Mario Ortiz was born in Murcia (Spain), in 1978. He received a degree in Industrial Engineering in 2002, and Ph.D. in 2016 from the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Currently, he is Associate Professor at the Mechanical Engineering and Energy Department and member of the Brain-Machine Interface Systems Lab at Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Spain). Mario Ortiz research activities include mathematical transforms applied to electrical signal processing, Neural Network Applications for signal classification and Brain-Machine Interfaces.

ACADEMIC STUDIES AND QUALIFICATIONS
  • June 2017: University Expert in Technological Innovation and Education.
  • December 2016: Phd on Industrial Technologies by Polytechnic University of Cartagena (Cartagena, Spain): Summa Cum Laude.
  • June 2005: Certificate of aptitude of first level of the upper cycle in German by Official School of Languages (Murcia, Spain).
  • June 2002: Industrial Engineering degree by Polytechnic University of Cartagena (Cartagena, Spain) : Graduation Prize.
  • June 2000: Certificate of aptitude of first level of the upper cycle in English by Official School of Languages (Murcia, Spain).

 

WORK EXPERIENCE
  • Feb. 2017 to date: Deputy director of Master’s in HVAC and electrical facilities. Energy efficiency at Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Elche, Spain).
  • Sept. 2005 to date: Associate Professor at the Mechanical Engineering and Energy Department of Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Elche, Spain).
  • Feb. 2003 to Sept. 2005: : Associate Professor at the Systems Engineering and Automation Department of Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Elche, Spain).
  • Nov. 2002 – Feb. 2003: Scholarship Researcher at the Materials and Production Department of Polytechnic University of Cartagena and General Electric Plastics (now Sabic) (Spain)
  • Jul. 2001 – Sept. 2001: Scholarship Assistant at Repsol Petróleo S. A. (Escombreras, Spain)
  • Sept. 1998 – Sept. 1999: Scholarship Assistant at the Electrical Engineering Department of Polytechnic University of Cartagena (Cartagena, Spain)
  • Sept. 1997 – Sept. 1998: Scholarship Assistant at Applied Mathematics Department of Polytechnic University of Cartagena (Cartagena, Spain)
  • Sept. 1997 – Sept. 1998: Scholarship Assistant at the Physics Department of Polytechnic University of Cartagena (Cartagena, Spain)

 

PROJECTS
    • Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2016: Herramientas de análisis para la evaluación y gestión de la participación de la respuesta de la demanda en la provisión de servicios complementarios en sistemas eléctricos. Role: Researcher.Funding agency: Ministerio de economía y Competitividad (Spain) under Grant Agreement number ENE2013-48574-C2-2-P.
    • Dec. 2010 – Dec. 2013: Herramientas y políticas eficientes de respuesta de la demanda de mercados eléctricos: agregación, gestión, previsión y planificación. Role: Researcher. Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) under Grant Agreement number ENE2010-20495-C02-02.
    • Jan. 2010 – Dec. 2011: Becas y ayudas para el fomento de la investigación científica y el desarrollo tecnológico. Role: Researcher. Funding agency: Conselleria de educación Comunidad Valenciana (Spain) under Grant Agreement number IPOG08 GV/2010/080.
    • Oct. 2007 – Sept. 2010: Desarrollo de herramientas avanzadas de agregación, evaluación, gestión y simulación de recursos energéticos distribuidos y de demanda en mercados eléctricos liberalizados. Role: Researcher. Funding agency: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Spain) under Grant Agreement number ENE2007-67771-C02-02.
    • Oct. 2007 – Sept. 2010: Desarrollo de modelos de predicción de precios de la energía y de curvas de carga de segmentos de la demanda eléctrica aplicando técnicas avanzadas de inteligencia artificial. Role: Researcher. Funding agency: Fundació Bancaixa (Spain) under Grant Agreement number IPOG06.
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Mario Ortiz current research interests are signal processing, Human-Robot and Human-Computer Interfaces. He is focused on Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) (non-invasive brain interfaces) and Multimodal Human-Robot Interfaces (integrating brain, ocular and haptic information).

AWARDS
  • Graduation Prize for Industrial Engineering degree (Jun. 2002) by Polytechnic University of Cartagena (Spain)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEES
SOCIETIES
  • IEEE member
  • Position: Associate Professor
  • Affiliation: Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica y Energía | Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
  • Contact: | +34 96 522 2198
  • Research interest: mathematical transforms applied to electrical signal processing, Neural Network Applications for signal classification and Brain-Machine Interfaces
  • Web: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mario_Garcia17