Professor Madelyn Marrero-Melendez

School of Building Engineering, University of Seville, Spain

Dr. Marrero-Melendez gained her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at University of Seville in 2001 researching into computer simulation of engineering material behaviour. Madelyn completed her undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus and a Masters Degree in Material Behaviour Characterization at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Madelyn belongs to the research group ARDITEC (TEP 172) working in construction topics related to waste management, resource consumption quantification and recycle material usage.

Dr. Marrero-Melendez has published or presented aver 20 articles, most of them related to the experimental characterization of materials and computer simulation of materials behaviour, and sustainable construction research.

Madelyn has collaborated in the development of applications in the field of construction of new advanced materials fabricated by low cost, environmentally-friendly routes of particular interest in the case of biomimetic silicon carbide fabricated by a rapid net-shape mineralization process form natural wood or fibber board. This process is patented by the University of Seville and is commercially exploited by the spin-off company Biomorphic-EBT, of which Madelyn is one of the founders.

Dr. Marrero-Melendez collaborates in the development of the Andalusian Government Building Cost System in order to generate unit prices, mandatory in public projects to estimate construction costs. The cost system already includes sustainable waste management concepts and is published by the Professional Associations of Construction Engineers in Andalusia.

Madelyn also collaborates in the European Union funded SUSPURPOL (Blueprint for Sustainable Purchasing and Policy Development) as part of the IAT (Andalusian Institute of Technology) expert team.

Madelyn currently teaches Construction Materials and Building Equipment in the School of Building Engineering at the University of Seville.