The school
Centre facilities
Several units are integrated in the Engineering Building:
- The School of Industrial and Civil Engineering (EIIC).
- Administration of the Engineering Building.
- Engineering Building’s Library.
- Department of Cartography and Graphic Expression in Engineering.
- Department of Civil Engineering.
- Department of Electrical Engineering.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering.
- Department of Process Engineering.
- Reprographic and Binding Service.
In order to provide these services, the building is divided into the following blocks:
- Block A: Main Building (Management, Administration, Concierge, Reprographics, Cafeteria, Auditorium and Lecture Hall.
- Block B: Computer rooms, laboratories and classrooms.
- Block C: Teachers’ offices, classrooms for tuition and departmental offices.
- Block D: Laboratories.
- Block E: Laboratories.
- Block F: Classrooms and laboratories.
In general, the resources, equipment, resources and services available are sufficient to guarantee the development of the training activities carried out at the EIIC, as demonstrated in the following sections:
Administrative and janitorial services
Repographic and binding services
Classrooms
Teaching classrooms.
The Engineering Building includes six blocks. The teaching rooms are mainly distributed in A and F blocks (lecture halls).
There is a variety of furniture in the classrooms: most of them are metal-framed desks and others are chairs with tablets attached. There are also classrooms with large drawing tables for the teaching of graphic disciplines.
All classrooms are equipped with blackboards, projection screens, overhead projectors, video projectors and computers. The computers have both intranet and internet connections. This equipment is enough to guarantee the development of the educational activities.
Table 1 shows the available classrooms, their location, type and number of seats.
| Name | Block | Floor | Capacity | Table/Chair with table | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-001 | A | 0 | 56 | 39 | T |
| A-002 | A | 0 | 125 | 165 | C |
| A-003 | A | 0 | 125 | 166 | C |
| A-101 | A | 1 | 55 | 48 | T/C |
| A-102 | A | 1 | 101 | 71 | T |
| A-103 | A | 1 | 122 | 90 | T |
| A-104 | A | 1 | 53 | 75 | C |
| A-105 | A | 1 | 53 | 72 | C |
| A-106 | A | 1 | 55 | 73 | C |
| A-107 | A | 1 | 55 | 41 | T |
| A-108 | A | 1 | 55 | 73 | C |
| A-109 | A | 1 | 55 | 50 | T/C |
| A-110 | A | 1 | 55 | 49 | T/C |
| A-111 | A | 1 | 53 | 49 | T/C |
| A-112 | A | 1 | 96 | 122 | C |
| A-113 | A | 1 | 55 | 48 | T/C |
| A-114 | A | 1 | 30 | 40 | C |
| B-101 | B | 1 | 90 | 66 | T/C |
| F-001 | F | 0 | 78 | 45 | T |
| F-002 | F | 0 | 117 | 78 | T |
| F-003 | F | 0 | 137 | 76 | T (drawing) |
| F-101 | F | 1 | 70 | 25 | T(laptop) |
| F-102 | F | 1 | 70 | 25 | T(laptop) |
| F-103 | F | 1 | 70 | 50 | T |
| F-104 | F | 1 | 70 | 48 | T |
| F-105 | F | 1 | 70 | 53 | T |
| F-106 | F | 1 | 70 | 43 | T |
| F-107 | F | 1 | 70 | 48 | T |
| F-108 | F | 1 | 70 | 45 | T |
| F-109 | F | 1 | 70 | 46 | T |
| F-110 | F | 1 | 70 | 52 | T |
| F-111 | F | 1 | 140 | 98 | T |
| F-201 | F | 2 | 70 | 54 | T |
| F-202 | F | 2 | 70 | 49 | T |
| F203 | F | 2 | 70 | 51 | T |
| F-204 | F | 2 | 70 | 44 | T |
| F-205 | F | 2 | 140 | 101 | T |
| TOTAL | 2864 | 2452 |
Computer rooms.
There are four computer rooms of 75 m2 and 24 seats each, equipped with all the resources needed in a teaching classroom, as well as the required software for the teaching of the disciplines that demand these resources. These are also where the examinations for the qualification of these subjects are held.
There is also a self-service computer room (231 m2) with 40 workstations on the ground floor and another 30 workstations on the upper floor, whose working hours are from 8:00 to 20:30 from Monday to Friday, with free access and controlled by university ID card.
This room is also used during the enrolment period in order to carry out the self-enrolment process. This tool has meant that students do not have to wait in the administration office to be attended to in order to register during the corresponding periods of each academic year, although they can also register online.
Halls
There are two halls of 57 m2 each, which are mainly used for the presentation of End-of-Degree Projects, End-of-Degree Projects, Doctoral Theses, as well as for seminars, conferences, round tables, debates, etc.
Study room and multi-purpose spaces.
In the different modules, students have at their disposal various spaces for study and for
carrying out different activities.
Laboratories
The syllabus of the different degrees taught at the EIIC involves laboratory practices. For this reason, the need of laboratories is essential in this type of studies.
This building contains most of the necessary laboratories for the teaching of the degrees, however, for some subjects, students may move to buildings close to the engineering facilities to carry out some practices, mainly those related to basic science subjects.
All the equipment is maintained by the technical staff assigned to each of the Departments. For more than 20 years, the staff has been carrying out these tasks in support of the teaching of the degrees, so they have the necessary training and experience to carry out this work with high levels of effectiveness and efficiency.
List of laboratories.
| Department of Chemistry |
|---|
| Physical Chemistry |
| Analytical Chemistry |
| Instrumental Methods |
| Pollution and Environment |
| Organic Chemistry |
| Fundamental Chemistry |
| Department of Process Engineering |
|---|
| Thermodynamics |
| Thermotechnology |
| Heat Engines |
| Industrial Chemistry |
| Environmental Technology |
| Water Technology |
| General Chemical Technology |
| Instrumental Analysis |
| Department of Electrical Engineering |
|---|
| Electrical Measurements |
| Lines and Networks |
| Faraday Cage |
| Electrical Machine Drives |
| Electrical Installations |
| Electrical Machines |
| Electrical Protections |
| High Voltage |
| Circuit Theory |
| Renewable Energies and Industrial Safety |
| Department of Cartography and Graphical Expression in Engineering |
|---|
| Photogrammetry |
| Computer Aided Design |
| Industrial Design |
| Geomatics |
| Surveying Instruments and Methods |
| Department of Physics |
|---|
| General Physics I |
| General Physics II |
| Thermotechnology |
| Physics Extension; (Electricity and magnetism) |
| Nuclear Physics and Geophysics |
| Fluid Mechanics and Oceanography |
| Department of Electronic and Automatic Engineering |
|---|
| Electronic Components |
| Digital Electronics |
| Equipment Integration |
| Industrial Electronics I |
| Industrial Electronics II |
| Industrial Electronics III |
| Engineering Systems and Automatics |
| Analogue Electronics Laboratory |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering |
|---|
| Naval Architecture |
| Biomechanics |
| Transport and Automobiles |
| Mechanical Technology |
| Construction and Maintenance of Machinery |
| Mechanisms and Machines |
| Flexible Manufacturing |
| Rapid Manufacturing |
| Metrology and Calibration |
| Knowledge of Materials and Metallurgy |
| Welding |
| Nanoscience and Nanomaterials |
| Departamento de Ingeniería Civil |
|---|
| Concrete, Soils and Bituminous Materials (*) |
| Materials Testing (**) |
| Facilities |
| Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics (***) |
| Numerical Analysis |
Administrative and janitorial services
Administration
The administration of the building is in charge of an Administrator. It is divided into two sections, an economic section and an academic section, with their corresponding managers who are in charge of 8 administrative staff.
There are areas for the individual attention of both teachers and students. There is also an area for documentation archiving and individual offices for the administrator and managers, all equipped with furniture and computer equipment that is renewed periodically, so that the work can be managed in a satisfactory way.
In addition, the school has a management secretary’s office to carry out the more immediate tasks of the management team.
Janitorial office
The building’s caretaker’s office staff has two common areas distributed in a main area in module A and other in the classroom of block F where students and teaching staff are attended and oriented. There is another room for the storage of different materials.
There is a person in charge of the Concierge’s Office, who is responsible for 7 concierges.
The general organization chart of this service can be found at the following web address: web: http://www2.ulpgc.es/index.php?pagina=adm_ei&ver=organigrama
Reprographics and Binding Services
The Engineering Building has one of the best Reprographic Services in the entire ULPGC. In fact, it is where the different governing bodies of the University work, as well as most of the published texts and teaching manuals are edited and printed. It has modern machines and equipment that are periodically renewed to achieve this task effectively.
Reprographics and Binding Service website: http://www.ulpgc.es/index.php?pagina=servicioreprografia&ver=inicio
The binding service is provided in a room run by two assistants who are responsible for the binding and presentation of the University’s official publications as well as books and notes that the teaching staff would like to publish.
Library
The Engineering Building has one of the largest and most complete libraries in the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s library system. It is located in Block F. Covering a surface area of 1,134 m2, it has three floors and meets the bibliographic and documentary needs of the teaching staff and students of the EIIC, where 12 official degrees adapted to the EHEA are taught. The library also serves the needs of researchers belonging to the five departments located in the building and those of other
users from nearby centers.
The usual business hours are from 8:30 am to 8:30 pm, Monday to Friday, and the services it provides include three study rooms with a total of 198 workstations, home loans which can be renewed via the Internet, photocopier service, Internet and Intranet access via 17 computers on the ground floor (one of which has a DIN A3 scanner connected). The library also loans laptops, which is one of the most requested services.
On the first floor, in addition to the aforementioned study room, there is a computer room with 16 computers and a group study room with a blackboard and two tables for six users each. On the same floor is the newspaper library, which still has 67 titles of newspapers and periodicals in paper format that are in the process of being bought.
The collection, which is organized according to the CDU, is spread over the three floors and is freely accessible. Usually, all those titles recommended in the bibliographies of the teaching projects and which are not already available in the collection, whether books, DVDs, videos, multimedia material, maps, etc., are acquired.
It is particularly important that users can print whatever they need from any computer at any time, whether it is their own work or any electronic material obtained from the dozens of electronic resources offered by the University Library through the Intranet.
For further information on the digital resources that the Engineering Library has available and which are the services common to all the libraries of the University Library System, you can access the following URL: http://biblioteca.ulpgc.es/portada
There is much closer and more enriching contact with users through the Virtual Campus, a tool through which we are able to improve and enhance the services provided by the Library thanks to your questions and suggestions. It is an extremely useful tool for disseminating information quickly and efficiently. The library is managed by the Thematic Library Commission of the Engineering Building.
WiFi
Free WiFi is available in the Building ( as is the case in all other buildings on all University Campus) allowing students to connect to the Internet or the Intranet wherever they are in the building using both loan laptops or their own laptops.
E-learning platforms to support face-to-face teaching:
Con el objetivo de dar soporte a la adaptación de los estudios de la ULPGC a las directrices del Espacio
With the aim of supporting the adaptation of the ULPGC studies to the guidelines of the European Higher Education Area,the face-to-face courses have at their disposal an e-learning platform (Moodle) called Virtual Campus through which the students are able to supplement their face-to-face education. They can consult all the documentation for each of the subjects, contact their teachers, ask questions, send their work and receive their marks. It can be consulted at the following web address:
http://www.ulpgc.es/index.php?pagina=campusvirtual&ver=campusvirtual
This platform is also a tool for collaborative work, allowing groups or teams from the
university community to work together on projects of different kinds (management,
research, teaching, society, etc.), without the need for the physical presence of its
members, or reducing it considerably.