Los Premios CIDETEC están destinados al fomento del estudio científico, el desarrollo tecnológico y la innovación industrial en todo tipo de tecnologías electroquímicas.
En la modalidad de Investigación Científica podrán presentarse candidaturas referidas a una investigación específica o a una línea de investigación desarrollada por un investigador o equipo de investigadores en torno a alguno de los ámbitos de la Electroquímica. Los investigadores podrán pertenecer a empresas, universidades u organismos de investigación públicos y/o privados, y deberán poseer en su mayoría la nacionalidad española. Los datos aportados deberán estar referidos al periodo comprendido entre el 1 de enero de 2013 y el 31 de diciembre de 2016. En la modalidad de Jóvenes Investigadores podrá presentar su candidatura cualquier persona física de nacionalidad española menor de 35 años (a 31 de diciembre de 2016) que esté desarrollando su trabajo de investigación en alguna de las disciplinas de la electroquímica.
La fecha límite de presentación de las candidaturas se fija en el 15 de febrero de 2017. La cuantía de los premios se establece en 4.000 € para la modalidad de Investigación Científica y en 2.000 € para la modalidad de Jóvenes investigadores. El Fallo del Jurado se hará público el 30 de abril de 2017 y los premios se entregarán coincidiendo con la celebración de la XXXVIII Reunión del Grupo de Electroquímica de la RSEQ que se celebrará en Vitoria-Gasteiz durante el mes de Julio de 2017.
Las bases completas pueden consultarse en https://cidetec.es/App_Themes/front/pdf/premios_cidetec_2015.pdf
Works are starting on the grounds where the headquarters of the Surface Engineering area of CIDETEC will be built.
The building will be finished within ten months and will add 4,000m2 of new facilities to the 9,000m2 CIDETEC currently has at the Gipuzkoa Science and Technology Park in San Sebastian.
These new facilities will be dedicated exclusively to the area of Surface Engineering, enabling the objective of making CIDETEC one of the leading entities in Europe in this area. The works represent an investment of seven million euros within the expansion project of CIDETEC, which in the 2015-2017 period plans to complete an investment of 12 million euros.
Basque Television ETB ‘s Teknopolis programme of 19 and 20 November showed a report on batteries in which CIDETEC’s department of energy storage took part.
The report, broadcast on ETB1 on the 19th and by ETB2 on the 20th, addressed the state of the technology in Lithium Ion batteries based on the latest news regarding the problems experienced with the batteries of Samsung mobile phones, incidents that led to the withdrawal of the product from the world markets.
On behalf of CIDETEC, Idoia Urdampilleta, head of the Energy Materials Unit, explained both the current state of technology and the main challenges that R & D face in this field. It also showed the resources available at the centre, especially the battery manufacturing plant which was recently put into service.
The report can be seen at the following links:
Spanish version
http://teknopolis.elhuyar.eus/reportajes/5-claves-para-una-bateria-perfecta/
Basque version
http://teknopolis.elhuyar.eus/erreportaiak/bateria-perfektuaren-gakoak/
The objective of RECYSITE is to produce fully recyclable and reusable green composites based on bioresins and natural fibres.
European strategic sectors (transportation and construction) require more sustainable materials and need to fulfil European regulation in terms of recyclability and end of life. In addition, the scraps generated during manufacturing will be recycled (30 % scraps). Actual materials used in both sectors are the largest consumers of composite materials (69%) and produce residues that in the best case are incinerated to recover the reinforcement material generating an environmental problem. Thus, the European governments, the industrial sectors and finally the end users demand a more sustainable, cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions.
The RECYSITE consortium proposes a solution to this problem by the validation of new fully recyclable biocomposites obtained from natural resources in two different sectors in order not only to validate it but also to demonstrate the transferability of the results. Transportation (refrigerated swap body) and construction (modular façade wall) have been selected as they are two of the European sectors with more impact on the economy as they involve more than 15% of the jobs and GDP in Europe.
This Life project gathers seven partners from four European different countries, coordinated by CENTEXBEL (the Belgian scientific and technical centre for the textile industry) in a project with a 2 million euros budget during 36 months of collaborative work. Other members of the consortium are: LAZELOISE (BE), AVANTIUM (NL), CNRS (FR), CIDETEC (ES), AITIIP (ES) and SISPRA (ES).
The LIFE Programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value.
CIDETEC reaffirmed its commitment to the city through participating in various events of the Donostia WeekINN program, within the events organized by the FSS on the occasion of the celebration of the Donosti Innovation Week.
On 25 November, together with the rest of the IK4 alliance centres based in San Sebastian, CIDETEC showed a sample of its technological developments in the marquee set up by FSS next to Koldo Mitxelena. To the exhibition, many citizens and students from different San Sebastián schools had the opportunity to see work samples in the area of energy storage that were explained by Oscar de Miguel and Idoia Urdampilleta, as well as other products resulting from the work of Surface Engineering, explained by Jose Antonio Diez and Gemma Vara.
On the 28th, Jose Antonio Diez himself gave students of the Institute Usandizaga, a talk on the world of surfaces, putting into practice CIDETEC’S vocation of stimulating young people’s interest in the world of science and technology.