Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials: Characterization and Computational Predictions of Mechanical Performance

Dr. Tuninetti is Civil Aerospace Engineer and has a master's in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad de Concepción (CHILE). In 2014, he obtained the degree of Docteur en Sciences de l'ingénieur at the Université de Liège (BELGIUM). In 2015, he worked for Komatsu Cummins Chile as DFSE Engineer specialized in failure analysis. He has provided consultancy services to several design and manufacturing companies such as CMPC, John Cockerill Energy, and Safran Aero Boosters (Ex Techspace Aero). Currently, he is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Universidad de La Frontera (CHILE). His work focuses on mechanical characterization of materials, mechanical modeling of materials and finite element simulations for product manufacturing processes, and design of mechanical components.

Dr. Medina is Civil Aerospace Engineer and has a master's in Mechanical Engineering and Doctor in Science and Engineering of materials from Universidad de Concepción (CHILE). He is Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción (CHILE). His work focuses on the mechanical characterization of materials, development of new materials, additive manufacturing and design of mechanical components.

Dr. Salas is a Mechanical Engineer, Master in Mechanical Engineering, and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Concepción (CHILE). He is part of the Composite Materials Laboratory and the Interdisciplinary Group of Advanced Nanotechnology (GINA) of the University of Concepción, developing his career and working on the characterization, processing, and design of materials and structures of nanocomposites and multiscale composite materials. At the same time, his passion for music and wind instruments led him to found an interdisciplinary group for designing and manufacturing musical instruments, incorporating various mechanical disciplines to design, improve and manufacture musical instruments in composite materials.

Mr. Valdivia is a Mechanical Civil Engineer from Universidad de Concepción (CHILE). In 2019 he obtained the Master of Sciences in Mechanical Engineering at the same university. Since 2011 he works as a project engineer at Ramtun Engineering S.A. focusing on mechanical design, finite element simulations and applied mechanics. In 2022 he joined the PhD program in Applied Engineering in the High Performance Machining Research Group of the Mechanics and Manufacturing Department of Mondragon Unibertsitatea in the Basque Country (SPAIN).

Dr. Fernandez is a research assistant at the aerospace and mechanical engineering department of the University of Liège, Belgium. He obtained his PhD degree in engineering sciences in 2020, with a thesis addressing new topology optimization methods for additive manufacturing. Prior to his PhD degree, he obtained an MSc degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Concepción, Chile. There, Dr. Fernandez worked as a research engineer in projects involving the research and development of composites materials reinforced with fibers and nanoparticles. His current research areas include simulation of free surface fluid flows using particle methods, simulation of fluid-structure interactions, simulation of phase change, and the development of new topology optimization methods for additive manufacturing and fiber-reinforced manufacturing processes.

Dr. Meléndrez is a Chemist from the Universityof Córdoba-Colombia, PhD in Chemistry from the University of Concepción (CHILE) and worked as a research fellow in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Texas at San Antonio (USA). He recently graduated with a master's degree in Industry 4.0 Management and Automation Processes by the Three Points, The School for Digital Business and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. His research focuses on applied nanotechnology, solving industry problems through scalable nanotechnological processes for new polymeric, composite or ceramic materials. Thanks to this he has been able to transfer 2 technologies to the industry. He is a founding partner of the company MEHES SA dedicated to the scaling of products, a motorcycle enthusiast, motocross and Enduro rider, writer in his spare time and father of Andrea, Luciano and Juliana.

Dr. Pincheira is Mechanical Engineer from Universidad de Concepción (Chile), In 2016, he obtained the doctorate degree in Materials Science and Engineering in the same institution. Currently, he is Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Technologies at University of Talca (Chile). His research is focused on identification of mechanical parameters in composite materials and thermoplastic polymers. During the last years, Dr. Pincheira has been studied the design of lightweight structures with high energy absorption capacities through the use of cellular auxetic structures by 3D printing

Dr. Paulo Flores is one of the founders of the Composite Materials Lab at the University of Concepción where he developed his academic career. He is a Mechanical Engineer, PhD polymer-based composite materials specialist with deep knowledge in mechanical behavior of materials and R&D management. Prof. Flores isapplying his R&D management skills and knowledge for the development of new products, improvement of manufacturing processes and scaling-up strategies particularly for composites materials manufacturing, material mechanical characterization and mechanical testing. Nowadays Paulo Flores works as a researcher at Plastic Omnium, an Automotive supplier company for sustainable mobility.

Dr. Tuninetti 是一位土木航空工程師，擁有智利康塞普西翁大學的機械工程碩士學位。2014年，他在比利時列日大學獲得工程科學博士學位。2015年，他在智利小松康明斯公司擔任專注於故障分析的DFSE工程師。他曾為多家設計和製造公司提供諮詢服務，如CMPC、John Cockerill Energy和Safran Aero Boosters（前身為Techspace Aero）。目前，他是智利邊界大學機械工程系的副教授。他的研究重點包括材料的機械特性、材料的機械建模、產品製造過程的有限元素模擬以及機械元件的設計。

Dr. Medina 是一位土木航空工程師，擁有智利康塞普西翁大學的機械工程碩士學位及材料科學與工程博士學位。他是智利康塞普西翁大學機械工程系的副教授。他的研究重點包括材料的機械特性、新材料的開發、增材製造和機械元件的設計。

Dr. Salas 是一位機械工程師，擁有智利康塞普西翁大學的機械工程碩士學位及材料科學與工程博士學位。他是康塞普西翁大學複合材料實驗室及先進納米技術跨學科小組（GINA）的成員，專注於納米複合材料和多尺度複合材料的特性、加工和設計。同時，他對音樂和風樂器的熱情使他創立了一個跨學科小組，專注於設計和製造音樂樂器，結合各種機械學科來設計、改進和製造複合材料的音樂樂器。

Valdivia 先生是智利康塞普西翁大學的機械土木工程師。2019年，他在同一所大學獲得機械工程科學碩士學位。自2011年以來，他在Ramtun Engineering S.A.擔任專案工程師，專注於機械設計、有限元素模擬和應用力學。2022年，他加入西班牙巴斯克地區Mondragon Unibertsitatea的機械與製造系高性能加工研究小組的應用工程博士課程。

Dr. Fernandez 是比利時列日大學航空與機械工程系的研究助理。他於2020年獲得工程科學博士學位，論文探討增材製造的新拓撲優化方法。在獲得博士學位之前，他在智利康塞普西翁大學獲得機械工程碩士學位。在那裡，Dr. Fernandez 擔任研究工程師，參與涉及纖維和納米顆粒增強複合材料的研究與開發項目。他目前的研究領域包括使用粒子方法模擬自由表面流體流動、流體-結構相互作用的模擬、相變化的模擬，以及增材製造和纖維增強製造過程的新拓撲優化方法的開發。

Dr. Meléndrez 是哥倫比亞科爾多瓦大學的化學博士，擁有智利康塞普西翁大學的化學博士學位，並曾在美國德克薩斯州聖安東尼奧大學的物理與天文學系擔任研究員。他最近獲得了由三個點數位商業學校和加泰羅尼亞理工大學頒發的工業4.0管理與自動化過程碩士學位。他的研究專注於應用納米技術，解決工業問題。