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Researcher
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0
Rafael
Batres
Professor (Full) at Tecnológico de Monterrey
School of Engineering and Sciences
Queretaro, Qro., Mexico
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Contact Info
Resume
About

I am at the School of Engineering and Sciences of Tecnológico de Monterrey. My research is currently focused on optimal operating sequences in electricity generation plants, ensemble methods for electricy load forecasting, reuse of mathematical models, ontology engineering, case-based reasoning, and agent-based optimization.

Professional Skills
Modeling and Simulation
Systems Engineering
Process Engineering
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Industrial Engineering
Research Experience
Professor
Tecnológico de Monterrey July 2014 - Present
Querétaro, Mexico
Associate Professor
Toyohashi University of Technology April 2005 - April 2014
Toyohashi, Japan
Assistant Professor
Tokyo Institute of Technology October 1998 - March 2005
Yokohama, Japan
Assistant Professor
Tokyo Institute of Technology October 1998 - 2005
Work Experience
Professor
Tecnológico de Monterrey August 2021 - Present
Querétaro, Mexico
Teaching, research, consulting
Professor
Tecnológico de Monterrey July 2014 - December 2021
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Teaching, research, consulting
Associate Professor
Toyohashi University of Technology April 2005 - April 2014
Toyohashi, Japan
Teaching, research, consulting.
Visiting Associate Professor
Tokyo Institute of Technology April 2005 - March 2014
Teaching.
Assistant Professor
Tokyo Institute of Technology October 1998 - March 2005
Teaching and research
Visiting Scientist
Institut Français du Pétrole March 2001 - September 2002
Rueil-Malmaison, France
Supervised a multi-cultural and multi-language team who developed a data model for the integration of fault diagnosis and production software.
Plant Engineer
VIROMEX, S. A. February 1993 - February 1994
Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Carried out activities related to the design and planning of a pharmaceutical plant.
Education
Tokyo Institute of Technology
1997 - 1999
Doctor of Engineering , Process Systems Engineering
Thesis subject: A Multi-dimensional Formalism and its Implementation in a Concurrent Engineering Environment (the objective of this research was to investigate a concurrent engineering approach for modeling, simulation, and operating procedure synthesis).
Tokyo Institute of Technology
1995 - 1997
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) , Process Systems Engineering
Thesis subject: An Investigation of Concurrent Plant Design and Operations (the objective of this research was to develop a methodology for operating procedure generation that is interleaved with design modifications).
Tokyo Institute of Technology
1994 - 1995
Research Student , Process Systems Engineering
Carried out a study on approaches for integrating plant design and operations.
Presentations/Talks
Inteligencia Artificial
Duoc UC, Chile Jun 2021
SummIT IA Duoc UC - Conferencia #10: “Retos y Aplicaciones”

https://youtu.be/YrW6rFIKjDw

 

Transformación digital
Bucaramanga, Colombia May 2021
Oportunidades para las empresas latinoamericanas en el pensamiento sistémico y la IA

https://youtu.be/_b6Ywjj2oQ4

Membership
Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences
Permanent
Academia Mexicana de Ciencias
National System of Researchers, Level 2
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
CONACYT
Certifications
Research-based Learning (Aprendizaje Basado en lnvestigación)
Issued on Dec 2020
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Project-Oriented Learning
Issued on Jan 2015
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Prizes and Awards
SNI Nivel 2
Conacyt | Jan 2022

Membership is awarded by the Federal Government through CONACYT to scientists, humanists or technologists who have stood out for the quality of their research, as well as for their contribution to the strengthening of research in Mexico. For Level 2, the researcher must show evidence of graduate theses supervision and teaching. Their research must be recognized as that of a leader in their discipline.

SNI Nivel 1
Conacyt | 2017
Project
Methodologies for the support of the operation of power generation plants
Smart manufacturing
Safety and Riskl Management
Discrete Event Simulation applied to Process Modeling and Process Optimization
Develop and implement frameworks, methodologies and strategies to model and optimize processes using discrete event simulation software.
Computer Aided Process Planning applied to Reconfigurable Systems
Develop a holistic approach to CAPP applied to reconfigurable systems and micro-factories
Bi-National Laboratory on Smart Sustainable Energy Management and Technology Training
Support the development of the Energy Sector in Mexico by developing research, training and creating an infrastructure to cope with the need of talent and technology development required to achieve the vision and goals of the Mexican Energy Reform
Reverse 4D Materials Engineering
Unlike conventional materials development process, the Reverse 4D Materials Engineering project aims at the rapid development of high-performance materials. The objective of the project is to develop methods and tools that generate the optimal material structure with minimal computational effort. The project brings together experts in the areas of materials science, applied mathematics and optimization.
Operating procedure synthesis
Plant Life-Cycle Engineering
Socio-technological system
Concurrent process systems engineering
Development of methods for efficient accident information retrieval
Modeling Approaches to Support Decision Making in the Energy Sector
The "Mathematical Modeling to Support Decision Making in the Energy Sector" project focuses on investigating modeling, simulation, and optimization approaches for decision making in the energy sector. The project aims at investigating mathematical modeling to meet multiple stakeholder objectives involved in the energy sector. The project consists of the following tasks: - Development of optimization models that allow to evaluate diverse combinations of transport and sources of energy - Development of a methodology to generate optimal operating sequences in electricity generation plants to deal with the variability due to the introduction of renewable energy sources. - Development of a machine learning method based on data mining aimed at more accurate forecast of electricity demand.
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