I am an Assistant professor in the Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering (IMSE) department at UTEP. My current research interests include application of smart manufacturing methodologies to improve industrial operations, quality assurance in Additive Manufacturing and Augmented Reality enhanced product validation and workforce development.

• UTEP EDGE Curriculum Fellow - UTEP Provost Office (09/01/2023)
• Dean's Award for Excellence in Research - UTEP College of Engineering (05/01/2022)
• STEM Accelerator Faculty Partner - UTEP College of Engineering (07/15/2017)
• Outstanding Paper Award - Rapid Prototyping Journal - 2013 Literati Network Awards (08/15/2013)
• Highly Commended Award - 2012 Emerald Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Research Award (06/30/2012)
• Dodson Dissertation Fellowship - UTEP Graduate School (06/01/2009)

• Ph D in Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso (2010)
• MS in Industrial Enginering, The University of Texas at El Paso (2003)
• B.Eng. in Production Engineering, The University of Mumbai (2001)

• Smart Manufacturing for Underserved Workforce Development American Society for Engineering Education (2023), Amit Lopes, Ivan Renteria, Fashiar Rahman, Bill Tseng, Sergio Luna.
• Exploring Student Learning Experience of Systems Engineering Course Developed for Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Graduates 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (2023), Aditya Akundi, Immanuel Edinbarough , Md Fashiar Rahman, Amit J. Lopes, Sergio Luna.
• Exploring Systems Performance Using Modeling and Simulation – Project-based Study and Teaching 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (2023), Md Fashiar Rahman, Aditya Akundi, Jakia Sultana, Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, Amit J. Lopes, Sergio Luna.
• Ultrasonically Embedded Wires in Multi-Material Parts Produced by Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing (2023), David Sepulveda , Patrick Gutierrez, Amit J. Lopes, Jacob Rome, Vinay Goyal, David Espalin.
• Oxidation Kinetics of Ti-6Al-4V Alloys by Conventional and Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing Materials (2023), Francisco Estupinán-López, Carlos Orquiz-Muela, Citlalli Gaona-Tiburcio, Jose Cabral-Miramontes, Raul German Bautista-Margulis, Demetrio Nieves-Mendoza, Erick Maldonado-Bandala, Facundo Almeraya-Calderón, Amit J. Lopes.
• NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS OPTIMIZATION (2023), Juan Valentin Fernandez, Heidi Taboada, Adeeba Raheem, Amit Lopes, Ana Cram, Daniel Moriasi, Sergio Luna.
• Trends of systems engineering job postings and their implications for curriculum development American Society for Engineering Education (2022), Sergio Luna, Amit Lopes, Satya Aditya Akundi, Ahmed Bahabry.
• Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) Artifact Evaluation Based on Standardized Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) Methods Proceedings of the IISE Annual Conference and Expo 2022 (2022), Amit J. Lopes, Jesus Rivas Escarcega, Hunter Taylor, Javier Valles, Ryan B. Wicker.
• Productivity and Quality Evaluation in Assembly Using Collaborative Robots Proceedings of the IISE Annual Conference and Expo 2022 (2022), Carlos Manzanares, Amit J. Lopes.
• Toward Industry 5.0 – Making sense of What Industry 5.0 is from a Text Mining Perspective Applied Systems Innovation (2022), Aditya Akundi, Daniel Euresti, Sergio Luna, Wilma A. , Amit J. Lopes, Immanuel Edinbarough.
• State of Industry 5.0—Analysis and identification of current research trends Applied System Innovation 5 (2022), Satya Aditya Akundi, Daniel Euresti, Sergio Luna, Wilma Ankobiah, Amit Lopes, Immanuel Edinbarough.
• Patient Journey Mapping: A Literature Review Proceedings of the 2020 IISE Annual Conference (2020), Sreenath Chalil Madathil, Myrtede Alfred, Amit J. Lopes.
• Embedding Computer Simulation Based Classroom Activities to Enhance the Learning Experience for Manufacturing Systems 2020 ASEE Conference Proceedings (2020), Tzu-Liang B. Tseng, Md F. Rahman, Richard Chiou, Ivan A. Renteria-Marquez, Aditya Akundi, Amit J. Lopes, Jeevarathinam Senthilkumar.
• Comparison of ranking models to evaluate desktop 3D printers in a growing market Additive Manufacturing (2020), Amit J. Lopes, Mireya Flores, David Espalin, Ryan B. Wicker.
• Comparison of ranking models to evaluate desktop 3D printers in a growing market (2020), Amit J. Lopes, Mireya A. Perez, David Espalin, Ryan B. Wicker.
• Analysis of Powder Removal Methods for EBM Manufactured Ti-6AL-4V Parts Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium – An Additive Manufacturing Conference (2019), Amit J. Lopes, L Ramos, David Saenz, Philip A. Morton, Cesar Terrazas, Ahsan Choudhuri, Ryan B. Wicker.

• Smart Manufacturing for Small and Medium Manufacturers in a Predominantly Hispanic Workforce Region (2022), Volume Online, Amit J. Lopes.
• Smart Manufacturing for Underserved Small and Medium Manufacturers (2021), Volume Online, Amit J. Lopes.
• Increasing Opportunities and Diversity in SM for SMMs (2021), Volume Online, Amit J. Lopes.

• EMS Training – Identifying Environmental and Health Hazards in Manufacturing
• Strengthening DOD Supply Chain through Advanced Manufacturing Technology Services
• Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center - Paso del Norte
• E3 – Economy, Energy and Environment
• “E3 – Economy, Energy and Environment”