Nicolás Diego Japaz is a Mechanical Engineer graduated from Balseiro Institute, Bariloche, Argentina. He has been a university professor for 8 years. His focus is the hydraulic design of turbines. Since 2012 he has worked at the IMPSA´s Technological Research Center with CFD and programming data applications in the field of hydro turbines. He has participated on several turbine field tests in South America. Currently he is the Head of the Hydraulic Design Group.