The Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structures is responsible of the teaching of the courses related with the area of Mechanics and Structures of both the bachelor and master degrees in the\u00a0Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid<\/a>. \u00a0It also develops basic and applied research in this area.<\/p>\n The Department has six teaching units and two research groups, and is equipped with a laboratory of structures.<\/p>\n<\/div> Jos\u00e9 Maria Goicolea Ruigomez<\/p>\n<\/div> Hugo Corres Peiretti<\/p>\n<\/div> Pedro Navas Almod\u00f3var<\/p>\n<\/div> The foundation of the Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos took place in 1802, driven by the enlightened ideas of Agustin de Betancourt. During his more than two centuries of history, the school has trained engineers with extensive knowledge in different technical disciplines which today constitute civil engineering, including structures. In 1971 the school was integrated, together with other engineering schools in Madrid, in the current Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid (Technical University of Madrid). Shortly after, departments were established as a basic organizational structure of the university. The first director of the Department was Florencio del Pozo Frutos, and followed him Borlado Ramiro Rodriguez, Florencio del Pozo Vindel, Edelmiro Rua Alvarez, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Goicolea Ruig\u00f3mez, Pablo de la Fuente Martin and Juan Carlos Garcia Orden.BOARD<\/h1>\n<\/div>
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HISTORY<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>
\nMany distinguished professors have taught in the Department before the departmental division of the School. Among them, Jose Eugenio Ribera, Juan Manuel de Zafra, Eduardo Torroja, Alfredo Paez, Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez Casado, Javier Manterola, etc, which once educated the civil engineers demanded by our society, and still guides the Department’s activities today.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>