Ignacio Gonzalez-Perez

has been an associate professor at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) in Spain since 2009 and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering since 2015. Dr. Gonzalez-Perez has been an active collaborator of Dr. Fuentes for more than 15 years. Both have participated in research projects involving the development of enhanced design technologies for all types of gear drives and in the development of IGD — Integrated Gear Design computer program. Dr. Gonzalez-Perez is currently the principal investigator of the Enhanced Gear Drives Research Group of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena and author of more than 40 publications.