MU / Researcher

Pedro Jesus Herrera Franco Current position: Researcher Level C Academic Unit: Materials SNI: Nivel III Telephone :(9)-942- 83- 30 Ext. 255 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Education

• 1978, B.Sc. Mechanical Industrial Engineering. Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida
• 1981, M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. Michigan State University, EUA
• 1986, Ph.D. Mechanics. Michigan State University, EUA

Currect lines of research

• POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIALS
• FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACIAL CHARACTERIZATION IN COMPOSITES
• MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Publicaciones Recientes

• E. PÉREZ-PACHECO, M. V. MORENO-CHULIM, A. VALADEZ-GONZÁLEZ, C.R. RIOS-SOBERANIS AND P. J. HERRERA-FRANCO, EFFECT OF THE INTERPHASE MICROSTRUCTURE ON THE BEHAVIOR OF CARBON FIBER/EPOXY RESIN MODEL COMPOSITE IN A THERMAL ENVIRONMENT, J. OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, APROBADO 24 DE ENERO DE 2011.
• J. GIRONÈS, J.P. LOPEZ, F.VILASECA, J. BAYER R, P.J. HERRERA-FRANCO, P.MUTJÉ, BIOCOMPOSITES FROM MUSA TEXTILIS AND POLYPROPYLENE. EVALUATION OF FLEXURAL PROPERTIES AND IMPACT STRENGTH, COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.10.012 NOVIEMBRE DE 2010, 71 (2011) 122-1298.
• JOSE MINA, ALEX VALADEZ, PEDRO J. HERRERA-FRANCO, FABIO ZULUAGA AND SILVIO DELVASTO, PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NATURAL AND ACETYLATED THERMOPLASTIC CASSAVA STARCH, DYNA, ACEPTADO EN ABRIL DE 2010.
• DEL CASTILLO-CASTRO T., M. M. CASTILLO-ORTEGA, P. J. HERRERA-FRANCO, D. E. RODRIGUEZ-FÉLIX, COMPATIBILIZATION OF POLYETHYLENE/POLYANILINE BLENDS WITH A POLYETHYLENE-GRAFT-MALEIC ANHYDRIDE, JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, VOLUME 119, ISSUE 5, 5 MARCH 2011, PAGES: 2895–2901, DOI 10.1002/APP, 2010.
• CARRILLO-SÁNCHEZ F., G. CANCHE-ESCAMILLA AND P. J. HERRERA-FRANCO, A STUDY OF THE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF ACRYLIC COMPOSITES USING THE ESSENTIAL WORK FRACTURE METHOD, POLYMER TESTING, 29: 565-571, (2010).

Reconocimientos

• 1990 Best Academic Paper Award ASM/ESD. THE 1990 ASM/ESD ADVANCED COMPOSITES CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, U.S.A.
• 1995 Best Academic Paper Award ASM/ESD. THE 1995 ASM/ESD ADVANCED COMPOSITES CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, U.S.A.
• Academia Mexicana de Ciencias
• Comité de Ingeniería Materiales y Manufactura del Conacy
• Comité de Evaluación Externa del Programa de Posgrado Interinstitucional del Sistema SEP-CONACYT