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Teaching Activities

I have a huge experience as a teacher, the result of a long career as a University teacher for over 20 years. During that period, I taught 14 different subjects in 10 different undergraduate degrees, mostly in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Electronical, Civil, Public Works, Industrial, Computer Science) but also in Mathematics and Physics. In total, I taught about 277 credits in undergraduate courses.

I also taught 11 different subjects in postgraduate studies, including: Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD), Computer Graphics, Chaotic Dynamical Systems, Fractals and Multifractals, Artificial Intelligence, Numerical Methods, Symbolic Computation, Mathematica, etc. In total, I taught about 58 credits in postgraduate courses in 12 different postgraduate programs in 5 countries.

I have also participated as a teacher in other courses, such as teacher training courses, research courses, open courses and the like.

By Aug. 2012, I have taught about 344 credits overall. Here, you can find a brief summary of my annual teaching activities.

NOTES:

• As a general rule, a credit equals 10 actual teaching hours at the classroom (excluding all other teaching-related activities, such as material preparation, evaluation, and the like).
• Symbol [R] means I am the teacher responsible for the course.

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2011-12:

Undergraduate:

Subject: 5466. Visualization and Graphical Interaction (Optional - Junior) [R]
Degrees: Computer Science Engineering
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 6

Subject: 5454. Multimedia Platforms (Optional - Senior) [R]
Degrees: Computer Science Engineering
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 6

Postgraduate:

Subject: M647. Computer Graphics and Geographical Information Systems [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Mathematics and its Applications)
Department: Faculty of Sciences (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.54

Subject: M648. Artificial Intelligence for Computer Graphics [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Mathematics and its Applications)
Department: Faculty of Sciences (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 2.34

Subject: M874. Science and Technology of Geometric Design (CAD-CAGD)
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Industrial Engineering)
Department: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.19

Subject: Bézier and B-spline Curve Reconstruction Through Clonal Selection [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. Thesis (Mathematics and Computation)
Department: Faculty of Sciences (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.5

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2010-11:

Undergraduate:

Subject: 5466. Visualization and Graphical Interaction (Optional - Junior) [R]
Degrees: Computer Science Engineering
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 5.5

Subject: 5454. Multimedia Platforms (Optional - Senior) [R]
Degrees: Computer Science Engineering
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 6.5

Subject: Students' Guidance. [R]
Degrees: Computer Science Engineering
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 0.6

Subject: Students' Guidance. [R]
Degrees: Computer Science Engineering Degree
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 0.4


Postgraduate:

Subject: M647. Computer Graphics and Geographical Information Systems [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Mathematics and its Applications)
Department: Faculty of Sciences (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.54

Subject: M648. Artificial Intelligence for Computer Graphics [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Mathematics and its Applications)
Department: Faculty of Sciences (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 2.34

Subject: M873. Introduction to Research Activity
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Industrial Engineering)
Department: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 0.69

Subject: M874. Science and Technology of Geometric Design (CAD-CAGD)
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Industrial Engineering)
Department: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.19

Subject: EEES-68592. Application of the Collective and Artificial Intelligence to a Customizable Videogame [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. Thesis (Mathematics and Computation)
Department: Faculty of Sciences (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.5

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2009-10:

Undergraduate:

Subject: 4157. Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman)
Degrees: Public Works Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 0.8

Subject: 5466. Visualization and Graphical Interaction (Optional - Junior) [R]
Degrees: Computer Science Engineering
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 4.5

Subject: 5454. Multimedia Platforms (Optional - Senior) [R]
Degrees: Computer Science Engineering
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 7.5

Subject: 228430. Fon OFF. (B.Sc. Thesis - Senior) [R]
Degrees: Computer Science Engineering
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 0.6

Subject: Students' Guidance. [R]
Degrees: Computer Science Engineering
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 0.8


Postgraduate:

Subject: M647. Computer Graphics and Geographical Information Systems [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Mathematics and its Applications)
Department: Faculty of Sciences (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.54

Subject: M648. Artificial Intelligence for Computer Graphics [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Mathematics and its Applications)
Department: Faculty of Sciences (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 3.08

Subject: M873. Introduction to Research Activity
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Industrial Engineering)
Department: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 0.58

Subject: M874. Science and Technology of Geometric Design (CAD-CAGD)
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Industrial Engineering)
Department: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.19

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2008-09:

Undergraduate:

Subject: 4157. Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman)
Degrees: Public Works Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 3

Subject: 5466. Visualization and Graphical Interaction (Optional - Junior) [R]
Degrees: Computer Science Engineering
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 6

Subject: 5566. Introduction to Computer Graphics (Optional) [R]
Degrees: All scientific degrees
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 4.5


Postgraduate:

Subject: P647. Computer Graphics and Geographical Information Systems [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Mathematics and its Applications)
Department: Faculty of Sciences (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.85

Subject: P648. Artificial Intelligence for Computer Graphics [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Mathematics and its Applications)
Department: Faculty of Sciences (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 3.65

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2007-08:

Undergraduate:

Subject: 4157. Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Public Works Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 5

Subject: 3379. Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman)
Degrees: Civil Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 3

Subject: 5466. Visualization and Graphical Interaction (Optional - Junior) [R]
Degrees: Computer Science Engineering
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 7.5

Subject: 5566. Introduction to Computer Graphics (Optional) [R]
Degrees: All scientific degrees
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 4.5


Postgraduate:

Subject: Computer Graphics, Geographical Information Systems and Virtual Reality [R]
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 2

Subject: Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Automotive Industry)
Department: Industrial Engineering School (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 0.4

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2006-07:

Undergraduate:

Subject: 4157. Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Public Works Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 8.7

Subject: 3379. Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman)
Degrees: Civil Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 3

Subject:  5566. Introduction to Computer Graphics (Optional) [R]
Degrees: All scientific degrees
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 4.5

Subject: 4561. Supervised work on Statistics and Computation [R]
Degrees: Mathematics
Faculty/School: Faculty of Sciences
Credits: 1.8


Postgraduate:

Subject: Computer Graphics, Geographical Information Systems and Virtual Reality [R]
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 2

Subject: Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Automotive Industry)
Department: Industrial Engineering School (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 0.4

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2005-06:

Undergraduate:

Subject: 4157. Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Public Works Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 10.5

Subject: 4159. Advanced Calculus (Mandatory - Sophomore) [R]
Degrees: Public Works Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 1.5

Subject: 3379. Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Civil Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 3


Postgraduate:

Subject: Computer Graphics, Geographical Information Systems and Virtual Reality [R]
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 2

Subject: Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Automotive Industry)
Department: Industrial Engineering School (University of Cantabria)
Credits: 0.4

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2004-05:

Undergraduate:

On Sabbatical Leave (Tsukuba University, Japan)


Postgraduate:

Subject: Computer Graphics, Geographical Information Systems and Virtual Reality [R]
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 2

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2003-04:

Undergraduate:

Subject: 4157. Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Public Works Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 8.4

Subject: 3379. Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman)
Degrees: Civil Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 3

Subject:  5165. Algorithms for Computer Graphics (Optional) [R]
Degrees: All scientific degrees
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 4.5


Postgraduate:

Subject: Computer Graphics, Geographical Information Systems and Virtual Reality [R]
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 2

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2002-03:

Undergraduate:

Subject: 4157. Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Public Works Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 9

Subject:  5165. Algorithms for Computer Graphics (Optional) [R]
Degrees: All scientific degrees
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 4.5


Postgraduate:

Subject: Nonlinear Dynamics and the Fractal Geometry [R]
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.5

Subject: Computer-Aided Geometric Design (CAGD)
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 1

Subject: Advanced Course on Numerical Methods [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Computational Sciences)
Department: Faculty of Computer Science (National University of Misiones, Posadas, Argentina)
Credits: 2

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2001-02:

Undergraduate:

Subject: 4157. Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Public Works Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 10.5

Subject:  5165. Algorithms for Computer Graphics (Optional) [R]
Degrees: All scientific degrees
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 4.5


Postgraduate:

Subject: 11073. Computer Graphics. Applications to Industry [R]
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.5

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2000-01:

Undergraduate:

Exempt (Medical Leave)



Postgraduate:

Subject: Computer-Aided Geometric Design (CAGD)
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 1

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1999-2000:

Undergraduate:

Subject: Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Public Works Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 15


Postgraduate:

Subject: Introduction to Fractal Structures and Dynamical Systems [R]
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.5

Subject: Computer-Aided Geometric Design (CAGD). Applications to Industry [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Computational Sciences)
Department: Postgraduate School (Upper Univ. of San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia)
Credits: 2

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1998-99:

Undergraduate:

Subject: Mathematical Foundations of Engineering II (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Electrical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 6

Subject: Calculus II (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Civil Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 9

Subject: Mathematica (Optional - Sixth year)
Degrees: Civil Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 4


Postgraduate:

Subject: Introduction to Fractal Structures and Dynamical Systems [R]
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 1.5

Subject: Advanced Course on Numerical Methods [R]
Degrees: M.Sc. course (Computational Sciences)
Department: Computer Science (National University of Northeastern, Corrientes, Argentina)
Credits: 2


Subject: Computer-Aided Geometric Design (CAGD). Applications to Industry [R]
Degrees: Advanced Research course
Department: Faculty of Mathematics (National University of Piura, Piura, Peru)
Credits: 2

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1997-98:

Undergraduate:

Subject: Mathematical Foundations of Engineering II (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Chemical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 6

Subject: Mathematical Foundations of Engineering II (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Electrical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 6

Subject: Mathematical Foundations of Engineering II (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Electronical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 6

Subject: Mathematica (Optional - Sixth year)
Degrees: Civil Engineering
Faculty/School: Civil Engineering School
Credits: 4


Postgraduate:

Subject: Mathematica
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 0.5

Subject: Fractal and Multifractal Analysis. Application to Digital Compression of Images
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 1


Subject: Fractal and Multifractal Analysis. Application to Digital Compression of Images
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Computational Sciences and Artificial Intelligence (Univ. of Basque Country)
Credits: 0.8

Subject: Symbolic Computation with Mathematica [R]
Degrees: Specialization course
Department: Postgraduate School (Univ. of Manizales, Manizales, Colombia)
Credits: 2

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1996-97:

Undergraduate:

Subject: Mathematical Foundations of Engineering II (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Chemical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 6

Subject: Mathematical Foundations of Engineering II (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Electrical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 6

Subject: Mathematical Foundations of Engineering II (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Electronical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 6


Postgraduate:

Subject: Mathematica
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 0.4

Subject: Advanced Course on Symbolic Computation [R]
Degrees: Specialization course
Department: Postgraduate School (Upper Univ. of San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia)
Credits: 2

Subject: Advanced Course on Symbolic Computation [R]
Degrees: Specialization course
Department: Postgraduate School (Univ. Tomás Frías, Potosí, Bolivia)
Credits: 2

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1995-96:

Undergraduate:

Subject: Mathematical Foundations of Engineering II (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Chemical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 6

Subject: Mathematical Foundations of Engineering II (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Electrical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 6

Subject: Mathematical Foundations of Engineering II (Mandatory - Freshman) [R]
Degrees: Electronical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 6


Postgraduate:

Subject: Mathematica
Degrees: Ph.D. course
Department: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (Univ. of Cantabria)
Credits: 0.5

Subject: Advanced Course on Symbolic Computation [R]
Degrees: Specialization course
Department: Postgraduate School (Univ. Konrad Lorenz, Bogota, Colombia)
Credits: 2

Subject: Advanced Course on Symbolic Computation [R]
Degrees: Specialization course
Department: Postgraduate School (Univ. of Manizales, Manizales, Colombia)
Credits: 2

Subject: Chaotic Dynamical Systems. Control of Chaos [R]
Degrees: Advanced Research course
Department: Mathematics (National Univ. of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia)
Credits: 1.5

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1994-95:

Undergraduate:

Subject: Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman)
Degrees: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial & Telecommunications Engineering School
Credits: 15

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1993-94:

Undergraduate:

Subject: Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman)
Degrees: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial Engineering School
Credits: 15

Others:

Subject: Mathematica
Degrees: Teacher Training Course
Department: Polytechnical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Credits: 0.5

Subject: Mathematica
Degrees: Teacher Training Course
Department: Leonardo Torres Quevedo Foundation, Santander, Spain
Credits: 1.5

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1992-93:

Undergraduate:

Subject: Calculus (Mandatory - Freshman)
Degrees: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty/School: Industrial Engineering School
Credits: 15

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Quality Assessment of Teaching Activity

I have been widely seen as a very good teacher. In general, my evaluation scores are amongst the very best in my university, well within the top 10%. These scores are very regular, sustained over time regardless of the subject being taught and the degree and year in which it is taught.

The University of Cantabria performs annual evaluations about the quality of teaching activities of all academic staff since 1998. At the beginning, they were basically based on individual yet anonymous questionnaires given to students of each course in order to evaluate the teaching activity of their instructors. More recently, the university has joined to a national quality assessment program of university education promoted by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science and called DOCENTIA. This program ensures that the quality assessment is unique for all national universities and it is carried out in a highly professional way. Under this program, teaching activity is evaluated annually for each subject where teachers give a minimum of 3 credits. Evaluation is performed at three levels: teachers (self-report), students (survey) and academic leaders (report).

Evaluation results are given in numeric format, from 0 (the lowest) to 5 (the highest), for all items of the survey. Then, teacher's activity is rated according to the mean average and classified into some groups accordingly. Grade below 2.5 is considered unfavorable, within the range 2.5-3.5 is considered favorable, and above 3.5 is considered very favorable.

Undergraduate teaching activity:

Under this procedure, my undergraduate teaching activity for the period 1998-2005 has been recognized as: above 3.5, very favorable. Since 2005, the teaching activity is evaluated on an annual basis. My evaluation results are as follows:

• Period 1998-2005 (global evaluation): above 3.5 (very favorable)
• 2005-06: above 3.5 (very favorable)
• 2006-07: above 3.5 (very favorable)
• 2007-08: above 3.5 (very favorable)
• 2008-09: above 3.5 (very favorable)
• 2009-10: 2.5 - 3.5 (favorable)
• 2010-11: above 3.5 (very favorable)

Postgraduate teaching activity:

Postgraduate teaching activity at the University of Cantabria has been firstly evaluated in the academic year 2009-10. Using the same procedure described above, my evaluation results for the four courses I taught are:

• Subject: M647. Computer Graphics and Geographical Information Systems: 4.76
• Subject: M648. Artificial Intelligence for Computer Graphics: 4.76
• Subject: M873. Introduction to Research Activity: 4.33
• Subject: M874. Science and Technology of Geometric Design (CAD-CAGD): 3.79