Personal profile
Mª Dolores Bovea Edo is Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Construction at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) (Castelló, Spain).
Regarding her academic training, she holds an MS in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) and a PhD from the Universitat Jaume I (Spain).
Her field of research is linked to the analysis of the sustainability of systems, and the communication of this aspect, applying Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis (LCSA) techniques in environmental (Life Cycle Analysis, LCA), social (Social Analysis of the Life Cycle, S-LCA) and economic (Life Cycle Cost, LCC) aspects, within the framework of the circular economy. Throughout her career, she has applied her line of research to case studies involving products from a variety of sectors (furniture, ceramics, electrical and electronic equipment, etc.), industrial processes, waste management systems, buildings, etc.
Her teaching is connected with Bachelor’s Degrees in Engineering in Industrial Technologies, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering in Industrial Design and Product Development; and Master’s Degrees in Industrial Engineering, Design and Manufacturing and Energy Efficiency and Sustainability. She teaches subjects related to Engineering Projects, Environment, Ecodesign and Industrial Safety.
Research field
- Ecodesign, Circular design
- Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (ACV), Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-ACV), Life Cycle Cost (CCV), Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (ASCV)
- Sustainability indicators, Circularity indicators
- Certification and communication of sustainability. Carbon/Environmental footprint
- Ecological / Sustainable / Circular Public Procurement
Personal profile
Valeria Ibáñez Forés is Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Construction at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) (Castelló, Spain).
Regarding her academic training, she is an Industrial Engineer holding a Master’s Degree in Energy Efficiency and Sustainability and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the UJI (Spain).
Her line of research falls within the field of evaluating the sustainability of products, processes, services and organisations through the application of life cycle analysis (LCA) or social life cycle analysis (S-LCA) techniques, focusing its applications on improving waste management and the sustainability and circularity of organisations and products. She has been involved in various collaborations and research stays carried out both with international universities (The University of Manchester and The University of Bath in the UK and Universidade Federal de Paraiba in Brazil) and with prestigious national centres such as the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and the INGENIO Research Institute (CSIC-UPV, Spain).
Her teaching is connected with undergraduate degrees in industrial engineering and Master’s degrees in Industrial Engineering. She teaches subjects related to Engineering Projects, Sustainability and Industrial Safety.
Research field
- Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (ACV), Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-ACV), Life Cycle Cost (CCV), Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (ASCV)
- Sustainability indicators, Circularity indicators
- Certification and communication of sustainability. Carbon/Environmental footprint
- Green/Sustainable/Circular Public Procurement
- Waste management
Personal profile
Victoria Pérez-Belis is holds a degree in Technical Engineering in Industrial Design from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2008). She complemented her training through a Master’s Degree in Design and Manufacturing at the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló, subsequently obtaining the title of Doctor in Industrial Technologies, Materials and Building (2014) from the same university. Her research activity began in 2012 in the Waste Engineering Group (INGRES) at the Universitat Jaume I and in the Biomechanics and Ergonomics group (2015). Currently, she forms part of the Department of Engineering Projects at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, carrying out her research activity at the Centre for Research in Project Management, Innovation and Sustainability (PRINS). Her lines of research are related to the circular economy —specifically, the design and development of products integrating circular economy principles. She has participated in a number of research projects financed with public funds and has carried out research stays in centres such as CESC (Centre for Sustainable Communications) at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm (Sweden), and at the Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands).
Her teaching is linked to the Degree in Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development,
as well as to the Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, teaching subjects related to
Engineering Projects, specifically focused on the area of Product.
Research field
- Ecodesign, Circular design
- Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (ACV)
- Circularity indicators
Personal profile
Marta Braulio Gonzalo is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Projects area of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Construction at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI). She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Technical Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain); a Master’s Degree in Energy Efficiency and Sustainability (UJI); a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Language Teaching (UJI); and a PhD from the UJI.
Her line of research centres on the management and assessment of the sustainability of the built environment, considering the following dimensions: energy (simulation and analysis of the performance of buildings); environmental (Life Cycle Assessment, LCA); social (Social Life Cycle Assessment, S-LCA); and economic (Life Cycle Cost, LCC); while also incorporating the circular economy perspective. She has applied this line of research to a number of areas (building, product, organisations, waste management and public procurement), using and developing methodologies, criteria and indicators, tools and mathematical models.
Currently, her teaching is connected with Bachelor’s Degrees in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical and Electrical Technologies) and to Master’s Degrees in Industrial Engineering; Energy Efficiency and Sustainability; and Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Language Teaching. Specifically, she teaches subjects related to project management, industrial safety, sustainability and teacher training. She has previously taught in Bachelor’s Degrees for Building Engineering and for Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering.
Research field
- Energy assessment of buildings and the built environment
- Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (ACV), Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-ACV), Life Cycle Cost (CCV), Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (ASCV)
- Sustainability indicators, Circularity indicators
- Certification and communication of sustainability. Carbon/Environmental footprint
- Green / Sustainable / Circular Public Procurement
Research members
Sonia Martínez Sandez
Sonia Martínez Sandez holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain), which she completed in 2018. She also obtained a Master’s Degree in Design and Manufacturing from the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón (Spain), in 2020. Presently, she is pursuing PhD studies under the supervision of M.D. Bovea and V. Pérez-Belis in the Industrial Technologies and Materials programme at the Universitat Jaume I.
She currently has an FPU pre-doctoral contract funded by the Generalitat Valenciana (2021–2023) and her line of research is focused on the environmental assessment and reparability of small electrical and electronic devices, as well as on the study of their self-repairability by users.
She has participated in a research project funded by the Spanish Research Agency (PID2021-124977OB-I00) and one funded by the R+D+i Programme of the Generalitat Valenciana (Spain) (GV/2020/172). She carried out a 4-month research stay at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands (2021) and taught during the 2022/23 academic year in the Engineering Project area at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Construction.
Eduardo Blanco Espeleta
Eduardo Blanco Espeleta completed his Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering in 2020 and his Master’s degree in Design and Manufacturing in 2021, both at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón (Spain). Currently, he is pursuing doctoral studies under the guidance of MD Bovea and V Pérez-Belis in the Design, Manufacturing, and Project Management program at the Universitat Politècnica de València. Throughout his undergraduate studies, he has benefited from a collaboration grant from the Ministry of Education, and he currently holds a predoctoral contract funded by the Generalitat Valenciana (2022 to 2025).
His research focuses on the right to repair electrical and electronic devices, specifically on the integration of design requirements oriented towards reparability into various design proposals from the early stages of the design process.
Throughout his academic and research journey, he has received several recognitions, including the Award for Academic Excellence upon graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering in 2019, granted by the Conselleria d’Innovació, Universitats, Ciència i Societat Digital (GVA); second prize in the 14th edition of the International Outdoor Furniture Design Contest by Gandia Blasco in 2020; award in the 10th edition of the AEIPRO-IPMA Spain Competition for the Best Master’s Theses in 2023, presented by the Spanish Association for Project Management (AEIPRO) – IPMA Spain and an honorable mention of the General Council of Official Industrial Engineers in the in the 28th edition of the International Congress on Project Management and Engineering by the General Council of Official Industrial Engineers in 2023.
In addition to his academic pursuits, he served as the technical office manager in an emerging company specializing in aluminum outdoor furniture (2021).
Laura Torca Adell
Laura Torca Adell holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering in 2020 and a Master’s degree in Design and Manufacturing in 2022, both from the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, Spain. Currently, she is pursuing her doctoral studies under the supervision of M.D. Bovea in the Industrial Technologies and Materials programme at the Universitat Jaume I. During her Bachelor’s studies, she enjoyed a scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Education, and she currently has an FPU pre-doctoral supported by the Generalitat Valenciana (2022–2026).
Her research focuses on analysing user responses and perceptions regarding the implementation of circularity strategies in the design of electrical and electronic appliances, with a particular emphasis on the product category of hairdryers. Additionally, she examines how to visually communicate these strategies. Prior to this, she conducted research on how to communicate the circularity level of products and the sustainability level of organisations.
She has participated in two research projects supported by the Spanish Research Agency (DPI2017-89451-R and PID2021-124977OB-I00).
Throughout her academic and research career, she has received the following recognitions: Extraordinary Master’s Degree Award from the Universitat Jaume I (2022), Best Master’s Degree Final Project Award at the XXVIII International Congress on Project Management and Engineering (2023), and Best Master’s Thesis Award from the BP Industrial Environment Chair at the Universitat Jaume I (2022).
Karen Valls Val
Karen Valls Val graduated from the Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering in Industrial Technologies in 2018 and the Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering in 2020, both from the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón (Spain). He is currently pursuing Doctoral studies, under the supervision of MD Bovea and V Ibáñez-Forés, in the Industrial Technologies and Materials program of the Universitat Jaume I. During his undergraduate studies he enjoyed a collaboration scholarship from the Ministry of Education and currently enjoys a FPU predoctoral contract funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (2020-2023).
Her line of research falls within the scope of evaluating the level of circularity in organizations in both the industrial and service sectors, focusing on the development of carbon footprint, environmental footprint and circular economy indicators.
She has participated in two research projects funded by the Spanish Research Agency (DPI2017-89451-R and PID2021-124977OB-I00) and one funded by the R+D+i Program of the Generalitat Valenciana (GV/2020/C/ 172). She has carried out two research stays at the Research Center in Project Management, Innovation and Sustainability of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. She has been teaching since 2020 in the Engineering Projects Area of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Construction of the Universitat Jaume I and has participated in two educational innovation projects.
Andrea Jorge Ortiz
Andrea Jorge Ortiz se graduó en el Grado de Ingeniería Ambiental y Sanitaria por la Universidad de La Salle (Colombia) en 2018 y en el Máster Universitario en Eficiencia Energética y Sostenibilidad por la Universitat Jaume I de Castellón (España) en 2019. Actualmente está cursando estudios de doctorado bajo la supervisión de M Braulio-Gonzalo y MD Bovea, en el programa de Tecnologías Industriales y Materiales de la Universitat Jaume I.
Su línea de investigación está vinculada con la evaluación de la sostenibilidad del entorno construido y del medio urbano, a través del desarrollo de indicadores y criterios para su medición, y del desarrollo de herramientas que facilitan su cálculo e implementación. Ha participado en un proyecto de investigación financiado por el Programa I+D+i de la Generalitat Valenciana (CIGE/2021/054/22I257) y uno financiado por el Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientado a los Retos de la Sociedad (PID2021-124977OB-I00). Anteriormente, ha disfrutado de dos becas como personal técnico de apoyo en el laboratorio de residuos sólidos del grupo INGRES y de tres becas de iniciación a la investigación relacionadas con la evaluación ambiental. Ha participado en un proyecto de innovación educativa.