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

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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, 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. 11 Aug 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
• 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)
• Vision-based spatial damage localization method for autonomous robotic laser cladding repair processes, Imam, H., Zheng, Y., Martinez Rodriguez, P., Ahmad, R., Al-Musaibeli, H. 1 Apr 2023, In: Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

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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

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

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

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