Experience:
Internship at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG in the Vehicle Body Safety Department (Stuttgart, Germany) (March-August 2022). Analysis of traumatic brain injuries in vehicle occupants using real-world crash data.
Research Scholarship at the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) in collaboration with Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Summer 2021). Analysis of real-world crash and crash test databases.
Research Scholarships at the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at ICAI (2018-2022). Estimation of subject-specific head inertial parameters. Comparison of upper neck loading in young adult and elderly volunteers during low-speed frontal impacts using anthropomorphic parameters and inverse dynamics. Study of occupant kinematics and injuries when riding e-scooters.
Skills:
Languages: Spanish (native), English (C2), French (B2 DELF), German (A2)
Software: MATLAB, R, LS-DYNA, ANSYS, Solid Edge, Autocad, C++, LaTex
Current research interests:
Biomechanics. Data analysis and computer simulations regarding occupant vehicle safety.
C.M. Vives-Torres, M. Valdano, J.R. Jiménez-Octavio, J. Muehlbauer, S. Schick, S. Peldschus, F.J. López-Valdés, "Comparison of upper neck loading in young adult and elderly volunteers during low speed frontal impacts", Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Vol. 9, pp. 682974, 2021. [Online: June 2021] doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.682974
J.M. Asensio-Gil, E. Jokubaityte, M. Valdano, N. Oleaga Ortega, L. Llobet-Cusí, F.J. López-Valdés, C.M. Vives-Torres, J. Alvarez-Fernandez, "Parametric study on the influence of impact energy and inflation pressure on the effectiveness of a cervical airbag", presented at International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury - IRCOBI Europe 2024, Stockholm, Sweden, 11-13 September 2024. In: IRCOBI Conference Proceedings, vol. 24, pp. 27-28
F.J. López-Valdés, J.R. Jiménez-Octavio, C.M. Vives-Torres, J. Alvarez-Fernandez, J.M. Asensio-Gil, M. Valdano, C. Rodríguez-Morcillo, M. Östling, M. Lebarbé, M. Masuda, P. Beillas, A. Eggers, P. Petit, P. Lemmen, O. Richard, "The impact response of four male PMHS to frontal impacts in reclined positions", presented at International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury - IRCOBI Europe 2024, Stockholm, Sweden, 11-13 September 2024. In: IRCOBI Conference Proceedings, vol. 24, pp. 232-233
C.M. Vives-Torres, M. Valdano, J. Alvarez-Fernandez, J.M. Asensio-Gil, C. Rodríguez-Morcillo, M. Millet-Solanelles, N. Oleaga Ortega, L. Llobet-Cusí, F.J. López-Valdés, "The effectiveness of cervical airbags in the control of head and neck kinematics", presented at International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury - IRCOBI Europe 2023, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 13-15 September 2023. In: IRCOBI Conference Proceedings, vol. 23, pp. 85-104
M. Valdano, J.R. Jiménez-Octavio, C.M. Vives-Torres, F.J. López-Valdés, B. Pipkorn, "Assessment of madymo active human body model kinematics and dynamics by means of human volunteer response at low-speed frontal impacts", presented at International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury - IRCOBI Europe 2021, Zurich, Switzerland, 08-10 September 2021. In: IRCOBI Conference Proceedings, vol. 21, pp. 122-135