Miguel Angel Sosa is Dean of the National Technological University of Argentina, Delta Campus and former Secretary General of the same. He began his professional career at the National Atomic Energy Commission in the field of Nuclear Power Plants and created a university chair in Nuclear Engineering. He currently serves as LACCEI Associate Vice President and Director of the OAS Deans Summit of Engineering for the Americas, recently created the Regional Council of Deans of Engineering of Central America and the Caribbean; and National Councils in Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador; and the LACCEI Open Chair of Technological Development and Transfer for LA & C.
In the past, he has served as President of the Federal Council of Engineering Deans of Argentina (CONFEDI) and President of its International and Interinstitutional Relations Commission; as Vice President of the Ibero-American Association of Engineering Education Societies (ASIBEI); as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES); and as President of the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI); and as President of the Commission for Teaching, Development, Promotion and Dissemination of Engineering, of the Argentine Center of Engineers of Argentina. He has been active in the GEDC since 2011, served as President of the GEDC LATAM, and Organizing Committee of the WEEF in Argentina in 2012, and the GEDC LATAM Encuentro in 2017 which gathered 100 engineering deans and high authorities of the Latin American and Caribbean region.
He is a Chemical Engineer; Specialist in Environmental Engineering, Specialist in Energy Economics and Planning, Specialist in Nuclear Power Planning in Developing Countries, has a Master’s degree in University Teaching, a Specialist in University Management and Leadership; and is completing a PhD in Organizational Analysis of Tertiary Institutions. He has participated in Science and Technology and Technological Developments evaluation councils; directed numerous research and consulting projects in the field of pollution and environmental impact, waste treatment, organizational development, clean production, and engineering education; mentored certification and improvement processes; evaluator for engineering program accreditation, certified EurACE expert evaluator; managed development organizations, technology parks, sustainable development programs, local development agencies and committees of regional strategic development plans; developed study programs, written books, book chapters and articles, and directed master’s theses. In recent years, his main interest has been engineering education, its articulation with technological development and the transfer of technological knowledge in each social and productive environment in a framework of innovation, in particular forming national and international groups of engineering managers.