EDUCATION      

University of California, Irvine
PhD candidate (current) in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, in the field of MEMS for Biomedical devices. Expected graduation date Dec.09 (GPA* 3.81/4)
MS in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Sep. 04 – Mar. 07 (GPA 3.76/4)
P.A.: Prof. Marc J. Madou
Master's Thesis: "Gold/PolyPyrrole Actuators for Active Micromixing".
Awarded a Balsells Fellowship from Oct.04 to Sep.05 to start graduate studies.
Awarded a California-Catalonia Engineering innovation program Grant from Oct. 05 to Sep. 06 to continue the MS project.

Technical University of Catalonia – UPC (Barcelona - Spain).
BS, Chemical Engineering, September 2003
Bachelor's Thesis: “Waste water management of an ionic exchange process in sugar industry”

Ècole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et Aérotechnique, ENSMA (France).
Exchange program abroad, ERASMUS scholarship, Jan. - Jun. 2000
P.A.: Prof. Francis Roger, Laboratoire de combustion et détonique (LCD)

EXPERIENCE    

University of California Irvine (US)
Teacher Assistantship for Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (CBEMS 40B / 07), Chemical Engineering Design (CBEMS 145 / 07) and Process Engineering Calculations (CBEMS 40A / 07).

Fort Dodge Veterinaria, Olot (Spain)
Project Manager: design, building and start-up of a full-scale production plant of biologically-based animal vaccines. Sep. 03 - Aug 04

AEASA, Valladolid (Spain)
Research Technician in the analysis and development of reduced cost production sugar technologies, including design and operation of several Pilot Plants. Jun. 01 - Aug 02

TRETY, Maçanet de la Selva (Spain)
Quality Assurance Technician (Internship): tracking of Quality parameters for different products (polyurethane car inside complements) from conception to production. Jun. – Aug. 2000

Cray Valley Iberica., Sant Celoni, (Spain)
Research Technician (Internship): new Colophony Resins analysis and synthesis. Jun. – Aug. 1999

PUBLICATIONS 
“Au/PPy Actuators for Active Micromixing and Mass Transport Enhancement”, Micro and            Nano Systems,            Accepted for Publication October 2008

LANGUAGES     
Fluent in English, Spanish, French and Catalan.

COMPUTER SKILLS     
Ansys, Hisys, SimSci PRO/II, SPSS, MS OfficeC++ (basics), FORTRAN (basics), Matlab.