# Arturo Molina Gutiérrez

Arturo Molina Gutiérrez is a Mexican scientist, researcher and academic.

## Biography

Arturo Molina was born in Oaxaca, Oaxaca in 1964, he is the son of Dr. Arturo Molina Sosa. He is a Computer Systems Engineer and a Master of Computer Science from the Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey Campus. He holds a PhD in Mechanics from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and a PhD in Manufacturing Systems from Loughborough University in England. He is currently Director of the Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing at the Tecnológico de Monterrey.

## Academy

Arturo Molina is a professor of the Doctorate in Engineering Sciences at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education. He was visiting professor and researcher in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, sponsored by the UC MEXUS CONACYT from 2003 to 2004. Since 2013 he has maintained a course within the Coursera platform where he teaches the subject of Rapid development of innovative products for emerging markets; From there and over the years, it has contributed to the training of more than 55,000 students from more than 118 different countries.

## Scientific research

His research areas include concurrent engineering, information models for design and manufacturing, technology modeling and integration in manufacturing, and technologies for collaborative engineering.
He participated in the “Marco 6” (Framework 6) project in Europe with the creation of ECOLEAD - European Collaborative networked Organizations LEADership. He is currently working on the “Marco 7” (Framework 7) project in Europe related to sustainable mass customization. He is also involved in the CREATIVA PYME project in Peru to support small and medium-sized enterprises financed by the IBM Shared University Research (SUR) program and the ICT-BUS of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID).

## Consultancy

Molina has worked as a consultant to the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. He is a member of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, and part of the International Federation of Automatic Control. Molina has also been part of the editorial committees of the Annals of Review of Control magazine, virtual organizations and the International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. In 2012, he was a speaker in the Mexican Senate where he raised issues regarding the Energy Reform (Mexico). Since 2014 is part of the Nuevo León Energy Use Council.

## Awards and Recognitions

Molina's work has been recognized with level III affiliation in the National System of Researchers (SNI). Recognitions for his research distinctions include:
* 2021, QS Reimagine Education Nurturing Employability Gold Award for Education 4.0 Platform to foster innovations and entrepreneurship for all.
* 2020 PRO-VE 2020 -21st IFIP / SOCOLNET, Best Paper Award Certificate por el trabajo: Collaborative Networking to Enable Innovation and Entrepreneurship Through Open Innovation Hubs: The Entrepreneurship Learning Centre of MexicoCity; coautores Jhonattan Miranda, José Bernardo Rosas-Fernández y Arturo Molina.
* 2018, QS Reimagine Education Engineering & IT Golden Award, and QS Reimagine Education Engineering Latin America Golden Award, and QS Reimagine Silver Hybrid Learning Award for Open Innovation Laboratory for Rapid Realization of Sensing, Smart and Sustainable Products.
* 2017, Best paper Award, ICHE 2017: 19th International Conference on Higher Education, London, UK for the paper “Open Innovation Laboratory for Rapid Realization of Sensing, Smart and Sustainable Products (S3 Products) for Higher Education”.
* 2015, Rómulo Garza Award, with the Recognition for Scientific Articles in High Impact Factor Indexed Magazines, with the text “Collaborative networked organizations - Concepts and practice in manufacturing enterprises” in co-authorship with Nathalíe María Galeano Sánchez.
* 2012, He was awarded by the Government of Hungary with the "Award of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary"
* 2004, IBM Sur Grant Prize for her research Creative SME (PyME).
* 1999, Rómulo Garza Award, in the category of publications.
* 1999, ARIS Award, for his research in the area of Business Modeling.

## Technological perspective

For Arturo Molina, technological development must be adapted to the needs of each country. The scientific research approach must solve a problem using theoretical and practical knowledge. The human and material resources must be identified in each country by the researchers, he presents that Mexican researchers must be part of the identification of the priority areas of the countries.

## Publications

He has published 17 books, over 150 peer-reviewed articles, 58 book chapters and over 60 articles for conferences.