Research Assistant - Level III
Email: ishergra@doctor.upv.es | website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/israel-herrera-granda/
He was born in Ecuador in 1986. He received a B.Eng. degree in Automotive Engineering from the Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial (UTE) and an M.Sc. degree in Operations and Logistics Management from the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) from Ecuador in 2011 and 2016, respectively. He has solid experience managing operations at manufacturing companies in Ecuador. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Industrial Engineering and Production at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain. His published scientific articles, conference papers, and regional book chapters have significantly contributed to the field. He has participated in numerous projects and has conducted research in different areas of engineering. He has taught Management of Production Systems, Integrated Production Evaluation, Applied Maths and Organization of the Layout of Industrial Plants in Ecuador's Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN) since 2022. He is a specialist in operations, production, logistics and transport research.
Research Interests
Applied maths, Optimization, Industrial Engineering, Production, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Linear Programming, Combinatorial Optimization, Heuristic optimization, VRP.