David Blanco Fernández
Senior Lecturer
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ORCID Code: 0000-0001-7867-0010
Short CV:
David Blanco earned a BSc in Industrial Engineering (1999) and a PhD (2007). Since 2022, he has been working as a Senior Lecturer in the area of Manufacturing Processes Engineering at the University of Oviedo. Since 2012, he has also served as the Coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Mechatronic Engineering at the same institution. As a researcher, he has contributed to five projects under the National R&D Plan and served as Principal Investigator for 25 industry projects, generating over €750,000 in funding in the past decade. He has co-authored more than 40 publications, including 11 indexed scientific articles—five of which were published in first-tier JCR journals—and six chapters in technical books. He has presented 21 papers at prestigious conferences, such as the World Congress on Engineering (WCE) and ETFA-IEEE, receiving the Best Paper Award at the WCE twice. Additionally, he has supervised two PhD thesis and more than 20 BSc and MSc theses, while collaborating on four teaching innovation projects.
Private Funding Projects,Projects
Abstract: In this project, EPMAN conducted an in-depth analysis of AEGIS’s reverse engineering requirements. AEGIS manages a significant number of modification projects involving in-service train fleets, often with limited or outdated design information and little involvement from the original manufacturer. Based on this analysis, EPMAN [...]
Private Funding Projects,Projects
Abstract This project provided technological support for the development of an optical human face digitization system aimed at customizing 3D-printed oronasal masks. Two acquisition strategies (simultaneous and progressive) were analyzed and compared. A test bench incorporating simplified prototypes was designed and built, and different configurations [...]
Private Funding Projects,Projects
Abstract This project investigated and evaluated how to automatically generate a customized oronasal mask (PPE) model adapted to each user’s face, based on facial scanning data and a generic model designed for additive manufacturing using an elastic material. The work covered the characterization of the [...]
Private Funding Projects,Projects
Abstract In this project, EPMAN provided technical assistance for the operation of FabLab Asturias, a laboratory belonging to the global Fab Lab network dedicated to digital fabrication. The support involved maintaining a continuous presence of qualified technical staff at the facilities to supervise and carry [...]
Private Funding Projects,Projects
Abstract In this project, EPMAN provided technical assistance for the operation of FabLab Asturias, a laboratory belonging to the global Fab Lab network dedicated to digital fabrication. The support involved maintaining a continuous presence of qualified technical staff at the facilities to supervise and carry [...]
Private Funding Projects,Projects
Abstract In this project, EPMAN provided consulting and technical assistance to Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in the field of artistic and industrial creation. The work involved analyzing the needs identified by resident and visiting artists, as well as by the center itself, [...]
Publications
Abstract This work presents a fused-filament fabrication (FFF) hot end that combines an unrestricted-rotation C-axis with a rectangular-slot nozzle and an induction-heated melt sleeve. The architecture replaces the popular resistive cartridge and heater block design with an external coil that induces eddy-current heating in a [...]
PhD,Theses
Abstract Filament-based material extrusion has evolved from a low-cost prototyping technique into a manufacturing process increasingly considered for functional and quality-critical applications. However, its industrial adoption remains constrained by a persistent traceability gap between planned process parameters and final part outcomes. During fabrication, heterogeneous monitoring [...]
Publications
Abstract Surface quality in material extrusion of polymers (MEX/P) plays a critical role in determining the functional performance of printed parts, especially in components that must work together and in sectors such as medical and aerospace. Predicting surface quality before printing shall be therefore considered [...]
Projects,Public Funding Projects
Abstract The project aims to develop and optimize the additive manufacturing of metal parts using Metal Extrusion (MEX/M) as an alternative to conventional metal powder-based technologies, with the goal of reducing costs, energy consumption, and the risks associated with the handling of raw materials. The [...]
