PhD Student
Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering
Contact Information
Biography
Graduate research assistant who focuses on carbon fiber materials, automated tape placement (ATP), and radio-frequency (RF) welding. His work includes studying the design, manufacturing, and degradation mechanisms of fluorosilicone materials exposed to the space environment through testing on the MISSE module aboard the International Space Station. He has also contributed to the development and simulation of a payload deployer designed to withstand structural loads experienced during launch and lunar landing for a Dereum Labs space mission.
Research Interests
- Design
- manufacturing
- material performance
- structural analysis
- systems simulation with applications in the aerospace sector
Education
- PhD, Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA (Expected 2030)
- B.Sc. Aeronautical Engineering, minor in Mechanical Engineering, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, IPN, Mexico (2018-2022)
Professional Service
- Graduate Research Assistant – The University of Tennessee (2025 - 2030)
- Design and Release Engineer, Hinduja Tech Limited, México. ( 2024 – 2025)
- Design and Simulation Engineer. Dereum Labs, México. (2022 – 2024)
- Aerospace Research Intern. MIRAI, Japan. (2023 – 2024)
- Software Engineer Intern. Mexican Space Agency, México. (May 2022 – Nov. 2022)
- Software Research Intern Program – Google Summer of Code. USA. (May 2021 – August 2021)
Awards and Recognitions
- 2025 - 2029 - Tickle College of Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Publications
Design, Standardization and Simulation of a CubeSat Nanosatellite Transporter for Pico-Landers to Moon's Orbit
DOI: 10.52202/078365-0197 , International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 2024
