Faculty
Rafael O. Ruiz
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering (2004) Universidad Simón Bolívar.
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (2007) Universidad Simón Bolívar.
Ph.D. in Engineering Science (2015) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2016) University of Notre Dame.
Postdoctorade in Mechanical Engineering (2016), Universidad de Chile.
Current Master Students
Alejandro Poblete
Mechanical Engineering Program
Research Interest: Energy harvesting, nonlinear electro-mechanical coupling effect, Bayesian model updating
Collaboration with Prof. Gaofeng Jia (Colorado State University, US)
Diego Hidalgo
Mechanical Engineering Program
Research Interest: Fluid Film Lubracation, Uncertainty Quantification, Manufacturing Tolerance Selection, Adaptive Metamodels
Collaboration with Prof. Adolfo Delgado (Texas A&M, US)
Diego Asturdillo
Civil Engineering Program
Research Interest: Metamaterials based on piezoelectric properties
Current Undergrad Students
Javier Ojeda
Civil Engineering Program
Research Interest: Piezoelectric energy harvesting, optimization under uncertainty, energy harvesting application for structures
Sebastián Aguirre
Mechanical Engineering Program
Research Interest: Dynamic of periodic structures, vibration in cables, periodic resonators
Collaboration with Prof. Juan F. Beltrán (Univ. de Chile)
Cristobal Urueña
Mechanical Engineering Program
Research Interest: Inverse Problems, Sensors design, piezoelectric materials
Cristian Olivares
Mechanical Engineering Program
Research Interest: Metamaterials for large structures, periodic structures, mechanical vibration
Cristian Acevedo
Civil Engineering Program
Research Interest: Bayesian updating, uncertainties in tensile test of mechanical anchors
Collaboration with Prof. Fabien Delhomme (INSA Lyon, France)
Maximiliano Zelada
Civil Engineering Program
Research Interest: Nonlinear dynamic of tuned mass dampers
Maximiliano Morales
Civil Engineering Program
Research Interest: Developing of metamodels for geotechnical applications
Collaborations with Eng. María Elena Valencia (ITASCA)
Former Students
Alejandro Poblete
Mechanical Engineer (2020)
Bayesian inference analysis on nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvesters
Ana-Catalina Villalobos
Civil Engineer (2020)
Development of an algorithm for damage detection in composite plates.
Luis Loyola
Master in Civil Engineering (waiting for defense)
Stochastic ground motion generation compatible with the Chilean seismicity
José Mardones
Mechanical Engineer (waiting for defense)
Dynamic study of a flexitank
Patricio Peralta
Master in Mechanical Engineering (2020)
Bayesian inference analysis on piezoelectric energy harvesters
Pablo Cañete
Civil Engineer (2019)
Optimization of viscous dampers based on Life-cycle Cost for Building Applications in Chile.
Ignacio López
Civil Engineer (2017)
Worked with Nonlinear Tuned Mass Dampers and their impact on buildings.
Jean Riveros
Civil Engineer (2017)
Developed a SIMULINK repository with the most common nonlinear elements employed in structural analysis
José Villanueva
Civil Engineer (2017)
Developed nonlinear simplified models for steel structures
Patricio Peralta
Mechanical Engineer (2017)
Developed a experimental test to quantify uncertainties in piezoelectric energy harvesters
Sebastian Rodríguez
Mechanical Engineer (2016)
Developed a Finite Element model for piezoelectric energy harvesters