Civil engineering plays a key role in managing natural resources by means of planning, designing and implementing infrastructures which enable efficient and responsible use of water, energy, land and other natural resources. These activities are essential for conserving the environment.
At our School the research group in Hydraulic Engineering (INGHI) researches areas such as the analysis and monitoring of networks for supplying drinking water, the modelling of hydraulic structures, floods and swells, and managing associated risks. Also, the Laboratory of Mathematical Oncology (MOLAB), focuses on applying mathematics and ITCs to different health problems whose aim is to better exploit treatments and natural products in order to limit environmentally harmful productive processes which harm the environment and are detrimental to human health in the long term.
One example of an engineering project in this field is: The Sea Water Desalination Plant which works by osmosis (Acciona)