Scipedia: Members of Validation of computational models

Hafiz Imtiaz Ahmad

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:19:33 +0100

Luis Fernández - Cotero

Wed, 25 May 2016 19:32:25 +0200

Please, write a brief description of your experience in research, teaching and/or education.

Julio García-Espinosa

Tue, 10 May 2016 11:43:04 +0200

MSc in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering by the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) and PhD in Civil Engineering by the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC).

Currently, I am full professor of shipbuilding technology at the Higher Technical School of Naval Architects and Offshore Engineers (ETSIN) of the Technical University of Madrid and the Deputy Director of Institutional Relations.

I conduct my research in collaboration with the Model Basin Research Group at ETSIN (CEHINAV) and the International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE). My research career has focused on developing computational models for fluid-structure interaction analysis and their application to the design and verification of ships, platforms, and marine structures.

I am the author of more than 35 articles published in first-tier international journals, have presented over 80 papers at international conferences, and have participated in more than 25 European or international research projects.

Additionally, I have been the promoter and co-founder of Compass IS, a company specializing in engineering design, and Scipedia, the developer of the platforms Scipedia.com and BIM TeamUp.

Abderrachid HAMRANI

Wed, 17 May 2017 09:55:20 +0200

Teaching: As an instructor in the field of computational mechanics, being a good teacher is of fundamental importance. My teaching philosophy can be summarized in the following; a) Teach quality over quantity,b) Bring an added dimension to lectures, c) Emphasis on practical engineering problems, d) Good teaching for all.
Research: My research is motivated by the challenge of modeling, rigorously analyzing and implementing methods for the numerical simulation of diverse and highly complex physical phenomenon. During my doctoral studies I have focused on advanced finite element techniques, such as : Meshless methods, for the simulation of metal forming operations (including visco-plasticity, thermal softening, fracture and crack propagation, etc). Presently, my primary focus has been in the developing of isogeometric approaches and model order reduction methods in both computational solid mechanics and computational fluid dynamics. In addition, I have also been working in the area of modeling nano-composites.

Joaquín Irazábal González

Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:36:07 +0200

My professional career is being developed mainly in the field of calculation of structures using numerical methods.

Since November 2011 I work in the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) in Madrid developing research projects in Civil Engineering. The projects focus on the possibilities of using particle methods for the calculation of the behaviour of granular materials, specifically, the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) and the Discrete Element Method (DEM).

During my years at the CIMNE I studied the Master of Numerical Methods in Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and my PhD thesis entitled "Numerical analysis of railway ballast behaviour using the Discrete Element Method", presented on October 6, 2017, also at the UPC. The thesis, awarded the XVI Talgo Prize for Technological Innovation, was focused on the application of the Discrete Elements Method to the calculation of the behaviour of railway ballast.

Javier Mora

Thu, 26 May 2016 21:02:22 +0200

PhD in Electronic Engineering by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC): Magnetic Levitation Forces Phenomenology in High Critical Temperature Superconductors (1998, Cum Laude), developed at the Institute of Materials Sciencie of Barcelona (ICMAB) of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC). Supervisor: Prof. Xavier Obradors. Telecommunication Engineer (UPC). Master's thesis: Non-Lineal Characterisation of MESFET Transistors (1992).

Project manager and researcher on electromagnetics in CIMNE (1998 - present)
Development of finite element based electromagnetic simulation tools. Participation in more than 20 European and national projects (seven of them as principal investigator). Ramón y Cajal researcher. Research lines in computational electromagnetics, magnetic sensors and superconductivity. Projects: Brite-Euram, V, VI and VII FM, QoL, IST, MIDAS, CICYT, Generalitat de Cataluña, ATYCA...) 16 international papers (J.Appl.Phys., IEEE Trans.on Appl.Sc, APL). Conferences (EUCAS, ASC, MAGLEV).

Technology transfer through CIMNE Tecnología S.A. (2012 - present)

Assistant Professor at Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), 2004 – 2009. Introduction to Computers, Programming Lab, Introduction to Telecommunication Engineering, RF Laboratory
Contribution to the plan for an implementation of transversal competencies within the EEES, EPSC, 2004-2007.

Jose Paixao

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:10:10 +0200

Ramon Ribó

Mon, 23 May 2016 21:56:01 +0200

I am the CEO of Compass Ingenieria y Sistemas, SA a technological company that develops and comercializes software for engineering simulation.

As a Civil Engineer pHD, I am interested in technological innovation, specially from a business point of view.
My personal objective is to understand how to add value from the I+D to the enterprise and create products that can enter into competition in the international technological market.

Specialties: My field of knowledge is about developing great software for Computer Simulation in Engineering including Structural Analysis, Mesh generation, CFD, etc.

Andres Rodriguez

Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:32:06 +0200

Andres Rodriguez was born in Cordoba,
Argentina, 1961. He received the Civil Engineering
degree from the National University of Cordoba,
Cordoba, Argentina, 1985 and the Ph.D. degree in
marine sciences from the Politechnical University of
Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 1997.
He began his carrier as a Research Assistant at
Facultad de Cs. Exactas F´ısicas y Naturales (FCEFyN),
Cordoba, Argentina, 1981. Later he was an
Adjunct Professor since 1990. Since 1997, he has
been a Full Professor. He was a Researcher at The
National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) from 2001
to the present reaching the Independent category in 2007. During 1991–1997,
he was an Associate Professor of Maritime Hydraulics at the Laboratory of
Maritime Engineering (LIM) Engineering, UPC, Barcelona, Spain. He is an
Associate Researcher of NationalWater Institute since 1997. He is currently the
Director of the Hydraulics Laboratory, FCFyN since 1997 . He was the President
of Directory of Superior Institute of Water Resources ISRH of UNC since
its creation in 2002 up to 2007, and the Director of the Sistema Nacional de
RadaresMeteorolgicos (SINARAME) project of meteorological radar coverage
of Argentina since its creation in 2009 up to 2015. His research interests include
fluvial hydraulics, experimental and numerical hydrodynamics, maritime and
environmental engineering, and radar hidro-meteorology. He is the author and
coauthor of more than 60 papers, 9 book chapters, 4 books, and more than 200
conference presentations and one patent. He has directed or codirected 18 Master and 12 Doctoral Thesis. Dr. Rodriguez received the national prize of Arg. National Academy of Engineering in 2000. At present he is Director of Hydraulics Department of UNC.

Daniel Sá

Thu, 02 Jun 2016 15:07:00 +0200

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Fernando Salazar

Fri, 27 May 2016 09:34:32 +0200

Fernando Salazar received the Degree on Civil Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid in 2002, specializing in Hydraulics. He has worked in several dam and hydraulic projects, as well as in the development of emergency plans and hazard-potential classification of dams (being Mequinenza and Riba-Roja, in the Ebro river, among them). He is working for CIMNE since 2009, where he is the current Project Development Director.

He obtained his PhD at the UPC in 2017, qualified as Excellent Cum Laude. It focused on the application of machine learning techniques to dam monitoring data analysis. In this field, he was winner of an International Challenge organized by Verbund, the greatest hydropower company in Austria.

He has been involved in several research projects in the fields of hydraulics, dam engineering and dam safety. He is author or co-author of 15 papers in scientific journals, and around 50 contributions in conference proceedings.

Borja Servan Camas

Wed, 25 May 2016 12:39:49 +0200

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