Martes, 19 de Octubre de 2004
A UGR thesis patents an experimental device to produce more effective detergents for solid surfaces
Hotel and food trade will be the most to benefit when the findings of these thesis of the University of Granada come on to the market: the total absence of pathogen germs and toxins is essential in meals. Deisi Altmajer´s work on Biodegradable detergent formulations: wash tests, proposes an experimental device which determines the effectiveness of biodegradable detergents for solid surfaces and in the no deterioration of dishes.For that reason, the cleaning company of Granada (...)
Miércoles, 06 de Octubre de 2004
The UGR awards the Teaching Innovation Prize to a laboratory that reproduces the geological movements of the Earth
Reproducing geological situations in the Laboratory of Analogical Modelling of the Department of Geodynamics, a newly created laboratory, unique in Spain, is the objective of this project coordinated by teacher Ana Crespo Blanc, of the department of Geodynamics of the University of Granada, which has just been awarded by the University of Granada with the Teaching Innovation Prize.The project, titled "Analogical modelling: devising of teaching animations in Geological Sciences" is unique in our country. The (...)
Martes, 31 de Agosto de 2004
A research group on medical physics studies dosimetry in radiotherapy through Monte Carlo techniques
The mathematical tool, quite used in Medical Physics, takes its name from the city of Montecarlo, well-known for its bingo halls and games of chance. It allows to carry out calculations taking into account all the physical magnitudes that come into play when the particle beam making up the radiation acts on the patient. Leticia Rojas Calderón´s doctoral thesis Dosimetría Monte Carlo en geometría simples con interfaces: aplicaciones en radioterapia (Dosimetry Monte Carlo in simple (...)
Miércoles, 04 de Agosto de 2004
The University of Granada publishes the first study on geodynamics of the Scotia Arc, in Antarctica
Fernando Bohoyo Muñoz´s thesis Fragmentacion continental y desarrollo de cuencas oceánicas en el sector meridional del arco de Scotia, Antártida (Continental fragmentation and oceanic bowl development in the southern sector of the Scotia Arc, Antarctica) is the first in-depth study on tectonics of the Scotia arc in Antarctica. This work, carried put in the Dpt. of Geodynamics of the University of Granada and the Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences, has given rise, for the time (...)
Martes, 08 de Junio de 2004
A virtual Optics laboratory, object of a teaching innovation project of the Universidad de Granada
The teaching innovation project has been developed with the idea that students carry out a preparation work about the theoretical contents they need to develop their practice before entering the laboratory, as well as the materials they will use during the practice session; the title of the project is: “Full monitoring of students activity in Optics laboratory”. Professors Antonio García Beltrán, José Ramón Jiménez Cuesta, Francisco Pérez Ocón, Carlos Salas Hita and Juan Antonio Martínez (...)
Jueves, 03 de Junio de 2004
Upward trend of temperatures in the Iberian Peninsula
Matthias Staudt has carried out an exhaustive work to homogenize temperature records of the Iberian Peninsula in the last hundred and thirty years. The curious thing is the rise in minimum temperatures. Tablelands are the most representative area from a climatic point of view; if we take them as a reference, according to Staudt´s systematized data, Spanish minimum temperatures have risen about a degree from the first thirty years of the XX century to (...)
Miércoles, 26 de Mayo de 2004
A computer program created in the UGR simulates Chemistry-Physics laboratory training
The teaching innovation project “Chemistry-Physics teaching-evaluation by using new technologies”, coordinated by Professor Alberto Hernández Gaínza, was created to do virtual laboratory training with computer programs. Lecturers of the Dpt. of Chemistry Physics, José María Álvarez Pez and Eva María Talavera Rodríguez, also take part in the project, approved by the Vice-Rectorate of Teaching Planning, Quality and Evaluation.Students are coached in real training –according to the person in charge of the teaching innovation project, Hernández (...)
Lunes, 03 de Mayo de 2004
Mango, a solution to correct salinity problems in avocado pear trees
Farming mango instead of other fruit typical of the subtropical climate of Almuñécar, like cherimoya or avocado pear, is one of the manin recommendations of the research group Edaphology and town and country planning of the University of Granada, directed by Professor José Aguilar Ruiz, after the works carried out in the property El Zahorí in Almuñécar, in collaboration with Armando Martínez Vilela of the CIFA (Centre of Food and Agriculture Research and Training) of (...)
Lunes, 08 de Marzo de 2004
PIV: First implementations in the study of propelling movements in human swimming
The system emited a laser light in the execution plane of the propelling movements while the sportsman was swimming against the tide in the ergometric swimming pool designed for the purpose. A high-speed video camera (200 Hz) registered hand and particles lit by laser movement.The analysis of the records has allowed to observe speed values of the fluid around the hand, identifying in the trail different-sized whirpools and energy according to the propelling efficiency observed (...)
Lunes, 08 de Marzo de 2004
Lecturers of the Universidad de Granada create computer tools to simulate electromagnetic waves
The main aim of this teaching innovation project is to put at students´ disposal a whole of electromagnetic problem visualization tools to make essential concept learning easier; the title of the project is: “Radiation and spreading of electromagnetic waves: visualization”, coordinated by Electromagnetism lecturer of the University of Granada, Salvador González García; lecturers Bernardo García Olmedo, Rafael Gómez Martín, Amelia Rubio Bretones and Mario Fernández Pantoja have taken part in the project too.The project, which (...)