Spanish universities announce new leadership and academic developments

The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) held an inauguration ceremony on October 2, 2026, for several new academic leadership positions. Presided over by Rector Lluís Serra Majem, the event saw José Carmelo Quintana Suárez take office as Director of the School of Industrial and Civil Engineering. Other new appointments include Néstor Rubén Florido Suárez as Secretary and David Juan Greiner Sánchez as Director of the University Institute for Research in Intelligent Systems and Numerical Applications in Engineering (IUSIANI).

In a separate academic development, the ‘Jorge Juan’ Chair, a collaboration between the Spanish Ministry of Defense and the University of A Coruña, hosted a conference regarding the evolution of urban flood protection systems. Jerónimo Puertas Agudo, a professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of A Coruña, presented on the technological transformations in drainage network design and flood control methods used in urban environments.