Biography:
Manuel Valdano was born in Córdoba (Argentina) in 1994. He obtained his degree in Mechanical Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto (Argentina) in 2018. Within this university he participated for 4 years in the Applied Mathematics Group, where he used the unsteady vortex-lattice method to study power generation by pumpingkites. He joined the Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica (IIT) of Universidad Pontifica Comillas in Madrid as a Researcher Assistant in March 2020. His research focuses on the study of the crashworthiness using multi-body and finite element models.
Areas of interest:
Computational Mechanics, Biomechanics.
JCR: 1,700 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,421 Q3 (2023) 
Asensio-Gil, J.M., Jiménez-Octavio, J.R., Carnicero, A., Valdano, M., Guzmán, D., López-Valdés, F.J., Numerical analysis of injuries of e-scooter riders in frontal impacts against SUVs. Results in Engineering. Vol. 21, pp. 101936-1 - 101936-10, March 2024. [Online: February 2024]
JCR: 6,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,794 Q1 (2023) Valdano, M., Jiménez-Octavio, J.R., López-Valdés, F.J., The effect of seatbelt pre-tensioners and load limiters in the reduction of MAIS 2+, MAIS 3+, and fatal injuries in real-world frontal crashes. Accident Analysis & Prevention. Vol. 190, pp. 107180-1 - 10718-6, September 2023. [Online: June 2023]
JCR: 5,700 Q1 (2023); - SJR: 1,897 Q1 (2023); Vives-Torres, C.M., Valdano, M., Jiménez-Octavio, J.R., Muehlbauer, J., Peldschus, S., López-Valdés, F.J., Comparison of upper neck loading in young adult and elderly volunteers during low speed frontal impacts. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. Vol. 9, pp. 682974-1 - 682974-12, 2021. [Online: June 2021]
JCR: 6,064 Q1 (2021); 4,300 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,925 Q1 (2021); 0,893 Q1 (2023) 
