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Current Members

Principal Investigator
David Restrepo
Associate Professor
Endowed Professor in Mechanical Engineering 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
Research Staff

Juan David Navarro
PhD. Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2023
MSc. Engineering, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia, 2019
BSc. Mechanical Engineering, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia, 2015
Ph.D. Students

David Yamil Risk Mora
BSc. Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Manizales, Manizales, Colombia, 2021




Colten Rodriguez (co-advised: Prof. Tanveer Hossain Buiyan)
Colten Rodriguez graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering in May 2019, and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering in December 2022. Colten is continuing his education in a Ph.D. program seeking to advance the knowledge in Accident Reconstruction Principals and Technology.

Dylan Garza
M.S. Students
Undergraduate Students






