René-Vinicio Sanchez (Senior Member, IEEE) received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (UPS), Ecuador, in 2004, and a Ph.D. in industrial technologies research from UNED, Spain, in 2017. He is currently the Director of GIDTEC. He is also a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, UPS. His research interests include machinery health maintenance, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, artificial intelligence, and engineering education.