Xabier Quintana Arregui
Biography:
Xabier Quintana is professor at the polytecnic university of Madrid. He has worked at the ETSI of Telecommunications of the UPM since 1993. His research interest has focused on Guided Optical Communications (anisotropic waveguides, unconventional fibers), Free Space Optical Communications (atmospheric transmission, space), Photonic Applications of Liquid Crystals (displays, micro-displays, phase devices, tunable filters, modal lenses) and organic electronics (OLEDs).
He is co-author of more than 50 international publications in ranked scientific journals. He has made more than 150 communications to international conferences. He is also co-author of 8 patents and he has directed 7 Doctoral Thesis, most of them in liquid crystal technology.
He has developed graduate and postgraduate teaching activities, mainly at the Higher Polytechnic School of the Carlos III University of Madrid (1997-98) and since then at the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineers of the UPM and at the Higher Technical School of Civil Engineers of the UPM (Graduate in Materials Engineering). He has taught about 10 undergraduate subjects of different Study Plans and as many postgraduate degrees in Doctorate and Masters. He is co-author of several Handbooks of Laboratory Practices. He has participated in several educational innovation projects.
He has given numerous lectures, courses and seminars, mainly centered on optical communications and liquid crystal devices.
Tentative title of the communication:
Manufacturing Liquid Crystal Devices in a Research Laboratory