The teaching activities of the CMT - Clean Mobility & Thermofluids group focus on different aspects of thermal energy, from basic disciplines such as engineering thermodynamics and heat transfer, to industrial applications concerning heat engines, both reciprocating and turbomachinery-based. The subjects taught correspond to Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degrees.
Teaching activities
Degrees in:
- Mechanical Engineering 160 students/year
- Aerospace Engineering 100 students/year
- Industrial Engineering 100 students/year
- Energy Engineering 100 students/year
Masters in:
- Propulsive Systems for a Sustainable Mobility15 students/year
- Energy Engineering100 students/year
Degrees in:
- Propulsive Systems in Transportation15 PhD/year
Undergraduate
For all Degrees at UPV, students have to carry out a Degree Project. The CMT - Clean Mobility & Thermofluids Group offers students the possibility to carry out such work in a unique learning environment, namely within the activities performed by the Group in close collaboration with different companies, most of them from the automotive sector.
Information can be found on the following Degree Projects
Approach
Within the CMT - Clean Mobility & Thermofluids Group, Degree projects are an opportunity to take part in activities usually linked to an agreement with a company, most of them in the automotive sector, but also covening many other sectors. In most cases, such companies have a wide reputation in the area of reciprocating internal combustion engines. Projects carried out with such companies entail a large quantity of tasks aiming at solving specific problems that are interesting for the industry, such as:
Knowledge of the different basic aspects of thermo- and fluid-dynamics that are essential for understanding the physical processes taking place in propulsive systems.- Knowledge of the fundamentals of current technological solutions used in the field, together with the ability to analyze, criticize and compare different solutions.
- Knowledge of methodological aspects associated with the modelling of physical and chemical processes relevant for propulsive systems operation.
- The students are expected to be able to develop syntheses allowing them to optimize powertrain operation for given boundary conditions, limitations and requirements.
Students carry out support activities that contribute to the success of such tasks, while at the same time help them deepen their knowledge in the field of thermal machines and engines. Additionally, the contact with experimental facilities and advanced tools lets them get familiar with leading technologies used within this field. CMT - Clean Mobility & Thermofluids experience in such activities is proven by more than 1000 projects (or works) that have been developed by students along the group’s history, with an average of 50-60 students per year along the last 10 years.
Finally, CMT - Clean Mobility & Thermofluids would like to grant outstanding students willing to carry out their TFG/TFM with us, offering them the possibility to perform “Prácticas en Empresas” (granted with 480 Euros/month for Master Degree students, and 430 Euros/month for Bachelor degree students) together with their final degree work (see conditions below).
TFM / Exchange student
For the students willing to do his/her TFM of a Master offered by UPV, or for the foreign students willing to do an internship with us, take into account the following
People with full-time availability
should focus on the “long” projects offer. Here, the following students can apply:
- Students from the MUIA or MUMFC. During the enrolment process (academic year 2024-2025), they should enrol in the subjects “Estancia en centro de investigación I and II”, to ensure the full-time availability for the work offered at CMT - Clean Mobility & Thermofluids. (this enrolment is made automatically, if the work chosen is granted; but it needs to be done “manually” if the work is non-granted; see more info about scholarship granting conditions below).
- Foreign students, willing to do an internship with us.
- Other students from any other master offered by UPV who have to do only their TFM (who are not enrolled in any other subject).
For any question, further information or to discuss some particular cases, the contact person is J. (jolosan3@upv.es).
TGF
For UPV degree students, there are two modalities:
For any question, further information or to discuss some particular cases, the contact person is J. (jolosan3@upv.es).
Scholarship (Práctica en Empresa) granting conditions
As already indicated above, for outstanding students, some degree projects are offered together with a “Práctica en Empresa” (remunerated). Even if the excellence of a student is very difficult to be determined, it will be linked to the average grade during his/her university studies. As a reference, the average grade should be higher than 7.5 (this is a threshold value to be considered for a grant), and preferably higher than 8.
Postgraduate
CMT - Clean Mobility & Thermofluids offers the following postgraduate studies:
Professional Master
Master in Maintenance Engineering.
Scientific Master
Master in Propulsive Systems for a Sustainable Mobility
Doctorate Programme
Propulsive Systems in Transportation
Doctorate Programme
The focus of CMT - Clean Mobility & Thermofluids activities is on applied research, which allows significant revenue that result in material, bibliographic and equipment resources high above the average in Spanish University. In general, the research work of the doctoral students is closely related to research projects, which gives rise to some challenges related to the extra work generated by such projects and the additional responsibilities assumed. However, these drawbacks are compensated by the means available and the additional training implied by the student involvement with other people in a usually well-defined research project with clear deadlines. Thanks to the intensive research activity of the group, almost 200 PhD Theses have been completed of which virtually one per year have achieved the Doctoral Excellence Award at Universitat Politècnica de València. The quality of the research associated with the completed Theses has contributed partly to our Doctorate Programme on Propulsive Systems for Transport Media having been consecutively awarded with Quality and Excellence mentions since 2004 and 2011, respectively.
Accordingly with this context, the admission to the doctorate in CMT - Clean Mobility & Thermofluids may be certainly regarded as a privilege for any postgraduate students, mainly because their trajectory in the mid-term (four years) is guaranteed by the means, both material and scientific, that the Group offers. In addition, and consistently with its policy of maintaining a high scientific level and remain a prestigious group, CMT - Clean Mobility & Thermofluids supports the promotion of excellent doctoral students.
The doctorate is a training period in which, apart from the technical contents, also habits, skills and methodologies related to the research work must be acquired, and therefore a contribution to knowledge is expected from the thesis and related publications. Since it is a formative stage, doctoral students must devote a significant portion of their time to study, to get aware of the relevant literature, and to acquire practice in analysis and synthesis along their daily research tasks.
Master in Propulsive Systems for a Sustainable Mobility
Objectives
The objective sought is to provide the students with knowledge, criteria, and methodologies for the achievement of more efficient and environmentally friendly power plants.
This general objective may be split into the following partial objectives:
- Contribute to the progressive decarbonisation of propulsion systems with the consequent reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in line with the Paris commitments and the agreements between ACEA and the EU to reduce these emissions.
- As long as the combustion engine continues to play a relevant role in hybridisation, contribute to the reduction of gaseous pollutant emissions (carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and unburned hydrocarbons) and particulate emissions.
- Contribute to the reduction of the noise impact of propulsion systems, both on the environment and on the user. Market demand and emissions legislation require also more silent propulsion systems.
Knowledge, Aptitudes and Skills
From a formative point of view, the objectives of the Master in Propulsive Systems for a Sustainable Mobility can be summarized in two fundamental aspects:
- The first one is essentially cognitive, aiming at completing and deepening the knowledge gained by the students in their undergraduate courses about the physics underlying the basic processes that define the operation of propulsion systems, and the possibilities to exploit that knowledge for their analysis and optimization.
- The second one is more formation-oriented, focusing on the acquisition of good working habits, mostly related with methodological strategies to be used in R+D tasks.
By the end of the studies, the following competences should have been acquired:
- Knowledge of the different basic aspects of thermo- and fluid-dynamics that are essential for understanding the physical processes taking place in propulsive systems.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of current technological solutions used in the field, together with the ability to analyze, criticize and compare different solutions.
- Knowledge of methodological aspects associated with the modelling of physical and chemical processes relevant for propulsive systems operation.
- The students are expected to be able to develop syntheses allowing them to optimize powertrain operation for given boundary conditions, limitations and requirements.
Finally, the student should be able to identify operation issues, technologies, developments, or new ideas requiring deeper studies and, consequently, to define and elaborate R+D projects in this field.
Master in Maintenance Engineering
Objectives
The main target of the Master in Maintenance Engineering is enabling the student for the design, execution and continuous improvement of maintenance plans, procedures and resources. Consistently with the multidisciplinary character of Maintenance activities, the Master offers a large variety of subjects, with the purpose of training qualified professionals that may be rapidly operative in different scenarios; background is thus provided on technical, economical, logistic and management aspects.
Knowledge, Aptitudes and Skills
- Analysis and applications of Maintenance methodologies.
- Condition monitoring techniques.
- Statistical tools for Maintenance analysis and management.
- Computer-assisted Maintenance Management Systems.
- Design of Maintenance Management, quality and environmental systems.
- Optimum maintenance scheduling for machines and facilities.
- Operation of Condition Monitoring equipment.
- Software operation for statistical analysis or maintenance management.
General Overview
The Master in Maintenance Engineering comprises 72 ECTS, organized in two academic semesters, and the development of a Master Thesis.
During the first semester basic subjects, dealing with the main concepts related with maintenance and the experimental techniques and software tools that will be applied later, are considered. In the second semester, more specific and technological subjects related with maintenance are presented, allowing the student for a quick professional integration into Maintenance working groups in different industrial sectors.
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Finally, the student must develop a Master Thesis as a summary of the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired.
