Esparza-Parga, Rodrigo

Rodrigo Esparza is a Civil Engineer and Philosopher of Technology. He has been professor at various campi of Tecnológico de Monterrey, such as Mexico City, Santa Fe, Puebla, Toluca, and Chihuahua, for almost 12 years. He has taught several courses, including "Science, Technology and Society",?"Ethics and Society", "Ethics, Profession and Citizenship", and "Philosophy & Contemporary Thought". His research area focuses on Philosophy of Technology and Applied Ethics. He has headed a team of 44 Engineering and Architecture professors, at Tecnológico de Monterrey, on how to apply ethics and social entrepreneurship as hands-on exercises in their fields. He also launched a multidisciplinary approach for bridging Science and Humanities. Professor Esparza earned his Ph.D. in 2013 from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus. Awards, Honors and Fellowships: Fellow, Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI) Fellowships Presented a Transversal Ethics Project in the "Social Entrepreneurship within Health and Humanitarian Innovation", Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., June 2018. Fellow, Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI) Fellowships Presented a Water Literacy Project in the "Connections and Flows: Water, Energy and Digital Information in the Global South Session", Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., June 2013. Scholarship, Basque Institute Etxepare of Spain Euskara language in Barnetegi Maizpide of Lazkao, Euskal Herria, Spain, July 2011 Awarded the scholarship to study the language and customs of the Basque region in Spain. Publications: Article: [A Question About Knowledge] La pregunta por el conocimiento. Published in: Saber, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela. Vol. (28) N°4: (813-818), 2016. http://www.ojs.udo.edu.ve/index.php/saber/article/view/2445 Book Chapter: [Energy, Science, Technology and Society or the Fabric Without Stitches] Energía, ciencia, tecnología y sociedad o del tejido sin bordados, in Energías sustentables, Química verde y Sociedad. Rodrigo Esparza & Julio E. Rubio B. (Coordinators). Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, 2016. Co-author of the Article: Playing with Models and Optimization to Overcome the Tragedy of the Commons in Groundwater, in Complexity Journal, Volume 19, Issue 1, 9-21, Sept-Oct. 2013. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cplx.21462/abstract Seminars, Workshops and Conferences: Invited Speaker: "Urban Ethics and Health Professionals", Mexican Association of General and Family Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico, December 2017. Invited Speaker, "Water Management Issues In Mexico: The Case of Mexico City", 2013 Forum on Water Management In Mexico, World Heritage Sites, Cultural And Natural Heritage of Xochimilco, Tlahuac and Milpa Alta, and the International Council of Historic Monuments and Sites, UNESCO, Mexico City, Mexico, December, 2013.