Faculty

Rafael O. Ruiz
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering (2004) Universidad Simón Bolívar.
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (2007) Universidad Simón Bolívar.
Ph.D. in Engineering Science (2015) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2016) University of Notre Dame.
Postdoctorade in Mechanical Engineering (2016), Universidad de Chile.
Current Ph.D. Students
Juan Romero
Co-supervisor. Civil Engineering Program - University of Chile
Research Interest: Design and optimization of multifunctional mechanical metamaterials under uncertainties.
Jian Huang
Co-supervisor. Civil Engineering Program - University of New South Wales
Research Interest: Optimization of nonlinear piezoelectric metamaterials.

Current Master Students
Maximiliano Caprile
Civil Engineering Program - University of Chile
Research Interest: Wind and seismic loads combination for aerogenerators
Daniela Sanchez
Civil Engineering Program - University of Chile
Research Interest: Characterization of manufacturing tolerance for PLA 3D printers
Felipe Farias
Civil Engineering Program - University of Chile
Research Interest: Metamodels for voussoirs optimization in tunneling applications
Current Undergraduate Students
Andres Chubretovic
Mechanical Engineering Program - University of Chile
Former Students
Diego Astudillo
2022 - MS Civil Engineering - University of Chile
Carolina Arevalo
2022 - MS Civil Engineering - University of Chile
Alejandro Poblete
2022 - MS Mechanical Engineering - University of Chile
Diego Hidalgo
2021 - MS Mechanical Engineering - University of Chile
Nicolas Cardenas
2021 - MS Civil Engineering - University of Chile
Patricio Peralta
2020 - MS Mechanical Engineering - University of Chile