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• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2002
• M.S., Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, 2002
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Católica de Chile, 1996
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Católica de Chile, 1994

• Associate Dean for Research, Inovation, and Entrepreneurship, University of Georgia, 2020 – present
• Director of Strategic Industry and State Partnerships – Advanced Manufacturing Initiatives, Virginia Tech, 2019 -2020
• Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor of Advanced Manufacturing, Virginia Tech, 2015 – 2020
• Associate Professor, Virginia Tech, 2011 – 2015
• Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, 2008 – 2011
• Visiting Professor, Universidad de los Andes, ESE Business School, 2009 – 2016
• Assistant Professor, Michigan Technological University, 2005 – 2008

Co-Founder, Engagn, LLC, 2010-2012

• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor for Advanced Manufacturing
• Virginia Tech Faculty Fellow, 2013 – 2015
• 2017 College Award for Outreach Excellence, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech
• 2013 Virginia Tech Illuminator Award – This award is presented to one faculty member who has outstanding abilities, innovative ideas to fuel the future, well-honed leadership skills, and a commitment to service that makes a difference.
• 2013 Virginia Tech Student Engineering Council (SEC) Undergraduate Research Advisor Award
• 2012 Executive Development Institute Scholar, Virginia Tech
• 2010 Outstanding Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech
• 2007 Society of Manufacturing Engineering – Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
• 2001 Best Paper Award from the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference (This award was granted to a single paper selected among 64 papers in the area of design for manufacturing presented during the 2001 ASME Design Technical Engineering Conferences in Pittsburgh, PA).
• Chilean Government Scholarship, May 1998.
• Best Student in Mechanical Engineering Award, Colegio de Ingenieros de Chile, January 1996.

• Intelligent manufacturing systems – design, modeling, analysis, and control of complex systems
• Cyber physical security for manufacturing systems – vulnerability mapping, mitigation technologies.
• Data mining and statistical learning applications for manufacturing processes and systems, process monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and control.

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