IRENE FERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA
Agricultural engineer. PhD in Agronomic Engineering from the University of Córdoba. Extraordinary Doctorate Award in the area of Engineering and Architecture (2014/2015). Ph.D. assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Automatic Engineering. Member of the research group TEP-215 «Physics for Renewable Energies». Research lines: optimisation of the use of water and energy in water distribution networks; energy recovery in water distribution networks through the use of PATs (pumps as turbines); and management of irrigation networks using photovoltaic solar energy. More than 20 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, most of them in the first quartile. Participation in national and international congresses, as well as in national and international projects.
LINES OF RESEARCH:
- ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- AGRIVOLTAICS
- TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO THE REDUCTION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN IRRIGATION NETWORKS