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Name Aarón Raúl Poyatos Bakker
Label Industrial Engineer
Email aaronpb@psa.es
Url https://aaronpb.github.io/
Summary Mechanical and Industrial Engineer with research experience in robotics, autonomous navigation, monitoring systems, and biomechanics. Completed a Master's in Industrial Engineering (2024) and currently pursuing a PhD entitled 'Control and optimisation techniques for efficient and sustainable integration of desalination technologies in CSP plants' at Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT.

Work

  • 2025.03 - 2029.03
    PhD Student
    Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT
    Control and optimisation techniques for efficient and sustainable integration of desalination technologies in CSP plants
  • 2023.02 - 2023.05
    Research Fellow
    University of Almería
    Design, Manufacturing, and EMG-Biomechanical Assessment of a Constant Force Mechanism
    • Sensor reading software developed in Python with QT.
    • Programming in Matlab for processing the data recorded during measurements.
    • Development of multibody models for bench press and squat exercises.
  • 2021.02 - 2022.06
    Research Fellow
    Zred Comunicaciones y Automatización, S.L.
    Analysis and efficient management of electrical energy using IoT sensors and distributed cloud computing
    • Real-time integration of electrical consumption into machine learning systems using smart meters and high-precision power quality analyzers.
    • Development of a predictive model for electrical consumption disaggregation using particle filter algorithms.
  • 2019.10 - 2020.10
    Research Fellow
    Zred Comunicaciones y Automatización, S.L.
    Drone indoor autonomous navigation in greenhouses
    • Development of a ROS environment for indoor drone navigation.
    • Use of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology combined with particle filters and computer vision.
    • SLAM optimization (ORB-SLAM3) using factor graphs with the GTSAM library.
    • Development of the navigation control algorithm, including a route planning system using the MRPT library.
  • 2019.02 - 2019.04
    Mechanical Engineer - Intern
    Solar Energy Research Center (CIESOL)
    Simulation and installation of a micro-grid with solar energy
    • Design and material quotation of support platforms for solar panels, with SolidWorks.
    • Assembly and installation of a micro-grid with solar energy.
    • Data analysis using Matlab via modbus protocol, and configuration of the system in Energy Storage System (ESS) mode to store surplus electrical energy in batteries.

Volunteer

  • 2023 - Present

    Almería, Spain

    Participant Researcher
    European Researcher's Night
    Each year, a series of activities is held simultaneously in nearly 400 European cities, with the mission of bringing science and research closer to the general audience.
  • 2018 - Present

    Almería, Spain

    Head Referee
    First Lego League SPAIN
    A provincial-level tournament where teams present innovative solutions to real-world challenges and build autonomous robots to complete a series of defined missions.

Education

  • 2021.09 - 2024.06

    Almería, Spain

    Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering
    University of Almería, Almería, Spain
    Industrial Engineering
    • Geometric Algebra in Engineering
    • Model Predictive Control (MPC) of micro-grids
    • State estimation in robotics
  • 2014.09 - 2019.09

    Almería, Spain

    Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
    University of Almería, Almería, Spain
    Industrial Engineering
    • Mathcad for Engineers and Scientists
    • 3D Vision (Introduction of image processing)
    • Fundamentals of Deep Learning and its application to computer vision

Awards

  • 2025.05.14
    Best Master's Thesis Award
    Escuela Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Almería
    Awarded annually during the Feast of Saint Isidore by the School of Engineering, University of Almería.

Certificates

Utility model nº ES1312312
OEPM ES 2025-03
Licencia de vuelo UAS categoría abierta
EASA - European Union Aviation Safety Agency 2022-09
Deep Learning for Computer Vision
NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute 2020-10
First Certificate in English
Cambridge English 2018-09
Mechanical Design Associate Level
SolidWorks Certificate, Dassault Systèmes 2018-02

Publications

Skills

Office
Microsoft Office
Adobe
LaTeX
Obsidian
Trello
Git
Languages
C/C++
Java
Python
HTML
CSS
Github
Docker
Software
Solidworks
Matlab
Octave
ROS
Mathcad

Languages

Spanish
Native speaker
English
Fluent
Dutch
Fluent

Interests

Robotics
SLAM
Autonomous Control
Factor Graphs
Particle Filters
Computer Vision
NILM
Smart Grids

References

Professor Jose Luis Blanco Claraco
University of Almería, Engineering Department
Professor Jose Luis Torres Moreno
University of Almería, Engineering Department
Professor Franciso Gil Montoya
University of Almería, Engineering Department. Zred Comunicaciones Founder.
Professor Javier López Martínez
University of Almería, Engineering Department

Projects

  • 2014 - Present
    Small Java Projects
    Designed and developed several video game plugins in Java.
    • File management through FTP to a website.
    • Custom user's GUI options, data storage systems and game control options.
    • Mini-games played by the community.