The Politechnical University of Madrid (UPM) is the oldest and largest Spanish technical university, with more than 4000 faculty members, around 38000 undergraduate students and 6000 postgraduates in 21 Schools of study. UPM benefits from the heritage of its schools: the most ancient ones were founded in the 18th century. Nowadays UPM's Schools cover most of engineering disciplines, as well as Architecture, Computer Science and Geodesy & Cartography. Moreover, UPM as a top quality academic establishment, has a strong commitment to R&D and Innovation, boasting over 225 Research Units and over 10 Research Institutes and Technological Centres, contributing significantly to the international scientific community with a high number of journal papers, conference communications, and PhD. theses.
Relevant experience
UPM researchers have large expertise in research projects participation both at national and international level. The presence of UPM in the international R&D arena is ensured by its consistent participation in various EU programmes. As UPM participation in the 7th Framework Programme is concerned, the University has taken part in 220 European R&D projects with more than 60 M€ of funding received from the European Commission. UPM has been recognized as the Spanish University with the highest number of projects approved.
The research group on Nuclear Data and Reactor Physics involved in this project is coordinated by Prof. Oscar Cabellos, who has more than 15 years of research and academic experience in the Reactor Physics & Nuclear Data area. He has previous experience in the European projects in the EURATOM 6th Framework Programme such as the "European Research Programme for the Transmutation of High Level Nuclear Waste in an Accelerator Driven System" (EUROTRANS), and in the 7th Framework Programme: "Accurate Nuclear Data for Nuclear Energy Sustainability".
Main contributors to CHANDA:
- Oscar Cabellos: Associate Professor in Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Technology. PhD. in Nuclear Engineering. His background includes cross-sections processing & uncertainty developments and sensitivity analysis in activation and criticality calculations.
- Nuria Garcia-Herranz: Associate Professor. PhD. in Nuclear Engineering. Her research areas of interest include development of advanced 3-D neutron-kinetics codes, Monte Carlo methods for reactor physics, and sensitivity and uncertainty analysis.
- Carlos Javier Diez de la Obra: Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering plus a Master in Science (MSc.) in Mechanical Engineering and Power Engineering (2004-2009). Master in Nuclear Science and Technology (2009-2011) and PhD. in Nuclear Science and Technology (2010-to date) in the frame of the ANDES Project.
- Jesús Salvador Martínez: Five-year degree in Physics by the University of Valencia (2004-2009), specialized in Nuclear Physics, and MSc. in Nuclear Science and Technology by UPM (2009-2011). Since January, 2010, he has a research fellowship at the Nuclear Engineering Department granted by the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN).
- José Javier Herrero: PhD. in Nuclear Science and Technology by UPM and Research Staff in the Nuclear Engineering Department. Involved in the application and development of neutron transport methods and the generation of cross sections libraries for nuclear reactor calculations.
- Raquel Ochoa: She has an Industrial Engineering Degree and a Master Degree on Nuclear Science and Technology, both issued by UPM. Nowadays she is a last year PhD. student at the Nuclear Engineering Department in the frame of the CP-ESFR Project.