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I am a Clinical Associate Professor in
the Department of Engineering and Science at
Rensselaer Hartford Graduate
Center in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Concurrently, I hold an Affiliate Faculty appointment
with the
Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems
of the School of Engineering at Rensselaer, Troy.
I have specific expertise in mathematical modeling and computer simulation of
metals processing operations, particularly systems involving
free and/or moving boundaries. I have made intellectual contributions
to the field for about two decades. I have also generic expertise in
mathematical modeling and computer simulation and in the implementation
and use of hypertext documents and the internet for instructional
purposes and for the communication of technical information.
Over the past twenty years, I have developed a broad range of deterministic
and stochastic models as well as many associated web pages, both,
for use by students as learning aids
and for information exchange with engineers and others in industry.
My academic work experience includes teaching graduate courses on
the structure, properties and performance of Engineering
Materials, and also in Thermal Sciences, Mechanics of Solids,
Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Numerical Computation,
Mathematical Modeling, Computer Simulation and Decision and
Management Sciences.
I served as Curriculum Chair,
Metallurgy Program, Hartford Graduate Center,
(1987-1997). I was also
Research Associate (1986-1987)and Research Affiliate (1995-1996),
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
of Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Adjunct Assistant Professor de Engineering,
Trinity College, (several times through the 1990s),
and Assistant Professor,
National University of Mexico (1977-1979).
Detailed collections of materials developed for my courses
can be found
here.
My industrial research work experience
has consisted of providing applied
research consulting services and advise to a number of
national and foreign companies.
My work has focused on the application of concepts and methods
from the science of materials, thermal sciences, fluid and solid
mechanics, advanced mathematics and numerical computing to the
investigation of metallurgical engineering systems and processes.
Brief descriptions of selected research projects I have worked on
can be found
here.
Some of the corporations I have worked for include:
United Technologies Corporation,
Olin Corporation, and
The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, and
ABB in Connecticut,
the
Swedish Institute for Metals Research at the
Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden,
Billiton
in The Netherlands,
NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland,
Hylsa and
Sicartsa in Mexico,
Cerro Matoso in Colombia and the
National Museum of the Central Bank of Ecuador .
I have been visiting researcher and professor at the
Center for Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV)
in Saltillo, Mexico where I have been working on a
project sponsored by the Mexican Steel Company
Hylsa (Summers since 2001) and
taught short, intensive graduate courses.
I spent a sabbatical as guest researcher at the
Swedish Institute for Metals Research in Stockholm, Sweden (1994).
I have been a visiting professor at the intensive short course
"Steel 2000" sponsored by the
Iron and Steel Society and given at the
TEC de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico in 1999 and 2000.
I was also invited by
Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico in
1998 and 1999 to offer short courses and advise graduate students.
In 1991 I conceived, developed and implemented the curriculum for a new
graduate certificate program at Rensselaer-Hartford titled
Pollution and
Waste Prevention in Manufacturing. The certificate provided education and
training in pollution prevention to more than 200 Connecticut engineers.
More recently, I have been actively involved in curriculum development and
teaching for our newest flagship IPM program in
Manufactured Product Quality and Manufacturing Process Certification.
I have taught more than 50
courses in many different subjects.
I have also
published more than 30
technical papers ,
contributed a chapter to a handbook,
translated eight technical textbooks and am or have been a member of over 20
professional societies . My current research interests are in the areas
of mathematical modeling and computer simulation with specific focus on
materials processing, manufacturing and other production systems.
I also coordinated the Graduate Certificates
in
Systems Modeling and Analysis, in
Quality and Reliability Engineering, and still coordinate the
Graduate Certificate in
High Temperature Materials Technology for Propulsion and Power Generation .
In 1985 received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Metallurgy
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
for work on the Mathematical Modeling of Rapid Solidification Processing.
My course work at MIT included advanced subjects in physical, chemical
and production metallurgy; thermodynamics and kinetics of materials;
mechanical and chemical behavior of materials; mathematical modeling
and computer simulation of materials processing, and mathematical methods
for applications (analytical and numerical techniques).
My graduate minor was in the Department of Political
Science on the subject of Political Development.
In 1978 I received a Chemical Metallurgical Engineer degree (with
honors) from the National University of Mexico
for work on the Reduction of Iron Ores. My course work included subjects
in analytical, inorganic, physical and organic chemistry; physics (mechanics,
electromagnetics); mathematics (calculus, differential equations), and
physical, chemical and industrial metallurgy.
Besides my professional activities I have long been interested in
mexican and latin american political, social and economic developments,
the social sciences, books, gardening, cooking and the arts, with
particular interests in drawing, music and poetry.
I thank Peacefire
for developing the first version of this page.
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