professional service activities University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus Associate (tenured) Professor 2010 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Adjunct Professor 2007 - 2010 University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Assistant Professor 2006 - 2010 University of Southhampton, UK Visiting Researcher - 2008 University of Rome Research Associate 2002 - 2005
education and training Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Rome 1999 - 2002 University of Rome , Aeronautical Engineering 1999
