Albert Rodríguez Nicolás

Albert Rodríguez Nicolás has been working in the field of mechanical and design engineering since 2011. In 2010, they worked as a freelance reinforcement teacher. From 2011 to 2015, they worked as a teacher at Tallers de formación Digit. From 2015 to 2017, they worked as a thermoenergetic engineer at Johnson Controls Hitachi Air Conditioning Europe SAS. From 2017 to 2019, they worked as a design and manufacturing engineer at Venturi Unmanned Technologies, SL. Since 2019, they have been working as a mechanical and design engineer at bound4blue and as a design engineer at Between Technology. At bound4blue, Albert is involved in the design and selection of mechanical components for Wind Assisted Propulsion Systems (WAPS). Albert also designs steel and aluminium structures and mechanisms for marine offshore environment, as well as 3D printing of functional plastic components. At Venturi Unmanned Technologies, SL, Albert focused on 3D design of wood and glass fiber parts, design for integration and manufacturability, and CF composites molds manufacturing. At Johnson Controls Hitachi Air Conditioning Europe SAS, Albert was involved in thermodynamic and mechanical analysis, documentation support, and certification and law compliance.

Albert Rodríguez Nicolás began their educational journey in 2010 when they obtained an Engineer's Degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. In 2015, they earned a Workplace Diploma in Air Conditioning Installations from the same institution. From 2016 to 2019, they completed a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. In 2019, they furthered their education with a 3D Printing Technologies: Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) and Selective Laser Melting (SLM) Fundamentals degree from 3D Factory Incubator, in the field of Industrial and Product Design. In 2021, they obtained a Verified Certificate from edX for the course Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python.