Personal data

• Postdoctoral researcher (Juan de la Cierva national program).

• Departament of Mechanical Engineering, ETSII Industriales.

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

• José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2; 28006 Madrid.

• E-mail: jacobo.ayensa@upm.es.

• ORCID link.

• Google Scholar.

• Researcher ID: C-6228-2018.

• Link to my github account.

Education

• BSc. Mathematics (Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya) | 2012.

• MEng. Civil engineering, Numerical methods major (Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya) | 2013.

• MEng. Mechanical Engineering (Universidad de Sevilla) | 2016.

• PhD. Mechanical Engineering, extraordinary prize (Universidad de Zaragoza) | 2022.

Personal data

• Full Professor
• Department of Mechanical Engineering, ETSII Industriales.
• Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
• José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2; 28006 Madrid
• E-mail: jesus.felezATupm.es.
• ORCID link
• Google scholar: https://scholar.google.es/citations?hl=es-ES&user=jesus.felez.mindan@gmail.com&pli=1&user=l9U-apcAAAAJ
• Researcher ID: I-7679-2012
• Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jesus-felez-99971b16

Education

• Industrial Engineer, major in Mechanical Engineering (University of Zaragoza, Spain) | 1985
• PhD Mechanical Engineering (University of Zaragoza, Spain) | 1989

Recognitions and Awards

• Honorary Member of the Conference of Directors of Industrial Engineering 2014
• Teaching Excellence Award 2014
• UPM Educational Innovation Groups Award 2008
• Best Book of the UPM. Award for the textbook Fundamentos de Ingeniería Gráfica. 1998

University Experience

• Full at UPM 1998 - X
• Associate Professor at UPM 1990 - 1998

R&D Experience

• Visiting Professor at University of California at Berkeley 09/2017 - 08/2018
• Visiting Professor at University of California at Davis 05/2014 - 07/2014
• Director of the Research Group on Modelling and Simulation in Mechanical Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid 07/2016 - X
• Member of the Scientific and Technical Commission for the establishment of improvements in the railway sector. Spanish Ministry of Infrastructures 07/2013 - 08/2015
• Director of the Research Group in Railway Technologies at UPM - CITEF 06/1998 - 10/2014
• Researcher at INSIA - Instituto Universitario de Investigación del Automóvil UPM 1990 - 1997
• Researcher at ITAINNOVA - Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón 1986 - 1990

Management Experience

• Director of the ETS Industrial Engineers UPM 2006 - 2014
• Deputy Director Head of Studies of the ETS Ingenieros Industriales UPM 2000 - 2006
• President of the Conference of Directors of Industrial Engineering 2006 - 2014
• Vice-president of the Association of Industrial Engineers of Madrid - AIIM 2009 - 2012
• Member of the University Degree Verification and Accreditation Commissions. Participation in the commissions of ANECA (national), UNIBASQ (Basque Country), ACCUA (Andalusia), ACSUG (Galicia) and ACPUA (Aragon) 2014 - X

Lines of research

• Railway Systems, Railway Signalling, Railroad Engineering.
• Dynamic simulation, Mathematical modelling.
• Vehicle Dynamics, Transportation Systems.

Recent publications

• Vaquero-Serrano MA; Felez J. A decentralized robust control approach for virtually coupled train sets. Computer-Aided Civil And Infrastructure Engineering. 38(14):1896-1915 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mice.12985
• Felez J; Vaquero-Serrano MA. Virtual Coupling in Railways: A Comprehensive Review. Machines. 11(5) 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/machines11050521
• Felez R; Castro J; Felez J. Design of a predictive control system for the smart regulation of renewable climatization systems. Renewable Energy And Power Quality Journal. 21:172-177 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.24084/repqj21.272
• Sala AJ; Felez J; Cano-Moreno JD. Efficient Railway Turnout Design: Leveraging TRIZ-Based Approaches. Applied Sciences-Basel. 13(17) 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app13179531
• Felez, J; Sala, Antonio J. J.; Sanz Bobis, Juan de Dios And Gonzalez, Jaime. New Anti-Derailment System in Railway Crossings. Machines. 10(12) 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/machines10121224
• Felez, J; Vaquero-Serrano, Miguel Angel; Sanz, Juan de Dios;. A Robust Model Predictive Control for Virtual Coupling in Train Sets. Actuators. 11(12) 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/act11120372
• Felez J; Kim Y; Borrelli F. A Model Predictive Control Approach for Virtual Coupling in Railways. Ieee Transactions On Intelligent Transportation Systems. 20(7):2728-2739 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2019.2914910

Active Research Projects

• 2023 - 2026. Concept Development of a System for Pods and Pod-Carriers to be used as Moving Infrastructures mainly for Rail, but as well for Road and Ropeways. Ref: HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-FA7-01. Web: Pods4Rail
• 2023 - 2025. European Shift Enabler Portal 4 Freight. Ref: HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-ExplR-03. ESEP4Freight
• 2023 - 2024. Maglev-Derived Systems for Rail. Ref: HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-FA7-02 FA7-2. MaDe4Rail
• 2022 - 2025. Intelligent virtual coupling applied to railway operation. Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology Ref:PID2021-124761OB-I00.
• 2020 - 2023. Intelligent Secure Trustable Things Ref: H2020-ECSEL-2019-1-IA. 06/2020-06/2023. InsecTT

Personal data

• Associate Professor
• Departament of Mechanical Engineering, ETSII Industriales.
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
• José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2; 28006 Madrid
• E-mail: david.portillo@upm.es
• ORCID link

Education

• BSc & MSc Energy Engineering (UPM)
• MSc Nuclear Engineering (UPM)
• BSc & MSc Mathematics (UCM)
• PhD Nuclear Fusion (UPM)

Academic positions

• Predoctoral researcher at Instituto de Fusión Nuclear (UPM).
• Postdoctoral researcher at ETSII (UPM).
• Assistant Professor.
• Associate Professor.

Lecturing during 2022/23

• Solid mechanics.
• Strength of materials.
• Advanced strength of materials.

Research lines

Computational solid and fluid mechanics. More specifically:

Personal data

• Full Professor
• Departament of Mechanical Engineering, ETSII Industriales.
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
• José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2; 28006 Madrid
• E-mail: ignacio.romero@upm.es
• Senior researcher at IMDEA Materials Institute and head of the Computational Solid Mechanics Group
• ORCID link
• Researcher ID: H-2129-2015

Education

• Industrial Engineer, Mechanical Engineering major (UPComillas) | 1995
• MSc Mechanical Engineering (Stanford University, US) | 1997
• PhD Civil & Environmental Engineering (UC Berkeley, US) | 2001

Scholarships and awards

• Fulbright scholarship (1996/97)
• “Ramón y Cajal” award (2001/05), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
• Scholarship for the mobility of professors (2011/12), Fundación Caja Madrid
• Zienkiewicz award and medal (2011), The Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) & Wiley & sons, to a post-graduate researcher under the age of 40 who submits the paper that contributes most to research in the field of numerical methods in engineering.

Academic and professional positions

• “Ramón y Cajal” researcher (2001/05)
• Assistant Professor (2005/06)
• Associate Professor (2006/11)
• Full Professor (2011–)
• Visiting scholar, California Institute of Technology (2011/12)
• Vice-dean for research and doctoral studies (2013/14)
• Senior researcher at IMDEA Materials Institute (2014–)
• Deputy director, IMDEA Materials Institute (2015/17)
• Vice-president of the Spanish Association of Mechanics and Computational Engineering (SEMNI)
• Director, IMDEA Materials Institute (2017/21)

Lecturing during 2022/23

• Continuum mechanics (see moodle).
• Advanced strength of materials - in English (see moodle).
• Methods for advanced simulation (see moodle).
• Lecture notes can be found in here

Research lines

Computational and Applied Solid Mechanics, and more specifically:

Academic education

PhD in Mechanical Engineering (currently) Optimal structures of assembled laminates: numerical methods, design and manufacture Technical School of Industrial Engineering (U.P.M.)

Master’s Degree in Industrial Mathematics (Specialisation in Modelling) Technical School of Aeronautical and Space Engineering (U.P.M.)

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering (Specialisation in Aerospace sciences and technologies) Technical School of Aeronautical and Space Engineering (U.P.M.)

Professional experience

Wind energy and meteorology researcher Reduce Order Modelling (ROM) for microscale LES to mesoscale downscaling Technical School of Aeronautical and Space Engineering (U.P.M.) - Etulos SOLUTE S.L contract

Academic education

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering (currently)
  Multiscale simulation of thermomechanical problems in severe conditions
  Technical University of Madrid (UPM)

• Master’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering (Specialisation in Aircraft)
  Technical University of Madrid (UPM)

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering (Specialisation in Aerospace vehicles)
  Technical University of Madrid (UPM)

Professional experience

• Postgraduate researcher
  Mechanical Engineering Department
  Technical School of Industrial Engineering (U.P.M.)

• Teacher Assistant
  Aerospace Materials and Production Department
  Technical School of Aeronautics and Space Engineering (U.P.M.)