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UCM-UPM, working together.
Rocío Sanchez, a UCM student in the translation and interpretation degree, collaborated with us in the 2020-21 academic year. She writes about her experience with us:
For almost a year I have had the opportunity of being part of this Research Laboratory group. This allowed me to learn not only a great deal about translation and its working methods but also about teamwork. I have translated and reviewed numerous texts, some of which are going to be published or have already been published. I’m grateful to have been of help. Not only because I’m sure it will be useful to me in the future, but also because I’ve gained knowledge that I never knew I would have. In my opinion, an internship is always a positive experience that will help you get an idea of the work market and to acquire techniques and strategies that you are not taught in class. As for me, I have learned how to make glossaries, how to document myself with parallel texts, how to study a text before working on it and how to make a thorough revision of the material. My experience with them has been entirely favourable and I would recommend anyone else to join this amazing working group.
Grateful and committed to the formation of our students: together we are stronger! Thanks Rocío.
LIFE SMART AgroMobility. Distributed biogas generation: sustainable energy and reduction of CO2 emissions.
The LIFE SMART AgroMobility project explores the options for transforming slurry (organic waste) into fertiliser and a source of energy, in order to develop a circular economy process by hybridising the agro-industrial and energy sectors. The first of these results is based on the experience of COPISO and the results achieved in the LIFE SMART Fertirrigation project.
In the novel approach of distributed biogas generation, the LIFE SMART AgroMobility consortium explores in activity C4 – business model – the technical-economic aspects of the biogas generation process in pig farms. In this case, we are working on a model that allows replicating the results of LIFE SMART AgroMobility, considering the 5 provinces with the highest pig population in the region of Castilla y León. Considering the most populated municipalities, it is possible to supply up to 100% of the energy through this distributed biogas generation approach.
The result indicates that considering the conditions of the LIFE SMART AgroMobility study, distributed biogas generation could account for 20.5% of the energy covered in the municipalities studied.
Management, teamwork
27.02.2021
The sucess of engineering projects depends on a team. The School of Mining and Energy Engineers promotes collaborative spirit and agile management in future engineering projects. Teamwork and communication skills/outcomes are developed on the “marshmallow exercise”. Try it!
You can find more information about this methdology HERE.
