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[ES] En los últimos años, la Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) ha promovido, dentro de su programa de innovación educativa “Aprendizaje y Docencia” (A+D), la puesta en marcha de Proyectos de Innovación y Mejora Educativa (PIME). Durante el curso 2019/2020 se ha implantado un PIME basado en Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos (ABP) que reúne a dos asignaturas consecutivas de tercer curso de Ingeniería Civil. En este artículo se muestran los resultados alcanzados en el primer semestre de implantación. Los alumnos han expresado claramente su interés y preferencia por este tipo de metodología. Han demostrado haber adquirido un aprendizaje en profundidad y ser capaces de adquirir conocimientos de forma autónoma, así como transferir estos a la realidad de la profesión mediante el desarrollo de su capacidad de trabajar en equipo y la posibilidad de realizar visitas de campo donde los conocimientos recibidos adquieren un carácter práctico. Además, han desarrollado las competencias esperadas, integrando aspectos académicos con otros sociales y éticos., [EN] In recent years, the Polytechnic University of Valencia has encouraged the implementation of Educational Innovation and Improvement Projects (PIME) within the "Learning and Teaching" (A+D) program. During the 2019/2020 academic year, a PIME based on Problem or Project Based Learning (PBL) was implemented, bringing together two consecutive subjects from the third year of Civil Engineering. This article shows the results achieved in the first semester after implantation. The students have clearly expressed their interest and preference for this kind of methodology. They have obtained an in-depth learning and they are prepared to acquire knowledge by themselves, as well as transferring it to professional practice by developing their ability to work as a team and the possibility of visit the studio area, so the knowledges acquire a practical character. They have also developed the expected skills , integrating academic aspects with other social and ethical one

[EN] One technique used to improve highway safety from the point of view of the infrastructure is to examine the consistency of the design. Design consistency refers to if highway geometry is conformance to driver expectancy. When the consistency of the road is inadequate, the more likely it is that drivers will be startled and a crash will occur. The consistency, based on operating speed, has been calculated in Spanish two-lane rural highways. This consistency has been evaluated using a local method, to measure the consistency of each element of the road and using a global method, to measure the consistency of a segment of the road. Different models of consistency have been compared using Decision Trees (DTs). DTs are a Data Mining Techniques which can be used to solve classification problems. The results show that DTs are a suitable technique to compare consistence models and they permit to establish limits between the different models analyzed., Support from Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Research Project TRA2012-37823), co-funded with FEDER, is gratefully acknowledged.Griselda López wishes to express her acknowledgement to the regional ministry of Economy, Innovation and Science of the regional government of Andalusia (Spain) for their scholarship to train teachers and researchers in Deficit Areas