Education

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

Current research

• Composites and nanomaterials

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• MAA Dzul-Cervantes, OF Pacheco-Salazar, LA Can-Herrera, MV Moreno-Chulim, JI Cauich-Cupul, PJ Herrera-Franco, A Valadez-González. Effect of moisture content and carbon fiber surface treatments on the interfacial shear strength of a thermoplastic-modified epoxy resin composites. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 9,6: 15739-15749, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2020.11.027 .
• Abad Arcos-Alomía, Pascual Bartolo-Pérez, Alex Valadez-González, Pedro Jesus Herrera-Franco. Enhancement of the in-plane and pin-load bearing behavior of a quasi-isotropic carbon fiber/epoxy matrix multi-scale laminate by modifying the fiber-matrix interphase using graphene nanoplatelets. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 9, 6: 13855-13869, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2020.09.083 .
• Aarón Rivas-Menchi, Narciso Acuña-González Alex Valadez-González Pedro J.Herrera-Franco. Effect of linear viscoelasticity on stress transfer in a numerical model of a single fiber fragmentation test. Materiasl Today Communications, 22: 100757, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2019.100757 .
• Paola Campa-Siqueiros, Tomás Jesús Madera-Santana, Jesús Fernando Ayala-Zavala, Jaime López-Cervantes, María Mónica Castillo-Ortega, Pedro Jesús Herrera-Franco. Nanofibers of gelatin and polivinyl-alcohol-chitosan for wound dressing application: fabrication and characterization. Polímeros, 30: 1-11, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1428.07919 .
• Heidy Burrola-Núñez, Pedro Herrera-Franco, Herlinda Soto-Valdez, Dora Evelia Rodríguez-Félix, Rodrigo Meléndrez-Amavizca, Tomás Jesús Madera-Santana. Production of biocomposites using different pre-treated cut jute fibre and polylactic acid matrix and their properties. Journal of Natural Fibers, 16: 944-960, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2019.1693473 .