CV (summary)

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: María del Mar Castilla Nieto                                                       

Date of birth: 16/09/1985

Researcher unique identifier(s):  

• http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4073-7800
• http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=48361045500
• http://www.researcherid.com/rid/L-1595-2014

E-mail:   mcastilla@ual.es 

               mcastillanieto@gmail.com

·         EDUCATION

2009 – 2013  PhD in Computer Science with International Mention. 10/10/2013. 

                      Summa cum laude.  University of Almería, Spain.

                      Thesis: Advanced comfort control techniques for energy efficient buildings  

2008 – 2009  Master in Industrial Computer Science. University of Almería, Spain

                      Master thesis: Thermal comfort analysis inside the CIESOL bioclimatic building at the University of Almería and design of a hierarchical control architecture.

2008 – 2009  Certificate of aptitude for teaching. University of Almería, Spain

2006 – 2008  Computer Science Engineering. University of Almería, Spain. Diploma thesis: Analysis, design and implementation of a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to control a Flexible Manufacturing Cell with educational and research purposes

2003 – 2006  Computer Science Technical Engineering. University of Almería, Spain.

·         CURRENT POSITION(S)

01/04/2014 – Now               Post-doctoral fellowship from the Andalusia Government                    

                                             Department of Computer Science, University of Almería (Spain)

·         PREVIOUS POSITIONS

01/03/2010 – 31/03/2014    Pre-doctoral fellowship from the Andalusia Government                  

                                            Department of Computer Science, University of Almería (Spain)

01/10/2008 – 28/02/2010    Full-time contract under the framework of the Singular Strategic Project 

                                           ARFRISOL (Bioclimatic Architecture and Solar Cooling)

                                            University of Almería (Spain)

07/05/2008 – 13/08/2008   Scholarship under the framework of the research project Robotize the manufacture

                                            process of diamond teeth. University of Almería (Spain).

01/01/2008 – 30/06/2008   Scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Education for research initiation tasks. 

                                           Department of Computer Science, University of Almería (Spain)

15/06/2006 – 31/12/2007  Training grant for the dissemination of information (WebPages, triptych and posters 

                                          design, etc.) of the Higher Polytechnic School. University of Almería (Spain).

·         TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Academic year 2014-2015    Total credits: 19.6  (planned)

-   Course: “Modelling and control of continuous processes”. Degree in Industrial Electronics Engineering (Practical credits 5.8). University of Almería.

-  Course: “Industrial Computer Science”. Degree in Industrial Electronics Engineering (Practical credits 2.2). University of Almería.

- Course: “Robotics”. Degree in Industrial Electronics Engineering (Practical credits 1.9). University of Almería.

-  Course: “Control and Instrumentation of chemical processes”. Degree in Industrial Chemical 

      Engineering (Practical credits 1.9). University of Almería.

-  Course: “Industrial Computer Science and Robotics”. Degree in Computer Science Engineering 

      (Practical credits 1.9). University of Almería.

-  Course: “Advanced control of industrial processes”. Master in Advanced and Industrial Computer 

      Science (Theoretical and Practical credits 4.4). University of Almería.

-  Course: “Industrial robotics”. Master in Advanced and Industrial Computer Science (Practical credits 

      1.5). University of Almería.

Academic year 2013-2014    Total credits: 5.8

- Course: “Modelling and control of continuous processes”. Degree in Industrial Electronics Engineering (Practical credits 3.9). University of Almería.

- Course: “Advanced control of chemical processes”. Chemical Engineering (Theoretical credits 0.4 and 

     practical credits 1.5). University of Almería.

Academic year 2012-2013    Total credits: 5.6

- Course: “Automation and Process Control”. Degree in Agricultural Engineering (Theoretical credits 0.9 and practical credits 0.95). University of Almería.

- Course: “Industrial automation” Degree in Industrial Engineering (Practical credits 3.8). University of Almería.

Academic year 2011-2012    Total credits: 6

- Course: “Control and programming of Robots”. Computer Science Technical Engineering (Practical credits 3). University of Almería.

- Course: “Robotic Systems”. Computer Science Engineering (Practical credits 3). University of Almería.

Academic year 2010-2011    Total credits: 6

- Course: “Control and programming of Robots”. Computer Science Technical Engineering (Practical credits 3). University of Almería.

- Course: “General computer science”. Degree in Environmental Science (Practical credits 3). University of Almería.

·         SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

20/12/2012                         Development of a neural network model for the energy consumption prediction of the 

                   bioclimatic building CIESOL. Student: Rafael Mena Yedra. University of Almería. Summa cum laude.

25/09/2014                       Visual comfort control in CIESOL building. Student: José Manuel Rodríguez Torres. 

                      University of Almería. Mark: 9.6

·         COURSES AND SEMINARS GIVEN ORIENTED TO UNIVERSITY TEACHING TRAINING

- Iniciación a la Robótica. Nivel 1. University of Almería (2013).

- Programación en Labview y Diseño de Aplicaciones de Monitorización y Control. University of Almería (June/2010 – 6 hours).

·         TEACHING OR PEDAGOGIC INNOVATION PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS.

Innovation projects

- Design, development and start up of an aerial platform to test control algorithms within the teaching framework. University of Almería (Spain). Start and end date:  09/2013 – 09/2015. Project leader: José Carlos Moreno Úbeda.

- Development of industrial virtual plants for the iterative learning of automation. University of Almería (Spain). Start and end date:  09/2012 – 09/2014. Project leader: Francisco Rodríguez Díaz.

- Learning objects for iterative teaching in engineering. University of Almería (Spain). Start and end date:  09/2010 – 09/2012. Project leader: José Luis Guzmán Sánchez.

Publications

- M. Castilla, J.L. Guzmán, J.C. Moreno and F. Rodríguez, (2009). Remote laboratory for a Flexible Manufacturing Cell. In: 8^th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education (ACE 2009), Kumamoto (Japan).

·         PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES ORIENTED TO TEACHING TRAINING

- VII Jornadas de Información sobre Innovación Docente y Coordinación en la Universidad de Almería. University of Almería (June/2013 – 5 hours).

- VI Jornadas de Información sobre Innovación Docente y Coordinación en la Universidad de Almería. University of Almería (June/2012 – 5 hours).

- V Jornadas de Información sobre Innovación Docente y Coordinación en la Universidad de Almería. University of Almería (June/2011 – 5 hours).

·   PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS OR CONTRACTS WITH COMPANIES AND/OR PRIVATE OR PUBLIC FUNDING BODIES

- Growth control of greenhouse crops optimizing sustainability, economic and energy efficiency criteria (CONTROLCROP). University of Almería (Spain) and Cajamar Foundation. Start and end date: 03/2011 – 03/2016. Project leader: Francisco Rodríguez Díaz.

- Advanced Modelling of production in greenhouses (BIOGREEN). University of Almería (Spain); CIATESA; CAJAMAR Foundation, GOGARSA S.A.; IFAPA and PRIMA-RAM S.A. Start and end date: 07/2013 – 07/2015. Project leader: Manuel Berenguel Soria.

- Predictive control techniques for efficient management of renewable energy micro-grids (POWER). University of Seville (Spain); University of Almería (Spain) and University of Valladolid (Spain). Start and end date: 01/2011 – 12/2013. Project leader: Francisco Rodríguez Díaz.

- Non-linear and delay compensation control strategies in renewable energy power plants. University of Almería (Spain) and University Federal of Santa Catarina (Brazil). Start and end date: 01/2010 – 12/2013. Project leader: Manuel Berenguel Soria.

- Singular Strategic Project ARFRISOL (Bioclimatic Architecture and Solar Cooling). CIEMAT; University of Almería (Spain); University of Oviedo; Principado de Asturias; FCC; DRAGADOS; ACCIONA; AESOL; OHL; ISOFOTÓN; UNISOL; GAMESA SOLAR; ATERSA; ROTÁRTICA and CALORDOM. Start and end date: 01/2005 – 05/2012. Project leader: María del Rosario Heras Celemín.

- Robotize the manufacture process of diamond teeth. University of Almería (Spain) and Iberina Tecnología de Diamantes S.L. Start and end date: 05/2008 – 08/2008.

·         RESEARCH RESULTS INCLUDING PATENTS, PUBLICATIONS, ETC.

Books

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, F. Rodríguez and M. Berenguel, (2014). Comfort control in buildings. Springer. Series: Advanced in Industrial Control, 237 p. ISBN 978-1-4471-6346-6.

 Book chapters

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, F. Rodríguez and M. Berenguel, (2014). A practical example of bioclimatic architecture: The C-DdI-CIESOL-ARFRISOL building (in Spanish). In: Automation for engineers (in Spanish), Paraninfo.

International peer-review journal publications (JCR index)

- M. Castilla, J. Bonilla, J.D. Álvarez and F. Rodríguez, (2014). A room simulation tool for thermal comfort control in a bioclimatic building: A real example of use with an optimal controller. Optimal Control Applications and Methods (in press). DOI: 10.1002/oca.2116. Impact Factor 1.535, 28/59, Q2 (Automation&Control systems).

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, J.E. Normey-Rico and F. Rodríguez, (2014).  Thermal comfort control using a non-linear MPC strategy: A real case of study in a bioclimatic building. Journal of process control, 28: 703–713. Impact Factor 2.179, 14/59, Q1 (Automation&Control systems).

- R. Mena, F. Rodríguez, M. Castilla and M.R. Arahal, (2014). A prediction model based on neural networks for the energy consumption of a bioclimatic building. Energy and Buildings, 82: 142–155. Impact Factor 2.465, 6/58, Q1 (Construction&Building technology).

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, M.G. Ortega and M.R. Arahal, (2013). Neural network and polynomial approximated thermal comfort models for HVAC systems. Building and Environment, 59: 107–115. Impact Factor 2.700, 5/58, Q1 (Construction&Building technology).

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, M. Berenguel, F. Rodríguez, J.L. Guzmán and M. Pérez, (2011). A comparison of thermal comfort predictive control strategies. Energy and Buildings, 43: 2737–2746. Impact factor 2.386, 6/56, Q1 (Construction&Building technology).

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, M. Berenguel, M. Pérez, F. Rodríguez and J.L. Guzmán, (2010). Comfort control techniques in buildings (in Spanish). Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial (RIAI), 7: 5–24. Impact factor 0.195, 56/60, Q4 (Automation&Control systems).

Communications to international conferences

- M. Castilla, R. Mena, J.D. Álvarez, F. Rodríguez and M. Pérez, (2014). A comparative analysis of room air temperature modelling for control purposes. In: International Conference on Solar Energy and Buildings (Eurosun), Aix-les-Bains (France).

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, J.E. Normey-Rico, F. Rodríguez and M. Berenguel, (2013). A multivariable nonlinear MPC control strategy for thermal comfort and indoor-air quality. In: 39^th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON13), Vienna (Austria).

- J. Agüero, F. Rodríguez, M. Castilla and M. Pereira, (2013). Productiveness and Real Time prices in energy management for HVAC systems. In: 39^th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON13), Vienna (Austria).

- M.R. Arahal, M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez and J.A. Sánchez, (2013). Subharmonic content in finite-state model predictive current control of IM. In: 39^th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON13), Vienna (Austria).

- R. Mena, F. Rodríguez, M. Castilla and M.R. Arahal (2013). A neural network model for energy consumption prediction of CIESOL bioclimatic building. In: 8^th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications (SOCO13), Salamanca (Spain).

- J.D. Álvarez, R. Costa-Castelló, M. Castilla and E.F. Camacho, (2013). Repetitive control to counteract the effect of people on thermal comfort control. In: European Control Conference (ECC13), Zürich (Switzerland).

- J. Agüero, F. Rodríguez, M. Castilla and A. Giménez, (2013). Efficient management of thermal load as a function of the Day-Ahead Price prediction (in Spanish). In:  13^th Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Electrical Engineering (CHLIE), Valencia (Spain).

- J. Salazar, M. Castilla, F. Rodríguez and F. Tadeo, (2013). Minimization of the operation costs of a solar/gas air-conditioning system using duration-based predictive control. In: The Mediterranean Green Energy Forum (MGEF13), Fez (Morocco).

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, J.E. Normey-Rico and F. Rodríguez, (2012). A nonlinear model based predictive control strategy to maintain thermal comfort inside a bioclimatic building. In: 20^th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED12), Barcelona (Spain).

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, M. Berenguel, F. Rodríguez, J.L. Guzmán and M. Pérez, (2011). Thermal comfort predictive control strategies for a solar energy research center. In: ISES Solar World Congress, Kassel (Germany).

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, M. Berenguel, M. Pérez, J.L. Guzmán and F. Rodríguez, (2010). Comfort optimization in a solar energy research center. In: IFAC Conference on Control Methodologies and Technologies for Energy Efficiency (CMTEE 2010), Vilamoura, Portugal.

Communications to national conferences

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, J.E. Normey-Rico, F. Rodríguez and M. Berenguel, (2014). Nonlinear predictive control of thermal comfort and indoor air quality (in Spanish). In: XXXV Spanish Automatic Control Conference, Valencia (Spain).

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, F. Rodríguez and M. Berenguel, (2012). Efficient comfort control in buildings (in Spanish). In: X Simposio CEA de Ingeniería de Control, Barcelona (Spain).

- F. Rodríguez, M. Castilla, J.A. Sánchez, A. Pawlowski, A. Pérez and J. Agüero, (2012). Control and supervision strategies for the integrated management of installations in energy efficient environments (in Spanish). In: X Simposio CEA de Ingeniería de Control, Barcelona (Spain).

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, M. Berenguel, F. Rodríguez, J.L. Guzmán and M. Pérez, (2011). Thermal comfort predictive control for the users of a bioclimatic building (in Spanish). In: XXXII Spanish Automatic Control Conference, Sevilla (Spain).

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, M. Berenguel, M. Pérez, J.L. Guzmán, F. Rodríguez, J.A. Ferre and M. Pasamontes, (2010). Thermal comfort parameters analysis in the CDdI CIESOL of the ARFRISOL project (in Spanish). In: I Congreso sobre arquitectura bioclimática y frío solar (PSE-ARFRISOL), Almería (Spain).

- J.A. Ferre, M. Pasamontes, M. Castilla, M. Berenguel, M.J. Jiménez, D. Bravo and M. Pérez. (2010). Development of a monitoring and control system for bioclimatic buildings under the framework of the ARFRISOL project (in Spanish). In: I Congreso sobre arquitectura bioclimática y frío solar (PSE-ARFRISOL), Almería (Spain).

- M. Castilla, J.D. Álvarez, M. Berenguel, M. Pérez, J.L. Guzmán and F. Rodríguez, (2009). Thermal comfort and setpoints analysis to control in the ARFRISOL-CIESOL bioclimatic building at the University of Almería (in Spanish). In: XXX Spanish Automatic Control Conference, Valladolid (Spain).

- J.A. Ferre, M. Pasamontes, M. Castilla, M.J. Jiménez and M. Pérez, (2009). Design, implantation and working of a data acquisition system in the ARFRISOL-CIESOL bioclimatic building at the University of Almería (in Spanish). In: XXX Spanish Automatic Control Conference, Valladolid (Spain).

·         AWARDS

- Best Paper Award within the Special Session about “Control Techniques for Renewable Energy Micro-grids” in the 39^th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON13), Vienna (Austria), 2013.

- Special Mention of the teaching innovation projects for the design of instructional materials in IT Support jury by “Learning objects for the iterative teaching of engineering”, Almería (Spain), 2012.

- Best Paper Award in Control Engineering at the XXXII Spanish Automatic Control Conference, Seville (Spain), 2011.

·         RESEARCH STAYS

01/03/2011 – 31/08/2011                             Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis (Brazil)

                                                           Department of Automation and Systems Engineering.

                                                           Supervisor: Prof. Julio Elias Normey-Rico.

01/09/2012 – 30/11/2012                             Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - ETH, Zürich (Switzerland)

                                                           Automatic Control Laboratory

                                                           Supervisor: Prof. Manfred Morari / Prof. Roy Smith

·         ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

- Collaboration with the organisation committee of the XXVII Spanish Automatic Control Conference (September, 2006)

- European researchers’ night, http://lanochedelosinvestigadores.fundaciondescubre.es/almeria/ (September, 2014)

·         MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES OR THEMATIC NETWORKS

- Automatic Control, Robotics and Mechatronics research group of the University of Almería since December 2009.

- Spanish Automatic Control Committee since September 2009.

- Thematic network of Control Engineering (ID: DPI2011-15857-E) since January 2012.

- E-Automática: Network of education in automation with new technologies (ID: DPI2010-11055-E) since January 2011.

·         MAJOR COLLABORATIONS

- Automatic Control, Robotics and Mechatronics. University of Almería (Almería, Spain).

- Predictive Control. University of Seville (Seville, Spain).

- Department of Automatic Control and System, University Federal of Santa Catarina, (Florianópolis, Brazil).

- Automatic Control Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – ETH (Zürich, Switzerland).

- Department of System Engineering and Automatic, University of Valladolid (Valladolid, Spain).

·         SPECIALISED TECHNICAL TRAINING – COURSES

1. Title: Robótica asistencial. Training manager: Alberto Jardón Huete (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid). University of Almeria (June/2013 - 6 hours)

2.  Title: Telerrobótica: Tecnologías para la inclusión de un operador en el control remoto de un robot. Training manager: Manuel Ferre Pérez (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid). University of Almeria (July/2010 - 10 hours)

3.  Title: Identificación de Sistemas Dinámicos. Training manager: Daniel E. Rivera (Arizona State University). University of Almeria (September/2008 - 15 hours)

4.    Title: Especialista en redes y seguridad informática. University of Almeria (April/2008 - 110 hours)

5.    Title: Analista de sistemas informáticos. University of Almeria (November/2007 - 30 hours)

6.  Title: 3D Studio Max 9: Fundamentos de Modelado y Animación Tridimensional. University of Almeria (July/2007 - 40 hours)

7.    Title: Redes inalámbricas. University of Almeria (July/2007 - 30 hours)

·         COURSES AND SEMINARS ATTENDED TO IMPROVE AND INNOVATE TEACHING SKILLS

1.      Title: Introducción al desarrollo de laboratorios virtuales. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (December/2013 - 8 hours)

2.      Title: Dispositivos móviles (mobile learning). Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (December/2013 - 3 hours)

3.      Title: Fundamentos de Matlab. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria.

(November/2013 - 8 hours)

4.      Title: Uso del Aula Remota con Aula Virtual. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (November/2013 - 3 hours)

5.      Title: Características y herramientas de aula virtual (nivel avanzado). Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (November/2013 - 4 hours)

6.      Title: Estándares en enseñanza virtual. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (October/2013 - 3 hours)

7.      Title: Características y herramientas de aula virtual (nivel medio). Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (October/2013 - 4 hours)

8.      Title: Selección, Desarrollo y Evaluación de Competencias. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (February/2013 - 30 hours)

9.      Title: Procesos de Acreditación a través de la ANECA y AGAE. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (May/2012 - 2 hours)

10.  Title: Conceptos básicos de redacción de documentos y trabajos científicos. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (April/2012 - 4 hours)

11.  Title: Estrategias Personales del Docente (Coaching Docente). Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (April/2012 - 4 hours)

12.  Title: Dificultades docentes y sus soluciones en el aula. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (April/2012 - 4 hours)

13.  Title: ¿Cómo utilizar las redes sociales como apoyo a la docencia?. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (March/2012 - 4 hours)

14.  Title: Evaluación de la enseñanza y del aprendizaje. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (March/2012 - 4 hours)

15.  Title: Competencia genérica de la UAL: Competencia social y ciudadanía global. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (February/2012 - 4 hours)

16.  Title: ¿Cómo implantar ABP (Aprendizaje Basado en Problemas) en una asignatura?. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (February/2012 - 8 hours)

17.  Title: Tramitación del Docentia. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (December/2011 - 2 hours)

18.  Title: Acreditación y sexenios: herramientas bibliométricas y su aplicación. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (December/2011 - 3 hours)

19.  Title: Vídeo digital avanzado: edición, vídeo-podcast y polimedia. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (November/2011 - 9 hours)

20.  Title: Navegación y búsquedas de información eficaces en los recursos de la biblioteca. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (October/2011 - 2 hours)

21.  Title: SPSS como herramienta para la investigación educativa (nivel inicial). Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (October/2011 - 10 hours)

22.  Title: Instalación y configuración de herramientas de trabajo colaborativo - BSCW. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (November/2010 - 2 hours)

23.  Title: Introducción a la edición de imágenes y vídeos digitales. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (November/2010 - 4 hours)

24.  Title: Gestor de referencias bibliográficas Refworks (nivel básico). Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (November/2010 - 4 hours)

25.  Title: Creative Commons: Licencias para la Distribución y el Uso de Contenidos en Dominio Público. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (November/2010 - 2 hours)

26.  Title: Iniciación al diseño de videotutoriales como recurso educativo con Adobe Captivate. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (November/2010 - 4 hours)

27.  Title: La biblioteca en el aula virtual. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (October/2010 - 2 hours)

28.  Title: Recursos de información para evaluar la actividad científica. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (October/2010 - 3 hours)

29.  Title: Como citar bibliografía: interpretación, normalización y presentación. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (October/2010 - 3 hours)

30.  Title: Elaboración de material multimedia con Adobe Presenter. Department of Computer Science. University of Almeria. (July/2010 - 8 hours)

31.  Title: Nueva Plataforma OvidSP: Funciones avanzadas. Primal Pictures en OvidSP. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (May/2010 - 3 hours)

32.  Title: Diseño de la Guía Docente. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (April/2010 - 15 hours)

33.  Title: ExeLearning: genera contenido estándar para cualquier plataforma de eLearning. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (April/2010 - 3hours)

34.  Title: CourseGenie: Exporta automáticamente tu contenido en Word al Aula Virtual. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (April/2010 - 3 hours)

35.  Title: Habilidades para motivar a los estudiantes y favorecer su participación. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (March/2010 - 4 hours)

36.  Title: Habilidades de interacción profesor-alumno y de comunicación en los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (March/2010 - 4 hours)

37.  Title: Innovación docente: las TICs en la docencia. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (February/2010 - 4 hours)

38.  Title: Competencia genérica de la UAL: Trabajo en equipo. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (February/2010 - 4 hours)

39.  Title: Competencia genérica de la UAL: Capacidad de crítica y autocrítica. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (January/2010 - 4 hours)

40.  Title: Competencia genérica de la UAL: Conocimiento de una segunda lengua. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (January/2010 - 4 hours)

41.  Title: Competencia genérica de la UAL: Comunicación oral y escrita. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (January/2010 - 4 hours)

42.  Title: Competencia genérica de la UAL: Capacidad para resolver problemas. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (January/2010 - 4 hours)

43.  Title: Tecnología educativa: Laboratorios virtuales y remotos, herramientas interactivas y tecnologías de Microsoft. Teaching training unit. University of Almeria. (July/2009 - 30 hours)

·         OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

- Institutional responsibilities: Academic supervisor within the curricular practices program of the University of Almería.

- Referee of three Journals: a) Applied Energy, b) Building and Environment, c) IEEE Sensors Journal.