PhD Students

MSc Students

Former postgraduate students

1. Dr. Amador Chapa Cárdenas, PhD in Engineering Sciences, August 2021 - June 2025, Thesis: Experimental characterization of additively manufactured flexible cellular materials under different dynamic loading. Supervised by Dr. PD Urbina Coronado and Dr. E Cuan-Urquizo

2. Dr. Alberto Álvarez-Trejo, PhD in Engineering Sciences, August 2021 - June 2025, Thesis: Novel parametrization approaches with curved and non-planar Bézier elements for the design of metamaterials, towards tailoring their energy absorption capabilities. Supervised by Dr. A Roman-Flores and Dr. E Cuan-Urquizo

3. Oscar Ochoa, MSc. in Engineering Sciences. August 2023 - June 2025. Thesis: Enhancing soft pneumatic actuators with architected metamaterials: tailoring stiffness and deformation modes. supervised by Dr. A González (ET'I Lab)

4. Dr. Mario Martínez-Magallanes, PhD in Engineering Sciences, August 2020 - June 2024, Thesis: Hierarchical and fractal mechanical metamaterials. Supervised by Dr. E Cuan-Urquizo

5. Dr. Mauricio Arredondo-Soto, PhD in Engineering Sciences, August 2020 - June 2024, Thesis: Upgrading stiffness in compliant mechanisms and joints. Supervised by Dr. A Gomez-Espinosa and Dr. E Cuan-Urquizo

6. César Rosales, MSc. in Engineering Sciences. June 2024. supervised by Dr. Treviño-Quintanilla

7. Mariajosé Betancourt Tovar, MSc. in Engineering Sciences. June 2024, Thesis: Architected cylinders: design and micro-mechanics. co-supervised by Dr. E Cuan-Urquizo and Dr. Ivo Ayala

8. Carolina Vega, MSc. in Engineering Sciences. June 2024. supervised by Dr. Treviño-Quintanilla

9. Luis David Fuentes Juvera, MSc. in Engineering Sciences. June 2024, Thesis: Digital twins of compliant and elastic components. co-supervised by Dr. A Roman-Flores and Dr. E Cuan-Urquizo 

10. Gustavo Herrera Ramos, MSc. in Engineering Sciences. June 2024,. Thesis: AI assisted design of metamaterials. Dr. E Cuan-Urquizo and Dr. R Batres

11. Alexa Gamiz, César Rosales, MSc. in Engineering Sciences. June 2024. supervised by Dr. Treviño-Quintanilla

12. Alejandro Castros Avilés, MSc. in Engineering Sciences. June 2024,r. Thesis: Non-planar additive manufacturing for biomedical applications. Dr. E Cuan-Urquizo and Dr. Inés Jiménez

13. Luis Enrique Cano Arias, MSc. in Engineering Sciences. June 2024, Thesis: Design and additive manufacturing of compliant grippers. Supervised by Dr. A Gomez-Espinosa and E Cuan-Urquizo 

14. Dr. José Luis Pérez Castillo  (PhD in Engineering) graduated December 2023. José Luis worked on non-planar additive manufacturing of metamaterials. Supervised by Dr. Cuan-Urquizo.

15. Stephanie Mora Gutiérrez  (MSc in Engineering) graduated Dec. 2023. Steph worked on metamaterials for robotic grippers applications.
    Supervised by Dr.  Cuan-Urquizo.

16. Gustavo G. Espejo Aliaga  (MSc in Engineering) graduated Dec. 2023. Gustavo worked on metamaterials in machine elements.
    Supervised by Dr.  Cuan-Urquizo.

17. César Gustavo Abarca  (MSc in Engineering) graduated June 2022. César worked on composite 3D printed materials. Supervised by Dr. Treviño-Quintanilla.

18. Diana L. Ramírez Gutiérrez  (MSc in Engineering) graduated June 2022. Diana worked on lattice metamaterials as biomedical sensors. Supervised by Dr. Cuan-Urquizo.

19. Jocelyn Palancares Díaz  (MSc in Engineering) graduated June 2022. Jocelyn worked on novel bio-inspired meta-structures. Supervised by Dr. Cuan-Urquizo.

20. Camilo Ruiz Jaramillo (MSc Manufacturing Systems) graduated June 2021. Camilo worked on 3D printing of concrete. Supervised by Dr. Roman-Flores

21. Alfredo Puente Flores (MSc Manufacturing Systems) graduated December 2021. Alfredo worked with compliant grippers. Supervised by Dr. Roman-Flores

22. Christian Cáceres (MSc in Engineering) graduated December 2021. Christian worked on compliant mechanisms and machine learning.  Supervised by Dr. Cuan-Urquizo.

23. Gabriela Mendoza Leal (MSc in Manufacturing Systems) graduated December 2022. Gaby worked on cellular structures. Supervised by Dr. Urbina and Cuan-Urquizo

24. Diana Lizardi (MSc Manufacturing Systems) graduated December 2022. Diana worked with statistics and 3D printing. Supervised by Dr. Roman-Flores

25. Dr. Consuelo Rodríguez Padilla (PhD Eng. Sciences) graduated December 2022. Consuelo worked with path planning for robotic 3D printing. Supervised by Dr. Roman-Flores

26. Andrés Molina (MSc Manufacturing Systems) graduated December 2025. Thesis: Architected Gripper Fingers: Design, Additive Manufacturing, and Experimental Characterization. Supervised by Dr. Roman-Flores and Dr. E Cuan-Urquizo