
Francis Avilés Cetina
CURRENT POSITIONRESEARCHER
DIVISIONMaterials Science
SNI LEVELIII
TELEPHONE(52) 999 942 83 30, EXT.: 388
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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
- “Selective damage sensing in multiscale hierarchical composites by tailoring the location of carbon nanotubes”, J.J. Ku-Herrera, V. La Saponara, F. Avilés, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (ISSN:1045-389X), Vol. 29(4), 2018, 553–562. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045389X17711790
- “Piezoresistivity, strain and damage self-sensing of polymer composites filled with carbon nanostructures”, Review article. F. Avilés, A.I. Oliva-Avilés, M. Cen-Puc. Advanced Engineering Materials (ISSN: 1438-1656). Vol. 20, 2018, 1701159 (pp. 1-23). https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.201701159.
- “Electrical characterization of carbon-based fibers and their application for sensing relaxation-induced piezoresistivity in polymer composites”. A. Can-Ortiz, J.L. Abot, F. Avilés, Carbon (ISSN: 0008-6223). Vol. 145, 2019, 119-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.12.108.
- “Flexural electromechanical properties of multilayer graphene sheet/carbon nanotube/vinyl ester hybrid nanocomposites”, C.A. Sierra-Chi, H. Aguilar-Bolados, M.A. López-Manchado, R. Verdejo, J.V. Cauich-Rodríguez, F. Avilés. Composites Science and Technology (ISSN:0266-3538), Vol. 194, 2020, 108164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2020.108164.
- “Electromechanical properties of carbon-nanostructured elastomeric composites measured by digital image correlation”, C. Pérez-Aranda, F. Avilés. Composites Part C (ISSN:2666-6820), Vol. 5, 2021, 100161 (10 pp). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomc.2021.100161.
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.
Source: Francis Avilés-Cetina
Last Updated: 8 february 2022
Last Updated: 8 february 2022