Experience

Software Developer, Altair, Barcelona, Spain. (November 2020 - Present)

• Developed a fast mesher for structured meshes, which is capable of generating meshes of 20 million elements in less than 1s.
• Implemented a fast turbulence model for electronics thermal management, and validated it with experimental data.
• Developed a fast nodal postprocessor, improved performance by a factor of 10.
• Implemented a fast solver for momentum equations, reduced computational time between 25 and 50%.
• Optimized memory footprint of the solver, reduced memory consumption by 50%.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Modeling, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. (April 2016 - November 2020)

• Developed a multi-physics model in C++ for 3D simulations of electrochemical systems and cooling towers, implemented classes for equations, solvers and postprocessing routines.
• Implemented a fast solver for fluid flow in porous microstructures obtained from image processing techniques, reduced the computational time by 80%.
• Lead programmer to perform continuous integration and design by carrying out code review, version control, and regression and unit testing.
• Implemented Python scripts for generating three-dimensional geometries using preprocessing software, helped new users to obtain geometries within 1 day, a reduction of approximately 50% without supervised training.
• Provided training and supervision to Ph.D. and M.Sc. students designing experiments, performing numerical simulations, and reviewing their contributions to the code.
• Delivered project progress updates to industry partners, and communicated results to scientific audiences.

CFD Software Engineer & Researcher, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. (September 2013 - April 2016)

• Developed a mathematical model in C++ for 3D multi-physics simulations of water transport in electrochemical systems.
• Implemented a new model for droplet dynamics, incremented the computational speed 10 times.

CFD Researcher, International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Castelldefels, Spain. (July 2009 - August 2013)

• Developed a fast analysis tool to predict water accumulation in microchannels, allowing users to perform predictions within 2 minutes.
• Implemented a simplified mathematical model for 2D simulations of electrochemical systems with user-defined functions (UDFs), analyzed the effects of geometry on performance.

Site Engineer, Clariant Iberica, El Prat de Llobregat, Spain. (July - September 2008)

• Implementation of a data base for third-party companies, personal protection equipment (PPE), and installed equipment.

Site Engineer, Air Products, Barcelona, Spain. (July - September 2007)

• Implementation of a data base for basic safety process (BSP).

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant - Structural Analysis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Castelldefels, Spain. (Fall 2012 - Spring 2015)

• Teach tutorials (twice a week).
• Select the material for the tutorials, assignments, midterms and final examinations (in conjunction with the other two instructors).
• Mark assignments and exams (in conjunction with the other two instructors).

Volunteer Work

Guest expert on hydrogen fuel cells, Navigate Youth Summit - Water Stakeholders, Canmore, AB. (March 2018)

• Round tables session with high school students and teachers to make them aware of current technologies that can bring a positive impact on Alberta's environment and natural resources.