David Fernández Gutiérrez
Welcome, and thank you for stopping by!
I am currently a postdoctoral associate in the Senseable City Lab at MIT, working with Professor Carlo Ratti and Professor Daniela Rus. There, I am developing an autonomous boat for Amsterdam's canals as part of the interdisciplinary Roboat project. Additionally, I am collaborating with Professor Wim M. van Rees in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, where I am leading a numerical research project focused on modeling the fluid dynamics around bio-inspired flexible fins. Ultimately, I am interested in developing advanced numerical schemes to analyze the fluid-structure interaction of complex moving geometries.
I received my PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California (UC) Berkeley, under the supervision of Professor Tarek I. Zohdi in the Computational Manufacturing and Materials Lab. My PhD work focused on establishing the basis for a new coupled method that combines smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) with Voronoi diagrams. In addition, I earned a PhD in Naval and Oceanic Sciences and Technologies as a result of my long term collaboration with Professor Antonio Souto-Iglesias at the CEHINAV, studying the impact of the interference resistance in catamarans. Before moving to Berkeley, I worked for an Offshore Engineering firm, Seaplace. I was fully involved in a series of projects linked with the conceptual design and experimental tests of innovative ocean energy technologies for offshore power generation.
If you have any further questions, you can reach me at davidfg[at]mit[dot]edu or fill the contact form.
Thank you!
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Star-CCM+, ANSYS Fluent
Programming Languages
C/C++, Fortran, Matlab, NI LabVIEW, Python
Software development tools
Git, Docker, ROS, SLURM
CAD/CAM Modelling
SolidWorks, Rhinoceros, AutoCAD
2018 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
University of California at Berkeley
Thesis: Delta Voronoi Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, δ-VSPH [ link ]
Advisor: Prof. Tarek I. Zohdi
2016 Ph.D. in Naval and Oceanic Sciences and Technologies
Technical University of Madrid
Thesis: Analysis and Optimization of the Interference Resistance in Multihulls [ link ]
Advisor: Prof. Antonio Souto-Iglesias
2014 M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
University of California at Berkeley
Report: Implementation of a Panel Method to Predict the Hydrodynamic Performance of Horizontal-Axis Marine Current Turbines
Advisor: Prof. Ronald W. Yeung
2008 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Degree (Master's equivalent, international)
Technical University of Madrid
Capstone Project: Conceptual design of a cruise ship for 650 passengers
Since 2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (MA), USA
Postdoctoral Associate (Senseable City Lab & Department of Mechanical Engineering)
2016 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley (CA), USA [ link ]
Graduate Student Research Assistant (summer position)
2006 - 2012 SEAPLACE, Madrid, SPAIN [ link ]
Naval Architect, Dynamic Positioning & Ship dynamics analyst
2003 - 2006 Model Basin of the Naval Engineering School at the Technical University of Madrid, SPAIN [ link ]
Research Group Member