PUBLICATIONS

PhD THESIS:

Facilitating sustainability of a product’s life cycle impact in the early stages of product development

2015 Northumbria University, UK.

PEER REVIEWED PAPERS:

Martinez, V.G. (2017) “Design, systems and sustainability, systems thinking for design”. World Design Summit. Montreal, QC.

Martinez, V.G. (2017) “Product sustainability assessment in conceptualisation phase”. International Congress of Engineering Design, Design Society proceedings. Vancouver, BC.

Martinez, V.G; English, S. (2015) “Why designers won’t save the world?”. The value of design research congress proceedings, Paris, France.

Martinez, V. G; English, S; Conti, M; Hilton, K. (2012) “Integrating thermodynamics and biology for sustainable product lifecycle design”. Sustainable Innovation congress proceedings, Bonn, Germany.

Martinez, V. G; English, S; Conti, M. (2012) “Sustainable car lifecycle design, taking inspiration from natural system and thermodynamics”. EFEEA congress proceedings, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Lam, E. U; Gutierrez, G; Martinez, V. G; Manzano, A. (2012) “Determination of Mechanical Properties of Biodegradable Composites Made by Pine Resin Corn Fibers and Henequen Fibers”. Key Engineering Materials 517, 422-429.

Cardenas, C; Sosa, R; Moysen, R; Martinez, V. G. (2010) “Sustaining Sustainable
Design”. International Journal of Engineering Education 26 (2), 287-292.

Cardenas, C; Sosa, R; Dorantes, A; Martinez, V. G. (2010) “On the impact of systems thinking in sustainable design”. DRS Complexity & Design congress proceedings, Montreal, Canada.

Martinez, V. G. (2010) “Sustainable urban mobility solutions, a self-organizing adaptive strategy for global car industry”. TRANSTEC congress proceedings, New Delhi, India.

Gutiérrez, G; Martínez, V. G; Manzano, A. (2010) “Determinación de propiedades mecánicas de compuesto biodegradable de resina de pino y fibra de maíz”. 2^o Simposium Aprovechamiento de Resíduos Agro-indust. como Fuente Sost. de Materiales de Construcción, Valencia, España.

ARTICLES:

Martinez, V. G. (2013) “Trophic Economics”. On line, available at: http://www.vgmtheory.com/trophiceconomics.pdf

Martinez, V. G. (2013) “The science behind the circular economy”. The Great Recovery, RSA. On line, available at: http://www.greatrecovery.org.uk/the-science-behind-a-circular-economy/

Martinez, V. G. (2013) “Culture or cult?” On line, available at: http://elsabernoestorba.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/culture-or-cult.html

CONFERENCES:

I have had the opportunity to participate in:

2018 Vancouver Design Week, Vancouver, BC

2017 World Design Summit. Montreal, QC.

2017 International Congress of Engineering Design. Vancouver, BC.

2016 Renewable Energy Challenge Workshop Globe Series Leadership Summit, Vancouver, BC.

2015 The Value of Design Research Congress. Paris, France.

2012 Sustainable Innovation Congress. Bonn, Germany.

2012 EFEEA Congress. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

2011 Iberoamerican Design Biennale. Madrid, Spain.

2010 TRANSTEC Congress. New Delhi, India.

2008 Design Month, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2007 TOPCON, Processing for Designers and Designing for Processors, Plastic Engineering Institute, Quebec, Canada.