Who We Are
Researcher and Professor, Coordinator of the AirES Group
Graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at UTP. Experience as a Junior Engineer in a consulting firm dedicated to the design of energy sector projects. In 2015, she was awarded the Monbukagakusho Scholarship from the Embassy of Japan in Panama to study at Osaka University, where she obtained a master’s and doctorate degree in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Energy, specializing in computational modeling of air pollution and ventilation in urban areas. She is currently a scientific researcher at CINEMI, teaches classes at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and is the coordinator of the AirES research group. Her current projects are in the research line of emissions inventory, computational modeling using CFD, and monitoring of air pollution in urban areas.
Professor and Researcher, Director of the AirES Group
Mechanical Engineer. PhD in Engineering Philosophy, focused on research into AI-based manufacturing processes. Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at UTP and principal investigator of the project, funded by SENACYT, “Advanced system for the detection of defects in manual welding using artificial intelligence”. Co-investigator in projects for estimating atmospheric emissions from ships, development of the inventory of atmospheric pollutant emissions in Panama City. Student Scientific Advisor of the project “Development of a machine vision tool for the recognition and detection of defects in manual welding with coated electrodes”. He is currently a member of the Theoretical Computational and Applied Mechanics (MetCap) laboratory and Coordinator of JIC-FIM 2024.
Researcher and Professor, Member of the AirES Group
PhD in Computer Science, University of Alicante (Spain). Master’s Degree in Higher Education. Double Master’s Degree in Communication Technology from the University of Wales and CESTE University Center, Zaragoza (Spain).
As a result of his research, he has managed to publish his results in high-impact scientific journals.
His current areas of interest are: Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Computer Networking and Computer Science.
ACADEMIC COLLABORATORS
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATORS
STUDENT COLLABORATORS

Marlon Torres
Environmental Engineering

Roxana Salazar
Environmental Engineering
ALUMNI

Tomás Guardia
Bachelor's student in Energy and Environmental Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Cristian Rodríguez
Master of Science student, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Liliana Ardines
Bachelor's student in Industrial Mechanical Engineering

Alexandra Aparicio
Bachelor's student in Environmental Engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering

Amsley Medina
Bachelor's student in Environmental Engineering

Ana Valdés
Industrial Mechanical Engineering Student

Joseph Asprilla
Industrial Mechanical Engineering Student

Irma Hernández
Technical Assistant on Environmental Issues

Gabriela Hernández
Industrial Mechanical Engineering student.

Ángela Williams
Bachelor's student in Environmental Engineering

Abraham Bonilla
Maritime and Port Operations Student

Miguel Hidalgo
Student of Computer Systems Engineering

Elydenis G. Pérez Vásquez
Student of the Master's Degree in Data Analytics

Diana Hernández
Master's student in Environmental Engineering

Yessica Flores
Bachelor's Degree in Maritime and Port Operations

Luis Meléndez
Bachelor of Science in Naval Engineering
















