Qualifications and Professional Body membership

PhD
PGCE
Dip ITE & ME
Graduate Member of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers
Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET)
Certified European Passivhaus Designer (CEPH)

Personal Profile / Teaching Experience

Undergraduate:

• Contextual Skills for the Built Environment
• Learning & Practical Skills Development
• IT, Communications and Research Skills (Module Leader)
• Modelling Sustainable Architecture (Module Leader)
• Environmental Services & Construction Technology (Module Leader)
• Sustainable Design Methods (Module Leader)

Master level:

• Course Leader MSc Sustainable Construction
• Sustainable Energy (Module Leader)
• Sustainable Buildings - Design and Simulation (Module Leader)

Supervisor at undergraduate level, PhD and PrD.

Research Interests

• Modelling and simulation of building performance in the areas of energy efficiency, carbon emissions, thermal comfort and energy monitoring.
• Daylight and artificial lighting simulations.
• BREEAM Communities and Healthcare, Code for Sustainable Homes and environmental performance.
• Renewable energies, including solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, geothermal (heat pumps) and bioenergy.
• Simulation of energy systems and sustainable power generation (power plants).
• Sustainability of construction materials.
• Virtual technologies and computer visualization techniques for teaching and training. Autocad Architecture, 3D Max, Google Sketchup, Adobe Photoshop, Vizard, Python programming and Second Life.
• Computer Visualization techniques in Architecture and Heritage Buildings.
• Skills for sustainable communities.
• Implicit and Explicit Finite Element Analysis for structural and thermal analysis.
• Fatigue, damage accumulation, contact and fracture mechanics and mechanical testing.

Research Projects

• SmartLIFE Retrofit for Business (ERDF funded)
• Retrofit for social housing (RHPP funded)
• Echo2eco (EU FP7 funded)
• Interactive and Immersive Technologies for Community Engagement (CoDE funded)

Consultancy and other Professional Activity

Consultancy:

• Borg Lock Ltd. - Patent (WO/2008/107706) LOCKING APPARATUS
• Maldon Brewing Co. Ltd. (Survive&Thrive funded)

Reviewer for the following journals and book publisher:

• Journal of Education in the Built Environment (CEBE)
• Journal of Engineering in Medicine
• Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
• Journal of Engineering Manufacture
• Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering
• Palgrave McMillan

Publications

Peer review journals and books:

Hockey, A., Jimenez-Bescos, C., Maclean, J., Spaul, M. Generic skills and workplace learning: supporting professional development through online learning communities. In: R. Rogerson, S. Sandler, A. Green and C. Wong, eds. 2011. Sustainable Communities: Skills and Learning for Place-Making. University of Hertfordshire Press

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Hockey, A., Maclean, J. Inquiry Based Learning Using Second Life. The Potential for All Built Environment Disciplines. Networks. Issue 14. January 2011

Hockey, A., Jimenez-Bescos, C., Maclean, J., Spaul, M. Generic skills for sustainable communities: design principles for a learning support environment. Town Planning Review. 81:5. 2010

Hockey, A.,Spaul, M.,Jimenez-Bescos, C., Frame, I. Creating Sustainable Communities: Conceptualising an Interactive Toolkit for Skills Enhancement. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp.147-154.

Conference papers:

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Hockey, A., Maclean, J. A Reflective Perspective into the Implementation of Second Life in the Built Environment Curriclum. FST 1st Annual Research and Scholarship Conference 2011

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Hockey, A., Maclean, J. Second Life as a Communication Tool to Enhance Inquiry Based Learning. CIB World Congress, Salford, May 2010

Hockey, A., Esmail, F., Jimenez-Bescos, C., Freer, P .Built Environment Education in the Era of Virtual Learning. CIB World Congress, Salford, May 2010

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Hockey, A., Maclean, J. Using Second Life for Inquiry Based Learning Across Built Environment Disciplines. Sharing New Practice in Inquiry-based Learning, CILASS, University of Sheffield, April 2010

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Hockey A. and Maclean, J. Inquiry Based Learning with Second Life, Chelmsford, UK & Ireland Planning Research Conference, April 2010

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Hockey A. and Maclean, J. Technology Awareness in Planning, Chelmsford, UK & Ireland Planning Research Conference, April 2010

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Hockey, A.,Spaul, M., Frame, I. Creating Sustainable Communities: Conceptualising an Interactive Toolkit for Skills Enhancement. 9th Learning and Teaching Conference, Anglia Ruskin University, September, 2009

Hockey, A.,Spaul, M.,Jimenez-Bescos, C., Frame, I. Creating Sustainable Communities: Conceptualising an Interactive Toolkit for Skills Enhancement. 4th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Malaysia, January, 2008.

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Walker, R., Cheah, K., Ingle, P. The Effect of Resting Periods in Hip Resurfacing. A Dynamic Finite Element Study of Descending Steps. III International Congress on Computational Bioengineering, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, September 24-26, 2007.

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Walker, R., Ingle, P. A Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of the Effect of PMMA Young's Modulus in Hip Resurfacing Systems. European Society of Biomechanics Workshop 2007, Dublin, August 26-28, 2007.

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Walker, R., Ingle, P. The effect of Resting Periods and Varying Bone Material Properties in Hip Resurfacing. A Dynamic Finite Element Study. 1st Annual Research Students? Conference at Anglia Ruskin University, April 2007. (Prize for best presentation)

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Walker, R., Cheah, K., Ingle, P. The Effect of Resting Periods in Hip Resurfacing. A Dynamic Finite Element Study. Royal Academy of Engineering Futures meeting on Musculoskeletal Mechanics, September 2006, Durham University, Durham, p. 36.

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Walker, R., Mootanah, R., Ingle, P., & Cheah, K. The Effect of Peg Length on the Resurfaced Femoral Component in Hip Resurfacing. A Finite Element Study. IFMBE Proceedings ICBME, XII International Congress in Biological and Medical Engineering, Singapore. December 2005.

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Mootanah, R., Walker, R., Ingle, P., Cheah, K., & Dowell, J. The Effect of Varying Bone Material Properties on a Resurfaced Hip Joint. Proceedings of the II International Conference on Computational Bioengineering, Lisbon, Portugal, September 14-16, 2005. Vol 1: 73-83.

Jimenez-Bescos, C., Mootanah, R., Walker, R., Cheah, K., Ingle, P. The Effect of Different Material Properties on the Femoral Neck After Hip Resurfacing. Poster Presentation at the 3rd International Conference Biomechanics of the Lower Limb in Health Disease and Rehabilitation, Salford, UK, September 5-7, 2005: 164-165.