Projects with industry

Project CPP2021-009080 COLABORACIÓN PÚBLICO-PRIVADA 2021 (Programa Estatal para Impulsar la Investigación Científico-Técnica y su Transferencia, del Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023, en el marco del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia, AEI – Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación).
Partners: Grupo de Bodegas VINARTIS, J. GARCÍA CARRIÓN y UAB-CIMITEC
Head Researcher UAB:: Ferran Martín
Title: Sistema inteligente para el control y mejora de rendimiento en procesos industriales de embotellado y producción de vinos y productos derivados (SMART-CELLAR) (Intelligent system for the control and improvement of performance in industrial processes of bottling and production of wines and derived products)
Total funding: 705.354,52 €
Grant UAB-CIMITEC: 506.910,10 €
Loan for companies: 188.522,20 €
Duration: September 2022 – August 2025 

Project CPP2021-009080, funded by MCIN/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 and by European Union Next GenerationEU/ PRTR, has the goal of contributing to the improvement and performance of production in the wine sector, introducing low-cost and highly sensitive microwave smart sensor technologies in wine producers’ facilities. Specifically, it seeks to influence two key aspects: on the one hand, to improve performance in bottling processes, in order to reduce waste, or optimize production loss; on the other, assisting the oenologist in the fermentation and aging processes of the wine. The development of functional pre-industrial prototypes in a real operating environment is foreseen.

Project CPP2021-009080 funded by:

Project RTC2019-007226-7 Retos-Colaboración 2019 (Programa Estatal de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spanish Government).
Partners: GERMARK S.A., IMB-CNM-CSIC and UAB-CIMITEC
Head Researcher UAB:: Ferran Martín
Title: Sistema de autentificación e identificación basado en etiquetas RFID sin chip reciclables y biodegradables (AUTEN-TIC) (Authentication and identification system based on recyclable and biodegradable chipless RFID tags)
Total funding: 702.789 €
Total grant: 371.653 € (172.909 € for UAB-CIMITEC)
Loan for the company: 198.681 €
Duration: April 2020-March 2023 

The project RTC2019-007226-7, funded by MCIN/AEI /10.13039/501100011033, has as main goal the development of an unprecedented authentication and identification system based on RF/microwave ICT technologies, and specifically on the use of low-cost radio frequency identification tags without a chip (chipless-RFID), whose unique and non-reproducible identifier code guarantees the authenticity of the product against potential counterfeits. The development of a pre-industrial prototype of an authentication system is planned, consisting, on the one hand, in the design and manufacture of authenticity and identification labels and, on the other hand, in the design and manufacture of their reader, which has to provide the unique identifier code. The proposed system will be applied in two different fields: (i) document security and (ii) the authentication of valuable products, frequently subject to counterfeiting. In addition, an environmentally friendly system will be implemented, based on the use of recyclable labels (on a paper substrate), or biodegradable, including the use of environmentally sustainable inks.

Project  RTC2019-007226-7 funded by

Project RTC-2017-6339-7 Retos-Colaboración 2017 (Programa Estatal de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spanish Government).
Partners: CHATU TECH, S.L and UAB-CIMITEC
Head Researcher UAB: Jordi Bonache
Title: Detección e identificación de tuberías y zanjas mediante tecnología RFID en la banda de UHF (DETECT-TUBE) (Detection and identification of pipelines and trenches using UHF band-RFID technology)
Total funding: 643.818,45 €
Total grant: 122.926,72 for UAB-CIMITEC
ERDF Funding: 122.926,72 for UAB-CIMITEC
Loan for the company: 198.982,50 €
Duration: April 2018-March 2021 

The project RTC-2017-6339-7, funded by MCIN/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 and by ERDF A way of making Europe, has as main goal the development of a high-precision, UHF-RFID based system for location and identification of trenches and pipes, that allows the recognition of the layout of the pipes and provides useful information (type of material, depth, discern between pipe or joint, manufacturer, company in charge of the work, date of installation and the last inspection …) to facilitate, speed up and reduce costs in the management, maintenance and renovation work carried out by companies in the subsector of civil engineering and construction.

Project RTC-2017-6339-7 funded by:

Project RTC-2017-6303-7 Retos-Colaboración 2017 (Programa Estatal de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spanish Government).
Partners: Hohner Automáticos S.L., UAB-CIMITEC and EURECAT
Head Researcher UAB: Ferran Martín
Title: Encoder de microondas impreso de campo cercano para el control preciso de la altura de ascensores y elevadores (Near-field Lift Encoder) (Near-field printed microwave encoder for accurate height control of elevators)
Total funding: 917.940,66 €
Total grant: 222.243,22 €
ERDF Funding: 104.711,50 €
Total funding for UAB-CIMITEC: 209.423 €
Loan for the company: 536.043 €
Duration: April 2018-March 2021 

The project RTC-2017-6303-7, funded by MCIN/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 and by ERDF A way of making Europe, has as main goal the design, development and experimental validation of a new system for the precise position control in elevators, with a precision of 1 mm, based on printed microwave encoders, and the system for reading, processing and transmitting the signal. To achieve this goal, we have a multidisciplinary team, with know-how in elevator technologies (Hohner), in electronic and communications systems (Hohner, CIMITEC), in electromagnetism and microwave technologies (CIMITEC), as well as in printing materials and technologies (Eurecat).

Project RTC-2017-6303-7 funded by:

Project RTC-2015-4385-7 Retos-Colaboración 2015 (Programa Estatal de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad).
Partners: EURONA WIRELESS TELECOM S.A, UAB-CIMITEC
Head Researcher UAB: Jordi Bonache
Title: Sistema de Control de ACCESos Basado en METAmateriales (META-ACCESS) (Metamaterial-based access control system)
Total: 824.598 Euros
Funding UAB: 104,539
ERDF Funding: 75.543 UAB-CIMITEC
Loan for company: 612.288 Euros
Duration: June 2015-December 2017 

Project RTC-2015-4385-7 funded by:

Projecte RTC-2015-3709-7 fRetos-Colaboración 2015 (Programa Estatal de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad).
Partners: PALEX Medical SA, SERVISTAL MEDICA SL, UAB-CIMITEC
Head Researcher UAB: Jordi Bonache
Title: Control de stock y logística en entornos hospitalarios (META-STOCK) (Logistics and stock control in hospital environments
Total funding: 380.660,18 Euros
Funding UAB: 71.724.30
ERDF Funding: 40.931,30 UAB-CIMITEC
Loan for companies: 214.398,00 Euro
Duration: April 2015-December 2017 

The main objective of the project is the development of a logistics control system in hospital environments based on UHF-RFID, which has significant advantages over systems based on NFC (Solution currently offered on the market for avoiding high levels of radiation) in terms of cost and reading ability.

Project RTC-2015-3709-7 funded by:

Project RTC-2014-2550-7 ChiplessRFID, Retos-Colaboración 2014 (Programa Estatal de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad).
Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), in the framework of Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016, granted the project “chiplessRFID” headed by SCYTL with reference number RTC-2014-2550-7. This project is funded by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) within the framework of RETOS-COLABORACIÓN Programme, Call 2014.
Partners: Scytl SECURE ELECTRONIC VOTING,S.A., Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona-CNM (CSIC) and UAB-CIMITEC 
Head Researcher UAB: Ferran Martín 
Title: Desarrollo tecnológico de tags chipless RFID mediante tecnologías de impresión sobre substratos de bajo coste para su integración en sistemas de modernización electoral (Chipless RFID) (Developement of chipless RFID tags by means of printed technologies on low-cost substrates for the implementation in novel voting systems)
Funding: 1.686.502,99 Euros 
Grant for resaearch centers: 490.171,00 Euros (154.940 Euros UAB-CIMITEC) 
Loan for Scytl: 657.977,00 Euros

Project RTC-2014-2550-7 funded by:

Project Innovation Triangle Initiative of  European Space Agency (ESA)
Reference: 4000111799/14/NL/SC
Title: COPLANAR SYMMETRY-BASED CONTACTLESS ROTATION SENSOR
Coordinator: Francisco Garcia de Quirós (EMXYS Embedded Instruments)
Subcontracted: UAB, UPV
Duration: 1 july 2014- 30 april 2015
Funding: 50.000 Euros (22.000 Euros UAB-CIMITEC)

UE Project FP7-ICT-2011-7
Project number: 287682
Project title: TDK4PE—Technology & Design Kits for Printed-Electronics
Call (part) identifier: FP7-ICT-2011-7
Funding scheme: Collaborative project (STREP)
Participants: •UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA (UAB), Spain •AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE (ENEA), Italy •FLEXINK (FLEXIN), United Kingdom •4INFINISCALE SA (IFS), France •AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC), Spain •PHOENIX BV (PHOENIX), Netherlands •Sensing Tex, S.L. (STX) Spain •TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CHEMNITZ (TUC) Germany •UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE (UALG) Portugal •3D-Micromac AG
Coordinator: Jordi Carrabina Bordoll (UAB)
Head Researcher UAB (CIMITEC): Ferran Martín
Duration: 3 years, october 2011 – september 2014
Funding CIMITEC-UAB: 50.000 Euros.

Project AVANZA Competitividad I+D+I (Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo). Acción Estratégica de Telecomunicaciones y Sociedad de la Información. Dirección general para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información.
Title: Investigación y desarrollo de una herramienta CAD para la síntesis de circuitos de comunicaciones compactos y de altas prestaciones basados en metamateriales (METASINTESIS) (Research and development of a CAD tool for the synthesis of compact and high-performance communication circuits based on metamaterials)
Project number: TSI-020100-2010-169
Coordinator:: Jordi Gil Raga (AURORA SOFTWARE AND TESTING s.l.)
Head Researcher UAB: F. Martín
Partners: AURORA SOFTWARE AND TESTING s.l.. y CIMITEC-UAB.
Duration: 2010-2012
Total funding: 146.829 Euros, funded by Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo (Gobierno de España) and European Regional Development Fund
Funding UAB: 47.572 Euros

Project AVANZA Competitividad I+D+I (Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo). Acción Estratégica de Telecomunicaciones y Sociedad de la Información. Dirección general para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información.
Title: INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE EL DISEÑO DE TAGS RFID BASADOS EN METAMATERIALES PARA LA  MONITORIZACIÓN  DE PERSONAS (e-TISSUE). (RESEARCH ON THE DESIGN OF METAMATERIAL-BASED RFID TAGS FOR PEOPLE MONITORING)
Coordinator: AIDA Centre s.l.
Head Researcher UAB: J. Bonache
Partners: AIDA Centre s.l. and CIMITEC-UAB.
Duration: 2010-2011.
Total funding:: 118.489 Euros, funded by Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo (Gobierno de España)
Funding UAB: 28.008 Euros

Project Eureka 5014 METASENSE (April 2009-december 2011)
Title: Miniature METAmaterial-Based SENsing Devices for Agricultural, Environmental and Geological Applications (METASENSE)
TSI-020400-2010-27
Head Reseacher UAB: F. Martín
Partners: University of Novi Sad – Faculty of Technical Sciences – Center for Integrated Microsystems and Components (Serbia), IRITEL A.D. Beograd (Serbia), ISEE 2007 s.l. (España) i Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona – CIMITEC (España)
Budget: 1.62MEuros (Budget for spanish partners through Avanza Competitividad I+D+I Projects)

The METASENSE Project is an industrial research and development project, whose general objective is the application of metamaterial-based technologies to the optimization and miniaturization of components for the development of new passive and active sensors with applications in agriculture, the environment, geology and related. On the one hand, the development of compact humidity sensors based on metamaterials is pursued, which represent an advance with respect to current sensors in terms of size and performance. On the other, the development of new RADAR sensors for remote detection, mainly of objects underground or in dangerous environments. This project refers to the implementation phase of the Eureka METASENSE project with the participation of Spain and Serbia. Participating in this initiative is ISEE 2007 (Integration Software and Electronics Engineering) as leader of the initiative and the Research Center in Metamaterials for Innovation in Electronic and Communication Technologies (CIMITEC) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Project co-funded by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism (Spain), within the framework of the call 1/2010 of the Plan Avanza, for the realization of projects and actions within the framework of the Strategic Action of Telecommunications and the Information Society within the National Plan Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation 2008-2011.

Project Eureka METATEC (july 2006-december 2008)
Title: METAmaterial-based TEchnology for broadband wireless Communications and RF identification
Head Reseacher UAB: F. Martín
Partners: University of Novi Sad – Faculty of Technical Sciences – Center for Integrated Microsystems and Components (Serbia), IMTEL Mikrotalasi A.D. (Serbia), The Institute of Microwave Techniques and Electronics – IMTEL Institute (Serbia), AIDA Centre s.l. (España) i Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona – CIMITEC (España)

Project Eureka 2895 TELEMAC (2003-04)
Title: Estudio y control de la propagación de microondas y de ondas milimétricas por metamateriales.
Head Researcher UAB: F. Martín
Partners: Thales Research and Technology, RCI, Institute d’electronique de Microelectrònique et de Nanotechnology (IEMN-CNRS), Institute d’Electronica Fondamentale (IEF), Consultora Navarra de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), Omicron Circuits s.l., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universidad Pública de Navarra.