Institute for Research in Technology (IIT)

Journal Publications

Rodriguez-Rey, R., Guerra Corral, M., Collazo-Castiñeira, P., Collado, S., Caro, R., Cantizano, A., Garrido-Hernansaiz, H., Predictors of mental health in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of experiential avoidance, emotion regulation and resilience. Journal of Advanced Nursing. JCR: 3,800 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 0,913 Q1 (2022) In press: February 2024.
Gómez, J.L., Cantizano, A., Caro, R., Castro, M., Leveraging national forestry data repositories to advocate wildfire modeling towards simulation-driven risk assessment. Ecological Indicators. Vol. 158, pp. 111306-1 - 111306-15, January 2024. [Online: December 2023] JCR: 6,900 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 1,396 Q1 (2022)
Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Cantizano, A., Montes, M.J., Rovira, A.J., Porras, J., Pérez-Domínguez, J.R., Innovative integrated solar combined cycle: enhancing dispatchability with a partial recuperative gas turbine and supercritical CO2 bottoming cycle, coupled with an ORC. Solar Energy. Vol. 264, pp. 112075-1 - 112075-16, November 2023. [Online: October 2023] JCR: 6,700 Q2 (2022) - SJR: 1,373 Q1 (2022)
Linares, J.I., Martín-Colino, A., Arenas, E.M., Montes, M.J., Cantizano, A., Pérez-Domínguez, J.R., A novel hybrid CSP-PV power plant based on brayton supercritical CO2 thermal machines. Applied Sciences. Vol. 13, nº. 17, pp. 9532-1 - 9532-18, September 2023. [Online: August 2023] JCR: 2,700 Q2 (2022) - SJR: 0,492 Q2 (2022)
Linares, J.I., Martín-Colino, A., Arenas, E.M., Montes, M.J., Cantizano, A., Pérez-Domínguez, J.R., Carnot battery based on Brayton supercritical CO2 thermal machines using concentrated solar thermal energy as a low-temperature source. Energies. Vol. 16, nº. 9, pp. 3871-1 - 3871-25, May 2023. [Online: May 2023] JCR: 3,200 Q3 (2022) - SJR: 0,632 Q1 (2022)
Cantizano, A., Ayala, P., Arenas, E.M., Pérez-Domínguez, J.R., Gutiérrez, C., Numerical and experimental investigation on the effect of heat release rate in the evolution of fire whirls. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. Vol. 41, pp. 102513-1 - 102513-12, January 2023. [Online: October 2022] JCR: 6,800 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 0,916 Q1 (2022)
Álvarez-Coedo, D., Ayala, P., Cantizano, A., Wegrzynski, W., A coupled hybrid numerical study of tunnel longitudinal ventilation under fire conditions. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. Vol. 36, pp. 102202-1 - 102202-10, August 2022. [Online: June 2022] JCR: 6,800 Q1 (2022); - SJR: 0,916 Q1 (2022);
Cantizano, A., Caro, R., Fernández, M., Ayala, P., Human factors in the model of urban fire spread in Madrid (Spain) focused on the poor population. Sustainability. Vol. 14, nº. 8, pp. 4486-1 - 4486-13, April 2022. [Online: April 2022] JCR: 3,900 Q2 (2022); - SJR: 0,664 Q1 (2022);
Ferrero, S., Batet, L., Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Cantizano, A., Savoldi, L., A modelica dynamic model of a supercritical CO2 energy conversion system for EU-DEMO. Fusion Engineering and Design. Vol. 173, pp. 112826-1 - 112826-8, December 2021. [Online: August 2021] JCR: 1,905 Q2 (2021); 1,700 Q2 (2022) - SJR: 0,610 Q2 (2021); 0,672 Q2 (2022)
Vigne, G., Wegrzynski, W., Cantizano, A., Ayala, P., Rein, G., Gutiérrez, C., Experimental and computational study of smoke dynamics from multiple fire sources inside a large-volume building. Building Simulation. Vol. 14, nº. 4, pp. 1147 - 1161, August 2021. [Online: September 2020] JCR: 4,008 (2021); 5,500 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 1,103 (2021); 1,171 Q1 (2022)
Linares, J.I., Montes, M.J., Cantizano, A., Sánchez, M.C., A novel supercritical CO2 recompression Brayton power cycle for power tower concentrating solar plants. Applied Energy. Vol. 263, pp. 114644-1 - 114644-21, April 2020. [Online: February 2020] JCR: 9,746 Q1 (2020); 11,200 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 3,035 Q1 (2020); 2,907 Q1 (2022)
Vigne, G., Gutiérrez, C., Cantizano, A., Wegrzynski, W., Rein, G., Review and validation of the current smoke plume entrainment models for large-volume buildings. Fire Technology. Vol. 55, nº. 3, pp. 789 - 816, May 2019. [Online: December 2018] JCR: 1,671 Q3 (2019); 3,400 Q2 (2022) - SJR: 0,659 Q2 (2019); 0,732 Q2 (2022)
Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Cantizano, A., Porras, J., Moratilla, B.Y., Carmona, M., Batet, L., Sizing of a recuperative supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle as power conversion system for DEMO fusion reactor based on dual coolant lithium lead blanket. Fusion Engineering and Design. Vol. 134, pp. 79 - 91, September 2018. [Online: July 2018] JCR: 1,457 Q2 (2018); 1,700 Q2 (2022) - SJR: Q2 (2018); 0,672 Q2 (2022)
Ayala, P., Cantizano, A., Rein, G., Gutiérrez, C., Factors affecting the make-up air and their influence on the dynamics of atrium fires. Fire Technology. Vol. 54, nº. 4, pp. 1067 - 1091, July 2018. [Online: April 2018] JCR: 1,420 Q3 (2018); 3,400 Q2 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 0,732 Q2 (2022)
Linares, J.I., Cantizano, A., Arenas, E.M., Moratilla, B.Y., Martín Palacios, V., Batet, L., Recuperated versus single-recuperator re-compressed supercritical CO2 Brayton power cycles for DEMO fusion reactor based on dual coolant lithium lead blanket. Energy. Vol. 140, nº. Part 1, pp. 307 - 317, December 2017. [Online: September 2017] JCR: 4,968 Q1 (2017); 9,000 Q1 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2017); 1,989 Q1 (2022)
Ayala, P., Cantizano, A., Sánchez-Úbeda, E.F., Gutiérrez, C., The use of fractional factorial design for atrium fires prediction. Fire Technology. Vol. 53, nº. 2, pp. 893 - 916, March 2017. [Online: July 2016] JCR: 1,483 Q3 (2017); 3,400 Q2 (2022) - SJR: Q2 (2017); 0,732 Q2 (2022)
Linares, J.I., Cantizano, A., Moratilla, B.Y., Martín Palacios, V., Batet, L., Supercritical CO2 Brayton power cycles for DEMO (demonstration power plant) fusion reactor based on dual coolant lithium lead blanket. Energy. Vol. 98, pp. 271 - 283, March 2016. [Online: February 2016] JCR: 4,520 Q1 (2016); 9,000 Q1 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2016); 1,989 Q1 (2022)
Ayala, P., Cantizano, A., Rein, G., Vigne, G., Gutiérrez, C., Fire experiments and simulations in a full-scale atrium under transient and asymmetric venting conditions. Fire Technology. Vol. 52, nº. 1, pp. 51 - 78, January 2016. [Online: June 2015] JCR: 1,471 Q3 (2016); 3,400 Q2 (2022) - SJR: Q2 (2016); 0,732 Q2 (2022)
Adell Pijuán, F., Ayala, P., Cantizano, A., Gutiérrez, C., Evacuación segura de personas en recintos de gran aforo en caso de incendio. Seguridad y Promoción de la Salud. Vol. 35, nº. 139, pp. 34 - 45, July 2015.
Linares, J.I., Herranz, L.E., Fernández, I., Cantizano, A., Moratilla, B.Y., Supercritical CO2 Brayton power cycles for DEMO fusion reactor based on Helium Cooled Lithium Lead blanket. Applied Thermal Engineering. Vol. 76, pp. 123 - 133, February 2015. [Online: November 2014] JCR: 3,043 Q1 (2015); 6,400 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 1,559 Q1 (2022)
Serrano, I.P., Cantizano, A., Linares, J.I., Moratilla, B.Y., Modeling and sizing of the heat exchangers of a new supercritical CO2 Brayton power cycle for energy conversion for fusion reactors. Fusion Engineering and Design. Vol. 89, nº. 9-10, pp. 1905 - 1908, October 2014. [Online: May 2014] JCR: 1,152 Q2 (2014); 1,700 Q2 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 0,672 Q2 (2022)
Serrano, I.P., Linares, J.I., Cantizano, A., Moratilla, B.Y., Enhanced arrangement for recuperators in supercritical CO2 Brayton power cycle for energy conversion in fusion reactors. Fusion Engineering and Design. Vol. 89, nº. 9-10, pp. 1909 - 1912, October 2014. [Online: April 2014] JCR: 1,152 Q2 (2014); 1,700 Q2 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 0,672 Q2 (2022)
Ayala, P., Cantizano, A., Gutiérrez, C., Rein, G., Influence of atrium roof geometries on the numerical predictions of fire tests under natural ventilation conditions. Energy and Buildings. Vol. 65, pp. 382 - 390, October 2013. JCR: 2,465 Q1 (2013); 6,700 Q1 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2013); 1,608 Q1 (2022)
Mariano Lázaro, M., Cantizano, A., Fire safety engineering programs in Santander and Madrid. Fire Safety Science News. Vol. Special Issue, nº. 35, pp. 40 - 41, September 2013.
Serrano, I.P., Linares, J.I., Cantizano, A., Moratilla, B.Y., A novel supercritical CO2 power cycle for energy conversion in fusion power plants. Fusion Science and Technology. Vol. 64, nº. 3, pp. 483 - 487, September 2013. [Online: March 2017] JCR: 0,591 (2013); 0,900 Q4 (2022) - SJR: Q2 (2013); 0,472 Q2 (2022)
Serrano, I.P., Cantizano, A., Linares, J.I., Moratilla, B.Y., Fernández, I., Sedano, L., Numerical modeling and design of supercritical CO2 pre-cooler for fusion nuclear reactors. Fusion Engineering and Design. Vol. 87, nº. 7-8, pp. 1329 - 1332, August 2012. [Online: April 2012] JCR: 0,842 Q2 (2012); 1,700 Q2 (2022) - SJR: Q2 (2012); 0,672 Q2 (2022)
Mochón, L., Cledera-Castro, M.M., Cantizano, A., Análisis y ventajas de los colectores solares térmicos. Solar News. Nº. 17, pp. 50 - 56, August 2008.
Cantizano, A., Carnicero, A., Zavarise, G., Numerical simulation of wear-mechanism maps. Computational Materials Science. Vol. 25, nº. 1-2, pp. 54 - 60, September 2002. [Online: May 2002] JCR: 0,856 (2002); 3,300 Q3 (2022) - SJR: 0,766 Q1 (2022)

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Projects

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Ph.D. Thesis

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Conference Papers

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Books and Book Chapters

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International Exchanges

Jun 2014, Department of Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics, Universiteit Gent. Ghent (Belgium).
Jul 2012, BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering, University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh (United Kingdom).

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Invited Conferences and Seminars

Workshop "New scenario of associated legal responsibilities" I Taller de aplicación de ingeniería del fuego. Sector logístico: nuevas soluciones para nuevos desafíos. El diseño de la protección contra incendios ante los nuevos riesgos asociados a la robotización de la logística. Quanture fire; Ashes-fire; Victaulic. Madrid (Spain). Feb 2020.
Conference "Fire propagation simulation in vulnerable urban environments." 10º Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería de Seguridad Contra Incendios. Asociación de Profesionales de Ingeniería de Protección Contra Incendios (APICI); Universidad Pontificia Comillas; y Fundación Mapfre. Madrid (Spain). Sep 2019.
Presentation "«Graduate training university» within the space dedicated to «Training in fire safety engineering»" Feria SICUR 2014. IFEMA. Madrid (Spain). Feb 2014.
Seminar "Análisis de la situación formativa universitaria en el ámbito de PCI" Jornada Técnica: Protección contra Incendios en la Edificación e Industria. Planes de Autoprotección. Asociación de Profesionales de Ingeniería de Protección Contra Incendios (APICI) y Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Industriales de Ourense. Orense (Spain). Apr 2012.
Round table "Eficiencia energética en la edificación" V Jornada Anual de la Cátedra Rafael Mariño: EFICIENCIA ENERGÉTICA: TECNOLOGÍAS Y POLÍTICAS DE APOYO. Catedra Rafael Mariño de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas; Asociación Española para la Economía Energética (AEEE). Madrid (Spain). May 2008.

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Organization of Scientific Meetings

Organization of "X International Congress on Fire Safety Engineering ". Asociación de Profesionales de Ingeniería de Protección Contra Incendios (APICI); y Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Sep 2019.
Member of Committee at "14th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - HEFAT 2019". africaMASSIVE. Wicklow (Ireland). Jul 2019.
Organization of "IX International Congress on Fire Safety Engineering ". Asociación de Profesionales de Ingeniería de Protección Contra Incendios (APICI); y Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Oct 2017.
Organization of "VIII International Congress on Fire Safety Engineering ". Asociación de Profesionales de Ingeniería de Protección Contra Incendios (APICI); y Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Feb 2015.
Organization of "Modelado Computacional Multiescala de Incendios en Túneles de Gran Longitud". Asociación de Profesionales de Ingeniería de Protección Contra Incendios (APICI) y Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). May 2012.
Organization of "V Jornada Anual de la Cátedra Rafael Mariño: Eficiencia energética: tecnologías y políticas de apoyo". Catedra Rafael Mariño de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas; Asociación Española para la Economía Energética (AEEE). Madrid (Spain). May 2008.

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External Training Courses

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Patents

"Método de medición del tono vascular ex vivo y cámara de flujo". Owner(s): Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Priority country: Madrid (Spain). Dec 2015

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External Relevant Positions

Evaluator of "psValve: Patient-Specific image-based computational flow dynamic simulations for assessment of optimal biological aortic Valve replacement selection and delivery. IP: Martínez Barca, Miguel Ángel" MCLI - Medicina Clínica y Epidemiología; Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (ANEP). Madrid (Spain). Jan - Feb 2014.

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Media and research dissemination

"4X02 - Science to the rescue". Casting the Future. (Oct 2023)
"Fire whirls in an atrium: experimental and numerical observations". SFPE Europe Magazine, Issue 28. (Dec 2022)

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Fellowships and Awards

Fellowship "Erasmus Scholarship «Teachers / Researcher» Training". Universiteit Gent. Ghent (Belgium). Jun 2014.
Fellowship "Study and evaluation of the efficiency of fire protection in buildings atrium". Fundación Mapfre. Madrid (Spain). Jan - Dec 2012.

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Other Activities

Reviewer in "Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering. Section Thermal and Mass Transport, Fire Technology and Energy". Frontiers Media S.A. Lausanne (Switzerland). May 2019 - Today.
Reviewer in "Applied Thermal Engineering". Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. Oxford (United Kingdom). Jan 2018 - Today.
Reviewer in "International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer". Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. Oxford (United Kingdom). Oct 2017 - Today.
Reviewer in "Energy". Elsevier. Oxford (United Kingdom). Aug 2017 - Today.
Doctoral Defense Committee of "Uris Mas, M. «Viabilidad técnico-económica de la cogeneración para el sector residencial en España a partir de biomasa mediante ciclo de rankine orgánico»". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2017.
Doctoral Defense Committee of "Moreno Barrado, A. «Hidrodinámica inducida por stress producido mediante irradiación iónica en materiales amorfizables: dinámica molecular y teoría»". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Jul 2016.
Reviewer in "Fire Technology". Springer. New York (United States of America). Jan 2014 - Today.
Reviewer in "Fire Safety Journal". Elsevier. London (United Kingdom). Nov 2013 - Jan 2014.
Organization of "Organización del curso «Gestión de humos: diferencias entre la normativa europea y la normativa americana en los sistemas de control de humos»". Asociación de Profesionales de Ingeniería de Protección Contra Incendios (APICI) y Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Feb 2012.
Organization of "Director académico del curso de postgrado «Auditoría de sistemas energéticos»". Universidad Pontificia Comillas y Club Español de la Energía. Madrid (Spain). Apr - Jul 2007.

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Dr. Alexis Cantizano González

Journal Publications

Cantizano, A., Caro, R., Fernández, M., Ayala, P., Human factors in the model of urban fire spread in Madrid (Spain) focused on the poor population. Sustainability. Vol. 14, nº. 8, pp. 4486-1 - 4486-13, April 2022. [Online: April 2022] JCR: 3,900 Q2 (2022); - SJR: 0,664 Q1 (2022);

Ayala, P., Cantizano, A., Rein, G., Gutiérrez, C., Factors affecting the make-up air and their influence on the dynamics of atrium fires. Fire Technology. Vol. 54, nº. 4, pp. 1067 - 1091, July 2018. [Online: April 2018] JCR: 1,420 Q3 (2018); 3,400 Q2 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 0,732 Q2 (2022)

Ayala, P., Cantizano, A., Sánchez-Úbeda, E.F., Gutiérrez, C., The use of fractional factorial design for atrium fires prediction. Fire Technology. Vol. 53, nº. 2, pp. 893 - 916, March 2017. [Online: July 2016] JCR: 1,483 Q3 (2017); 3,400 Q2 (2022) - SJR: Q2 (2017); 0,732 Q2 (2022)

Cantizano, A., Carnicero, A., Zavarise, G., Numerical simulation of wear-mechanism maps. Computational Materials Science. Vol. 25, nº. 1-2, pp. 54 - 60, September 2002. [Online: May 2002] JCR: 0,856 (2002); 3,300 Q3 (2022) - SJR: 0,766 Q1 (2022)

Projects

Ph.D. Thesis

Developed:

Supervised:

In progress:

J. Gómez González, Development of Operational Wildfire Models and applications at the Wildland Indutrial-Urban Interface. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (España).

Conference Papers

Books and Book Chapters

International Exchanges

Jun 2014, Department of Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics, Universiteit Gent. Ghent (Belgium).

Jul 2012, BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering, University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh (United Kingdom).

Invited Conferences and Seminars

Presentation "«Graduate training university» within the space dedicated to «Training in fire safety engineering»" Feria SICUR 2014. IFEMA. Madrid (Spain). Feb 2014.

Organization of Scientific Meetings

Organization of "X International Congress on Fire Safety Engineering ". Asociación de Profesionales de Ingeniería de Protección Contra Incendios (APICI); y Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Sep 2019.

Member of Committee at "14th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - HEFAT 2019". africaMASSIVE. Wicklow (Ireland). Jul 2019.

Organization of "IX International Congress on Fire Safety Engineering ". Asociación de Profesionales de Ingeniería de Protección Contra Incendios (APICI); y Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Oct 2017.

Organization of "VIII International Congress on Fire Safety Engineering ". Asociación de Profesionales de Ingeniería de Protección Contra Incendios (APICI); y Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Feb 2015.

Organization of "Modelado Computacional Multiescala de Incendios en Túneles de Gran Longitud". Asociación de Profesionales de Ingeniería de Protección Contra Incendios (APICI) y Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). May 2012.

Organization of "V Jornada Anual de la Cátedra Rafael Mariño: Eficiencia energética: tecnologías y políticas de apoyo". Catedra Rafael Mariño de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas; Asociación Española para la Economía Energética (AEEE). Madrid (Spain). May 2008.

External Training Courses

Patents

"Método de medición del tono vascular ex vivo y cámara de flujo". Owner(s): Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Priority country: Madrid (Spain). Dec 2015

External Relevant Positions

Media and research dissemination

"4X02 - Science to the rescue". Casting the Future. (Oct 2023)

"Fire whirls in an atrium: experimental and numerical observations". SFPE Europe Magazine, Issue 28. (Dec 2022)

Fellowships and Awards

Fellowship "Erasmus Scholarship «Teachers / Researcher» Training". Universiteit Gent. Ghent (Belgium). Jun 2014.

Fellowship "Study and evaluation of the efficiency of fire protection in buildings atrium". Fundación Mapfre. Madrid (Spain). Jan - Dec 2012.

Other Activities

Reviewer in "Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering. Section Thermal and Mass Transport, Fire Technology and Energy". Frontiers Media S.A. Lausanne (Switzerland). May 2019 - Today.

Reviewer in "Applied Thermal Engineering". Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. Oxford (United Kingdom). Jan 2018 - Today.

Reviewer in "International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer". Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. Oxford (United Kingdom). Oct 2017 - Today.

Reviewer in "Energy". Elsevier. Oxford (United Kingdom). Aug 2017 - Today.

Doctoral Defense Committee of "Uris Mas, M. «Viabilidad técnico-económica de la cogeneración para el sector residencial en España a partir de biomasa mediante ciclo de rankine orgánico»". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2017.

Doctoral Defense Committee of "Moreno Barrado, A. «Hidrodinámica inducida por stress producido mediante irradiación iónica en materiales amorfizables: dinámica molecular y teoría»". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Jul 2016.

Reviewer in "Fire Technology". Springer. New York (United States of America). Jan 2014 - Today.

Reviewer in "Fire Safety Journal". Elsevier. London (United Kingdom). Nov 2013 - Jan 2014.

Organization of "Director académico del curso de postgrado «Auditoría de sistemas energéticos»". Universidad Pontificia Comillas y Club Español de la Energía. Madrid (Spain). Apr - Jul 2007.