Avant, sempre, avant!
55 Heads of Department, UPV University Research Institutes and UPV-specific Research Structures take up their posts committed to the future
[ 08/04/2025 ]
A total of 55 Heads of Department (30), Directors of UPV University Research Institutes (11) and Directors of UPV-specific Research Structures (14) have taken up their posts during the inauguration ceremony of José E. Capilla's second term as Rector of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV).
They did so by swearing and/or promising to honour their positions with enthusiasm and the will to continue contributing together to building the best university so that it, in turn, has the greatest possible positive impact on the society around us.
Gabriela Ribes: 'I believe in the UPV, in my university, in our university'
Representing the collective of departments, Gabriela Ribes Giner, re-elected as Head of the Business Organisation Department (DOE-UPV), took the floor and, in an emotional speech addressed to her colleagues, praised the work of the 41 departments existing at the UPV, which next year will be responsible for a total of 41,119 credits from the Course Offer Process, spread over around 2,500 undergraduate courses and 1,700 master's degrees.
'If I could return to 2021, I would repeat these years of work for and with this institution again because I believe in the UPV. I believe in my university. I believe in our university, 'said Ribes after calling for the streamlining of existing bureaucratic processes and before concluding with a generalised thanks to the rest of the directors, a recognition of the work of the academic staff and students, and a message rooted in his beloved Alcoi: "Avant, sempre, Avant!'
Ramón Manuel:" We have 1,400 young researchers to look after, recognise and empower.'
Speaking on behalf of the heads of the university research institutes was Ramón Manuel Blasco, Director of the Research Institute for Industrial Control Systems and Computing, who first expressed his gratitude on behalf of all those elected 'for the trust placed in us by the researchers who are members of our institutes to continue the work carried out so brilliantly by our outgoing colleagues, to whom I would like to pay tribute'.
Manuel, who went on to highlight the excellence in teaching and research that has led the UPV to be recognised as the best technological university in Spain, called for work to be based on three pillars: stability, recognition and long-term vision, fundamentally to encourage the recruitment of young talent: 'We have 1,400 young researchers among our own research structures, departments and university research institutes, 1,400 people with great enthusiasm and dedication whom we must continue to care for, recognise and empower'.
Jorge Curiel: 'In 2023, the UPV exceeded 100 million euros in income from research activity, and we are the university with the most patents in Spain.'
Representing the university's own research structures was Jorge Curiel Esparza, coordinator of UPV's research centres and institutes, which bring together around 900 researchers in different fields of knowledge.
Curiel, who emphasised the benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration and internationalisation, pointed out that 'in 2023, our university exceeded the barrier of 100 million euros per year in income from its research, innovation and technology transfer activities. And what's more, in the last year, the UPV has positioned itself as the university with the most patents in Spain, only surpassed by the Higher Centre for Scientific Research (CSIC), according to the latest report from the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM).
These are the names of the people responsible for the new departments, to whom we wish all the luck in the world and, in advance, we thank them for their effort and dedication:
Departments
1. Animal Science Department: Maria del Pilar Hernández Pérez
2. Architectural Composition Department: Camila Mileto
3. Audiovisual Communication, Documentation and History of Art Department: Luisa Nuria Ramón Marqués
4. Communications Department: Ignacio Bosch Roig
5. Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage Department: José Antonio Madrid García
6. Architectural Constructions Department: Jaime Llinares Millán
7. Drawing Department: Francisco José Berenguer Frances
8. Agroforest Ecosystems Department: Josep Armengol Fortí
9. Construction Engineering and Civil Engineering Projects Department: Ignacio Javier Payá Zaforteza
10. Systems Engineering and Automation Department: Ángel Miguel Cuenca Lacruz
11. Transport and Geological Engineering Department: Tomás Ruiz Sánchez
12. Electrical Engineering Department: Elías José Hurtado Pérez
13. Electronic Engineering Department: Marcos Antonio Martínez Peiró
14. Graphics Engineering Department: Ignacio Tortajada Montañana
15. Hydraulic Engineering and Environment Department: Javier Rodrigo Ilarri
16. Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department: Enrique Giménez Torres
17. Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department: José Felipe Villanueva López
18. Rural and Agrifood Engineering Department: Borja Velázquez Martí
19. Textile and Paper Engineering Department: Pablo Díaz García
20. Sculpture Department: Moisés Mañas Carbonell
21. Graphic Expression in Architecture Department: Marina Sender Contell
22. Applied Physics Department: María del Carmen Muñoz Roca
23. Computer Engineering Department: Juan Luís Posadas Yagüe
24. Business Organisation Department: Gabriela Ribes Giner
25. Plant Production Department: Salvador Vicente López Galarza
26. Architectural Projects Department: José Manuel Barrera Puigdollers
27. Engineering Projects Department: Salvador Fernando Capuz Rizo
28. Computer Systems and Computation Department: María Carmen Penadés Gramage
29. Food Technology Department: Ángel Luís Argüelles Foix
30. Urban Planning Department: María Emilia Casar Furió
University research institutes
1. Research Institute for Industrial Control Systems and Computing: Ramón Manuel Blasco Giménez
2. Research Institute for Animal Science and Technology: Juan José Pascual Amorós
3. Research Institute for the Preservation and Improvement of Valencian Agrodiversity: Adrián Rodríguez Burruezo
4. Research Institute for Multidisciplinary Mathematics: Juan Carlos Cortés López
5. Research Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics: José Manuel Calabuig Rodríguez
6. Research Institute for the Heritage Restoration: María Victoria Vivancos Ramón
7. Research Institute for Industrial, Radiophysical and Environmental Safety: José Antonio Mendoza Roca
8. Research Institute for Information Technologies and Communications: María Salud Guillem Sánchez
9. Research Institute for Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications: Eva Antonino Daviu
10. Research Institute for Food Engineering - Food UPV: María Desamparados Vargas Colás
11. Research Institute for Energy Engineering: José María Gonzálvez Maciá
Specific research structures
1. Research Centre for Business Management (CEGEA): Felipe Palau Ramírez
2. Advanced Research Centre for Applied Microbiology: Rosa María Montés Estellés
3. Research Centre for Art and Environment: Antonio Alcaraz Mira
4. Research Centre for Graphic Technologies: Beatriz Defez García
5. Research Centre for Physics Technologies: Acoustics, Materials and Astrophysics: Jorge Curiel Esparza
6. Research Centre for Quality and Change Management: Andrés Carrión García
7. Research Centre for Management and Production Engineering: Eduardo Vicens Salort
8. Research Centre for Architecture, Heritage and Management for Sustainable Development: Pablo Rodríguez Navarro
9. Research Centre for Economic Engineering: David Vivas Consuelo
10. Research Centre for Pattern Recognition and Human Language Technology: Joan Andreu Sánchez Peiró
11. Research Institute for Mediterranean Agroforestry: Mercedes María Verdeguer Sancho
12. Research Institute for Design for Manufacturing and Automated Production: Juan Antonio García Manrique
13. Research Institute for Integrated Management of Coastal Areas: Víctor José Sánchez Morcillo.
14. Research Institute for Transport and Territory: Jorge Molines Llodrà
Carlos Ayats Pérez / UPV Communication Area
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