PERSONAL INFORMATION

Professor
Department of Mechanics
Area of Mechanics
Campus de Rabanales. Edificio Leonardo da Vinci. Primera planta, despacho LV7P170.
E-mail: mario.ruz at uco.es.
Tlf: 957218328.

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

• Technical Industrial Engineer, specializing in Industrial Electronics (2004) from the Higher Polytechnic School of Córdoba. Award for Final Project: “Reactive energy compensation using active power filters”.
• Engineer in Automation and Industrial Electronics (2007) from the Higher Polytechnic School of Córdoba. Award for Final Project: “Analysis and application of RFID technology in industrial safety.”
• PhD in Industrial Engineering (coursework completed at UNED, within the Systems and Automation Engineering program). Thesis with international mention presented at the University of Córdoba (Engineering and Technologies Program). Award for best presentation at the IV Scientific Congress of Training Researchers at UCO.

TEACHING

Mario Ruz teaches in the Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in Industrial Engineering at the Higher Polytechnic School of Córdoba. He teaches courses such as “Machines and Mechanisms,” “Calculation and Design of Machines,” “Robotic Systems,” and “Digital Twin.”

Teaching resources available in the Helvia UCO repository

RESEARCH

Professor Mario Ruz’s contributions and interests are focused on the following areas:

• Control and optimization in wind turbines and vapor compression systems.
• Industrial safety in machinery through positioning algorithms and radiofrequency-based devices.
• Mechatronics and robotic systems.

Doctoral Thesis: Aplicaciones de los sistemas de radiofrecuencia y posicionamiento en la seguridad industrial (Applications of radio frequency and positioning systems in industrial safety)

Helvia UCO repository with files from several publications

Principal investigator of the projects:

• 2024-2027: Control Multivariable y Multiobjetivo de Turbinas Eólicas Marinas (MOOFFWIND) PID2023-149181OB-I00, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades.
• 2022: Control multivariable de aerogeneradores VS-VP con múltiples objetivos: eficiencia energética y reducción de cargas estructurales 1380282-R, Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020.

Google Scholar Profile
ORCID Profile
Scopus Profile

Some applications (see Helvia repository or reach me by mail for more information):

wsnLocalize v1.1
Matlab-Interactive tool for testing cooperative localization algorithms in WSN. More information soon. Download from here.

CB_GUI Tool
Matlab-Interactive tool for the learning of thermal comfort control based on PMV-PPD indices. Download from here.

FOPTD_PI Tool
Matlab-Interactive tuning tool of PI controllers for First Order PlusTime Delay processes, “FOPTD_PITuning” is available. Download from here.