professional service activities University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Assistan Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department 2008 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Research Assitant - 2006 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Teaching Assistant 2003 - 2005 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Research Assitant - 2003 Repsol YPF Engineer - 2002 UADE (Universidad Argentina de la Empresa), Buenos Aires, Argentina Instructor - 2002
education and training M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York , Biomedical Engineering 2005 Ph.D. in Engineering Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York 2003 M.S. in Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Engineering 2000 B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Engineering 1996
awards and honors 3rd Place on the Enterprize Business Idea Competition with Dr. Eduardo Juan and Dr. Gustavo Gutierrez, 2010 1st Place of the PRTEC Competition for Business Idea with Dr. Eduardo Juan and Dr. Gustavo Gutierrez, 2009 Founders Award of Excellence, conferred by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York, 2005 Named member, conferred by Alpha Nu Sigma Nuclear Engineering Honor Society, 2003 Academic Fellowship, conferred by Balseiro Institute, 1996 - 2000