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Hector Morales Espejo

Hector Morales Espejo

Lecturer in Engineering

Education

Ph.D., Purdue University, Materials Science and Engineering, 2018
M.Sc., Universite Lille I and Universita di Bologna, Spectroscopy in Chemistry, 2011
M.E., Universidad Virtual del Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Quality and Productivity Systems, 2009
B.E., Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Chemical Engineering, 2003

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Courses Taught

  • CHEM 101: Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHEM 112: General Chemistry Laboratory I
  • CHEM 114: General Chemistry Laboratory II
  • CHEM 121: General Chemistry for Engineers
  • PHYS 170: Principles of Physics I
  • PHYS 200: General Physics I
  • PHYS 251: Dynamics
  • ENGR224: Materials Science
  • ENGR363: Mechanics of Solids
  • MCEN3012: Thermodynamics I
  • MCEN 3032: Thermodynamics II

Publications

  • Espejo, H. and D. Bahr (2017). Substrate cracking in Ti-6Al-4V driven by pulsed laser irradiation and oxidation. Surface and Coatings Technology 322: 46 – 50. DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.05.001
  • Espejo, H. and D. Bahr (2019). Application of oxidized metallic surfaces as a medium to store biochemical agents with antimicrobial properties. Surface and Coatings Technology 372: 312 – 318. DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2019.05.059
  • Espejo, H., S. Díaz, L. Stanciu and D. Bahr (2019). Nisin infusion into surface cracks in oxide coatings to create an antibacterial metallic surface. Materials Science and Engineering: C 105: 110034. DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110034

Patent

  • Bahr, David and Hector Morales Espejo, 2022. Anti-microbial treatment for hardened metallic surfaces. Patent No. 11,353,404. Granted on June 7, 2022.

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