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Creating room for socially innovative planning practice under post-political conditions
(2019)Doctoral Thesis -
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The Relationship between Interpretation and Elaboration of Architectural Form: Investigating the Mutations of Architecture’s Scope
(2018)In my PhD dissertation, I examined how the concept of the addressee of architecture has transformed throughout the twentieth century, demonstrating how the mutations of the dominant means of representation in architecture are linked to the evolving significance of the city’s inhabitants. It presents the ways in which the reorientations regarding the dominant modes of representation depend on the transformations of architects’ conceptions ...Doctoral Thesis -
Building and controlling fluidically actuated soft robots: from open loop to model-based control
(2018)This thesis describes the creation and control of soft robots made of deformable elastomer materials and powered by fluidics. We embed soft fluidic actuators into self-contained soft robotic systems, such as fish for underwater exploration or soft arms for dynamic manipulation. We present models describing the physical characteristics of these continuously deformable and fully soft robots, and then leverage these models for motion planning ...Doctoral Thesis -
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Decision Making under Uncertainty in Sustainable Energy Operations and Investments
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Comportamiento estructural de vigas mixtas de sección cajón en estado límite último bajo la interacción de esfuerzos de flexión, cortante y torsión. Estudio teórico y experimental
(2017)This thesis presents a theoretical and experimental study regarding the behavior in Ultimate Limit State of composite box girders composed of a reinforced concrete slab and a steel box. These girders, which represent an usual typology in composite road bridges, are subjected to the interaction of bending, shear and torsional forces. In addition, some considerations regarding the connection between concrete and steel are made and the ...Doctoral Thesis -
Train trajectory optimization methods for energy-efficient railway operations
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Schinkel in Perspective: Architecture as Representation and Experience
(2016)A new account of the drawing practice of Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841)Doctoral Thesis