Education
I earned my Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Structural Engineering, from the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. During my Bachelor's program, I participated in a 12-month International Academic Exchange at the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon, France, supported by the prestigious MEXFITEC scholarship funding program.
I was awarded a double Advanced Master's Degree in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC) from the Czech Technical University of Prague, Czech Republic, and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain. This was made possible through funding from the European Commission's ERASMUS+ program.
At Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics and a PhD in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. These studies were funded by the university's Internal Studentship Award. My doctoral research focused on the conservation of earthen vernacular architecture in Ireland through the study of the mechanical properties and the structural behavior of Cob. I conducted non-linear finite elements (FE) simulations and, in an International Research Collaboration with the University of Cantabria, Spain, an experimental campaign on the adaptation and application of the flat jack test on Cob walls.
Spanish is my native language, and I have advanced proficiency in English and intermediate proficiency in French. I am also a beginner in both Italian and Norwegian.
Theses and dissertations
Title: Conservation of earthen vernacular architecture in Ireland. Study of the mechanical properties and the structural behavior of cob.
Supervisor: Dr. Dermot O'Dwyer.
Year: 2019.
Dissertation submitted to the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dublin in partial fulfillment of the requirements to obtain the degree of: Doctor of Philosophy.
Title: Simulation of structural behavior of masonry using discrete element modeling.
Supervisors: Dr. Sergio Henrique Pialarissi Cavalaro and Dr. Pere Roca Fabregat.
Year: 2016.
Dissertation submitted to the SAHC Consortium in partial fulfillment of the requirements to obtain the degree of: Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions.
Title: Análisis comparativo del comportamiento de marcos planos en función de la consideración de segmentos rígidos en los nodos.
Supervisor: Dr. Miguel Zamora Palacios.
Year: 2014.
Dissertation submitted to the Department of Civil and Topographic Engineering at University of Guadalajara in partial fulfillment of the requirements to obtain the degree of: Bachelor in Civil Engineering.