AMMS LAB
Advanced Materials and
Mechanical Systems
Laboratory
Group Pictures
Current Members
Principal Investigator
David Restrepo
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Postdoc. Northwestern University, 2018.
Postdoc. Purdue University, 2017.
PhD. Engineering, Purdue University, 2015
MSc. Engineering, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia, 2012
BSc. Mechanical Engineering, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia, 2010
Postdocs
Mauricio Aristizabal Cano
Mauricio.AristizabalCano@utsa.edu
PhD. Engineering, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia, 2020.
MSc. Engineering, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia, 2014.
BSc. Mechanical Engineering, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia, 2012.
Ph.D. Students
Juan David Navarro
MSc. Engineering, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia, 2019
BSc. Mechanical Engineering, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia, 2015
Juan Sebastián Rincón Tabares
juansebastian.rincontabares@my.utsa.edu
MSc. Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Manizales, Manizales, Colombia, 2019
BSc. Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Manizales, Manizales, Colombia, 2015
Juan Camilo Velasquez
juancamilo.velasquezgonzalez@my.utsa.edu
Juan Camilo Velasquez completed his undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering at Universidad EAFIT (Medellin, Colombia) in December 2020. His main interests are Aerospace Engineering and Materials Science.
David Yamil Risk Mora
BSc. Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Manizales, Manizales, Colombia, 2021
Meggan Wolanin (co-advised: Prof. Brendy Rincon)
Meggan completed her undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering at UTSA in spring 2020.
Her research interests are materials and corrosion engineering and their applications to the aerospace field.
M.S. Students
Drishya Dahal (co-advised: Prof. Brendy Rincon)
Drishya is an international student from Nepal. He got his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics from UTSA in May 2020. After graduation, he wants to use his engineering education in product development, the automotive/aerospace industries, or robotics.
James White (co-advised: Prof. Lyle Hood)
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2017 (Concentration: Biomechanics)
James has a keen interest in new product development within the medical device industry. After graduation, he plans on either returning to industry to work as a Mechanical R&D Engineer or continuing his education in a Ph.D. program.
William B. Beck
William got his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in July of 2019. His current research interests are anything in the field of solid mechanics, and numerical methods, such as Finite Element Analysis
Undergraduate Students
Visiting Students
Maria Jose Londoño