INTERNAL PROJECT
INTERNAL PROJECT: ERRATUM
Myco-diseño para la sociedad./ Myco-Design: Design for society
research group
INTEGRAL REGENERATIVE DESIGN RESEARCH GROUP
The Integral Regenerative Design research group (DESIRe) is focused on the development ofsustainable design for a positive environmental and social impact.
The main objective is to bring visibility to design as a source of change, through a holistic and integrative vision. Our research focuses on three main lines.
MAIN LINES
– Fungal Materials: Development of reproducible protocols for cultivation and co-creation with mycelium, transforming biomass into functional fungal materials with programmable physical properties for design and their integration into the industrial value chain.
– Thermal Energy Storage: Development of sustainable, multifunctional composite materials through the integration of phase change materials (PCM) into porous, organic-inorganic and bio-based matrices, including aerogels, foams, bio-based micro/macrospheres and mycelium-based structures. This objective seeks to achieve efficient thermal energy storage, form stability, leakage resistance, flame-retardant behaviour and stimuli-responsive functionalities, with applications in functional architecture, energy-efficient buildings, cold-chain systems and advanced thermal management.
– Circular Economy: Development of design solutions based on biomaterials and sustainable moulding systems, optimising the technical revalorisation of locally sourced agro-industrial waste to ensure effective scaling and integration into the industrial market.
lines of research
The lines of research that form part of this research group are as follows:
- 1. Advanced Biodesign and Fungal Materials
- 2. Multifunctional Bio-Based Polymeric Compositions for Thermal Energy Storage and Heat Management
- 3. Biomaterials, Sustainability and Circular Economy
FEATURED PROJECTS
The most important research projects assigned to this research group:
INTERNAL PROJECT
Sustainable PLA Aerogel-Based PCMs
Enhanced Performance for Energy Storage and Thermal Management
EXTERNAL PROJECT
Environmental Effect on Health Care and Wellbeing and Active Interventions (ENACT)
Environmental effect on health care and wellbeing and active interventions
INTERNAL PROJECT
ROBOTICS RESEARCH GROUP FOR EMPOWERMENT
La Democratización y la generación de Redes de Conocimiento / / Robotics for Empowerment, Democratization, and Knowledge Network. (RED-KN)
INTERNAL PROJECT
INTERACTIVE, INCLUSIVE AND PORTABLE MATERIALS LIBRARY:
Interactive, inclusive and portable materials library: smart boards, technological innovation and knowledge connection. (MITIC)
OTHER FEATURED PROJECTS
- RED-KN: Robotics for empowerment, democratization and the generation of knowledge networks.
- Softworks, design of a preventive security system.
- Packaging design based on micomaterials.
- Design of sustainable luminaires. Pending renewal of continuity with HANNUN.
KEY PARTNERSHIPS
We are partners of:
- Academy of Neuroscience of Neuroscience for Architecture
- SMARTECH Cluster
- AMBIT Cluster
- Centro de Psicología Psico-Logos
RESEARCHERS
Research is a fundamental objective of the work carried out by our teaching staff.
To achieve this objective, we count on researchers of excellence who develop their studies and research across the different areas of Design and Technology.
RESEARCH STAYS
- Anya Montserrat Pulido
- Elsa Concha Pérez
INTERNSHIP FELLOWS
- Lola Marín
- Marta López
- Nadia Juneidi
- Keylin Joana Chamorro Montes