| Academic degree: | PhD |  | | Last name: | Ibarra-Berastegi | | First name: | Gabriel | | Responsible for: | | | Organization/Institute: | University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) / Escuela Ingenieros Bilbao | | Department: | Dpto I.N. y Mecanica de Fluidos (Fluid Mechanics) | | Position: | Teacher and Researcher | | Street, Number, POB: | c/Alda.Urkijo --- s/n | | Postal code, City: | 48013 Bilbao | | State: | | | Country: | SPAIN | | Phone: | +34-946014274 | | Fax: | +34-946014159 | | E-mail address: | gabriel.ibarra@ehu.es | | Url: | http://www.ehu.es/eolo/index_en.html | | Curriculum vitae: | SCIENTIFIC PROFILE (Sep ’08)
Dr. Ibarra-Berastegi was awarded his Degree in High Engineering by the University of the Basque Country. Five years later, in 1993, he obtained his PhD degree in Environmental Engineering.
He has been working in the area of environmental modelling, and has led several research projects in the field of air polllution and more widely, its relationship with energy, transportation policies and traffic. He has also taken part in several research projects on the biofiltration of waste gases. His work includes the use of high level computer programming and software tools in the field of neural networks and their application for environmental modelling purposes. In these areas he has also conducted consultancy works for several institutions.
As a result of this work, he has published several research papers in leading journals on environmental engineering, such as “Atmospheric Environment”, “Environmental Modelling &Software”, “Environmental Science and Pollution Research” and “Gate to Environmental Health and Science” and since 1994, he is co-author of ten scientific books published in English and distributed worlwide. Dr. Ibarra-Berastegi also acts as a paper reviewer for several leading scientific journals related to environmental engineering.
Appart from his current position as associate professor in the Department of Fluid Mechanics in the University of the Basque Country, since 1996, he cooperates with several institutions to organize International Conferences all over the world on the main areas of his research interest. He also belongs to several of the International Scientific Committees organizing these Conferences where he has presented his research work, in most cases as invited contributions. His current research activities focuses on the use of genetic algorithms and neural networks as a tool for modelling, pattern recognition and short-term forecasting of air, water and soil pollutants as well as meteorological variables. This includes the estimation of the long-term impacts on local areas due to climate change.
In the area of climate change, he is currently working in several research projects finantially supported by the Spanish and Basque Government with the aim of evaluating the performance of AR4 models and their predictions for the Iberian Peninsule. In 2003 he became a full member of the Bizkaia Transportation Council.
He has also acted as a senior consultant for the Basque Government in the area of transportation and its link with environmental policies.
In 2004 he became a senior fellow of the Wessex Institute of Technology (UK) as “a recognition for his outstanding work”.
SHORT LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (June ’08)
1. Gangoiti, G.; Sancho, J.; Ibarra-Berastegi G.; Alonso, L.; Garcia, J.A; Navazo, M.; Durana, N.; Ilardia, J.L. Rise of moist plumes from tall stacks in turbulent and stratified atmospheres. Atmos. Environ., 31, 253-270, 1997
2. Elias, A.; Barona, A.; Ormazabal, J.; Ibarra-Berastegi, G.; Caamaño, J. Anaerobic treatment of acidified and non-acidified substrata in UASB reactors. Journal Chem. Tech. & Biotech. , 74 , 949-956, 1999
3. Ibarra-Berastegi G.; Elias, A.; Madariaga, I.; Agirre, E.; Uria, J. Short term time forecasting of hourly ozone, NO2 and NO levels by means of multiple linear regression modelling. Environ. Sci. & Pollut. Res., 4, 250, 2001 .
4. Ibarra-Berastegi G.; Elias, A.; Madariaga, I.; Agirre, E.; Uria, J. Short term time forecasting of hourly ozone, NO2 and NO levels by means of multiple linear regression modelling. Gate To Environ. Health and Sci., 1-7, 2001
5. Ibarra-Berastegi G.; Elias, A.; Agirre, E.; Uria, J. Long-term changes in ozone and traffic in Bilbao. Atmos. Environ., 35, 5581-5592, 2001.
6. Ibarra-Berastegi G.; Elias, A.; Agirre, E.; Uria, J. Traffic congestion and ozone precursor emissions in Bilbao (Spain); Environ. Sci. & Pollut. Res., 10, 361-367, 2003
7. Ibarra-Berastegi, G; Madariaga, I. Impact assessment of Bilbao’s metro. Advances In City Transport: Case Studies pp. 31-42. ISBN: 1-85312-799-X. WIT Press. Southampton. UK. 2005.
8. Agirre-Basurko, E.; Ibarra-Berastegi, G.; Madariaga, I. Regression and multilayer perceptron-based models to forecast hourly O3 and NO2 levels in the Bilbao area. Environ. Model. & Soft. 21, 430-446, 2006,.
9. Elías, A., Ibarra-Berastegi. G. Arias, R., Barona, A. Neural networks as a tool for control and management of a biological reactor for treating of hydrogen sulphide. Bioproc. & Biosyst. Eng. 29, 129-136. 2006.
10. Ibarra-Berastegi, G. Short-term prediction of air pollution levels using neural networks. Air Pollution XIV. pp. 23-32. ISBN 1-84564-165-5. WIT Press. Southampton. UK. 2006.
11. R. Arias, A. Barona, G. Ibarra-Berastegi, I. Aranguiz and A. Elías. Assessment of metal contamination in dregded sediments using fractionation and Self-Organizing Maps. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 151, 78-85, 2008
12. Gabriel Ibarra-Berastegi, Ana Elias, Astrid Barona, Jon Saenz, Agustin Ezcurra, Javier Diaz de Argandoña. From diagnosis to prognosis for forecasting air pollution using neural networks: air pollution monitoring in Bilbao (Spain). Environ. Model. & Soft 23 (5,) 622-637.2008
13. A. Ezcurra, J. Sáenz, G. Ibarra-Berastegi, J. Areitio. Electrical storm rainfall yield characteristics observed in the Spanish Basque Country area during the period 1992-1996. Atmos. Res. 89, pp.233-242 (2008)
14. E. Mateos, G. Ibarra-Berastegi, A. Elias, A. Barona, J.M. Gonzalez . Modeling the removal of hemicellulose from cereal straw at Lab-Scale using Self-Organizing Maps followed by multiple linear Regression Food & Bioprod. Proces. In Press, 2008
| | Areas of interest: | | self-organizing maps | | neural networks | | air quality control | | biofilter | | climate change | | air pollution | | |
| | Articles: | 10 ESPR (6) 361-367 (2003), Traffic Congestion and Ozone Precursor Emissions in Bilbao (Spain) (7 pp)
1 EHS (6) 1-7 (2001), Short-Term Real-Time Forecasting of Hourly Ozone, NO2 and NO Levels by Means of Multiple Linear Regression Modelling
8 ESPR (4) 250 (2001), Short-Term, Real-Time Forecasting of Hourly Ozone, NO2 and NO Levels by Means of Multiple Linear Regression Modelling **
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