Inaguration of directors
Ernesto Fenollosa and Ignacio Andrés have studied and graduated from each of the schools they now run, the ETSA and the ETSICCP
[ 29/04/2025 ]
Following the online elections held on 12 February, it is now time to celebrate the inauguration ceremonies. Of the six schools that elected a director, two have so far held this ceremony, presided over by the Rector of the UPV, José E. Capilla, and in the presence of the Secretary General, Josep Antoni Claver. Ernesto Fenollosa Forner and Ignacio Andrés Doménech have taken up their new positions and have in common that they were both students at each of the schools they now run. They were also the only candidates in the election process. They will be the first to serve as directors for a single six-year term, as established by the Organic Law on the University System.
School of Architecture
Ernesto Fenollosa Forner has taken up his post as Director of the School of Architecture at the Universitat Politècnica de València. He replaces Ivan Cabrera, who has been Director of the ETSA for two terms, eight years.
Fenollosa, born in Almenara (Castellón) in 1966, has a PhD in architecture and is a tenured lecturer in the Mechanics of Continuous Media and Theory of Structures Department. He conducts his research in the field of Building Structures, where he has been recognised with two six-year periods of service. You can find his management team at this link and the election results in this news.
School of Civil Engineering
Ignacio Andrés Doménech has taken up his post as Director of the School of Civil Engineering at the UPV. He replaces Eugenio Pellicer, who has headed the ETSICCP for over eight years. Ignacio Andrés, born in Valencia in 1977, is a professor in the Hydraulic Engineering and Environment Department and a researcher at the Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering. He teaches in the Master's Degree in Civil Engineering and the Master's Degree in Hydraulic Engineering and Environment.
His most relevant lines of research are sustainable urban water cycle management, urban drainage systems, precipitation modelling and flood risk analysis, management and assessment. He was the deputy editor of the Ingeniería del Agua journal from 2014 to 2023. In the professional field, he worked until 2007 at Técnica y Proyectos SA. You can find his management team at this link and the election results in this news.
Photograph: Vicente Lara, video: Amparo Berbegal Juan and Alex Simón Pobes, writing: Carmen Revillo Rubio/ UPV Communication Area
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