to deep sea safely and with great precision. Nowadays people are aware of importance of using the clean forms of energy to reduce the level of pollutions as well as find more sustainable solutions. The fact that fossil fuels are running out and the prices are getting more expensive causes that people...

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EPS – Urban Node

In order to convert the city of Vilanova i la Geltrú (VNG) into a Smart City, the city government, represented by the city owned company Neàpolis, has given the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Vilanova i la Geltrú (UPC) the following project: Create an “Urban Node – It is an element of the street which does things, communicates with each other and with the world, and also, if necessary, gives light”, this description was taken from Neàpolis introduction meeting with EPS and IDPS. The Urban Node is a part of an approach Neàpolis are taking to enhance the city of VNG, hoping to attract people and business.

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Design of small interfaces

Many modern devices with different kinds of characteristics have been invading the market in recent years and nowadays the market place is flooded with them.Users are experiencing a storm of new technology and a massive variety of new functions. This current work purposes an innovative approach for the design of small interfaces that can be used by a company to increase their own competitiveness or to develop research studies in an academic domain.

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WC Cubicle

The aim of the project is to develop a WC cubicle for people that have no access to proper sanitation, specifically families from rural areas in India that correspond at 70% of the total population of this country. In other words Roca and the group from UPC work to create safe, effective, and inexpensive sanitation services for people without access or resources.

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International Design Project Semester the urban node

The project was conducted by a multinational and interdisciplinary team of engineers and designers.The aim of the project is to create a new urban element, called urban node, which was able to generate more energy than it spends and distribute wireless fidelity to the public. Two groups, EPS and IDPS, were working in parallel on the same project, with two different approaches.

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