Researcher

gabriel.diaz@unican.es

+34 942 20 16 16 Ext. 56255

Gabriel Diaz-Hernandez (Mexico City). Civil Engineering (UNAM-1999), Master’s Degree in Hydraulic Engineering (UNAM-2001), Master’s Degree in Integrated Management of Coasts and Ports at the University (Universidad de Cantabria-2002), and PhD in Coastal and Port Engineering (Universidad de Cantabria-2006). He is currently both, Professor in the Civil Engineering Faculty of the Universidad de Cantabria and Senior Researcher of the Institute of Environmental Hydraulics of Cantabria (IHCantabria). He performs teaching/research tasks covering topics such as: technical computer languages, numerical modeling, coastal and harbor structures design, meteo-oceanographic management, agitation in harbors, advanced numerical modeling using Boussinesq equations, functional and structural diagnosis of harbour structures; design of forecast systems for harbor construction aid, wake waves, and harbor resonance in port infrastructures. His scientific/academic products are (since 2002): 41 graduate and post-graduate projects, and 2 PhD theses, 11 (indexed) research papers, 55 congress publications, and the development of 124 national/international projects, 36 as principal investigator. In 2012 he was awarded first prize of the “Modesto Vigueras Award”.