Ricardo Torres Kompen

Ricardo Torres Kompen
E-mail
ricardo.torres@salle.url.edu
Telephone
+34 932902460
Building
Sant Miquel Febres
Address
C. Sant Joan de La Salle 42, 08022, Barcelona
Floor
1
Office
MF1.01
Section
Technology Enhanced Learning
Department of Management and Technology
Position
Membre

Ricardo Torres, PhD Professor and Head of the Business and Technology department at the International School of Commerce and Digital Economy, La Salle Campus Barcelona, Universitat Ramon Llull. Researcher in the field of technology enhanced learning and multimedia. He holds both a B Sc (1991) and a M Sc (2000) in Chemical Engineering, and a PhD in Multimedia Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2016). His research focuses on the personalisation of learning through the use of multimedia and technology. He has been working as a teacher in HE institutions since 1996, in the areas of Chemical Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems and e-Business.

Director of the Department of Business and Technology

La Salle Campus Barcelona - Ramon Llull University

Academic Background

  • PhD in Multimedia Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain), 2016
  • MSc in Chemical Engineering, University of Los Andes, Mérida (Venezuela), 2000
  • BSc in Chemical Engineering, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas (Venezuela), 1991

Teaching Activity

Professor at higher education institutions since 1996, in the areas of Chemical Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems, and e-Business.

Research and Transfer Activity

Researcher in the area of Technology Enhanced Learning, affiliated with the Human-Environment Research (HER-TEL) group. His research focuses on Personal Learning Environments and the use of technology to support the teaching-learning process.