Engineering Manager

• Mar 2022 - Present

Head of the Design and Prototyping Office

• May 2013 - Apr 2022

He reports to Vice-Dean of Scientific Policy and to the Head of Administration and Finance • He manages this unit that gives technical support to teaching and/or research projects. The work ranges from manufacturing prototypes from drawings supplied by the user to the full execution of turnkey projects specifically tailored to user specifications • Laboratory planning and design • Safety assessment for laboratory equipment • Maintenance and repair of laboratory equipment • Improvement of laboratory facilities • Industrial gases supply • Hazardous waste management • Management of Laboratory Technicians. Show less

R&D Manager

• Mar 2006 - May 2013

He Reports to CEO, member of the board of Directors • Responsible for new products development: new modular asphalt plant tower, high performance thermal fluid boilers, vibrating screens, agglomerate mixers, roller crushers, bitumen tanks with electric heating • Hiring engineering staff • Subcontracting engineering works • Manufacturing re-engineering: production equipment selection and plant layout for newly designed products • Spanish representative in CEN/TC 151 for EN-536 standard revision.Participation in trade missions to different countries: Poland, Hungary, France, as well as technical sales support for different countries. In this period the company experienced a substantial expansion in west Europe and France thanks to tailored designs for these markets. The turnover of the company reached its maximum at 60M€. The initial turnover in 1998 was around 22M€.Relevant projects: • Modular mixing tower, Innova G and S series. Around 15 plants with an aggregate value around 23 M€ • High energy efficient electrically heated bitumen tank design. Complex installations of bitumen parks were commissioned across Europe meeting energy efficiency highest standards (France, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Swiss) • Research project, Spanish Government Grant 2006/03983/001: “Biomass gasification through a new fluidized bed design of rotary spiral distributor” (SSD). Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, (01/10/2006 – 20/09/2009). • Research project, Spanish program CENIT 2007/1014: “Research on new concepts of safer and more sustainable roads”. CDTI (01/01/2007 – 31/12/2010). Show less

Factory Manager and Head of R&D

• Jan 2002 - Mar 2006

He Reports to CEO, member of the board of Directors • Plant operations general coordinator: engineering, production, commissioning and aftersales service • Components and suppliers selection from: Spain, France, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Italy • Head of new product development.Relevant projects: • Implementation of a ERP integrating all plant operations. • New Crawler vehicle with roller crusher. 6 months time to market achieved • New roller crusher range: two primary crushers (sizes 660 and 800), and one secondary crusher (size 505) During this period a significant production capacity increase was achieved, from 20 to 35 plants a year aproximately. Turnover of the company reached 40M€. Show less

Head of R&D, IDE program Grant ( Grant for incorporate Ph.D to Industrial Companies)

• Jun 1998 - Feb 2002

He reports to CEO • motor drive system of two motor grader: calculation, selection and purchase • Calculation and design of a new range of hot oil heaters. Test facility design and construction for performance evaluation and manufacturing conformity assessment • Project execution of a Drum dryer for reclaimed asphalt heating (480.000€) • Implementation of a MCAD 3D computer-aided design system and PLM. Drafting and implementation of procedures for design and configuration control.

Assistant professor

• Sep 2009 - Apr 2013

Thermal Systems: 09/10, 10/11, 11/12, 12/13 Fluids and Thermal Engineering: 10/11 Technologies Lab III (Computational Fluid Dynamics): 09/10, 10/11 Thermal Systems: 09/10, 10/11, 11/12, 12/13 Fluids and Thermal Engineering: 10/11 Technologies Lab III (Computational Fluid Dynamics): 09/10, 10/11

Assistant Professor

• Sep 2005 - Sep 2006

Acoustic Engineering: 05/06 Acoustic Engineering: 05/06

Full time assistant professor

• Sep 1995 - May 1998

Thermal Systems: 97/98 Fluids and Thermal Engineering: 95/96, 96/97, 97/98 Thermodynamic Industrial Processes: 95/96, 96/97, 97/98. Industrial Thermodynamics: 95/96, 96/97, 97/98. Thermal Engineering I: 97/98. Thermal Engineering Fundamentals: 97/98. Thermal Systems: 97/98 Fluids and Thermal Engineering: 95/96, 96/97, 97/98 Thermodynamic Industrial Processes: 95/96, 96/97, 97/98. Industrial Thermodynamics: 95/96, 96/97, 97/98. Thermal Engineering I: 97/98. Thermal Engineering Fundamentals: 97/98.

Graduate Research Assistant, FPI Grant

• Jan 1993 - Sep 1995

PhD Student conducting different research projects. PhD Student conducting different research projects.