Dr. Fernando Martinez Alzamora

FERNANDO MARTINEZ ALZAMORA , PhD and MSc in Industrial Engineering, is Professor of Hydraulic Engineering since 1995 at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, where he teach on hydraulic machines, hydropower plants and renewable energy systems. He is currently Sub director of the Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering at the same University. His main research area is related to the efficiency improvement and use of urban water systems as well as on pressurized irrigation systems, always working closely to the industry sector. He has lead the development of software oriented to the modelling of hydraulic systems applied to the management of new hydraulic assets based on GIS technology, geospatial databases and SCADA systems working in real time. The software has been used to enhance many water distribution systems (master plans), in real-time decision-making processes of large water distribution systems (e.g. control of the metropolitan system of the city of Valencia), for leakage control (e.g. water distribution system of Malaga city), and also to optimise the hydraulic and agronomical management of irrigation networks (e.g. Señera, Valencia). He has been the main researcher of many research projects (funded by the Spanish research councils, European Commission, and Spanish industry) and has published over 50 technical papers (national and international) in refereed journals and conference proceedings.