Natalia Muñoz Rujas ( ORCID 0000-0003-2185-1392 ) received the degree in Nursery from the University of Burgos (Spain) in 2006, the degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Salamanca (Spain) in 2011, the M.S. degree in Engineering Thermodynamics of fluids from the University of Burgos (Spain) in 2012 and the Ph.D. degree in Engineering from the University of Burgos (Spain) in 2018. She is employed in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering at the University of Burgos, Spain, since 2018.
Her academic expertise includes engineering thermodynamics, heat transfer and energy technology. His current research interests are experimental determination of thermodynamic properties of fluid mixtures (biofuels, refrigerants, solvents), energy efficiency systems in buildings and thermal energy storage. She has developed international and national competitive research projects, and research services for industry. She is author of more than 25 articles published in high impact factor journals in the field of energy fluids.
She is also the Director of the Innovation & Teaching Group on Active Learning and e-Learning in Engineering at the University of Burgos. Within this group, she has managed some projects and published several international articles and conference contributions on innovation and research in engineering education.
Eduardo A. Montero ( ORCID 0000-0001-9948-3767 ) received the M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, in 1984 and the Ph.D. degree in Energy Engineering from the University of Valladolid, Spain, in 1996. He has been employed in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering at the University of Burgos, Spain, since 1984, being Assistant Professor since 1988 and Full Professor since 2017.
His academic expertise includes engineering thermodynamics, heat transfer and energy technology. His current research interests are experimental determination of thermodynamic properties of fluid mixtures (biofuels, refrigerants), energy efficiency systems in buildings and thermal energy storage. For more than 35 years, he has developed international and national competitive research projects, and research services for industry. He is co-author of more than 60 articles published in high impact factor journals in the field of energy fluids.
He is also member of the Innovation & Teaching Group on Active Learning and e-Learning in Engineering at the University of Burgos. Within this group, he has managed some projects and contributions on innovation and research in engineering education. He is also co-editor of the Engineering Board of MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching), supported by California State University.
Fernando Aguilar Romero ( ORCID 0000-0002-2982-9053 ) received the Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Burgos, Spain, in 1984 and the M. Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the Distance Education National University, Spain, in 2000 and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Burgos, Spain, in 2010. He has been employed in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering at the University of Burgos, Spain, since 1989, being Assistant Professor since 1991.
During his research career along more than 30 years he has developed national and international competitive research projects in energy efficiency topics, including engineering thermodynamics, heat transfer and energy technology. His current research interests are experimental determination of thermodynamic and transport properties of fluid mixtures (biofuels, refrigerants), phase change materials for thermal energy storage and energy efficiency systems in buildings. He is co-author of more than 50 articles published in high impact factor journals in the field of energy and fluids.
He is also member of the Innovation & Teaching Group on Active Learning and e-Learning in Engineering at the University of Burgos. Within this group, he has participated in some projects on innovation in engineering education with published articles and contributions to conferences.
Fatima E. M’Hamdi Alaoui ( ORCID 0000-0001-7443-6796 ) received the B. Sc. in Sciences from the Université Abdelmalek Esaadi of Tangier, Morocco, in 2003, the M.Sc. in Engineering Thermodynamics from the University of Burgos, Spain, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in Engineering Thermodynamics from the University of Burgos, Spain, in 2011. She is employed at the Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées d’El Jadida, Université Chouaib Doukkali, Morocco being lecturer since 2013.
His academic expertise includes engineering thermodynamics, and the energy technology and sustainability. Her current research interests are experimental determination of thermodynamic properties of fluid mixtures (biofuels, refrigerants, solvents), thermal energy storage and energy and sustainability topics. She has developed several international and national competitive research projects, involving research periods at universities in Spain, France and China. She is author of more than 40 articles published in high impact factor journals in the field of energy fluids and sustainability. At present, she is an invited researcher at the University of Burgos.
She has developed also international projects on teaching innovation with the universities of Spain and Korea. She has several contributions on innovation and research in engineering education in international conferences.
Ángel Rodríguez Saiz (ORCID 0000-0002-3607-2167) is a Technical Architect in Works Execution, Master in Industrial Management, Master in Laws, and Doctor by the University of Burgos, Spain. At present he is Assistant Professor of the Architectural Construction and Ground Engineering at the University of Burgos.
His research experience includes the design and manufacture of eco-friendly building materials made of valued industrial waste, the study of the properties of these materials and their durability, and the safety study in construction processes, to reduce accidentality rates. He has led and participated in numerous international and national research projects, and in contracts with companies. He has obtained 18 patents, one of them European, and has published more than 50 international articles in high-impact indexed journals.
He is the director of the Teaching Innovation Group in Building Engineering of the University of Burgos, with which he has obtained numerous publications of articles, books and book chapters, and contributions to international congresses.
Gabriel Rubio Pérez (ORCID 0000-0002-9319-3782) received the degree in Mechanical Engineering (2016) and the M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering (2018) from the University of Burgos, Spain. He has been employed in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering at the University of Burgos, as pre-doctoral researcher, since 2018.
His academic expertise is engineering thermodynamics, more precisely in thermal energy storage systems. He works with Phase Change Materials (PCM), evaluating experimentally their thermo-physical properties and its potential of use in industrial thermal energy storage systems. He is co-author of 8 international papers, some of them developed in collaboration with the Competence Center Thermal Energy Storage, Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland.
He is also member of the Innovation & Teaching Group on Active Learning and e-Learning in Engineering at the University of Burgos. Within this group, he has developed some contributions on teaching innovation in engineering.
Raúl Briones Llorente (ORCID 0000-0002-4219-6596) is a Technical Architect in Works Execution (2002), Graduated in Building Engineering (2011), Master in Thermal Engineering (2012) and Doctor in Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Engineering and Architecture (2020) by the University of Burgos, Spain. After 15 years of experience, first as Construction Manager, then in an Architecture Studio, and finally as a Freelance Professional in Technical Architecture and Teaching, he has worked in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering of the University of Burgos, Spain, as Predoctoral Researcher (2018 - 2020) and since 2021 as Postdoctoral Researcher.
His research experience includes energy efficiency and sustainability in buildings. His current research interests include the use of advanced energy simulation methods to new renovated buildings, passive architecture, new sustainable construction materials and renewable energies in buildings. He has worked on 10 research projects (2 international), has presented 11 contributions at conferences (6 international) and has published 3 articles in indexed international journals (ISI –JCR).
He is also member of the Innovation & Teaching Group on Active Learning and e-Learning in Engineering at the University of Burgos. Within this group, he has developed some contributions on teaching innovation in engineering.
Mohamed Lifi (ORCID 0000-0002-5426-6977) received the M.S. degree in Energy and Electrical Engineering from the Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées d'El Jadida, Morocco, in 2018. At present, he is developing international doctoral studies at the Universidad de Burgos, Spain, and the Université Chouaib Doukkali, Morocco. As researcher of the Université Chouaib Doukkali and with the help of a doctoral internship of the Government of Morocco, he has performed several research periods, the first one during two years at the Universidad de Burgos, Spain, the other during six months at the Laboratoire des Fluides Complexes et leurs Réservoirs (LFCR) at the Université de Pau et Pays de l’Adour (France).
His current research interest is the experimental determination of thermodynamic properties of fluid mixtures as biofuels, solvents and other liquid additives for industrial applications. He is author of 6 articles in indexed international journals (ISI –JCR) and has contributed in 2 publications concerning education and research, as part of his collaboration with the innovation & teaching group on active learning and e-learning in Engineering at the University of Burgos.
Jesús Marcos García Alonso ( ORCID 0000-0002-0316-9579 ) received the M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Valladolid Spain, in 1988 and the Ph.D. degree in Thermal Energy Engineering from the University of Burgos Spain, in 2016. He has been employed in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering at the University of Burgos, Spain, being Associate Professor since 2003, task he shares with his job as a professional engineer.
His academic expertise includes engineering thermodynamics, heat transfer and energy technology. His current research interests are experimental determination of thermodynamic properties of fluid mixtures (biofuels, refrigerants), energy efficiency systems in buildings and thermal energy storage.