wikipedia the free encyclopedia jump to navigation search this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message ceit research institute type research institute founded 1982 headquarters donostia san sebastian spain key people alejo avello pedro crespo number of employees 300 parent university of navarre website 1 ceit which stands for centro de estudios e investigaciones t cnicas or centre for technical research and studies in english is a non profit research institute created by the university of navarra in 1982 and located in donostia san sebastian gipuzkoa in northern spain . ceit carries out applied industrial research projects through collaboration with industrial r & d departments on a contractual basis . in 2010 ceit had a workforce of around 300 and an annual budget of over 32 million . 1 hitherto 12 spin offs have been created in which there are over 300 people employed . ceit belongs to the ik4 research alliance with 9 members from the basque country ceit cidetec gaiker ideko ikerlan tekniker vicomtech azterlan and lortek . it has also ties with tecnun school of engineering the fraunhofer society in germany the european bioengineering alliance the european rail research network of excellence eurnex and other r & d institutions and research centres on the world . the work of ceit is divided across several core research areas materials engineering applied mechanics electronics & communications environmental engineering microelectronics & microsystems and biomedical engineering . 2 some notable researchers include javier gil sevillano pedro crespo jordi vi olas and current director alejo avello . recent noteworthy projects have included biorobotics and surgical simulation technological applications for the support of independent living for the elderly the confidence project 3 advanced water treatment technologies and integrated circuits design for rfid applications . 4 there are plans to open a new bio engineering centre jointly with the university of navarra in 2011 5 see also edit alejo avello director of ceit . pedro crespo head of the electronics & communications department at ceit . jaizki mendizabal ceit researcher and author on dual rf radio frequency receivers for gps and galileo satellite navigation systems . javier gil sevillano head of the materials department at ceit . references edit ceit.es ceit.es confidence eu.org ceit.es basqueresearch.com external links edit ceit official website ik4 research alliance official website european bioengineering alliance official website eurnex official website the confidence project retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title centro de estudios e investigaciones t cnicas de gipuzkoa & oldid 705774463 categories independent research institutesengineering research institutesresearch institutes in the basque countryhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from september 2013all articles with a promotional tonepages using infobox company with unsupported parametersspain articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 february 2016 at 14 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view