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

• “Finite element investigation of the influence of porosity and resin infiltration on the electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube yarns”, F. Avilés, S. Cabañas-Valdovinos, A.I. Oliva-Avilés. Advanced Engineering Materials (Online ISSN:1527-2648, Print ISSN:1438-1656), Vol. 27, 2025, 2402714. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202402714.
• “Electrical monitoring of structural health of multiscale hierarchical composites using fibers modified by graphenic sheets or carbon nanotubes”, G. Uribe-Riestra, J. Heredia-Lozano, M. Rivero-Ayala, J. Cauich-Cupul, F. Gamboa, F. Léonard, S. Diaham, Z. Valdez-Nava, A. Castillo-Atoche, F. Avilés. Composite Communications (Online ISSN: 2452-2139), Vol. 58, 2025, 102553 (11 pp). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coco.2025.102553.
• “Electrical monitoring of structural health of laminated composites panels under compressive loading using carbon nanotube yarns”, C. Pérez-Aranda, M. Rivero-Ayala, C. Falla, F. Gamboa, F. Avilés. Composite Communications (Online ISSN: 2452-2139), Vol. 59, 2025, 102565 (10 pp). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coco.2025.102565.
• “Effect of small concentrations of graphenic sheets on the dielectric strength of epoxy”, R. Pech-Pisté, A. Can-Ortiz, D. Mary, H. Carrillo-Escalante, Z. Valdéz-Nava, D. Malec, F. Avilés. Current Applied Physics (Print ISSN: 1567-1739, Online ISSN: 1878-1675), Vol. 83, 2026, 79-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2025.11.012.
• “Low-power system for spatial tactile detection using a self-sensing nanocomposite with on-device adaptive regularization”, J. Heredia-Lozano, A. Balam, J. Vázquez-Castillo, J.J. Estrada-López, Z. Valdez-Nava, V. Bley, C. Combettes, F. Avilés, A. Castillo-Atoche. IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. (print ISSN: 0018-9456, online ISSN: 1557-9662). Aceptado el 28 de noviembre de 2025.

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.