Now in a job position where managerial, technical, project skills are applicable and relevant to everyday challenges at Enel Green Power.
He has been participating as team member in 100+ projects in Italy and abroad since 2011.
He was included in the list of highly qualified European Engineers in 2022, being awarded the prestigious title of EUR ING and the Freedom of the City of London in 2025.
His engineering experience/expertise covers the main following areas:
?? Dam safety (monitoring, inspections,...).
?? Hydropower plants control, surveillance and maintenance plans definition and management, in order to avoid failures and power plants' out of services (Forensic Engineering).
?? Project planning and budgeting.
?? Structural/seismic, hydraulic and geotechnical design, calculation and computational analysis.
?? Hydrological calculations/Estimation of hydropower plants production in compliance with repowering activities.
?? Design of hydraulic machinery/turbines.
?? R&D.
He has also competence in managing Stakeholders relationship, with problem solving, networking, negotiation and goal-setting skills.
Among other skills: technical ability based on the above cited experience, continuous updating and professionalism and passion in carrying out projects that fall within the areas of competence.
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND FATIGUE.
ARAGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
]]>I began my professional activity in the field of Hydraulic Engineering in 2006 in the company ALATEC. In 2007, I incorporated to the Water and Environment Department of Clothos S.L. until 2009. I worked on the Wastewater and Water Supply Master Plans of Canal de Isabel II.
In 2009, I started as a research engineer in the Hydraulics Laboratory of the School of Civil Engineering of the UPM. In 2014, I joined the Research in Dam Safety (SERPA). Since then, I have been working in different activities and participating in R&D projects within the research group. I worked on numerical thermal models of concrete dam construction in the ACOMBO project and I started my doctoral thesis on this topic
From 16 May 2021 to 15 Sept 2022 I worked in CIMNE-Madrid, meanly in the hydraulics models. I am also finished my doctoral thesis entitled "Thermal evolutionary studies of roller-compacted concrete dams in construction phase" on 22nd November 2021.
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UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA
MSc. in Computational Mechanics Student
UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO
Civil Engineering
Thesis: “Analysis, Design and Optimiza on of Parametric Structures” - CUM LAUDE | 2011- 2016
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Botello, S. , Muttio, E. , Salazar, J.: “Sta c and Dynamic Structural Analysis. Trusses, Beams and Frames”. [“Análisis Estructural Estático y Dinámico. Armaduras, Vigas y Marcos”]. University of Guanajuato. ISBN: 978-607-441-482-0. Guanajuato, Mexico. September (2017)
PAPERS FOR CONGRESSES
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Professional Experience ICEC - Civil Engineering Consulting Firm Structural Engineer | August 2017- Present AULA CIMNE UG UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO |
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INTERNSHIPS
UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA
FEM-DEM FRACTURE SIMULATIONS | FEB 2018 - PRESENT
MATHEMATICAL RESEARCH CENTER -
CIMAT Research Summer | Summer 2014
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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.
1997. Doctor of Engineering at Yokohama National University, Japan. Topic: Active Control of Civil Engineering Structures.
1985-2023. Professor Assistant, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor (from 2007) at the ”Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania. Topics: Computer Programming, Earthquake Engineering.
2023-now. Retired Professor, Associate Professor. at the ”Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania. Topics: Computer Programming, Earthquake Engineering.
]]>Coordinator of tha Aula-CIMNE Morelia, at the Universidad Michoacana, México.
President of the Mexican Association of Numerical Modeling in Engineering.
]]>I look for important responsibilities with a high impact on the development of society. I’m an excellent academic and, because of this, I’m interested in the transmission of knowledge.
My main research fields involve the design and application of Numerical Methods to perform simulations of many different physical phenomena, which can lead to solutions to real-life problems.
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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.
I have over 20 years experience in the field of archaeological prospection and excavation, urban analysis, building archaeology, ancient irrigation systems and heritage studies.
I taught graduate level courses in Medieval History and Archaeology at the UAB in the late 1980s. Between 1987 and 1991 I participated in several research projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and the Junta de Andalucía.
Since 2017 I teach part-time at the School of Architecture of Marrakech (Morocco).
Currently Head of the Training Department at EDRO Systems, a technology company that works towards the implementation of a digital-twin workflow in the field of civil engineering.
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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.
]]>Master of Science (Structures) from the Autonomous University of Queretaro,
Civil Engineer from University of Guanajuato, Mexico.
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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.
It represents members along the entire value-added chain in the area of reinforced plastics. Its members include manufacturers and suppliers of raw materials as well as processing companies, machine-tool manufacturers, engineering firms, testing authorities and scientific
institutions. The association represents both small and medium-sized companies as well as major multinational concerns.
The AVK is integrated into a strong network of German and European partners. For example, it is one of four sponsoring associations of the GKV - the umbrella organisation of the German plastics converters industry and represented in both the executive and board.
In addition, AVK is a foundation member of the German Composites Umbrella organization “Composites Germany”. Furthermore AVK is represented on the board of the European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA).
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1994-2001: Studies of Civil Engineering (Bachelor and Master Degree) at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC).
2001-2004: Project engineer at Pedelta S.L. Role as main project engineer in the design of bridges, footbridges and other special structures.
2004-2008: Doctoral studies in the Structural Analysis program of the Strength of Materials and Structural Engineering Department, of the UPC. These studies were conducted with a fellowship provided by the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE).
2008: Dissertation of the PhD: “Micro-mechanical simulation of composite materials using the serial/parallel mixing theory” supervised by Dr. Sergio Oller.
2008-2009: Visiting scientist and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) department of the West Virginia University (WVU). The main task conducted in this period is the coordination of the “Resilient Tunnel Project” sponsored by Homeland Security (budget > $5,000,000)
2009-2014: Visiting professor at the Science and Nautical Engineering Department (DCEN) of the UPC. The teaching activity is conducted at the School of Nautical Studies (FNB) and at the School of Civil Engineering (ETSECCPB).
2012: Research stay at the MAE department of WVU
2013-17: Vice-dean Director of Studies at the FNB
2014: Contracted as Visiting lecturer at DCEN
2015: Board member of the Spanish Association of Composite Materials (AEMAC)
2017: Editor of the scientific journal Materiales Compuestos (Composite Materials) edited by AEMAC.
2018: Contracted as associate professor at DCEN
2019: Coordinator of the Master's program on Naval and Ocean Engineering
Currently working in three european projects related to composite materials: Fibre4Yards, Fibregy and Acasisas. In the former one acting as PI of the whole project.
Scientific production:
27 papers published in indexed journals (21 of them in Q1). 4 papers in non-indexed journals. 8 books and book chapters. More than 50 contributions to national and international conferences.
H-Index of 11, according to Scopus Database.
Research projects:
Participation in 1 research project in the United States, 9 European projects, 6 national (Spanish) projects, 1 project in collaboration between WVU and CIMNE and 6 projects for the industry.
Editor of 1 scientific journal and reviewer of 9 scientific journals. Co-Chair of two editions of the European Confernece on Multifunctional Structures (EMuS).