2023-06-252023-06-25https://tore.tuhh.de/handle/11420/29762Francisco Ayuga. Born in Madrid (Spain), 1960. Academic: • Catedrático (Professor) since 2002, previously Profesor Titular (Associate Professor) since 1987. Always at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain). • PhD. in Agricultural Engineering 1986. • M.S. in Agricultural Engineering 1983. • Teaching subjects on Agricultural Building Design, Agrifood Industries Design, Earth Works, Rural Roads, Strength of Materials, Building Structures (concrete and steel), Foundations, Silos and Tanks. • Participant in 80 specialization courses for companies or non-university organizations Expertise and research interest: • Old Rural Buildings and Landscape • Silos and Tanks • Hydrology and Soil Erosion • Rural Roads Publications: • 84 articles in scientific journals (48 in JCR-ISI journals and 36 in other journals). • 16 technical books or chapters in technical books. • 235 Congress or conference papers. Research: • Research Leader of 15 research projects at national or regional level. • Participant in 11 research projects at international, national or regional level. • Leader of 28 innovation and development reports for private or public companies. • Leader of 4 projects for third world cooperation and development • Participant in 8 teaching innovation projects • Supervisor of 18 Ph.D. finished theses. Others: • Member of the Organizing Committee at 3 International Congresses. • Member of the Scientific Committee at 13 International Congresses. • Member of the Editorial Board of 5 research journals (3 of them listed in JCR-ISI) • Reviewer for 35 scientific journals • Former President of the Special Interest Group “Rural Buildings and Landscape” under the EurAgEng Society (The Society for Agricultural Engineering in Europe). • Vice-president of the Spanish Society of Agricultural Engineering. • Former President of the Spanish Commission for Rural Engineering • Vice-president of the Buildings Committee of the Spanish Engineering Institution. • Participant and member of the steering committee in the Thematic Network USAEE (University Studies of Agricultural Engineering in Europe) • Participant and member of the steering committee in the Thematic Network ERABEE (Education and Research in Biosystems or Agricultural and Biological Engineering in Europe) • Member of the thematic network “Policy Oriented Measures in Support of the Evolving Biosystems Engineering Studies in USA – EU (POMSEBES)”, under EU/US Cooperation Programme In Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training (ATLANTIS) • Member of the thematic network “TransAtlantic Biosystems Engineering Curriculum and Mobility (TABE.NET)”, under the programme EU-US ATLANTIS Programme Cooperation in Higher Education and Vocational Training (Excellence Mobility Project) 2009-2014 Biography Updated on 30 September 2015