PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS
· Co-Principal Investigator. Colorado School of Mines and US ARMY Corps of Engineers. Jan 2005 – present. Design of a Climatic Wind Tunnel – Ground Tank Facility.
· Manager. Wind Engineering Division of the Environmental Flows Dynamics Research Group. May 2002 – present. Centro Andaluz de Medioambiente. University of Granada.
Duties: Responsible of the Wind Engineering Research Group.
· Technology Partner. 32nd America’s Cup, Spain’s Challenge.
Duties: Partner with the challenge in tasks related to sail’s aerodynamics, on board wind velocity sensors and its integration in the navigation system.
· Teaching Assistant. Continuum mechanics and structural engineering department. University of Granada. Jan 2003 – present ,
Duties: Assist in the teaching of the course: Wind Engineering
· Project Manager. University of Granada, Spain. May 2002 - present.
Duties: Project Manager of the construction of The Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel of the Andalusia Environment Center, Instrumentation Equipment and Development.
· External Advisor. ORT SOLAGUA Eng. Granada, Spain. June 1999 - present.
Duties: Provides this Hydraulics Engineering Company with external advice as part of their QA system.
· Teaching Assistant. Civil and Environmental Eng. Department. University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. Jan 2002 – May 2002,
Duties: Assist in the teaching of the course: Engineering Fluid Mechanics (CE 224)
· Teaching Assistant. Civil and Environmental Eng. Department. University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. Sept 2001 – Jan 2002.
Duties: Assist in the teaching of the course: Introduction to the profession of Engineering (ES 025)
· Graduate Research Engineer. The Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory, London, ON, Canada. Sept. 2000 – Dec 2001.
Duties: Assist in the study of wind effects for long span bridges, including:
The Tsing Lung Bridge (1450m span, Hong Kong)
The Maumee River Bridge (850m span, Toledo, OH, USA)
· Research Assistant, University of Granada, Spain. Jan – Sept 2000;
Duties: Project Manager for the design of the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel of the Andalusia Environment Center (CEAMA).
· Consultant Engineer. Arquitectura y Urbanismo S.L., Spain. Jan – Dec 1999;
Duties: Structural engineer for a number of low-mid rise buidings and other structures. He is also involved in urban planning studies in the city of Málaga and Ceuta.
· Civil Engineer. Production engineer. ACS, Málaga, Spain. Jun - Sept 1997;
Duties: Assist chief engineer in productivityand control for the construction of a 900 m2 cross section urban tunnel in the City of Malaga.
Significant Contributions
· Terrés Nicoli, J.M. Estudio para el diseño de Túneles de Viento para Ingeniería Civil. ISBN 84-699-2296-3. 2000.
· Terrés Nicoli, J.M. Fluid Structure Interaction in Long Span Bridges. The Storebaelt Bridge. ISBN 84-699-6832-7. 2001.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M., The Torsional Vortex Induced Response of The Storebælt Bridge. MESc Thesis. 2002.
· King, J.P.C., Kopp, G.A., Kong, L.Z., Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. A study of wind effects for The Tsing Lung Bridge, Hong Kong. Final Report of Phase 1, G3 section model tests. BLWT-SS14-2001
· King, J.P.C., Kong, L.Z., Terrés-Nicoli, J.M., Isyumov, I. A study of wind effects for The Maumee River Bridge, Toledo, Ohio, USA.Section model tests. BLWT-SS14-2001
· King, J.P.C., Kopp, G.A., Kong, L.Z., Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. A study of wind effects for The Tsing Lung Bridge, Hong Kong. Final Report of Phase 2, G3 section model tests. BLWT-SS33-2001
· King, J.P.C., Kopp, G.A., Kong, L.Z., Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. A study of wind effects for The Tsing Lung Bridge, Hong Kong. Supplemental G3 section model tests. BLWT-SS65-2001
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M., Kopp, G.A., King, J.P.C. The Torsional Vortex-Induced Response of the Storebælt. Under preparation for Journal of Fluids and Structures.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M., Losada Rodríguez, M.A. El túnel de Viento de capa límite del Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente. Under preparation Revista de Obras Públicas.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M., Kopp, G.A. and King, J.P.C. The Mechanisms of the Torsional Vortex-Induced Response of the Storebaelt Bridge. Full presentation at 11th International Conference in Wind Engineering, Lubbock, TE.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M., Kopp, G.A. and King, J.P.C., Frandsen, J.B. The Mechanisms of the Vertical Vortex-Induced Response of the Storebaelt Bridge. (under preparation).
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M., Kopp, G.A. and King, J.P.C. The Mechanisms of the Torsional Vortex-Induced Response of the Storebaelt Bridge. Presented by invitation at the National Research Council of Canada. Ottawa.
· Valera D.L., Molina F.D., Álvarez A.J., Terrés-Nicoli J.M., Madueño, A., and López, J.A. Contribution to characterisation of insect-proof screens: experimental measurements in wind tunnel and CFD simulation. International Symposium GreenSys 2004, Sustainable Greenhouse Systems, September, Leuven, Belgium. Universidad de Wageningen. 2004. ISBN: 907601924X
· D.L. Valera, F.D. Molina, A.J. Alvarez, J.A. López, J.M. Terrés-Nicoli, A. Madueño contribution to characterisation of insect-proof screens: experimental measurements in wind tunnel and cfd simulation ISHS Acta Horticulturae 691. International Conference on Sustainable Greenhouse Systems - Greensys2004. ISBN 9066050306, ISSN 0567-7572 .Ed. G. van Straten, G.P.A. Bot, W.TH.M. van Meurs, L.M.F. Marcelis, October 2005.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M., Risk Analysis of soil transport, erosion and deposit in an artificial water supply reservoir. Extremera, J. Property Owner. Almería. January 2004.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M., Losada, M.A. y Cuesta Cañas, J.A. Estudio de los efectos del viento: Mallas de Aireación de Invernaderos Tipo Almería. INV03-A03. Mayo 2004.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. and Kopp, G.A. Measurements of surface pressures during the build-up of the flutter instability of the Storebælt Bridge. Accepted for full presentation at the 10th America’s Conference in Wind Engineering.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. and Kopp, G.A. Comparison of Experimental and Numerical Response for the Storebaelt Bridge. Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería 2005. Accepted for full presentation. July 2005.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. Report on the wind effects and mitigation for a multiple span highway Bridge under construction – DRAGADOS S.A. (Grupo ACS).
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. Wind Engineering: Bridge Aerodynamics. The “J.A. García” Invited Lecture” at the Civil Engineering School, University of Granada. February 2005.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. The wind: construction and energy. Invited Seminar at “Sierra Elvira” High School. February 2005.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. Wind Engineering Effects. Preliminary Study of a Building in the Zoo of Barcelona. March 2005.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. La Ingeniería de Viento: Aerodinámica de Puentes. Actas de Seminario Antonio García 2004-2005. ISBN 84-689-1890-3. Ed. G. Rus.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. Different aspects of Vortex Induced Vibration of The Storebaelt Bridge and The Cantarrijan Highway Bridge. Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Seminar. School of Civil and Evironmental Eng. Cornell University. Invited Seminar.
· Arellano, R. Terrés-Nicoli, J.M, Redondo, J.M. Fundamental Hydrodynamics Of Swimming Propulsion. Xth International Symposium on Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming. Porto, Portugal, June 2006.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M., Kim, J , Losada-Rodriguez, M.A. Wind load modelling of the 3rd millenium bridge sidewalk canopy (Expo 2008, Zaragoza, Spain). CMNE / CILAMCE 2007, Oporto, Portugal, June 2007.
· IIlangasekare, T.H, Sakaki, T. and Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. Intermediate scale testing to study land-atmospheric interaction processes: facility and experimental design. ARO Workshop on soil moisture sensing, modeling, & prediction and related arid lands studies. US Army Ft. Carson, Colorado. March 2007
· Semercigil S. E., Turan Ö. F. , Kopp G. A. and Terrés-Nicoli, J.M. A sloshing absorber for limiting torsional buffeting oscillations of a long-span bridge deck. 12th International Conference on Wind Engineering Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
· Terrés-Nicoli, J.M., King, J.P.C., Kim, J., Losada M.A. Wind effects for the 3rd Millennium Bridge, Expo 2008, Spain. 12th International Conference on Wind Engineering Cairns, Queensland, Australia 2007.