Dr. Alejandra Castellanos returns to her alma mater from the University of Wisconsin-Madison to perform cutting-edge research and to share her knowledge and expertise with UTEP students.

• NSF Travel Grant 2023 US-Japan Joint Symposium for Composite Materials - NSF (06/01/2023-06/30/2023)
• AFRL Summer Faculty Fellowship - AFRL (05/01/2023-05/31/2023)
• Honorable Mention - COURI Symposium Spring 2023 - COURI (04/01/2023-04/30/2023)
• AFRL Summer Faculty Fellowship - AFRL (05/01/2022-05/31/2022)
• AFRL Summer Faculty Fellowship - AFRL (05/01/2021-05/31/2021)

• Ph D in Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Wisconsin–Madison (2019)
• MS in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso (2016)
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso (2014)

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• Temperature and Degree of Cure Sensitive Multiphysics Model to Predict the Defects Generated during the First Pyrolysis Cycle (2023), Volume Virtual, Alejandra G. Castellanos.
• Process Modeling of the First Pyrolysis Cycle of SMP-10 Ceramic Matrix Composites (2023), Volume Boston, MA, Zackery R. Nieto, Lisa M. Rueschhoff, Zlatomir Apostolov, Alejandra G. Castellanos.
• Assessment of a Temperature and Degree of Cure Sensitive Multiphysics Model to Predict the Defects Generated during the Manufacturing of Ceramic Matrix Composites (2023), Volume WPAFB, Alejandra G. Castellanos.
• Modeling of the First Pyrolysis Cycle of CMCs (2023), Volume WPAFB, Zackery Nieto, Alejandra G. Castellanos.
• Elucidating the Nano and Micro Effect of Aramid Pulp Interlaminar Reinforcement in Woven CFRP Composites Subjected to Low-Velocity Impacts (2023), Volume Tokyo, Japan, Zackery R. Nieto, Emmanuel Vielma, Alejandra G. Castellanos.
• Enhancing the Damage Tolerance of Composite Materials with Aramid Pulp (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Emmanuel Vielma, Alejandra G. Castellanos.
• Exploratory Study on Coefficient of Thermal Expansion for SMP-10 Matrix Media (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Zackery R. Nieto, Alejandra G. Castellanos.
• Mode-I Fracture Toughness of Unidirectional Carbon Fiber Epoxy Composites for Low-Cost Applications (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Robert Contreras, Alejandra G. Castellanos.
• Tailorable Composite Design Concepts towards Lightweight and Stiffer Structures for Extremely Large Telescopes (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Jacob Aguirre, Alejandra G. Castellanos.
• Enhancing the Damage Tolerance of Composite Materials with Aramid (Kevlar) Pulp (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Emmanuel Vielma, Alejandra G. Castellanos.
• Tailorable Composite Design Concepts towards Lightweight and Stiffer Structures for Extremely Large Telescopes (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Jacob Aguirre, Alejandra G. Castellanos.
• Impact Damage Tolerance Enhancement of Woven Composites ta Extreme Environments (2020), Volume Virtual, Zackery R. Nieto, Alejandra G. Castellanos.
• Novel Testing Technique to Evaluate the Durability of Textile Composites at Extreme Environments (2020), Volume Virtual, Lucero Buendia, Itzel A. Torres, Alejandra G. Castellanos.

• Discovery of High-Entropy Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics through Entropy Forming Ability Descriptor and Hume-Rothery Rules via Machine Learning
• Renewable Power to Gas to Power (RPGP)
• Materials for Extreme Environments: Fiber Containing Composites
• Thermal-Fatigue of Carbon/Carbon Composites for Hypersonic Applications