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CIMNE is overseen by a Governing Council and Executive Committees with members from CIMNE, UPC, and the Catalan Government. Our internal structure brings together researchers and support personnel.


Research
Organizational chart
CIMNE is overseen by a Governing Council and Executive Committees with members from CIMNE, UPC, and the Catalan Government. Our internal structure brings together researchers and support personnel.
Governing Council
President | Ms. SÃlvia Paneque i Sureda | Minister of Territory, Housing, and Ecological Transition | Government of Catalonia |
Representing Government of Catalonia | Mr. Manel Nadal i Farreras | Secretary for Mobility and Infrastructures | Government of Catalonia |
Ms. Teresa Sanchis Estruch | Director-General for Research | Government of Catalonia | |
Mr. Xavier Roca Ramon | Director-General for Industry | Government of Catalonia | |
Vice-President | Mr. Ferran Falcó | Vicepresident | CIMNE |
Representing UPC · BarcelonaTech | Dr. Francesc Torres | Rector | UPC · BarcelonaTech |
Dr. Pedro DÃez | Vice-rector for Research | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
Dr. Esther Real | Full Professor | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
Representing UNESCO | Dr. LluÃs Ramallo | President of the Spanish Commission of UNESCO | UNESCO |
Executive Council
The Executive Council is divided into two separate subgroups, one to deal with specifically issues of an administrative, legal and financial nature and a second that addresses questions of a more scientific, innovation and personnel nature.
Executive Council – Finance and Compliance
Chair | Mr. Ferran Falcó | Vicepresident | CIMNE |
Members | Prof. Javier Bonet | General Director | CIMNE |
Ms. Anna Font | General Manager | CIMNE | |
Ms. Pilar Gibert | Director of Services, Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Generalitat de Catalunya | Â | |
Ms. Esther Morales | Deputy General Director of Economic Management, Procurement and Patrimony (Gencat-Department of Research and Universities) | Â | |
Mr. Paco Navallas | General Manager | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
Ms. Laia Pellejà | Directora iCERCA |  | |
Prof. Gabriel Bugeda (guest member) | Institutional Relations Director | CIMNE | |
Mr. Javier Marcipar (guest member) | Director of CIMNE Tecnologia | Â | |
Ms. Maricarmen Linares (guest member) | Accounting and Finance Director | CIMNE |
Executive Council – Science and Innovation
Chair | Mr. Ferran Falcó | Vicepresident | CIMNE |
Members | Prof. Javier Bonet | General Director | CIMNE |
Prof. Pedro DÃez | Vice-Rector for Research | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
Mr. Jordi Aguasca | Director of the Technological Transformation Unit and Disruption | Gencat-ACCIÓ | |
Mr. Marc Darder | Head of the Technical Office | Gencat-Department of Territory | |
Mr. Jordi Berenguer | Vice-Chancellor for Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
Mr. Jordi Romeu | Vice-Rector for Teaching and Research Staff | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
Ms. Laia Pellejà | Directora | iCERCA | |
Prof. Xavier Sà nchez-Vila | Director (DECA) | UPC · BarcelonaTech | |
Ms. Anna Font (guest member) | General Manager | CIMNE | |
Dr. Fernando Salazar (guest member) | Project Development Director | CIMNE | |
Prof. Gabriel Bugeda (guest member) | Institutional Relations Director | CIMNE | |
Mr. Javier Marcipar (guest member) | Director | CIMNE Tecnologia | |
Mr. Jordi Jiménez (guest member) | Head of Technology Transfer | CIMNE |
GOVERNING COUNCIL
Chair:Â SÃlvia Paneque i Sureda
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Chair: Ferran Falcó
ADVISORY SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL
Chair: Peter Wriggers
Managing Board
GENERAL DIRECTOR
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS DIRECTOR
MANAGING DIRECTOR
MANAGING TEAM
Research
Research Clusters
Geomechanics and Hydrogeology
Academic Leaders: Sebastià Olivella, Núria M. Pinyol, Xavier Sánchez-Vila, Marcos Arroyo, Alberto Ledesma, Enrique E. Romero, Ivan Puig.
Contact point: Sebastià Olivella
Machine Learning and models in Hydro-Environmental Engineering
Academic Leaders: Fernando Salazar, Ernest Bladé.
Contact point: Fernando Salazar
Aeronautical, Marine, Automotive and Energy Engineering
Academic Leaders: Gabriel Bugeda, Xavier Martinez, LucÃa G. Barbu, Jordi Pons-Prats, Borja Serván, Enrique Ortega, Alex Ferrer, FermÃn Otero.
Contact point: Xavier Martinez
Solid and fluid simulation for Industrial Processes
Academic Leaders: LuÃs M. Cervera, Michele Chiumenti, Ramon Codina, Narges Dialami, Joan Baiges.
Contact point: Michele Chiumenti
Computational Mechanics in Medical Engineering and Living Matter
Academic Leaders: Marino Arroyo, Eduardo Soudah, Jose J. Muñoz, Miquel Aguirre.
Contact point: Eduardo Soudah
Structural and Particle Mechanics
Academic Leaders:  Javier Bonet, Francisco Zárate, Josep Maria Carbonell, Alessandro Franci, Sergio R. Idelsohn, Martha L. Carreño, Daniel Di Capua, Fernando G. Rastellini, Eugenio Oñate (Senior Distinguished Researcher), Alejandro Barbat (Senior Distinguished Researcher).
Contact point: Javier Bonet
Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Metamaterials
Academic Leaders: Irene Arias, Juan C. Cante, Oriol Lloberas, Xavier Oliver (Senior Distinguished Researcher).
Contact point: Juan C. Cante
Credible High-Fidelity and Data-Driven Models
Academic Leaders: Pedro DÃez, Alberto Garcia, Matteo Giacomini, Antonio Huerta, Ivan Markovsky, Sergio Zlotnik.
Contact point: Matteo Giacomini
Large Scale Multiphysics Computations
Academic Leaders: Riccardo Rossi, Joaquin A. Hernandez, Pavel Ryzhakov.
Contact point: Riccardo Rossi
Innovation Units
Innovation Unit in transport (CENIT)
Innovation Leader: Sergi Sauri.
Contact point: Sergi Sauri
Innovation Unit in Building, Energy and Environment (BeeGroup)
Innovation Leaders: Jordi Cipriano, Jaime MartÃ.
Contact point: Jordi Cipriano
Innovation Unit in Pre, Post and Digital Technologies
Innovation Leaders: Abel Coll, Angel D. Priegue.
Contact point: Abel Coll
UNESCO Chair
UNESCO Chair in Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE - UPC)
Technology Development
Tech Transfer & Innovation
Proposal Development
CIMNE TecnologÃa
Research Support
Communication
Congress Bureau
Finances
People
Project Management
General Services
Assistants: Berta Claramunt, Jordi López
IT Development: Javier Tous
IT Services: Miguel Alonso
Publications: MarÃa Jesús Samper
Quality: Ignacio Valero