Summary
Mauro Salazar is an associate professor and systems researcher with 9 years of experience at the intersection of control theory and optimization, focused on deploying sustainable solutions for mobility from single vehicles to whole transportation systems. He holds a PhD from ETH Zürich, completed postdoctoral work at Stanford, and has progressed from assistant to associate professorship at Eindhoven University of Technology while maintaining industry collaborations (including grid analytics work in the Netherlands). His research blends time-optimal control for high-performance powertrains with economic model predictive control and autonomous mobility-on-demand coordination, translating theoretical tools into practical, system-level impact. Known for bridging rigorous academic methods with applied engineering, he often tackles cross-scale problems that reveal nonobvious trade-offs between vehicle-level efficiency and network-wide sustainability.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Liceo Cantonale di Lugano 2
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zürich
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zurich
Italian, English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch