RUIZ LOPEZ, ISMAEL

Dr. Ismael Ruiz López was born in the city of Salvatierra, Guanajuato, Mexico. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Tecnológico Nacional de México in Celaya. He later completed a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Guanajuato with industrial application (doctorate in industry). He has directed 13 research and technological development projects for the industry in collaboration with higher education institutions and research centers, both national and foreign; Since 2022, he has been a subject professor in the Automotive Engineering program at the Polytechnic University of Guanajuato and is the head of Research and Development for the CIE group in Mexico. His research interests are metal forming, advanced metal characterization, optimal manufacturing and industry 4.0. He has various articles in national and international magazines and conferences, he is frequently invited as a speaker on topics related to innovation in the industry by institutions such as TecNM in Celaya, UPG, UAEH or to teach design courses for the industry. Thanks to its close collaboration with Higher Education Institutions in research projects developed for the industry, it has been possible to raise multiple research topics that engineering, master's and doctoral level students have adopted and developed to obtain academic degrees. Among his works developed for the industry, he twice obtained a state award for technological innovation, one of them directly related to his doctoral research, in addition to three patents and a utility model. It currently has research projects with institutions such as the University of Guanajuato, the TecNM in Celaya and the UPG that involve training of human resources at the master's and doctoral level.