José Eugenio Ribera. Travelogue:

an engineer’s perspective

Abstract

José Eugenio Ribera (1864-1936) led a very busy life as civil engineer, public works entrepreneur, railway developer and professor at the School of Civil Engineering. All those pur­suits entailed membership on official committees, attendance at conferences, business tra­vel, participation in visiting scholar programmes and tourism. As entrepreneur and pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete, he publicised his own system in several countries. One of the objec­tives was to exchange information, and although he deemed travel abroad necessary for first-hand information on the most recent and significant works, he also believed that Spanish engi­neering should be acknowledged internationally for its excellence and techno­logical develop­ments.