SKILLS

Digital Industry

Development, technology transfer and comprehensive support in the industrialization and adoption of advanced technology and innovative solutions, driving the transition towards a more digital, sustainable, efficient and competitive industry.

skills

Digital Industry

Development, technology transfer and comprehensive support in the industrialization and adoption of advanced technology and innovative solutions, driving the transition towards a more digital, sustainable, efficient and competitive industry.

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Our technological capabilities are positioned at different points along the value chain and technology maturity levels for key enabling technologies of the digital transition: digital manufacturing, advanced data and sensors, connectivity and information, and the development of smart products.

Although our activity has a cross-cutting impact on multiple sectors, the main areas of action focus on the health and industrial sectors (manufacturing, transport, MedTech and energy).

Our technological capabilities are positioned at different points along the value chain and technology maturity levels for key enabling technologies of the digital transition:

  • Digital manufacturing:
    • Design and engineering of advanced applications in additive manufacturing.
    • Development of innovative materials and processes in additive manufacturing.
    • Post-processing strategies and functionalization of 3D components.
    • Development of new robotic technologies and processes.
  • Advanced Data and Sensors:
    • Development, testing and validation of new industrial, health and environmental monitoring sensors.
    • Development of microfluidic devices and diagnostics.
    • Development of new photonic systems and advanced vision.
  • Connectivity and Information:
    • Development and application of new IoT device connectivity protocols.
    • Security and embedded intelligence in devices.
    • System interoperability and heterogeneous data integration.
    • Applied AI and software engineering.
  • Intelligent Product Development:
    • Product design and engineering.
    • Testing, experimentation and validation of target applications.
    • Support and accompaniment to industrialization.

Human Resources

  • Multidisciplinary team, scientific-technical background + industrial experience.
  • Optical, electronics, mechanical, telecommunications and software engineering.
  • Physics, chemistry and electrochemistry.
  • Product design and engineering.

Resources and infrastructure

  • Additive manufacturing infrastructure.
  • Robotics Lab.
  • Electronics, IoT and private 5G connectivity lab.
  • Photonics & vision lab.
  • MedTech/bioengineering lab.
  • Digital software lab.
  • CAD/CAE/CAM software tools, simulation and modeling.
  • Physical, electrochemical and optoelectronic characterization equipment.
  • Lifespan and accelerated aging equipment.
  • ISO13485 certification for the design and development of medical and diagnostic products in vitro (including software).
David Gutiérrez

David Gutiérrez

Head of the Digital Industry Department

David Gutiérrez holds a doctorate in physical chemistry from the UAB, an MBA from Euncet and a master’s degree in Occupational Risk Prevention. He is currently the director of the Digital Industry Department of Leitat and has also collaborated as an expert evaluator for various innovation programs of the European Commission, as well as a professional member for the University Quality Agency of Catalonia and associate professor of the UVic PRL master’s degree.

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