Institute for research in technology

IIT is a research center of ICAI School of Engineering, which belongs to the University Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain.

Its main objective is to promote research and post-graduate studies in different technological fields, by means of developing research projects of interest for the Industry and Administration.

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Latest News

Ernesto de la Rocha Gómez has won the First Price of the II Edición Nacional de Premios a Proyectos Fin de Carrera Sun Microsystems. The engineering degree thesis "Mejora del tráfico en un cruce regulado por semáforos, mediante un sistema basado en visión artificial" was supervised by Rafael Palacios and David Contreras.
The European Commission awards the “ERASMUS MUNDUS” to an ICAI international doctorate in “Sustainable Energy Technologies and Strategies”. SETS is the only coordinated by an Spanish University, among the 13 awardees across Europe. SETS Joint Degree will be offered by Comillas-ICAI, TUDelft (The Netherlands) and KTH (Sweden) in consortium with Johns Hopkins University (USA), Florence School of Regulation (Italy) and Paris SUD 11 (France)..
For the third consecutive year, Máster en Sector Eléctrico (Erasmus Mundus). Coordinated by Javier García González is number one in the ranking for "Environment: Energy" category, according to the study about the top 250 masters in Spain, published by El Mundo newspaper. El Mundo

Some research projects under development (random selection)

Economic and regulatory analysis for an active demand management. Developed under national CENIT program
IEC 61850 within the Framework DENISE (Intelligent, Secure and Efficient distribution of electricity). Developed under national CENIT program
Effective planning of the maintenance applied to a distributed electrical system by integration of information coming from explotation of the systems, its maintenance and the quality of service to reach. Developed under national CENIT program
Design and integration of embedded systems in trains. Developed for Sistemas Electrónicos de Potencia S.A. SEPSA
System based in a small helicopter and mobile robots for efficient generation of resources maps. Application to the precise spreading and minimization of pesticides. Developed for MEC Plan Nacional I+D+I

Recent Publications

García-Ascanio, C., Maté, C.
Electric power demand forecasting using interval time series: A comparison between VAR and iMLP,
Energy Policy. 38 (2), 715-725, (Feb/2010)
JCR impact factor 1.755 (2008)
Mendiluce, M., Pérez-Arriaga, I.J., Ocaña, C.
Comparison of the evolution of energy intensity in Spain and in the EU15. Why is Spain different?,
Energy Policy. 38 (1), 639-645, (Jan/2010)
JCR impact factor 1.755 (2008)
Trebolle, D., Gómez, T., Cossent, R., Frías, P.
Distribution planning with reliability options for distributed generation,
Electric Power Systems Research. 80 (2), 222-229, (Jan/2010)
JCR impact factor 0.952 (2008)
Gottschalk, R., Burgos-Artizzu, X.P., Ribeiro, A., Pajares Miguelsanz, G., Sánchez, A.
Real-time image processing for the guidance of a small agricultural field inspection vehicle,
International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications (IJISTA). 8 (1-4), 434-443, (Jan/2010)
Olmos, L., Pérez-Arriaga, I.J.
A comprehensive approach for computation and implementation of efficient electricity transmission network charges,
Energy Policy. 37 (12), 5285-5295, (Dec/2009)
JCR impact factor 1.755 (2008)
Sigrist, L., Egido, I., Sánchez-Úbeda, E.F., Rouco, L.
Representative operating and contingency scenarios for the design of UFLS schemes,
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. (), -, (Dec/2009)
JCR impact factor 1.875 (2008)
Ibáñez, C., Rauzy, A., Meléndez, E., Nieto, F.
Minimal cutsets-based reduction approach for the use of binary decision diagrams on probabilistic safety assessment fault tree models,
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability. 223 (4), 301-311, (Dec/2009)
López-Silva, S.M., Dotor, M.L., Silveira, J., Giannetti, R., Herrera, L.
Fotopletismografía laparoscópica: nueva técnica mínimamente invasiva y estudios experimentales iniciales,
Óptica Pura y Aplicada. 24 (4), 257-267, (Dec/2009)
Labandeira, X., Linares, P., Rodríguez, M.Á.
An Integrated Approach to Simulate the impacts of Carbon Emissions Trading Schemes,
Energy Journal. 30 (Special #2), 217-236, (Dec/2009)
JCR impact factor 1.726 (2008)
Palacios, R., Arenas, A., Pecharromán, R.R., Pagola, F.L.
Analytical procedure to obtain internal parameters from performance curves of commercial thermoelectric modules,
Applied Thermal Engineering. 29 (17-18), 3501-3505, (Dec/2009)
JCR impact factor 1.349 (2008)