Centre de Recerca en Ciència i Enginyeria Multiescala (UPC)

🔬The research team, led by Irene López, together with Núria Borràs and Víctor Vallès Nebot, developed this technology in a collaboration through our IMEM-BRT and R2EM groups, together with the company XD Solutions, combining expertise in materials science, biomaterials, and environmental management.

🏗️The first pilot plant has been installed at the @upc.edu Campus Nord sports center, where BEEC’s potential for large-scale greywater treatment is being tested. This project was possible thanks to an award from the Barcelona City Council for innovative water-saving solutions in sports environments.

🧪 BEEC is created by combining natural mineral materials, producing a composite that allows ion exchange and wastewater filtration. This technology can treat water from showers in sports facilities, making it safe to reuse for non-potable purposes, reducing overall water consumption 💦.

💧 Turning Greywater into a Resource!

Our researchers are leading the way in sustainable water management with the development of BEEC – BioEngineering Eco-Composite, a novel material that enables the filtration and reuse of greywater ♻️.

A program in collaboration with Fundació Catalunya la Pedrera as part of the Bojos per la Ciència initiative (Bojos per la Ciència).

📅 Applications open until November 2
🔗 More info: www.fundaciocatalunya-lapedrera.com/ca/bojos-cie...

🔬 Love physics & chemistry?

Touch science with your own hands at Bojos per l'Enginyeria de Materials (Crazy About Materials Engineering)!

High school students: experiment, research & connect with scientists 🧠🧪.

🎥 More in the video!
#STEM #MaterialsEngineering #BojosPerLaCiencia

What you’ll get:
✨ Up to 6 months of paid internship
🧪 Mentorship from experienced scientists
⚙️ Access to advanced techniques and fully equipped labs
🌍 Real-world projects in materials for health, energy & the environment

#ResearchOpportunity #MasterThesis #MaterialsScience #Innovation

🚀 Ready to take your first step into research? Join us and complete your MSc thesis in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment!

If you’re enrolled in a UPC master’s program and passionate about materials science — this is your chance! 🎓

👉 Find out more: multiscale.upc.edu/en/talent/ma...

What you’ll get:
✨ Up to 6 months of paid internship
🧪 Mentorship from experienced scientists
⚙️ Access to advanced techniques and fully equipped labs
🌍 Real-world projects in materials for health, energy & the environment

#ResearchOpportunity #MasterThesis #MaterialsScience #Innovation

Les investigadores Maria Pau Ginebra i Jezabel Curbelo i l’investigador Sergi Abadal, guardonats amb els Premis Nacionals d'Investigació 2025.

Enhorabona! 👏
@eebe.upc.edu @ccem-upc.bsky.social @upctelecos.bsky.social @mat.upc.edu @fme.upc.edu
www.upc.edu/ca/sala-de-p...

🎓 Triple celebration for @upc.edu! Alongside Maria Pau, Sergi Abadal & Jezabel Curbelo received the National Young Researchers Awards. 👏 #ScienceHeroes #Innovation #Research

The National Research Award Leonardo Torres Quevedo is Spain’s top recognition in Engineering, celebrating research with global impact that advances science and humanity.

💡 This achievement inspires us to keep pushing boundaries in science and innovation!

🎉 Proud moment at our center!
Our Scientific Director and Group Leader of the BBT group, Maria Pau Ginebra, has won the National Research Award Leonardo Torres Quevedo 🏅 for her pioneering work in biomedical engineering and biomaterials for bone regeneration. 👏

In animal studies, these scaffolds were progressively replaced by newly formed bone, a breakthrough that could pave the way for custom, mechanically tunable implants adapted to each patient’s needs.

📖 Read the full article: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#Innovation #3DPrinting

✨ Our team has developed a 3D printed bone scaffold that:
✔️ Is strong and flexible during surgery, making it easier for surgeons to handle.
✔️ Self-hardens after implantation, reaching bone-like strength.
✔️ Promotes natural bone regeneration while reducing inflammation.

💡 Imagine a bone implant that is flexible during surgery – easy to handle, adapt, and fix – and then hardens naturally once inside the body to provide strong, bone-like support.

That’s what researchers from the BBT group have achieved in a new study published in #AdvancedFunctionalMaterials.

Meet eb-POLICOM 🌱

They design biodegradable polymers & composites that support health and protect the planet ♻️ — from bioabsorbable sutures and drug-delivery systems 🧵💊 to sustainable nanocomposites for everyday use 🌍.

Innovation for a greener future!

👉 Check the banners to read more about them!

A big thank you 🙌 to our colleagues at @Centre d’Estudis de Ciència, Comunicació i Societat – Universitat Pompeu Fabra (CCS-UPF), Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM), and Fundació ”la Caixa” for making these inspiring days possible.

The CCEM was represented at the Campus Gutenberg 2025 by two outstanding speakers:
✨ Patricia López, who presented “Digital Minds: Dialogues between Science Fiction and Neuroscience” 📚🤖
✨ Luis Carlos Pardo, who presented the Fisidabo project 🎢🔬

🏆We’re very proud to announce that Luis Carlos has won the Gutenberg Award 🥇 in the “Big Hits and Their Keys” category at Campus Gutenberg 2025, thanks to his presentation of the innovative Fisidabo project: turning Tibidabo Amusement Park into a physics laboratory. 👏🎉

CCEM, together with Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, launches Bojos per l’Enginyeria de Materials!

High school students: discover life as a researcher, experiment with materials, develop your own project & connect with peers 🧪🧠

Applications open today! 🔗 bojos-ciencia.fundaciocatalunya-lapedrera.com

Meet the BBT group at @ccem_upc 🌟

They create the materials of the future to help our bodies heal ❤️, regenerate 🔄 & stay healthy 💪 — from 🦴 bone substitutes and implants to ⚡ plasma therapies targeting cancer cells.

👉 Check the banners to read more about their research!

#Biomaterials #Innovation

🚀 This weekend, science takes over Tibidabo! 🎢

Join #Fisidabo on Sept 12–13 for interactive physics experiments, demos, and activities, created by our researcher and award-winning Prof. Luis Carlos Pardo!

🔗 Agenda: tibidabo.cat/ca/educacio/...

#STEM #ScienceEducation #Barcelona

🌍🔥 No climate solutions without science!

The SOMM Alliance launches the manifesto: “Climate action: scientific knowledge & social consensus.”

At CCEM we stay committed to evidence-based solutions for the climate emergency.

📄 Full manifesto: somma.es/news/la-acci...

#ClimateAction #Science

🌍💨 Today is the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies

At CCEM, we are working on solutions: through the EU FROSTBIT project, we are developing the first solid-state barocaloric refrigerator!

Read more about the project here: frostbitproject.eu

#CleanAirForBlueSkies #Frostbit

🌞Back from holidays! This week, we hosted the 19th Conference on Liquid and Amorphous Metals at @upc.edu 🎉

Amorphous metals have a “glass-like” atomic structure, opening exciting opportunities in energy⚡️, health🏥, and manufacturing🏭.

Big thanks to everyone who made #LAM19 a succesful event! 🙌

Yesterday, our researcher Prof. Luis Carlos Pardo and Rosa Ortiz Gimeno, director at Tibidabo amusement park, received the 2024 Premi Nacional de Comunicació Científica for the outreach project #Fisidabo 🧪🎡

👏 Congrats to the winners, and thanks to #BSM for supporting this great initiative!

Another #InsideMaterials is here! 🥳

🔎 This month, our picture is giving #SciFi or mythical creature. In reality, it's a dental implant embedded in a porous material that simulates bone for a biocompatible solution.

Do you also think science is SUPER cool? What does the picture remind you of? 🤔