Biography:
Fernando de Cuadra was born in Madrid in 1961. He holds a degree and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the ICAI Engineering School and an Executive MBA from the ICADE Business School (Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain). Since 2001 he is Full Professor at ICAI and IIT (a technology research institute) in the Comillas University. Among other positions, he was appointed Dean of the Engineering School from 2001 to 2010. His main research areas are related to Operations Research techniques (simulation and optimization) applied to diverse sectors, such as the aerospace industry, power systems and railway systems.
Areas of interest:
Large-scale modelling, simulation and optimisation problems. Knowledge engineering. Intelligent CAD. Control theory. Power systems. Railways systems. Software engineering and graphical languages for the specification of digital systems.
González-García, A., Ciller, P., Lee, S.J., Palacios, R., de Cuadra, F., Pérez-Arriaga, I.J., A rising role for decentralized solar minigrids in integrated rural electrification planning? Large-scale, least-cost customer-wise design of grid and off-grid supply systems in Uganda. Energies. Vol. 15, nº. 13, pp. 4517-1 - 4517-31, July 2022. [Online: June 2022] 
JCR: 3,200 Q3 (2022); - SJR: 0,632 Q1 (2022); González Grandón, T., de Cuadra, F., Pérez-Arriaga, I.J., A market‐driven management model for renewable‐powered undergrid mini‐grids. Energies. Vol. 14, nº. 23, pp. 7881-1 - 7881-29, December 2021. [Online: November 2021]
JCR: 3,252 Q3 (2021); 3,200 Q3 (2022) - SJR: 0,653 Q1 (2021); 0,632 Q1 (2022)
JCR: 3,818 Q2 (2021); 3,900 Q2 (2022) - SJR: 1,109 Q1 (2021); 1,099 Q1 (2022)
JCR: 8,960 Q1 (2020); 9,600 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 3,571 Q1 (2020); 5,118 Q1 (2022)
JCR: 4,630 Q1 (2020); 5,200 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 1,050 Q1 (2020); 1,533 Q1 (2022) Ciller, P., de Cuadra, F., Lumbreras, S., Optimizing off-grid generation in large-scale electrification-planning problems: a direct-search approach. Energies. Vol. 12, nº. 24, pp. 4634-1 - 4634-22, December 2019. [Online: December 2019]
JCR: 2,702 Q3 (2019); 3,200 Q3 (2022) - SJR: 0,635 Q2 (2019); 0,632 Q1 (2022)
JCR: 10,252 Q1 (2019); 20,600 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 2,329 Q1 (2019); 5,564 Q1 (2022) Postigo Marcos, F., Mateo, C., Gómez, T., Palmintier, B., Hodge, B.M., Krishnan, V., de Cuadra, F., Mather, B., A review of power distribution test feeders in the United States and the need for synthetic representative networks. Energies. Vol. 10, nº. 11, pp. 1896-1 - 1896-14, November 2017. [Online: November 2017]
JCR: 2,676 Q3 (2017); 3,200 Q3 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2017); 0,632 Q1 (2022) Prada, I., Álvarez-Ruiz, F.J., de Cuadra, F., Sánchez, A., Boiler inlet duct shape design optimization for combined cycle power plants. Dyna (Spain). Vol. 92, nº. 5, pp. 525 - 531, September 2017.
JCR: 0,500 Q4 (2017); 1,000 Q4 (2022) - SJR: Q3 (2017); 0,158 Q4 (2022)
JCR: 0,500 Q4 (2017); 1,000 Q4 (2022) - SJR: Q3 (2017); 0,158 Q4 (2022)
JCR: 4,520 Q1 (2016); 9,000 Q1 (2022) - SJR: Q1 (2016); 1,989 Q1 (2022)
JCR: 4,292 Q1 (2015); 9,000 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 1,989 Q1 (2022)
JCR: 0,125 (2007); 3,804 Q1 (2020) - SJR: 0,203 Q4 (2022)
JCR: 0,333 (2006); 2,000 Q3 (2022) - SJR: 0,586 Q2 (2022) 
