I see engineering as a way to turn curiosity into something useful.
My experience spans mechanical design, thermal research and digital manufacturing. What connects them is the desire to understand how things work, question what could be better and follow an idea until it proves its value in practice.
For me, excellence comes from caring about the details—and having the patience to keep improving them.
Developing ideal and non-ideal MATLAB models of a Rankine-type electrochemical refrigeration cycle. I study cooling performance, losses and operating limits through parametric and sensitivity analyses.
Supported application adoption and trained factory teams in the United States, China, Scotland and Spain. Analyzed production data from more than eight manufacturing lines using Power BI and internal platforms.
Contributed to three electric prototypes and designed the IFS-05 tubular chassis. Progressed through Chassis & Structural and Braking & Steering leadership to coordinating more than 40 team members.
Dual master's program · Expected graduation December 2026
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Metz, France → Atlanta, USA · Expected Dec. 2026Master’s in Industrial Engineering
Madrid, Spain · Expected Dec. 2026Bachelor’s degree
Thesis: metallic inserts for a composite Formula Student monocoque · 9.5/10
01 / VEHICLE DEVELOPMENTAcross three electric prototypes, I progressed from component design to mechanical technical leadership. My work included designing the IFS-05 tubular chassis, coordinating more than 40 team members and driving for the team.
I joined Chassis & Structural and began with mounting brackets and component integration. My design work grew to include the accelerator pedal, steering column and electronics enclosures. I contributed to three electric prototypes: IFS-04, IFS-05 and IFS-06.
Our design and analysis work used SolidWorks and ANSYS. I also participated in manufacturing, with the team carrying out 3D printing, composite layup, welding and machining.
I designed the tubular chassis from scratch and directed the wider chassis, steering and suspension redesign. The reported chassis improvements were a 25% increase in torsional stiffness, reaching 3,750 Nm/deg, and a 1.55 kg reduction in mass. The wider vehicle redesign reduced the minimum turning radius by 35%.
I led Chassis & Structural and Braking & Steering before becoming Mechanical Technical Director. My responsibilities grew from coordinating a department of six to more than 40 team members: setting mechanical objectives, guiding designs and reviewing the work across the car.
For the IFS-06, I supervised redesigns that delivered a 5% lower center of gravity, a 30% lighter seat, a steering rack that was 1.8 kg lighter, and a transmission attachment with 63% lower maximum stress without added weight. These were team results under my technical supervision.
I also drove for the team. During my four seasons, our collective achievements included the team's first fully functional prototype, seventh place overall at Formula Student Spain and its debut at Formula Student Germany.
02 / THERMAL RESEARCHAt Georgia Tech, I develop MATLAB models of a Rankine-type electrochemical refrigerator to evaluate cooling capacity, efficiency and operating limits.
Cooling is becoming an increasingly important energy challenge. As access expands, meeting demand while limiting electricity use and emissions requires more efficient equipment and the development of alternative technologies. The IEA’s The Future of Cooling (2018) highlights both the pressure that cooling places on electricity systems and the potential of efficiency improvements.
This need motivates my research into electrochemical refrigeration. I want to understand whether heat exchanged during electrochemical reactions can support a useful refrigeration cycle, and what would have to improve for that approach to become practical.
The concept uses the reversible thermal effects associated with redox reactions in a circulating electrolyte. The cycle combines temperature elevation, heat rejection, a multistage expansion branch and cold-side heat absorption. My study evaluates how these stages can be connected into a thermodynamically consistent cycle.
As a Graduate Research Assistant, I develop ideal and non-ideal thermodynamic models of a Rankine-type electrochemical refrigeration cycle. I calculate the cooling capacity, electrical input and coefficient of performance, and identify the conditions under which the cycle can operate.
The non-ideal model accounts for voltage losses, Faradaic efficiency, finite heat transfer and pumping power. I run parametric and sensitivity analyses to assess how these effects change the cooling performance and feasible operating window.
The project is a numerical feasibility study. It identifies the conditions under which the architecture can provide cooling and the losses that limit its performance. A sustainable alternative must ultimately demonstrate efficiency, practical materials and useful performance; the models establish an initial basis for assessing that potential.
03 / DIGITAL MANUFACTURINGI supported the adoption of Industry 4.0 applications across Gestamp plants in Europe, Asia and the United States, combining user training, production-data analysis and application support.
For me, the value of Industry 4.0 lies in helping factories understand their operations and decide what to improve. Production data becomes useful when teams can interpret it, recognize problems and use that information in their daily work. Getting the software into a plant is only one part of that process; people also need to know how to use it.
My role at Gestamp focused on that adoption step. I helped plant teams work with digital manufacturing applications, connecting the tools with the operational questions they needed to answer.
As a Virtual Factory Engineer Intern, I supported plants in the United States, China, Scotland and Spain. I trained users on the applications, explained how to make use of the available data and worked on reporting and resolving the bugs they encountered.
I used Power BI and Gestamp’s internal VQM and VWF platforms, analyzing production data from more than eight manufacturing lines to monitor application adoption, identify operational issues and support continuous improvement.
The aim was to help teams use their data to make better decisions about manufacturing operations. My contribution combined analysis with training and application support: helping people understand the tools and addressing the issues that limited their use.
04 / ENGINEERING & SOLIDARITYÁlvaro Monzón and I rehabilitated a 1987 Talbot Horizon for a week-long solidarity rally in Morocco, adapting the car for desert conditions and delivering supplies to isolated communities.
UNIRAID gave us a reason to put our mechanical skills toward something beyond the car itself. Álvaro Monzón and I took part in the February 2025 rally carrying toys, medical supplies, educational materials and food to isolated communities in the Sahara. Delivering those supplies was a central purpose of the journey.
Our vehicle was a 1987 Talbot Horizon—38 years old at the time of the rally. Preparing it for a week in the Moroccan desert meant rehabilitating an ageing car and adapting it to a route very different from ordinary road use.
We both worked on the rehabilitation and modifications, including changes to the suspension and wheels, stripping the interior and fitting a reinforced sump guard. The preparation combined mechanical work with decisions about what the car would need to complete the route.
The challenge continued during the rally. A desert route in a car of that age demanded attention to its condition and a willingness to deal with problems as they arose. We experienced a radiator failure and had to resolve it during the journey.
We completed the week-long route, sharing the mechanical work throughout preparation and the rally. For me, the experience connected a long-standing passion for cars with a practical contribution to others: getting both the vehicle and the supplies to their destination.
Excellence, to me, is not a single achievement. It is the standard I bring to the work: asking better questions, caring about the details and staying with a problem until the solution earns its place in the real world.
Jesús López MenéndezI'm Jesús, a Spanish engineer completing a dual master's program at Georgia Tech and ICAI.
The pursuit of excellence is the common thread in everything I do. I see it as a commitment to understanding the problem, doing the work carefully and continuing to improve the result. That standard applies equally to a design, a research model and my studies.
Cars have fascinated me since childhood, and designing them remains a personal ambition. Formula Student allowed me to take that interest into the workshop: designing components, contributing to the build and driving the car.
I am most motivated by finding a solution and demonstrating that it works. I want to contribute across design, simulation, testing and manufacturing, with the same attention to a small component as to the performance of the complete system.
I have pursued these projects alongside my academic studies, maintaining a strong academic record while taking on design, manufacturing and leadership responsibilities. My current results include a 4.00/4.00 GPA at Georgia Tech and an 8.78/10 average in my master’s at ICAI. The Community of Madrid Excellence Scholarship and Repsol Technology Promotion Scholarship are also part of that journey.
Leading a team also changed how I approach engineering. Defining objectives, reviewing designs and helping others move their work forward became part of the job, alongside my own technical contributions.
My research has given me a different perspective: a promising idea still needs to stand up to its assumptions, losses and practical limits. I want to bring that combination of ambition and careful analysis into my next role, working on systems that are useful and can improve over time.
Energy is central to how we live and what we can build. I want to improve existing processes and work on technologies that remain useful and sustainable in the long term.
My ambition is to design cars. There is a lot to improve in efficiency and sustainability, and I want to help make those improvements while keeping what makes a car enjoyable to drive.
I’m interested in the combination of mechanical performance, precision and responsibility. I would like to contribute my engineering skills to systems that help protect people.
LA NUEVA ESPAÑA / 2023La Nueva España featured my involvement in Formula Student. A piece of my engineering journey, told from my hometown of Oviedo.
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REPSOL / 2024I received the Repsol Technology Promotion Scholarship in 2024.
View my announcement on LinkedIn ↗
COMUNIDAD DE MADRID / 2021Recipient of the Community of Madrid Excellence Scholarship in 2021.
There are a few subjects I keep coming back to.
Where the car industry is heading. How energy shapes geopolitics. Which new technologies are worth pursuing. I also want to write about how we think and make decisions.