Research Newsletter Science and Technology Research Centre (Centro Científico Tecnológico de Huelva -CCTH) University of Huelva, Spain Volume 1, December 2018 Contents Section 1. Editorial………………………………………. Page 2 Section 2. News from CCTH……………………………. Page 5 Section 3. Research highlights…………………………. Page 11 Section 4. Science & Technology Transfer…………… Page 13 Section 5. New and ongoing projects…………………. Page 16 Contact Centro Científico Tecnológico de Huelva - CCTH Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales 21071 Huelva, España Universidad de Huelva Tel: +34 - 959 21 98 06 Campus “El Carmen” http://www.uhu.es/ccth/ Section 1. Editorial Letter from the Director Dear Friends: Just as the University of Huelva was beginning a Therefore, at the CCTH we are working hard to new period under the leadership of President María ensure that interdisciplinary science plays an Antonia Peña Guerrero, an enthusiastic group of important role in shaping and boosting the future researchers from basic science and engineering research activity in Huelva. Our research centre worked hard to make possible the birth of the offers a common working space for interlacing Centre of Science and Technology of Huelva (CCTH). complementary scientific and technical disciplines with the aim of training scientists and engineers, as The scientific-technological challenges posed by well as promoting scientific innovation and the today's society and those expected in the near transfer of knowledge to our society. future have a global and multidisciplinary nature of extraordinary complexity. That is the reason why, The "CCTH Newsletters" is a publication dedicated by harnessing the experience of different to review some of the latest research highlights of disciplines, we can achieve sustainable and socially our centre, presenting the activities of pure and acceptable solutions to such challenges. This applied science, including the outcomes of training interdisciplinary approach also leads to the and transfer of technology at the regional, national formulation of new questions, and to the discovery and international levels. of problems that had never been dealt with before. Interdisciplinary research also allows to address Ismael Martel Bravo traditional problems from a more innovative and Professor transversal perspective, especially those that have Department of Integrated Sciences not found satisfactory solutions with conventional University of Huelva methodologies. ISSN 2659-4013 2 Volume 1. 2018 CCTH Newsletter CCTH - Executive board Director Secretary I. Martel (PhD 1995) is Professor of Physics at the J. M. Enrique (PhD 2011) is University of Huelva (Spain). He Associated Professor at the is known internationally for his Department of Electronic leading role in forefront Engineering, Computer research on nuclear reactions Systems and Automation of with exotic nuclei and particle detector the University of Huelva, developments. Following a postgraduate stay at where he has been working since 2000. He also the University of Birmingham (UK), I. Martel teaches at UNED. He has an undergraduate received a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from the degree in Physics (electronics) from the University University of Seville (Spain) and worked as a of Seville (1997) and a Master’s degree in Control, postdoctoral researcher at CERN (Geneva, Electronic Systems and Industrial Computing. In Switzerland) from 1995 until 1997, and at CSMSN 2011 he obtained his PhD from the University of - IPN (Orsay, France) in 1998. He is a fellow of the Huelva. His research activity focuses on the Spanish Physical Society and received in 2008 the development of control and optimization systems AIQB Senior Researcher Prize for his contribution for renewable energy installations, mainly to innovative research in nuclear physics, higher photovoltaic systems. education and transfer of knowledge to society. Researcher’s links: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2891-1335 Researcher’s links: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juan_Enrique http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4895-2305 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ismael_Martel Vice-Director Coordinator. Research Services and J. S. Segovia graduated in Infrastructures Physics in 1978 at the University of Seville. He E. Durán (PhD 2009) holds a was the Head of the degree in Industrial Electromedicine Service Engineering from the between 1994-2006 at the University of Huelva (1986), a Juan Ramón Jiménez Hospital (Huelva) and a Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering from the specialist facultative in radiotherapy between 2006 University of Granada (1996) and a PhD degree in and 2011. Since 2011 he has been Head of the Electronic Engineering from the University of Department of Radio physics and Radiological Huelva (2009). Since 1992, he is Professor at the Protection. Additionally. J.S. Segovia has been Department of Electronic Engineering, Computer Assistant Professor at the University of Huelva Science and Automation of the University of since 2003 in diverse areas such as radiological Huelva. His research and teaching activities are protection, electrical safety, radiological safety, focused on the development and implementation mechanical ventilation and hospital risk analysis. of Electronic Power Converters and Embedded Researcher’s links: Electronic Designs. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jose_Sanchez -Segovia Researcher’s links: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9230-165X https://www.researchgate.net/profile/E_Duran2 Volume 1. 2018 3 1. Editorial CCTH Newsletter Coordinator. Seminars Coordinator. Publications and Conferences and dissemination activities A.J. Barragán (PhD 2009) F. Segura (PhD 2009) holds has a degree in Industrial two degrees from the Technical Engineering University of Seville - one in (specialty in Industrial Physics -electronics (2000) and the other in Electronics) from the University of Huelva (1998) Electronic Engineering (2004). In 2009, she and another on Automation and Industrial obtained a PhD from the University of Huelva. She Electronics Engineering from the University of is Professor at the Department of Electronic Málaga (2002). In 2009, he obtained a PhD from Engineering, Computer Systems and Automation, the University de Huelva and a prize for the Best where she has been working since 2003. Her Thesis on Intelligent Control of the Spanish research activity focuses on the areas of Hydrogen Committee of Automatics (CEA-IFAC). He is Technology (production, storage and applications Associate Professor at the Department of of hydrogen as an energy carrier) and on electrical Electronic Engineering, Computer Systems and networks based on renewable energy sources with Automation, where he has worked since 2000. He hydrogen technology as a backup element obtained Quality Awards in “Virtual Teaching” and . “Innovative Teaching of Excellence” from the University of Huelva in 2011 and 2017, Researcher links: respectively. He develops his research activity on https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9969-8773 Modelling and Control of Nonlinear Systems https://www.researchgate.net/profile/F_Segura (especially Fuzzy Logic and other Intelligent Control techniques), Renewable Energy Systems and Sustainable Mobility. Researcher links: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2593-7989 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonio_Barra gan5 4 Volume 1. 2018 Section 2. News from CCTH the new challenges and objectives of social Days of Interdisciplinary Science interest using an interdisciplinary approach. and Technology Another important topic of the workshop was the activity of CCTH on cancer research. During his presentation, J. Sánchez Segovia The CCTH organized a workshop on presented several research lines for future Interdisciplinary Science and Technology at projects focussed on the early diagnosis of the University campus “El Carmen“ on cancer disease and therapy, including the November 14-16, 2017. establishment of a dedicated cancer therapy During the event, the PIs of CCTH research centre in Huelva. In addition, he described one groups and three internationally recognized the most recent research advances achieved scientists were invited to give a seminar on by his group, particularly on the identification their research activities and future plans. The of a new blood marker that could be a key main objective was to promote interdisciplinary element in the early detection of breast cancer. collaborations between the local groups and to generate alliances with other research centres. These meetings fostered the exchange of knowledge, the dissemination of research results and the different scientific activities developed by the members of the CCTH. During the first day, IPs of the different research groups presented recent works and achievements: J.A. Grande, J.M. Andújar, F. Córdoba, E.J. Mayoral, F. Gómez, J. Sánchez, and I. Martel. During the second day, the invited speakers presented their latest research results: Ana Luis, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Aveiro (Portugal) on “ Acid mine drainage”; Yacine Kadi, from the European Organization for Nuclear Research – CERN (Switzerland), on “Particle accelerators”; and Francisco Rodríguez Panadero, Honorary Researcher at the Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases at the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS) (Spain), on “Respiratory diseases and tumours”. Finally, in the morning of 16th of November Poster of the CCTH- workshop “Interdisciplinary there was a roundtable where the participants Science and Technology”, University of Huelva, exchanged ideas and initiatives for potential campus “El Carmen”,