Palma (Mallorca), 1975. Civil Engineer, MsC and PhD in Construction/Structural Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2003, Outstanding Doctorate Award). He taught at UPC from 2001 to 2003, when he joined UIB. Professor in Construction Engineering, specializing in structural engineering, teaching in the Degree in Building Engineering, the Degree in Food and Agriculture Engineering and the Rural Environment, as well as in the Master's in Industrial Engineering and the Master's in Agricultural Engineering. He co-founded the educational YouTube channel 'Ingenia-ConStruct,' specialized in structural engineering, which has accumulated over 1.5 million views.
His research focuses on structural engineering, with more than 80 published papers and collaborations in books or codes of practice, and more than 140 participations in congresses and conferences. Currently, his research primarily focuses on the behaviour of deteriorated concrete structures and the study of possible applications of shape memory alloys in the structural field, especially for strengthening existing structures. He has collaborated in drafting the Spanish Structural Concrete Code (2008) and worked with various companies and institutions nationally and in the Balearic Islands on technology transfer projects. Additionally, he has conducted research stays at the University of Toronto (Canada) and at EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology).
He has also worked as a civil engineer specialized in water, sanitation, and construction in Guinea-Conakry, Niger, Togo, India, Paraguay, El Salvador, and East Timor, within the scope of international development cooperation or humanitarian action. With extensive experience in academic management, he currently holds the position of Deputy Director of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Construction since 2020. Previously, he has held other management positions, such as Coordinator of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program in Physics at UIB (2018-2021), Associate Vice-Rector for University Infrastructures (2008-2012), Deputy Director of the Department of Physics (2007-2008), and Director of the Miquel Llabrés Feliu Foundation Chair (2007-2010). He has also managed associations and initiatives outside the university, currently being part of the Council of the Spanish Association of Structural Engineering (ACHE), where he served as vice president between 2017 and 2022. Moreover, he chaired the Scientific Committee of the triennial ACHE congress in 2018 (A Coruña), which had more than 450 participants. he was a founding member of Engineering Without Borders in the Balearic Islands, an organization he led from 2007 to 2012.
Summary of scientific production/quality indicators (April 2024):Three recognized 'six-years research periods' (2001-2018, consecutive) and one six-years of technology transfer period (2004-2009).h-index = 30 (Google Scholar) - h = 25 (Scopus).3300 citations (Google Scholar) - 2200 citations (Scopus).3 doctoral theses directed or co-directed already completed, plus 3 doctoral theses in progress.