Who We Are
Miguel Cerrolaza
M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering (Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain). PostDoc by the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussess (Paris, France). Professor and Research Engineer at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain) and the Valencian International University (Valencia, Spain). Senior Engineer invited by the Colorado School of Mines (USA). More than 30 years of professional experience, assessing and working with companies and engineers in advanced numerical simulation in engineering, biomedical engineering and applied physics by using finite elements. He has provided services and specialized consultancies to many engineering companies around the world in several countries such as Italy, Spain, France, Colombia, USA, Argentina, Venezuela, etc. in advanced computer modeling and finite element simulation. He has written 20 books, dozens of articles in scientific journals and has delivered more than 40 invited FEA-lectures around the world.
Manuel Martín
Architect by the University of Sevilla (Spain), specialist in building and industrial structures analysis and design, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Earthquake ultimate capacity resistance on concrete rib slabs at the University of Girona (Spain). He is Associate Professor in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Construction of the same university. He is also a Judicial Technical Expert, member of the College of Architects of Catalonia (COAC), member of the Association of Structural Consultants (ACE, Spain) and member of the Association of Expert Architects, Forensics and Mediators (AAEPFMC, Spain). He has a long professional career with more than 26 years of experience in analysis and design of civil building structures. Specialist in 3D parametric modeling and analysis and design of mechanical parts using the Finite Element method. He has provided consultancy services to companies in Spain located in Girona, Barcelona, Madrid, on finite element modeling and analysis of structures and structural parts.