MU / Researcher

Manuel de Jesús Aguilar Vega

Position: Research Professor Titular C
Unit: Materials
SNI: Level II
Telephone: (999)-942- 83- 30
Ext: 254
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Education

• 1980 Chemical Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México.
• 1984 MSc Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, USA
• 1993 PhD. Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Research

• My research is geared towards the understanding of the relationship between the structure of polymeric materials and their final properties. More specifically, in our group the research is directed toward the systematic modification and characterization of polymer structures and preparation of membranes with application in transport and separation of gases, vapors, liquids and ions for industrial and energy applications.

Current Projects

• STUDY OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS SIZE AND FLEXIBILITY EFFECT ON GAS TRANSPORT AND SEPARATION PROPERTIES.
• EFFECT OF INCREASING SULFONATION ON THE ION TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF AROMATIC COPOLYAMIDES.
• MEMBRANES FOR IMPROVED WATER DESALINATION AND ENERGY APPLICATIONS.

Selected Publications

• Carrera-Figueiras Cristian and Manuel Aguilar-Vega, GAS PERMEABILITY AND SELECTIVITY OF BENZOPHENONE AROMATIC ISOPHTHALIC COPOLYAMIDES, Journal of Polymer Science Part B, Polymer Physics, 45: 2083-2096, (2007)
• J. Vargas, A. Martinez, A.A. Santiago, M. A. Tlenkopatchev and M. Aguilar-Vega, SYNTHESIS AND GAS PERMEABILITY OF NEW POLYNORBORNENE DICARBOXIMIDE WITH FLUORINE PENDANT GROUPS, Polymer, 48:6546-6553 (2007)
• R.A. Flores-Estrella, D.E. Pacheco,, M. J. Aguilar-Vega, and M. A. Smit, STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF A MIXED ELECTROLYTE OF OXALIC ACID AND DBSA ON THE PROPERTIES OF CO-DEPOSITED POLY(ANYLINE-co-PYRROLE),International Journal Electrochemical Science, 3:1065-1080 (2008)
• W. Herrera-Kao and Manuel Aguilar-Vega, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF LATEX BLENDS FILMS FORM POLYSTYRENE PARTICLES WITH DIFFERENT SIZES IN A BUTYL ACRYLATE-co-STYRENE MATRIX, Polymer Engineering and Science, 49: 1736-1743 (2009)
• J.L. Santiago-García and Manuel Aguilar-Vega, SOLID PHASE SYNTHESI OF AROMATIC ISOPHTHALIC OLIGOAMIDES WITH CONTROLLED MOLECULAR WEIGHT, European Polymer Journal, 45: 3210-3216, (2009).

Awards

• 2000 to 2005 Academic Scholarship Visiting Professor, Centro de Investigación en Polímeros S.A. de C.V. (Comex Industries)
• 1996 to 1998 Consultant, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico S.A. (Resistol Industries)