Email: maria.valero@bristol.ac.uk
About Maria

My research specialises in the design of integrated (ASIC), resource-efficient (e.g. low power, versatile) electronics for sensing applications in portable/autonomous cyber-physical and mechatronic systems, like wearable devices for e-health, batteryless and IoT applications.
My contributions range from novel design techniques, such as patented design solution for compensation of temperature effects in ASICs, to diverse devices (high-performance amplifiers, lock-in amplifiers, quasi-digital analogue-to-digital converters, etc.) suitable for energy-constrained systems. These have been used and validated in multiple applications, such as intelligent environment monitoring, security and medical/prosthetics.
Publications
- Using agent-based modelling to explore the impact of social events, labour dynamics, and human factors on food production: apple harvesting as a case study
- Enabling data-driven design by deriving consumer appliance use from household energy data
- Identifying Quantum Computing Applications in the Study and Operation of Manufacturing Systems
- Sustainability-Driven Food Supply Chain Design and Optimisation through Digital Twinning
- Comparing four machine learning algorithms for household non-intrusive load monitoring
- A Conceptual Framework of a Digital-Twin for a Circular Meat Supply Chain
- Digital Twin Design and Evaluation for Dynamically Optimised Distribution Strategy in Food Supply Chains: An Exploratory Case Study
- Additively manufactured cure tools for composites manufacture
For more publications, please visit
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Maria-Valero-9e4d7093-6161-47d1-92e8-657ba4e87c38/.