Dr Pablo Martinez Rodriguez

Assistant Professor

Department: Mechanical and Construction Engineering

Dr. Pablo Martinez Rodriguez obtained his Bachelor's degree in Electromechanical Engineering - Electronics from the Comillas Pontifical University (ICAI) in Madrid, Spain. He also holds a MSc in Mechanical Engineering - Advanced Control and a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

Before joining Northumbria University in 2021 as a Senior Lecturer, he worked as a NSERC post-doctoral fellow at the University of Alberta to develop a IALF-certified learning factory and as an International Visiting Professor at the Tecnologico de Monterrey in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Outdoor and ski enthusiast, you may catch him in any mountain slope during winter time.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Dr. Martinez Rodriguez research is multi-disciplinary, including civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering topics. His research interests are focused on applied engineering, especially around the integration of Industry 4.0 technologies and methods to low digitalised environments (i.e., construction or agriculture).

His main research areas are:

Industrialized Construction (or Modern Methods of Construction)
Robotics and Automation
Computer-aided Process Planning
Lean Manufacturing and Intelligent Waste Management
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Automation and Robotics in Precision Farming

Key Publications

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A Cyber-Physical System for Zero-Defect Production in Aquaponics 4.0 Learning Factory, Ahmad, R., Abbasi, R., Martinez Rodriguez, P. 5 Jun 2023, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Learning Factories (CLF 2023), Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elsevier
Automated Visual Identification of Foliage Chlorosis in Lettuce Grown in Aquaponic Systems, Abbasi, R., Martinez, P., Ahmad, R. 3 Mar 2023, In: Agriculture (Switzerland)
Comparison of Energy-use Efficiency for Lettuce Plantation under Nutrient Film Technique and Deep-Water Culture Hydroponic Systems, Gillani, S., Abbasi, R., Martinez Rodriguez, P., Ahmad, R. 13 Jan 2023, In: Procedia Computer Science
Crop diagnostic system: A robust disease detection and management system for leafy green crops grown in an aquaponics facility, Abbasi, R., Martinez Rodriguez, P., Ahmad, R. 9 Sep 2023, In: Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
Digitalization-based process improvement and decision-making in offsite construction, Barkokebas, B., Martinez Rodriguez, P., Bouferguene, A., Hamzeh, F., Al-Hussein, M. 1 Nov 2023, In: Automation in Construction
Estimation of morphological traits of foliage and effective plant spacing in NFT-based aquaponics system, Abbasi, R., Martinez Rodriguez, P., Ahmad, R. 1 Sep 2023, In: Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
Flexible robotic production in off-site construction: a lean approach, Cardenas Castaneda, J., Barkokebas, B., Martinez Rodriguez, P., Ahmad, R. 26 Jun 2023, Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31), International Group for Lean Construction
Refuse-derived fuel-3 production simulation using network flow modeling: Predicting the uncertainty in quality standards, Tahir, J., Tian, Z., Ahmad, R., Martinez Rodriguez, P. 1 Aug 2023, In: Fuel
Target-path planning and manufacturability check for robotic CLT machining operations from BIM information, Martinez Villanueva, E., Rodriguez, P., Ahmad, R. 14 Nov 2023, In: Automation in Construction
Towards a digitally enabled personalised construction safety training framework for O&M construction projects, Wakefield, J., Doukari, O., Martinez Rodriguez, P., Kassem, M. 10 Jul 2023, Proceedings of the 2023 European Conference on Computing in Construction and the 40th International CIB W78 Conference, St-Niklaas, Belgium, European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3)

Professional Activity

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Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Advances in visual management practice and theory 2022
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: 2022 Conference of Transforming Construction with Reality Capture Technologies: The Digital Reality of Tomorrow 2022
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: 2022 Modular and Offsite Construction Summit 2022
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction 2022
Invited talk: IoT in Modular Construction 2022
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: 12th Conference on Learning Factories 2022 (CLF) 2022
Invited talk: MMC PANEL DISCUSSION WEBINAR – THE PROGRESS TO DATE AND CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME 2022
Editorial work: Buildings (Journal) 2022
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: 54th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems 2021 2021
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: 11th Conference on Learning Factories 2021 (CLF) 2021

PGR Supervision

Sanaz Zarghami Automated generative design of modular buildings through explainable artificial intelligence Start Date: 01/10/2023
James Wakefield ??A digitally enabled framework for improving safety in construction-classified projects at the operational phase of built assets? Start Date: 05/05/2022

Qualifications

Civil Engineering PhD November 20 2020
Mechanical Engineering MSc September 30 2017
Engineering BEng June 30 2015

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