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.

• 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)

• Improving the Mode-II Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Polymeric Matrix Composites through Additive Manufacturing Materials and Design 157 (2018), Vinay Damodoran, Alejandra G. Castellanos, Matthew C. Milostan, Pavana Prabhakar.
• Cenospheres/Clay Blended Composites for Impact Resistant Tiles Construction and Building Materials 156 (2017), Alejandra G. Castellanos, Heather Mawson, Vincent Burke, Pavana Prabhakar.
• Influence of Arctic Seawater Exposure on the Flexural Behavior of Woven Carbon/Vinyl Ester Composites Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials (2017), Ricardo Garcia, Alejandra G. Castellanos, Pavana Prabhakar.
• Interlaminar Reinforcement for Enhancing Low-Velocity Impact Response of Woven Composites Textile Research Journal (2017), Alejandra G. Castellanos, MD S. Islam, Emilio Tarango, Yirong Lin, Pavana Prabhakar.
• Nanowire Reinforcement of Woven Composites for Enhancing Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials 20 1 (2016), Alejandra G. Castellanos, MD S. Islam, Mishtiaque Shuvo, Yirong Lin, Pavana Prabhakar.

• 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.
• Repeated Impact Response Modelling for Woven Carbon Composites at Arctic Temperatures (2017), Volume Purdue University, Alejandra G. Castellanos, Pavana Prabhakar.
• Repeated Impact Response of Woven Carbon Composites (2017), Volume Grapevine, Texas, Alejandra G. Castellanos, Pavana Prabhakar.
• Flexural Investigation of Woven Composites with Sea Water Exposure (2016), Volume Williamsburg, Virginia, Ricardo Garcia, Alejandra G. Castellanos, Pavana Prabhakar.

• Materials for Extreme Environments: Fiber Containing Composites
• Thermal-Fatigue of Carbon/Carbon Composites for Hypersonic Applications