After an undergraduate degree in Electric Power Systems in Ecuador, I did graduate master school in United States during four years; i.e. I have a master degree in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken New Jersey and a master degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of New Orleans, Louisiana. I went to the United Kingdom in 2011 to pursue a doctoral degree in the Planning of Urban Energy Systems at Newcastle University. I did my VIVA in June 2015. The monograph I submitted informs domestic energy demand estimates to a number of EU, UK and Local Authority carbon and energy efficiency schemes. It involved a great deal of independent research requiring data collection, complex modelling, statistical spatial inferences as well as policy analysis. I found this research very stimulating.

Before going to the UK, I was the research director in a top Ecuadorian University in charge of drafting and summiting almost fifty proposals that became completed projects. I was also a research assistant in the Urban Waste Management and Research Centre in the University of New Orleans and during several years a United Nations Consultant in Planning and Cadastre. I have taken basic Mandarin and French courses. Currently I am doing research and teaching in an Ecuadorian University ESPOL, currently teaching Electric Power Distribution Systems and Energy System Planning.

· International Journal papers (Refereed)

[1] Urquizo, J., Calderon C. and James, P. (2019). Making a case for local Combined Heat and Power and District Heating infrastructures within the United Kingdom policy landscape. E3S Web of Conferences. 115, (02003).

[2] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. (2019). Engineering Modelling of Building Energy Consumption in Cities: Identifying Key Variables and Their Interactions with the Built Environment. In: Misra S. et al. (eds). Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11624. Springer, Cham.

[3] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. (2019). Modelling the spatial energy diversity in sub-city areas using remote sensors. International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, 22, 61-80.

[4] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. (2018). Understanding the complexities of domestic energy reductions in cities: Integrating data sets generally available in the United Kingdom's local authorities. Cities, 74, 292-309.

[5] Urquizo J, Calderon, C. and James, P. (2018). Modelling household spatial energy intensity consumption patterns for building envelopes, heating systems and temperature controls in cities. Applied Energy, 226, 670-681.

[6] Urquizo J, Calderon, C. and James, P. (2017). Using a Local Framework Combining Principal Component Regression and Monte Carlo Simulation for Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of a Domestic Energy Model in Sub-City Areas. Energies, 10 (12), 1986.

[7] Urquizo J, Calderon, C. and James, P. (2017). Metrics of urban morphology and their impact on energy consumption: A case study in the United Kingdom. Energy Research & Social Science, 32, 193-206.

[8] Calderon, C., James, P., Urquizo, J. and Mcloughlin, A. (2015) A GIS domestic building framework to estimate energy end-use demand in UK sub-city areas. Energy and Buildings, 96, 236–250.

· Conference papers

[1] Cedeño, M., Villarroel, J., Pérez, R., Mancero, L. and Urquizo, J. An optimized fuel mixer HFO/DO for the Termopichincha Quevedo II electric power plant in the 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), Singapore, Singapore, 2020.

[2] Cobos, R., Vera, M., Urquizo, J. Temperature control system for a clean-in-place process in a brewery plant in the 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), Singapore, Singapore, 2020.

[3] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. A Framework for delivering energy efficiency and decentralised energy generation projects to tackle fuel poverty and CO₂ emissions in cities in ASHRAE 2020 – the Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild, Chicago, USA, 2020.

[4] Ontano, M., Parra, Pogo, E. and Urquizo, J. Modelling and validation of control systems through the excitation of the hydroelectric power station Sopladora using Modelica in the 2nd American Modelica conference, Boulder, USA, 2020.

[5] Alvarado, A., Asqui, J. Plazarte, J and Urquizo, J. Analysis of contingencies through the sensitivity factors of the National Electricity Interconnected System. A case study in Ecuador in LACCEI 2020 - 18th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2020.

http://laccei.org/LACCEI2020-VirtualEdition/meta/FP273.html

[6] Fajardo, M., Guzmán, J., Vargas, W., Cepeda, J. and Urquizo, J. The Identification of Speed Regulation Systems Parameters for Hydraulic Turbogenerators in LACCEI 2020 - 18th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2020.

http://laccei.org/LACCEI2020-VirtualEdition/meta/FP277.html

[7] Alvarez, H., Cajape, R., Plazarte, J. and Urquizo, J. A Reliability Study of the Transmission Expansion Plan of Ecuador in LACCEI 2020 - 18th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2020.

http://laccei.org/LACCEI2020-VirtualEdition/meta/FP274.html

[8] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. Random-effect energy regression models for clustered sub-city area fuel poverty in ECOS 2020 – 33rd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and environmental impact of energy Systems, Osaka, Japan, 2020.

http://www.proceedings.com/55242.html

[9] Sánchez, E., García, R. and Urquizo, J. Dynamic analysis of the governor’s speed controller for the Francis turbine of the Marcel Laniado de Wind Hydroelectric Power Plant in ISIE 2020 - 29th International Symposium on IEEE Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Delf, Holland, 2020

doi: 10.1109/ISIE45063.2020.9152391

[10] Chang, R., Amen, P., Medina, G. and Urquizo, J. Excitation system response analysis of the BABA Hydroelectric power plant generation units. in ISIE 2020 - 29th International Symposium on IEEE Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Delf, Holland, 2020.

doi: 10.1109/ISIE45063.2020.9152388

[11] Carbo, J., Mendoza, S., Endara, I. and Urquizo, J. Design and location analysis of fast charging hybrid vehicle stations. A case study from Ecuador. in 2019 FISE-IEEE/CIGRE Conference - Living the energy Transition (FISE/CIGRE), Medellin, Colombia, 2019, pp. 1-8.

doi: 10.1109/FISECIGRE48012.2019.8984976

[12] Del Rosario, J., Brito, C., Endara, I. and Urquizo, J. Load Management Design Methods by Displacement and Affectation in Ageing Level of Distribution Transformers. in: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019, pp. 2190-2196.

doi: 10.1109/IECON.2019.8927451

[13] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. A Taxonomy of key uncertainties using high level frameworks for energy modelling. In: 17th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education, and Technology “Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure for sustainable cities and communities”, Convention Center, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 2019.

[14] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. Engineering modelling of building energy consumption in cities: Identifying key variables and their interactions with the built environment. In: Computational Studies for Energy and Comfort in Buildings (SECoB) Workshop of the 19th International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2019), Saint Petersburg University, Russia, 2019.

[15] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. Making a case for local Combined Heat and Power and District Heating infrastructures within the United Kingdom policy landscape. In: 2019 The 2nd International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Green Energy (CEEGE 2019), Rome, Italy, 2019.

https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201911502003

[16] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. Technical options for retrofitting the building stock. A case study from the United Kingdom. In: 32nd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2019), Silesian University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland, 2019.

[17] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. Modelling the spatial energy diversity in sub-city areas using remote sensors. In: 31st International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy System (ECOS 2018), Guimaraes, Portugal, 2018.

[18] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. Modelling household spatial energy intensity consumption patterns for building envelopes, heating systems and temperature controls in cities. In: 30th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2017), International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO), San Diego, CA, USA, 2017.

[19] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. A spatial perspective of domestic energy consumption intensity patterns in sub-city areas: A case study from the United Kingdom. In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting (ETCM 2016), Guayaquil, Ecuador, 2016.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ETCM.2016.7750848

· Presentations

[1] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. Random-effect energy regression models for clustered sub-city area fuel poverty. In: Applied Urban Modelling Symposium (AUM 2018), Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2018.

[2] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. A spatial domestic energy framework for sub-city areas. A case study from the United Kingdom. In: 6th International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics: towards a Big picture, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom, 2016.

http://nscj.co.uk/ecm6/sessions/session01.html

[3] Urquizo, J. The spatial domestic energy end-use framework for emerging countries: Preliminary modelling approach in Guayaquil city (Ecuador). In: 2nd International Conference on Innovative and Sustainable Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 2015.

URL:http://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/isapl2015/abouttheconference.

[4] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. A spatial model for domestic end-use energy diagnostic and support of energy efficiency policy to reduce fuel poverty in the UK. In: the proceeding of the 2015 Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) User Conference, San Diego, USA, 2015.

URL:http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc15/papers/606_395.pdf.

[5] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. A spatial domestic energy framework for sub-city areas: A case study from the United Kingdom. In: the 2nd annual conference of the Whole Systems Energy Modelling Consortium (WholeSEM): Hybrid Energy Modelling - Linkages and Interdisciplinary, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2015.

URL:http://www.wholesem.ac.uk/events/annual-conference/annual-conf-15/annual-conf-15-call-for-phd-posters.

[6] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. A spatial domestic energy framework for sub-city areas: A case study from the United Kingdom. In: the 5th Symposium on Applied Urban Modelling, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2015.

URL:http://www.martincentre.arct.cam.ac.uk/aum2015-booklet.pdf/at_download/file

[7] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. Using Spatial Energy Modelling to Alleviate Fuel Poverty. In: the 2015 Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) UK Annual Conference, London, United Kingdom, 2015.

URL:http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/yEuruS6VmSoCtH.

[8] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. Modelling energy use in sub-city areas in the United Kingdom. In: what do we know about influencing household energy use? conference, Surrey, United Kingdom, 2015.

URL: http://www.wholesem.ac.uk/documents/surrey-behaviour-change-workshop-programme.

[9] Urquizo, J., Calderon, C. and James, P. A spatial energy model for sub-city areas. In Geo the Big Five AGI Conference: Policy, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 2014.

URL:http://www.slideshare.net/geoenable/06-agi-big-5-events.

[10] Urquizo, J. An area-based GIS Energy Model for cities and neighbourhoods. In: series ‘Research and Design seminar’, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 2013.

URL:http://www.ncl.ac.uk/apl/research/events/seminars.htm.

[11] Calderon, C., James, P. and Urquizo J. An area-based GIS Energy Model for cities and neighbourhoods. In: the 21st GIS Research UK (GISRUK) conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2013.

URL:http://liverpool.gisruk.org/docs/TimeTable_Sessions_V1.4.pdf.

[12] Urquizo, J. SCADA Systems. In: the INSETEC Pneumatics, Industrial Control and SCADA Systems conference, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1993.

.· Intervention as Project manager or team coordinator in funded projects

[1] Tutor: Construction manual for the 69 kV underground lines in the Guayas Province. ESPOL – Guayaquil Electrical Distribution Power Company (CNEL-EP), 2018-2019.

[2] Tutor: Optimal location and dimensioning of capacitor banks for the minimization of active power losses in a radial distribution network by using the heuristic methods: Ant Colony and Genetic Algorithms. ESPOL - Guayas Los Rios Electric Power Distribution Company (CNEL-EP), 2018-2019.

[3] Tutor: An optimal reactive power dispatch model using passive elements for the Ecuadorian Electrical System. ESPOL – Electrical National Transmission Company (TRANSELECTRIC), 2018-2019.

[4] Tutor: Load models in power flow studies and their influence in the transient and steady state stability simulation. ESPOL – Electrical National Transmission Company (TRANSELECTRIC), 2018-2019.

[5] Tutor: Modelling, simulation, and validation of the generator control systems in the National Interconnected System (SNI) using OpenModelica. Case study: Baba Generation Unit. ESPOL – Multipurpose (water - energy) Baba, 2018-2019.

[6] Tutor: Identification of speed regulation systems parameters. ESPOL – Ecuadorian National Energy Control Centre (CENACE), 2017-2018.

[7] Tutor: Contingency analysis using sensitivity factors. ESPOL - Electrical National Transmission Company (TRANSELECTRIC), 2017-2018.

[8] Tutor: Permanent and transitory stability studies for the connection between the Pasaje (Machala) and Posorja substations using the HVDC connection. ESPOL – Electrical National Transmission Company (TRANSELECTRIC), 2017-2018.

[9] Tutor: Reliability studies in the Transmission Expansion Plan. ESPOL – Electrical National Transmission Company (TRANSELECTRIC), 2017-2018.

[10] Tutor: Modelling, simulation and validation of the generator control systems in the National Interconnected System (SNI) using OpenModelica. ESPOL - Ecuadorian National Energy Control Centre (CENACE), 2017-2018.

[11] Project manager: in the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdiensthe (DAAD) Grant (24.240,00 euros). The Grant is intended to finance the Study Visits by Groups of Foreign Students academic and study visit program mit der Projekt-ID 57383969.The Project will commence on 09.09.2017 and end on 20.09.2017.

[12] Research assistant: for the compilation of the outline map of greater Luanda and Luanda's city centre, for Dr Suzanne Speak, Global Urban Research Unit (GURU). Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 2013.

[13] Research assistant: for the development of a thematic map of population in the main cities of Iraq, for Dr Graham Tipple, AECOM International Development Consultant in housing and urban policy in rapidly developing countries. Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 2012.

[14] PhD Researcher: Newcastle CarbonRouteMap Project. Newcastle, United Kingdom, 2011-2015.

[15] Project manager: of engineering design and architectural details of the Naranjal Municipal slaughterhouse, for the Municipal Government of Naranjal, Naranjal, Ecuador, 2010.

[16] Project manager: of engineering design and architectural details of the Naranjal new city Municipal market, for the Municipal Government of Naranjal, Naranjal, Ecuador, 2010.

[17] Project manager: of engineering design and architectural details of the new urban development “Sol del Inca”, for the Araujo Group, Puerto Inca, Ecuador, 2009.

[18] Project manager: for positioning with dual frequency GPS equipment for the preliminary layout of the Arenillas - Border with Peru Gas Pipeline, for BPZ Houston USA, 2007.

[19] Project coordinator: Environmental Impact Assessment for the integrated management of special and hazardous waste, consisting of collection, transport, storage, treatment (incineration) and final disposal of hospital, chemical, industrial, pharmaceutical and similar waste, Whose treatment plant will be located in Nobol Municipality, for GADERE SA., 2003.

[20] Project coordinator: Final Environmental Impact Study of the Machala Substation Expansion, for the National Transmission Company TRANSELECTRIC, 2003.

[21] Project coordinator: Final Environmental Impact Study 230 kV Milagro – Machala – border of Perú Electric Transmission Line, for the National Transmission Company TRANSELECTRIC, 2003.

[22] Project coordinator: Definitive Environmental Impact Study 138 kV Tena Electric Transmission Line - 175 km long Jibino Electric Substation, Provinces of Napo and Orellana, for the National Transmission Company TRANSELECTRIC, 2002.

[23] Project manager: Proposal and prototype for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ‘Transmission Asset Geographical Information System’. ESPOL/ Power Tech Engineers. Walnut, California, USA, 2002.

[24] Project coordinator: Preliminary Environmental Impact Study of the 138 kV Tena Electric Transmission Line – and 175 km long Jibino Electric Substation, Provinces of Napo and Orellana, for the National Transmission Company TRANSELECTRIC, 2002.

[25] Project coordinator: Environmental Audit and Management Plan for Agricultural Development ‘Lomas del Bosque’, for OroGris S.A., 2001.

[26] Project coordinator: Environmental Audit and Management Plan of Industrial Plant located in Salango, for Pesquera Polar, 2001.

[27] Project coordinator: Impact Study and Environmental Management Plan for Bridge Construction Project on the Salt Estuary, in the extension of Gómez Rendón street and the Riverwalk, for the Municipality of Guayaquil, 2001.

[28] Project coordinator: Final Environmental Impact Study of Severino-Chone 138KV Electric Transmission Line 30km long and Chone Electric Substation for the TRANSELECTRIC National Transmission Company, 2000.

· United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

[29] Advisor: in Evaluation of offers to develop a multi-purpose cadastre in the Galapagos Islands, 2007.

[30] Advisor: in Digital Cartography of the United Nations Development Program UNDP in the project ECU-094-005 ‘Support to the Municipality of Guayaquil’, April 1999 - July 1999. Obtained by merit contest.

[31] Advisor: in Digital Cartography of the United Nations Development Program UNDP in the project ECU-094-005 ‘Support to the Municipality of Guayaquil’, November 1997 - December 1998. Obtained by merit contest

[32] Advisor: in Digital Cartography of the United Nations Development Program UNDP in the project ECU-094-005 ‘Support to the Municipality of Guayaquil’, September 1995 - July 1996. Obtained by merit contest.

· Technical Assistance to Environmental Management Program PATRA - World Bank

[33] Advisor: in the Implementation of a Geo-referenced Database of the Coastal Geographic Information System, for the Technical Assistance to Environmental Management Project. World Bank – PATRA, 2001. Obtained by merit contest.

· Funded research - Centre for developing projects CDP - ESPOL

[34] Project manager: Cadastral Improvement and Development of a Geographical Information System for Multifinalitary Purposes for La Troncal County, 2008-2009. USA 144,659.88 dollars.

[35] Coordinator: Guayaquil Digital Project with 14 lines of research, sponsored by the Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville USA, and with the participation of 14 students of Computer Engineering of ESPOL. Access to Intergraph suite of licences, 2007-2008.

[36] Project manager: Inventory and Digitization of Sub transmission Networks, Substations, Distribution Feeders, Secondary Networks and Meters of the Electric Company of Ecuador Inc. in the City of Guayaquil using AM-FM/GIS techniques, 2003-2006. USA 750,000 dollars.

[37] Project manager: Inventory and Digitization of the Electric Power service availability in 46,500 properties of the City of Guayaquil for the Electricity Company of Ecuador Inc. using AM-FM/GIS systems techniques, 2002-2004. USA 115,970 dollars.

[38] Project manager: Technical and Commercial Management of External Facilities belonging to the regional telephone company Pacifictel S.A using Intergraph’s Geomedia and Integraph’s Facilities Rule-Based and Application Model Management Environment (FRAMME), 2001-2006. USA 391,167.95 dollars.

[39] Project manager: Cadastral Improvement and Development of a Geographic Information System for Multifinalitary Purposes for Santa Elena County, 2000-2006. USA 621,244.50 dollars.

[40] Project manager: Urban Planning of the City of Salinas, 2000-2001. USA 143, 727.972 dollars.

[41] Project manager: Geographic Information System for Tourism - Pilot Project in the Province of Guayas, 2000. USA 11,013.30 dollars.

[42] Head of the Project: Digitization of Lands and Buildings from Existing Cartography for the Municipality of Guayaquill, 1998-1999. USA 94,000 dollars.

[43] Project Head: Census and Determination of the Category of the Subscribers of the regional telephone company Pacifictel in the City of Guayaquil, 1998-1999. USA 750,000.00 dollars.

[44] Project manager: Advising, Technological Support and applications development for the Information System of the External Plant of the regional telephone company EMETEL-R2 in Guayaquil City, 1997. 375,423.11 US dollars (at conversion rate of 3,988.53 Ecuadorian sucres per dollar). Responsible for the technical management of a team of 4 engineer researchers, 2 systems analysts and 8 data entry workers.

[45] Project manager: Automated Mapping and Facilities Management AM/FM of the Inventory for the External Plant of the regional telephone company EMETEL-R2 in the City of Guayaquil, 1996-1997. USA 410,000 dollars (at conversion rate of 3,189.50 Ecuadorian sucres per dollar) Responsible for the technical management of a team of 9 engineer researchers, 3 systems analysis, 16 data entry workers and 45 field workers.

[46] Project manager: Preparation of the Digital Cartography of Guayaquil City for use of the telephone company EMETEL-R2, work to prepare for the collecting of the Inventory and data entry of the External Plant of EMETEL-R2 in the city of Guayaquil, 1996. USA 271,261.82 dollars (at conversion rate of 3,189.50 Ecuadorian sucres per dollar). Responsible for the technical management of a team of 6 engineering researchers, 16 field workers supervisors, 20 data entry workers and 353 surveyors.

· University of New Orleans.

[47] Research Assistant: Programming software interfaces from an aerial digital photogrammetry station and sanitary sewer data application to the Geographic Information System, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, USA, 1994-1995.

[48] Research Assistant: Design and Implementation of a Structured Data System for obtaining maps from aerial photographs, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, USA, 1993-1994.

· ESPOL

[49] Project Engineer: Control distribution energy losses in five electricity Companies Empresa Eléctrica Guayas Los Rios (EMELGUR), Milagro, Los Rios, Santa Elena and El Oro, 1998.

[50] Project Engineer: Making an Information Systems Development Plan for the Guayas - Los Rios Electrical Company (EMELGUR), 1993.

[51] Project Engineer: Analysis and Design of a Graphical - Text Information System applicable to Electrical Company Planning, INECEL, 1991-1992.