ITAP Recognized Research Groups (GIR) and Consolidated Research Units (UIC)
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Oct 20, 26 CEA Award for Young Female Talent (2026 Edition)
As part of the XLVII Automatic Control Conference held in Córdoba from September 2 to 4, 2026, the CEA Young Female Talent Award (2026) was presented. In this fifth edition, the award was sponsored by the “Research Center in Technology, Energy, and Sustainability (CITES) of the University of Huelva.” The award was given to Ana Cisnal de la Rica for her internationally impactful contributions to the fields of robotics and bioengineering, for her involvement in significant research projects, for the research awards she has received, as well as for her work in spreading knowledge about automatic control.
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CEA Award for Young Female Talent
Oct 20, 2026 Recognition for their research work
Ana Cisnal receives recognition for her work in our lab by a local newspaper.
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'The medical robotics researcher' in El Diario de Valladolid
Oct 5, 26 European Researchers’ Night 2026
Last Friday, September 25, the University of Valladolid took science out of its classrooms and labs across its four campuses for a new edition of the European Researchers' Night. Palencia, Segovia, Soria, and Valladolid hosted, for the first time in a coordinated way, an outreach day that brought together hundreds of people and encouraged direct interaction between researchers and the public.
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European Researchers’ Night 2026
Oct 2, 26 A robot at the service of elderly people at home
A paper describing research conducted at UVa on the use of a dual-arm robot controlled via virtual and augmented reality has been selected as "Article of the Month" by Kinova Robotics. The work was carried out by the Robotics and Computer Vision Research Group at ITAP, within the School of Industrial Engineering. Two robotic arms utilize a high-precision gripping system assisted and controlled via augmented and virtual reality. It is designed to provide assistance in the home, with the operator being a caregiver, family member, or support worker rather than an expert.
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News from El Día de Valladolid
Jun 17, 2026 The Agency for the Quality of the University System of Castilla y León (ACSUCyL) will evaluate ITAP's activity from 2020 to 2025
Law 3/2003 of March 28 on Universities of Castilla y León establishes that University Research Institutes must be evaluated every five years by ACSUCyL. Currently, the ITAP Institute is in its third evaluation process.
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ACSUCyL Evaluation
Jun 12, 2026 CEA Symposium on Robotics, Bioengineering, Computer Vision, and Marine Automation in Bilbao
Our three researchers Sergio Merino, Miguel García, and Celia Sánchez-Girón receive the 2026 award and runner-up prize from the Computer Vision thematic group at the CEA Symposium on Robotics, Bioengineering, Computer Vision, and Marine Automation in Bilbao.
Simposio CEA de Robótica, Bioingeniería, Visión Artificial y Automática marina en Bilbao
Apr 29, 26 'Three Minute Thesis' Contest
Researcher Celia Sánchez-Girón Coca won third prize in the final round of the Three Minute Thesis contest, presenting her doctoral research in just three minutes.
22 years of collaboration between the universities of Malta and Valladolid (Spain) in the field of Sustainable Energy
As a result of the collaboration between the Sustainable Energy Institute of the University of Malta and the GIR of Termotecnia of the University of Valladolid, both research and academic activities have been successfully linked since 2003. Specifically, to date, 45 indexed publications, 43 final degree projects, doctoral and Erasmus Plus specialization courses, as well as collaborative doctoral theses and various internationally recognized awards have been published. The ITAP Institute congratulates the current leaders, Professors Charles Yousif and Francisco Javier Rey.
Feb 6, 2026 The Structural Dynamics Group achieves its recognition as GIR
Following the positive evaluation by ACSUCyL dated 12/01/2025, the UVa Governing Council, in its meeting on 02/06/2026, approves the creation of the Recognized Research Group named Structural Dynamics Group, composed of Antolín Lorenzana Ibán (coordinator), José María Garcia Terán, Mariano Cacho Pérez, Álvaro Magdaleno González, Ismael García Garcia, and Tomislav Jarak.
On the page https://www.strudyn.uva.es/ their lines of research, projects, and academic activities are detailed.
Oct 9, 2025 Inaugural lesson at the Millán Santos Permanent University led by our director Dr. Juan Carlos Fraile Marinero
Last Thursday, October 9th, Dr. Juan Carlos Fraile Marinero, director of our institute, had the honor of giving the inaugural lecture at the opening ceremony of the Millán Santos Permanent University.
Sep 24, 2025 HEAT PUMP TECHNOLOGY FORUM AS A SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM IN HVAC INSTALLATIONS
The TERMOTECNIA GIR of UVa organizes this activity within the industrial engineering doctoral program and with the collaboration of the international companies CARRIER and DAIKIN in the auditorium of the School of Industrial Engineering of Valladolid. We want to give this forum an open character to any professional, company, and of course, doctoral and undergraduate students.
Jul 9, 2025 Hands-on workshop on flow in the right atrium.
Hands-on workshop on flow in the right atrium. Students from the 2024/25 class of the Master's in Biomedical Engineering took part in a hands-on workshop that introduced them to research in hemodynamics. Specifically, they worked with an experimental setup developed as part of the teaching innovation project 'R&D&I in the Classroom': The use of numerical, analytical, and experimental methods for the design of biomedical equipment.
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Hands-on workshop on flow in the right atrium.
May 28, 2025 Recognition of Javier Rey with the 2025 Roger Lèron Award
Our colleague Javier Rey, a professor in the Department of Energy Engineering and Fluid Mechanics and a member of the Thermotechnics group, has been awarded second place in the 2025 Roger Lèron Prize, with which the European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and the Environment (FEDARENE) recognizes his professional career in the fields of energy and sustainability in the European Union.
El catedrático recibió este reconocimiento en la categoría
“Longstanding Achievement Award” el pasado 15 de mayo en un acto celebrado en
Bruselas.
RESEARCH DISSEMINATION CONFERENCE CONDUCTED BY RECOGNIZED RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND GROUPS AT THE VALLADOLID SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Feb 7, 2025 XXII Michelin Awards Valladolid
Our colleague Miguel García Gómez receives the XXII Michelin Award for the Best Final Project in Innovation, Quality, Organization, and Research.
News XXII Michelin Awards (El Día de Valladolid)
Sep 5, 2024 GT Bioengineering Award for the best Doctoral Thesis in Bioengineering and publication in STAR 2024
Ana Cisnal receives the GT Bioengineering 2024 award for the best doctoral thesis in Bioengineering and publication in STAR
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May 29, 2024 Course on “Introduction to spectral analysis of signals”
Course on “Introduction to spectral analysis of signals” Organized by the ADIRE group, professors Dr. René de Jesús Romero, from the Autonomous University of Querétaro and Dr. Tomás A. García from the University of Valladolid will teach an introductory course to the spectral analysis of signals in the industry on June 13, 2024 in the Degree Room 2304 of the Mergelina/EII Headquarters. It has been divided into two parts: The first part is dedicated to a theoretical introduction to the spectral analysis of stationary signals with the FFT. The second part addresses the time-frequency analysis of non-stationary signals with the Short-Time Fourier Transform. In both blocks, practical examples of signals taken in industry and electrical installations will be shown. More information at this link.
Apr 04, 2024 News published in the newspaper “El Norte de Castilla”
On April 7, the following news was published in the newspaper “El Norte de Castilla” (click on the image to enlarge):
Robot-assisted rehabilitation successfully reverses hand atrophy caused by severe COVID.
A magazine of international prestige collects the research from UVA and Benito Menni that supports the exoskeleton to rescue mobility and reduce the lack of autonomy.
Sep 25, 2023 Award at a conference
Members of the GIR ADIRE have received the award for the best paper presented at the Congress: IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electric Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (Sdemped 23) for the work: 'Broken rotor bar fault detection using odd triplets harmonics in delta-connected induction motors'
Gesture Recognition Robot in Laparoscopic Surgery
Hand-assisted surgery (HALS) represents a new intermediate scenario between classic laparoscopic surgery and laparotomy. In it, the surgeon inserts one hand into the abdomen to manipulate the organs, while with the other he uses the conventional instruments of minimally invasive surgery. This type of approach is useful in complex situations, where classic laparoscopic surgery cannot be applied, and it has been shown that patient recovery times are not superior to the latter technique.
Robot for the rehabilitation of hand functions through active therapies in people with neuromotor disabilities
Rehabilitation robotics: Design, control and manufacturing of robotic devices for upper limb rehabilitation tasks in people with neuromotor disabilities. In this line of research, mechatronic robot-assisted exercise devices are developed that significantly improve the success rate in neurological rehabilitation therapy to relearn the movement skills of the upper limbs (arm and hand).
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