Congress on Research, Development and Innovation in Renewable Energies / Green Energy and Technology (PDF)

physics from Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Li carried out postdoctoral research at Nanyang Technological University and the University of South Carolina. He has published numerous scientific papers, applied for more than 10 patents, participated in the writing of two monographs, and presided over the Natural Science Foundation of China and key research and development projects in Sichuan Province. His primary areas of research include materials design for fuel cells and electrochemical synthesis of various fuels. He has been a reviewer for the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Jordy Santana-Villamar received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL)in 2020, obtaining a diploma of distinction in research. He was a teaching assistant at the early stage of his bachelor degree on subjects such as calculus, electromagnetics physics, and statistics. He then obtained a position as an assistant researcher during his last four semesters. Currently, he is a junior researcher at the Center of Renewable and Alternative Energy at the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL). His area of research is electrochemical tests to evaluate the performance in fuel cells and redox flow batteries applying EIS technique, sweep current, linear, and circular sweep voltammetry; expanded graphite-resin composite materials development with secondary fillers for bipolar plates; and modeling on transport phenomena. In addition, he has published several scientific papers in leading journals including the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal of Electrochemical Society, and Energies. He has also participated incongresses, international conferences, and meetings to spread his research work. He recently worked as an organizer of the Congress of Research, Development, and Innovation in Renewable Energies (CIDiER), Guayaquil, Ecuador.



Ángel Encalada-Dávila received his bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering in 2021 from Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL). He is currently working as a data scientist for an international data analytics company. He also has solid experience in the software industry for ATMs. Furthermore, he collaborates as a data scientist at the Control, Modeling, Identification, and Applications Research Group (CoDAlab) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. His research interests include structural health monitoring (SHM) and fault prognosis applied to wind turbines and computer modeling applied to fuel cells. In addition, Mr. Encalada is author and co-author of several scientific articles that have been published in journals including Sensors, Energies, and Processes. He recently worked as an organizer of the Congress of Research, Development, and Innovation in Renewable Energies (CIDiER), Guayaquil, Ecuador.



Ester Melo received her bachelor's degree in Audit and Management Control in 2021 from the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), obtaining an honor diploma and an award for her thesis project related to the management of medical supplies in Ecuador during the Covid-19 pandemic. From 2019 to the present, she has served as a research assistant at the same institution. Her interest in research, technology and gender inclusion in STEM have motivated her to participate in different technological innovation competitions, as well as in STEM projects sponsored by the United States Embassy in Ecuador. This experience gave her the opportunity to do an internship in project engineering at Huawei Technologies (Guayaquil, Ecuador) in 2020. Her research interests include data analysis and fault detection applied to fuel cells and quality analysis and lean manufacturing applied to productivity management. In addition, Ms. Melo is the author and co-author of scientific articles that have been presented at congresses, conferences, and scientific dissemination meetings.