CATEC Welcomes Aerospace Engineering Students to Showcase NATURE-DEMO Project

    • On May 15th, CATEC welcomed a group of students from the Aerospace Engineering Degree and Aerospace Industry Diploma programs at Loyola University Andalusia to its headquarters in Seville. The visit was coordinated by Professor Juan Carlos Meléndez Rodríguez and aimed to provide students with insights into CATEC’s activities, technological capabilities, and research infrastructure.

    The participants attended a presentation showcasing CATEC’s innovative facilities, services, and several of our most relevant R&D initiatives, including the NATURE-DEMO project, in which CATEC is a project partner.
    NATURE-DEMO aims to create, validate, and scale Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to improve the climate resilience of critical infrastructures across Europe. Within this initiative, CATEC plays a key role in monitoring and assessing implemented solutions across different European regions by applying expertise from the aerospace sector, including advanced UAV technologies, precision monitoring, and technical systems integration.

    During the visit, Gabriela Cáceres presented the NATURE-DEMO project, introducing the technologies being used within the initiative, including UAV platforms, multispectral cameras, and the L3 LiDAR system. The presentation also showcased preliminary results from monitoring activities conducted across different demonstrator sites, providing students with practical insights into how advanced aerospace technologies are being applied to environmental monitoring and climate resilience solutions.

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