María Ortiz de Zúñiga

@fusionforenergy.europa.eu

Fusion Technologies and Engineering
Fusion for Energy

María Ortiz de Zúñiga
Able to speak 6 languages, large international inter-cultural experience, large experience in project management, nuclear manufacturing, artificial intelligence, data analysis, non-destructive techniques and analysis, stakeholder management, public speaking.

EDUCATION

B.Eng. in Computer Engineering
M.D. in Computer Engineering
M.D. in Industrial Technologies

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, General Materials Science
12

Scholar Citations

2

Scholar h-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Machine learning-based anomaly detection for ITER’s Tokamak Systems Monitor: a gyrotron case study
    J Paret, D Iglesias, DS Ruiz, D Meloni, A Antonione, R Bertazzoni, ...
    IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science , 2026
    2026.0
  • Machine learning-supported prognosis of electron beam welding quality in ITER vacuum vessel manufacturing
    MO de Zuniga, M Febvre, N Prinja, AM Camacho, A Rodríguez-Prieto
    Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 104205 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Data-driven automatic validation of phased-array ultrasonic-testing data acquisitions of welds in thick austenitic stainless-steel plates for the ITER vacuum vessel manufacturing
    MO de Zuniga, A Dans, T Megna, N Prinja, AM Camacho, ...
    Fusion Engineering and Design 211, 114806 , 2025
    2025.0
    Citations: 5
  • Artificial intelligence for the output processing of phased-array ultrasonic test applied to materials defects detection in the iter vacuum vessel welding operations
    M Ortiz de Zuniga, N Prinja, C Casanova, A Dans Alvarez de Sotomayor, ...
    Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference 86199, V005T09A006 , 2022
    2022.0
    Citations: 4
  • Artificial Intelligence for quality control in manufacturing applied to materials defects detection in the ITER Vacuum Vessel welding operations
    MO de Zúñiga López-Chicheri, M Febvre, ADA de Sotomayor, N Prinja, ...
    IASMiRT , 2022
    2022.0
  • Project management techniques used in the European Vacuum Vessel sectors procurement for ITER
    M Losasso, MO de Zuniga, L Jones, A Bayon, JF Arbogast, J Caixas, ...
    Fusion Engineering and Design 87 (5-6), 427-431 , 2012
    2012.0
    Citations: 2
  • Web Crawler
    J Acevedo-joelace, G Agosto-gagosto, MO de Zuniga–mozlch, M Mao
    2005.0
  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR QUALITY CONTROL IN MANUFACTURING APPLIED TO MATERIALS DEFECTS DETECTION IN THE ITER VACUUM VESSEL WELDING OPERATIONS
    MO de Zuniga, C Casanova, A Dans, M Febvre, N Prinja, AM Camacho, ...
    Citations: 1

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Data-driven automatic validation of phased-array ultrasonic-testing data acquisitions of welds in thick austenitic stainless-steel plates for the ITER vacuum vessel manufacturing
    MO de Zuniga, A Dans, T Megna, N Prinja, AM Camacho, ...
    Fusion Engineering and Design 211, 114806 , 2025
    2025.0
    Citations: 5
  • Artificial intelligence for the output processing of phased-array ultrasonic test applied to materials defects detection in the iter vacuum vessel welding operations
    M Ortiz de Zuniga, N Prinja, C Casanova, A Dans Alvarez de Sotomayor, ...
    Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference 86199, V005T09A006 , 2022
    2022.0
    Citations: 4
  • Project management techniques used in the European Vacuum Vessel sectors procurement for ITER
    M Losasso, MO de Zuniga, L Jones, A Bayon, JF Arbogast, J Caixas, ...
    Fusion Engineering and Design 87 (5-6), 427-431 , 2012
    2012.0
    Citations: 2
  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR QUALITY CONTROL IN MANUFACTURING APPLIED TO MATERIALS DEFECTS DETECTION IN THE ITER VACUUM VESSEL WELDING OPERATIONS
    MO de Zuniga, C Casanova, A Dans, M Febvre, N Prinja, AM Camacho, ...
    Citations: 1
  • Machine learning-based anomaly detection for ITER’s Tokamak Systems Monitor: a gyrotron case study
    J Paret, D Iglesias, DS Ruiz, D Meloni, A Antonione, R Bertazzoni, ...
    IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science , 2026
    2026.0
  • Machine learning-supported prognosis of electron beam welding quality in ITER vacuum vessel manufacturing
    MO de Zuniga, M Febvre, N Prinja, AM Camacho, A Rodríguez-Prieto
    Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 104205 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Artificial Intelligence for quality control in manufacturing applied to materials defects detection in the ITER Vacuum Vessel welding operations
    MO de Zúñiga López-Chicheri, M Febvre, ADA de Sotomayor, N Prinja, ...
    IASMiRT , 2022
    2022.0
  • Web Crawler
    J Acevedo-joelace, G Agosto-gagosto, MO de Zuniga–mozlch, M Mao
    2005.0

Publications

Technical requirements analysis for the manufacturing of the ITER Vacuum Vessel for nuclear fusion energy development, Thesis, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia - UNED (2021)
EU Procument Schedule Development for ITER, poster, SOFT (2010)
Simulation of train traffic during transitory closure and replacement of a metro line, Thesis, ICAI, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas - UPCo (2007)

RESEARCH OUTPUTS (PATENTS, SOFTWARE, PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS)

Trade secret on automatic processing of PAUT data for 316LN-IG material and welding.

Industry, Institute, or Organisation Collaboration

Fusion for Energy

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Empresarios Agrupados