Oscar Darío Monsalve Cifuentes earned, from the Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano ITM, a BE in Electromechanical Engineering (2020) and a M.Sc in Engineering (2024). He is now in the position of Adjunct Professor at the Department of Mechatronics and Electromechanics at the Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano ITM. His work in hydraulic turbines and thermoelectric devices has resulted in several publications and conference proceedings presentations. His research interests include hydraulic turbines, pico hydro, TEG devices, computational fluid dynamics, and numerical structural analysis.