2023-04-20 22:35:36
On Thursday, the handing over ceremony was held Manel Xifra and Boada awards, which have reached their eighteenth edition. The purpose of these awards is highlight those people and researchers who have made contributions to the field of engineering and scientific and technical knowledge.
The Awards, which are promoted by GI ENGINEERS i eat, have been delivered to the Manel Xifra i Boada Auditorium, located in the Science and Technology Park of the University of Girona. During the ceremony, the importance of promoting technical vocationsespecially among women, and the problem of the climate change, especially the current drought situation. The Councilor of Universities, Joaquim Nadal, and the president of the Provincial Council of Girona, Miquel Noguer, were some of the prominent institutional representatives present at the event.
The meteorologist Tomàs Molina i Boschgraduate in physics and journalist, has been awarded with the Manel Xifra i Boada Award for the transfer of technical and technological knowledge. Molina is an associate professor at the University of Barcelona and ambassador of the European Climate Pact of the European Union. “His work as a publicist should also be highlighted, including his role as an influencer on Instagram, a platform that allows him to reach a young audience,” the organization notes. After receiving the award, he gave a lecture on meteorology and the consequences of climate change.
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) has received the Manel Xifra and Boada Award to the Applied Research Group or Technological Center. Mariona Sanz, head of innovation and business development at the BSC, has collected the award on behalf of the institution. The BSC-CNS is a specialist in high-performance computing and manages the MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe. The center offers services to the international scientific community and industry. Since its creation in 2005, the BSC-CNS has promoted high computing as a key tool for international competitiveness in science and engineering. The center also manages the Spanish Supercomputing Network and is a member of the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) initiative.
Lifetime Achievement Award
He The Manel Xifra i Boada Professional Career Award has been awarded to Jordi Forga Oliveras. His daughter Montse Forga has collected the award. Forga is a mechanical industrial expert from the Terrassa school in 1969, and later a technical industrial engineer from the UdG in 1978. He was also accredited as a superior technician in occupational risk prevention and as an insurance appraiser. His professional career is linked to Comforsa between the years 1970 and 1990, and later to his own technical office.
As for the Manel Xifra and Boada awards in recognition of those awarded by the Board of Trustees of the Superior Polytechnic School of the University of Girona (UdG) with qualifications related to Engineering, Adrià Tort Serra, a graduate in Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineering, was recognized for his final degree project “Development of a wireless sensor node for electronics practices”; Carla Santiago Corral, double graduate in Industrial Technology Engineering and ADE for the final degree thesis “Optimization of the extrusion system and determination of process parameters for the 3D printing of high concentration silk fibroin”; Marc Duran Pérez, graduate in Mechanical Engineering, for the thesis “Model for the analysis of the movement of a swing”; Irene Barnosell Roura, graduate in Chemical Engineering, for the thesis “Contribution of the European Chemical Industry to the Planetary Boundaries”; Marc Crous Sabidó, graduate in Mechanical Engineering, for the Bachelor thesis “Design of a box depalletizing machine for the meat industry”; and Paula Jorquera Martín, graduate in Industrial Technologies Engineering, for the thesis “Design of a prototype to move a mannequin used in the preparation of radiotherapy treatments”.
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