Victoria Bonache

Con el presente estudio del uso de la Inteligencia Artificial (IA) como herramienta para fomentar el pensamiento crítico en los grados de Ingeniería se pretende mostrar al alumno el uso adecuado de herramientas tecnológicas, como la inteligencia artificial, para aumentar y mejorar sus capacidades en el análisis de información y consolidar su razonamiento crítico como parte insustituible de su condición humana. Para ello, los alumnos realizarán diferentes actividades con ayuda del software en distintas asignaturas, siempre bajo la dirección de un profesor. Esto, por un lado, permitirá a los alumnos interactuar con los sistemas de IA para, en base a su criterio, usarlo en la toma de decisiones de acuerdo a las competencias generales y específicas descritas en las guías docentes. Por otro lado, permitirá a los tutores realizar un análisis del impacto que tiene el uso de esta herramienta disruptiva en el entorno académico y prepararlos para un mundo en el que la IA ya es una realidad.

Industry has a growing need of advanced coatings for a variety of applications (aerospace, special machinery, medicine, etc.). Nanostructured coatings have the potential of providing novel materials with enhanced properties. This paper describes the results of recent research on wear‐resistant nanostructured coatings. Cermet (WC–Co) and ceramic (Al ₂ O ₃ –TiO ₂ ) coatings were obtained by atmospheric plasma spraying. Coating microstructure and phase composition were characterized using scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray energy‐dispersion microanalysis, and X‐ray diffraction techniques. Vickers microhardness ( H _V ) of the coatings was also measured. The microstructure and properties of the developed nanostructured coating were compared with those of their conventional counterparts. The influence of the substrate on both microstructure end properties was investigated, as the coatings were deposited on two different steels. In the WC–Co coatings, significant decomposition of the WC particles occurred during spraying, which is prejudicial to wear resistance. Nanostructured Al ₂ O ₃ –TiO ₂ coatings exhibited a bimodal microstructure that retained the initial nanostructure of the powder. The presence of these areas leads to better tribological properties.