Javier Urquizo

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.