Established in July 2011 with the aim of bringing together in a single structure different expertised capable of contributing to a high-level teaching and high-profile international research in the field of materials and environmental science and engineering, the Department of Science and Engineering of Matter, Environment and Urban Planning (SIMAU) gathers teachers from both basic disciplinary areas (hard sciences), such as Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences, and more specific and applied ones, such as Materials, Geotechnics, Geology, Environmental Engineering and Urban Planning.
