Education

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering. Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida. 2000.
• M.S. Applied Physics. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados. 2002.
• Ph.D. Solid Body Mechanics. Florida Atlantic University. 2005.
• Post-Doctorate. Composite Materials. University of Delaware. 2006.

Current research

• Composites and Nanomaterials

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Multifunctional Properties of Hierarchical Composites Based on Carbon Nanostructures. (ONRG/CONACYT)
• Piezoresistivity and Self-Monitoring of Deformation and Damage on Multi-Scale Composites Based on Hybrid Carbon Nanostructures. (CONACYT)
• Mechanical and Fracture Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• “Thermoresistivity of carbon nanostructures and their polymeric nanocomposites”, Review article. F. Avilés. Advanced Materials Interfaces (ISSN: 2196-7350), 2023, 2300218 (17 p). https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202300218.
• “Through-thickness tensile characterization and analysis of fiber-reinforced polymer composites using digital image correlation and finite element modeling”. P. Ayuso-Faber, G. Uribe-Riestra, G. Arana, F. Avilés. Polymer Composites (ISSN:1548-0569). Printed online (December 2023). http://doi.org/10.1002/pc.27988.
• “Structure-property relationships in the electrical conductivity of multilayer graphene sheet/epoxy nanocomposites”, H. Canché, A.I. Oliva-Avilés, A.I. Oliva, V. Sosa, D.E. Pacheco-Catalán, R.H. Cruz-Estrada, F. Avilés. Diamond and Related Materials (Online ISSN: 1879-0062; Print ISSN: 0925-9635), Vol. 141, 2024, 110582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2023.110582.
• “Structural health monitoring of carbon nanotube-modified glass fiber-reinforced polymer composites by electrical resistance measurements and digital image correlation”, G. Uribe-Riestra, P. Ayuso-Faber, M. Rivero-Ayala, J. Cauich-Cupul, F. Gamboa, F. Avilés. Structural Health Monitoring (ISSN: 14759217), Vol. 23(1), 2024, 555-567. https://doi.org/10.1177/14759217231173439.
• “Piezoimpedance of carbon nanotube yarns coupled with Raman spectroscopy and its implementation for sensing polymerization kinetics”, R. Pech-Pisté, C. Pérez-Aranda, A. Balam, R. Vargas-Coronado, J.V. Cauich-Rodríguez, F. Avilés. Carbon (ISSN:0008-6223), Vol. 213, 2023, 118246 (9 p). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2023.118246.

PATENTS OR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Francis Avilés-Cetina, Marco Antonio Cen-Puc, José Roberto Bautista-Quijano, Alejandro May-Pat, Gabriel de Jesús Pool-Balam. Fabrication process of an electroconductive composite with high carbon nanotube content with application as a nanostructered thermistor. MX/E/2013/077417. México. (2020).
• Fidel Fernando Gamboa-Perera, Alejandro de Jesús López-Puerto, Francis Avilés-Cetina, José Emilio Corona-Hernández, Andrés Iván Oliva-Arias. Method and apparatus to obtain the natural frequency of vibration and the elastic modulus of multi-layers with nanometric thickness. MX/E/2014/077358. México. (2018).
• Francis Avilés-Cetina, José de Jesús Kú-Herrera. Carbon nanotube coated fibers and production method using an ultrasonic technique. MX/E/2013/071594. México. (2018).

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2003-2021. Member. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• 2018-2021. Member. Editorial board. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology. American Society for Mechanical Engineers.
• 2021. Deputy Editor. Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials. SAGE Journals.

RECOMMENDED SITES

• Personal site. https://www.cicy.mx/sitios/investigador/dr-francis-aviles-cetina.
• Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jsm.
• Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology. http://materialstechnology.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/journal.aspx.