FACULTY PROFILES

Pedro Cortes

Professor
Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering (MMBME)

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Email: pcortes2@utep.edu

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Murchison Endowment Chair (01/01/2025-12/31/2025)

Education

Ph D in Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Liverpool (2005)
MS in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (1999)
BS in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de Celaya (1997)

Publications

3D Printed Sand Molds with Dynamic Gating International Journal of Metalcasting (2025), Brian Vuksanovich, Bharat Yelamanchi, Jason Walker, David A. Roberson, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald.
3D Printing of Lattice-Structured Hard Carbon Negative Electrodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries Using Vat Photopolymerization Rapid Prototyping (2025), S. Bakhtar Chavari, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, B. Yelamanchi, M. Seol, D. Dornbusch, W. Huddleston, C. Francis, C. Ochoa Putman, Alexis Maurel.
Combining 3D printing of copper current collectors and electrophoretic deposition of electrode materials for structural lithium-ion batteries Advances in Manufacturing 13 (2025), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Bharat Yelamanchi, A. A. Talin, Sylvie Grugeon, Stéphane Panier, Loic Dupont, Ana Aranzola, Eva Schiaffino, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald.
Label-Free Impedimetric Determination of Cortisol Using Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized Laser-Induced Graphene Interdigitated Electrodes Advanced Materials Technologies (2025), Kyle Duke, Prakriti Dhungana, Collin Richards, Kyle Preusser, Anthony Romeo, Jose Gonzalez-Garcia, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Pedro Cortes, Frank Li, Byung-Wook Park.
Modeling of Direct Energy Deposition for Wire Laser Additive Manufacturing Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2025), la Pe\~na, J Angel Diosdado-De, Pablo A. Limon-Leyva, Pedro Cortes, Kyosung Choo.
Influence of printing parameters on the mechanical behavior of 3D-printed SS316L parts manufactured using laser hot wire directed energy deposition The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (2024), Bharat Yelamanchi, Aayush Alok, Andrew Prokop, Holly Martin, Brian Vuksanovich, Eric MacDonald, Mario Rodriguez, Gerry Knapp, Yousub Lee, Thomas Feldhausen, Pedro Cortes.
Combining 3D printing of copper current collectors and electrophoretic deposition of electrode materials for structural lithium-ion batteries Advances in Manufacturing (2024), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Bharat Yelamanchi, A. A. Talin, Sylvie Grugeon, Stéphane Panier, Loic Dupont, Ana Aranzola, Eva Schiaffino, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald.
3D Printed Alumina for Geometrically-Complex Electronic Substrates With High-Performance Printed Conductors IEEE Access 12 (2024), Alexander Gomez, Bharat Yelamanchi, Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Thomas Feldhausen, Jayaprakash Shivakumar, Eduardo Rojas, Yirong Lin, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, David A. Roberson.
Additively Manufactured Ceramics with Embedded Conductors for High-Temperature Applications CRC Press (2024), Eleanor Rogenski, Victoria Admas, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Bradley Duncan, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
Atomization of the Fe-rich MnNiCoCr high-entropy alloy for spherical powder production Materials Letters 363 (2024), Anatoliy Zavdoveev, Zrodowski, \Lukasz, Dmytro Vedel, Pedro Cortes, Tomasz Choma, Mateusz Ostrysz, Oleksandr Stasiuk, Thierry Baudin, Andrey Klapatyuk, Aleksandr Gaivoronskiy, others.
Doping of Sodium-Ion Cathodes for in-Situ Resource Utilization on the Moon and Mars 10 (2024), William Huddleston, Donald Dornbusch, Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Eric MacDonald, Myeonglok Seol, Bharat Yelamanchi, Sina B. Chavari, Pedro Cortes, Cameroun Sherrard, others.
Frequency selective asymmetric coupled-fed (ACS) antenna using additive manufacturing Memories-Materials, Devices, Circuits and Systems 8 (2024), Sanjee Lamsal, Afahaene Uya, Srikanth Itapu, Frank X. Li, Pedro Cortes, Vamsi Borra.
Mechanical and thermal behavior of additively manufactured Invar 36 using a laser hot wire hybrid DED process Paton Welding Journal 11 11 (2024), Bharat Yelamanchi, Andrew Prokop, Coleman Buchanan, Aayush Alok, Mario Rodriguez, Jimena Morales, Holly Martin, Brian Vuksanovich, Virgil Solomon, Eric MacDonald, others.
Microstructure and properties of HEA fabricated through metal powder wire arc additive manufacturing Materials Letters 357 (2024), Anatoliy Zavdoveev, Hyoung S. Kim, Yoon-Uk Heo, Thierry Baudin, Pedro Cortes, Francois Brisset, Dong-Hyun Kim, Dmitry Vedel, Andrey Klapatyuk, Aleksandr Gajvoronskiy, others.
Symmetric Sodium-Ion Batteries Incorporating 3D Printed Na3V2 (PO4) 3 Electrodes PRiME 2024 (October 6-11, 2024) (2024), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Sina B. Chavari, Pedro Cortes, Carol Putman, Eric MacDonald, Alexis Maurel.
3D Printed TiO<sub>2</sub> Negative Electrodes for Sodium-Ion and Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Vat Photopolymerization Journal of The Electrochemical Society 170 10 (2023), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Sina B. Chavari, Bharat Yelamanchi, Myeong-Lok Seol, Donald A. Dornbusch, William H. Huddleston, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Cameroun G. Sherrard, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
3D Printed TiO<sub>2</sub> Negative Electrodes for Sodium-Ion and Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Vat Photopolymerization Journal of The Electrochemical Society 170 10 (2023), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Sina B. Chavari, Bharat Yelamanchi, Myeong-Lok Seol, Donald A. Dornbusch, William H. Huddleston, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Cameroun G. Sherrard, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
Multiprocess 3D printing of sodium-ion batteries via vat photopolymerization and direct ink writing Journal of Physics: Energy 5 4 (2023), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Eva M. Schiaffino, Ana P. Aranzola, Christian A. Fernandez, Myeong-Lok Seol, Cameroun G. Sherrard, Jennifer Jones, William H. Huddleston, Donald A. Dornbusch, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Alexis Maurel.
Impact Performance of 3D Printed Spatially Varying Elastomeric Lattices Polymers 15 5 (2023), Charles M. Dwyer, Jose G. Carrillo, Jose A. De la Peña, Carolyn C. Santiago, Eric MacDonald, Jerry Rhinehart, Reed M. Williams, Mark Burhop, Bharat Yelamanchi, Pedro Cortes.
The fracture properties of fiber metal laminates based on a 3D printed glass fiber composite Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials 36 2 (2023), B Yelamanchi, Eric MacDonald, NG Gonzalez-Canche, JG Carrillo, Pedro Cortes.
What Would Battery Manufacturing Look Like on the Moon and Mars? ACS Energy Letters 8 2 (2023), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald.
3D Printing of Batteries from Lunar and Martian Regolith 56 (2023), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez, Pedro Cortes, Bharat Yelamanchi, Sina B. Chavari, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Cameroun Sherrard, Eric MacDonald.
Design and fabrication of terahertz (thz) antenna using aerosol jet printing (2023), Afahaene E. Uya, Sanjee Lamsal, Srikanth Itapu, Frank X. Li, Pedro Cortes, Gianfranco Trovato, Lili Dong, Vamsi Borra.
Design and Fabrication of Terahertz (THz) Antenna Using Aerosol Jet Printing Engineering Archive (2023), Vamsi Borra, AFAHAENE Uya, Sanjee Lamsal, Srikanth Itapu, Frank Li, Pedro Cortes, Gianfranco Trovato, Lili Dong.
Embedding ceramic components in metal structures with hybrid directed energy deposition The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 125 9 (2023), Thomas Feldhausen, Bharat Yelamanchi, Alexander Gomez, Anton Du Plessis, Lauren Heinrich, Kyle Saleeby, Kenton Fillingim, Brian Post, Lonnie Love, Pedro Cortes, others.
Harmonic content analysis of a soft starting variable frequency motor drive based on FPGA (2023), Yogesh Sapkota, Suman Devkota, Vamsi Borra, Pedro Cortes, Srikanth Itapu, Frank Li.
Impedance Measurements Using a High Precision, Low Power Analog Front End (2023), Brendan Kuzior, Vamsi Borra, Frank Li, Byung-Wook Park, Pedro Cortes.
Sodium-Ion Cathodes Designed for in-Situ Resource Utilization on the Moon and Mars 57 (2023), William Huddleston, Donald Dornbusch, Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez, Myeonglok Seol, Christopher Henry, Jennifer M. Jones, Bharat Yelamanchi, Sina B. Chavari, Jennifer E. Edmunson, others.
What would battery manufacturing look like on the Moon and Mars? American Chemical Society (2023), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Donald A. Dornbusch, William H. Huddleston, Myeong-Lok Seol, Christopher R. Henry, Jennifer M. Jones, Bharat Yelamanchi, Sina Bakhtar Chavari, Jennifer E. Edmunson, others.
Low Impact Velocity Modeling of 3D Printed Spatially Graded Elastomeric Lattices Polymers 14 21 (2022), Jose A. Diosdado-De la Peña, Charles M. Dwyer, David Krzeminski, Eric MacDonald, Alberto Saldaña-Robles, Pedro Cortes, Kyosung Choo.
A copper pyramidal fractal antenna fabricated with green-laser powder bed fusion Progress in Additive Manufacturing 7 5 (2022), Kerry Johnson, Edward Burden, Michael Shaffer, Tobias Noack, Matthias Mueller, Jason Walker, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes, Joel Quintana.
Non-Destructive Inspection of Sacrificial 3D Sand-Printed Molds with Geometrically Complex Lattice Cavities International Journal of Metalcasting 16 3 (2022), Brian Vuksanovich, Jesus Chavez, Cameron Gygi, Ryan O’Hara, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Anton Du Plessis.
Transient Thermal and Electrical Characteristics of a Cylindrical LiFeS2 Cell with Equivalent Circuit Model Avestia Publishing (2022), Khaled I. Alsharif, Alexander Pesch, Vamsi Borra, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Frank X. Li, Kyosung Choo.
3D Printed Dual-Band Microwave Imaging Antenna ECS Transactions 107 1 (2022), Vamsi Borra, Srikanth Itapu, Joao Garretto, Ronald Yarwood, Gina Morrison, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Frank Li.
3D Printing of Batteries: Fiction or Reality? 242nd ECS Meeting (October 9-13, 2022) (2022), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez, Sylvie Grugeon, Stephane Panier, Loic Dupont, Arm, Michel, Roberto Russo, Victor Boudeville, Pedro Cortes, Bharat Yelamanchi, others.
4D Printed Shape Memory Polymers: Morphology and Fabrication of a Functional Antenna Recent Progress in Materials 4 2 (2022), T Cersoli, M Barnawi, K Johnson, E Burden,, F Li, E MacDonald, P Cortes.
A Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Dynamic Characterization of Cylindrical Batteries IEEE Access 10 (2022), Khaled I. Alsharif, Alexander H. Pesch, Vamsi Borra, Frank X. Li, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Kyosung Choo.
A Novel Modal Representation of Battery Dynamics IEEE Access 10 (2022), Khaled I. Alsharif, Alexander H. Pesch, Vamsi Borra, Frank X. Li, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Kyosung Choo.
Additive manufacturing of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 battery electrode material via vat photopolymerization precursor approach Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Ana P. Aranzola, Sylvie Grugeon, Panier, St\'ephane, Loic Dupont, Jose A. Hernandez Viezcas, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Beth L. Armstrong, Pedro Cortes, others.
Effect of laser irradiation on the tribological properties of RF-sputtered nickel oxide (NiO) thin films Vacuum 205 (2022), Srikanth Itapu, Vamsi Borra, Frank X. Li, Pedro Cortes, Mohit H. Kumar.
High-Temperature Additively Manufactured C-Band Antennas Using Material Jetting of Zirconia and Micro-Dispending of Platinum Paste IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation 3 (2022), Carlos R. Mejias-Morillo, Jayaprakash B. Shivakumar, Seng L. Yu, Blake Roberts, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Anton V. Polotai, Eduardo A. Rojas-Nastrucci.
Threshold Switching in CdTe Photovoltaics ECS Transactions 109 1 (2022), Suman Devkota, Kwame A. Nyako, Brendan Kuzior, Victor Karpov, Daniel G. Georgiev, Frank Li, Pedro Cortes, Vamsi Borra.
Wireless Ventilation Measurement in 3D Printed Sand Molds International Journal of Metalcasting 16 1 (2022), Brian Vuksanovich, Callan A. Herberger, Dean Jaric, Timothy Daugherty, Mike Clancy, Stephanie Gaffney, Rich Lonardo, Richard Huff, Jason Walker, Pedro Cortes, Sairam Ravi, Jerry Thiel, Eric MacDonald.
Thermoplastic Extrusion Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Carbon Fiber PEEK Lattices Crystals 11 12 (2021), Carolyn C. Santiago, Bharat Yelamanchi, Jose A. Diosdado De la Peña, Jeffrey Lamb, Krzysztof Roguski, Filip Turzyński, Ron Faruqui, Kyosung Choo, Anton Du Plessis, Francesco Sillani, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
Mechanical properties of material jetted zirconia complex geometries with hot isostatic pressing Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 (2021), Bhargavi Mummareddy, Dylan Negro, Vivek T. Bharambe, Yongduk Oh, Edward Burden, Magnus Ahlfors, Jae-Won Choi, Anton Du Plessis, Jacob Adams, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
Unit cell estimation of volumetrically-varying permittivity in additively-manufactured ceramic lattices with X-ray computed tomography Materials & Design 210 (2021), Edward Burden, Yongduk Oh, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Dylan Negro, Pedro Cortes, Anton Du Plessis, Eric MacDonald, Jacob Adams, Frank Li, Roberto Rojas.
Mechanical and fatigue performance of pressurized vessels fabricated with Multi Jet Fusion™ for automotive applications Additive Manufacturing 44 (2021), Bharat Yelamanchi, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Carolyn C. Santiago, Babatunde Ojoawo, Kyle Metsger, Buck Helfferich, Jason Zapka, Francesco Sillani, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
Productivity enhancement of laser powder bed fusion using compensated shelled geometries and hot isostatic pressing Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 (2021), Anton Du Plessis, Bharat Yelamanchi, Christian Fischer, James Miller, Chad Beamer, Kirk Rogers, Pedro Cortes, Johan Els, Eric MacDonald.
Mechanical performance of lightweight ceramic structures via binder jetting of microspheres SN Applied Sciences 3 4 (2021), Bhargavi Mummareddy, Edward Burden, Juan Carrillo, Kyle Myers, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
3D Printed Shape Memory Polymers Produced via Direct Pellet Extrusion Micromachines 12 1 (2021), Trenton Cersoli, Alexis Cresanto, Callan A. Herberger, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
3D Printed Shape Memory Polymers Produced via Direct Pellet Extrusion†. Micromachines 2021, 12, 87 s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published~… (2021), T Cersoli, A Cresanto, Callan A. Herberger, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
3D Printing of a continuous fiber-reinforced composite based on a coaxial Kevlar/PLA filament Composites and Advanced Materials 30 (2021), Trenton Cersolli, Bharat Yelamanchi, Eric MacDonald, Jose Gonzallo Carrillo, Pedro Cortes.
A 3-D printed UWB microwave imaging antenna SPAST Abstracts 1 01 (2021), Vamsi Borra, Srikanth Itapu, Ronald Yarwood, Joao Garretto, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Frank Li.
Flexible Hydrogel-Based Biosensor Fabricated Via Direct Laser Writing for Detection of Cortisol (2021), Anthony Romeo, Pedro Cortes, Byung-Wook Park.
Non-Destructive Inspection of Sacrificial 3D Sand-Printed Molds with Geometrically Complex Lattice Cavities International Journal of Metalcasting (2021), B Vuksanovich, J Chavez, C Gygi, R O’Hara,, P Cortes, E MacDonald, A Du Plessis.
Toward high resolution 3D printing of shape-conformable batteries via vat photopolymerization: review and perspective IEEE Access 9 (2021), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Sylvie Grugeon, Panier, St\'ephane, Loic Dupont, Pedro Cortes, Cameroun G. Sherrard, Ian Small, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Eric MacDonald.

Presentations

Doping of Sodium-Ion Cathodes for in-Situ Resource Utilization on the Moon and Mars (2024), William Huddleston, Donald Dornbusch, Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Eric MacDonald, Myeonglok Seol, Bharat Yelamanchi, Pedro Cortes, Carol Putman.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2026	MECH 5353 - Adv 3D Eng & Additive Manufact	12692
Fall 2026	MECH 6353 - Adv 3D Eng & Additive Manufact	13616
Fall 2026	MME 3308 - Appl Chemical Thermodynamics	13005
Fall 2026	MASE 6398 - Dissertation	15424
Fall 2026	MASE 6399 - Dissertation	15425
Fall 2026	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	13383
Fall 2026	MME 5396 - Graduate Projects	15435
Fall 2026	MME 5397 - Graduate Projects	15442
Fall 2026	MME 5194 - Graduate Research	17344
Fall 2026	MME 5294 - Graduate Research	15432
Fall 2026	MME 5394 - Graduate Research	15434
Fall 2026	MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects	15501
Fall 2026	MASE 6294 - Graduate Research Projects	15610
Fall 2026	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	15428
Fall 2026	MASE 6191 - Individual Studies	17367
Fall 2026	MASE 6291 - Individual Studies	15430
Fall 2026	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	15426
Fall 2026	MME 5191 - Individual Studies	17346
Fall 2026	MME 5391 - Individual Studies	15433
Fall 2026	MME 5398 - Thesis	15443
Fall 2026	MME 5399 - Thesis	15444
Summer 2026	MASE 6398 - Dissertation	33143
Summer 2026	MASE 6399 - Dissertation	33147
Summer 2026	MME 5396 - Graduate Projects	32590
Summer 2026	MME 5397 - Graduate Projects	32591
Summer 2026	MME 5194 - Graduate Research	33793
Summer 2026	MME 5294 - Graduate Research	33235
Summer 2026	MME 5394 - Graduate Research	33216
Summer 2026	MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects	33123
Summer 2026	MASE 6294 - Graduate Research Projects	33131
Summer 2026	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	33139
Summer 2026	MASE 6191 - Individual Studies	33119
Summer 2026	MASE 6291 - Individual Studies	33127
Summer 2026	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	33135
Summer 2026	MME 5191 - Individual Studies	33253
Summer 2026	MME 5391 - Individual Studies	32589
Summer 2026	MME 5398 - Thesis	32592
Summer 2026	MME 5399 - Thesis	32593

Past Courses

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Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2026	MECH 5353 - Adv 3D Eng & Additive Manufact	12692
Fall 2026	MECH 6353 - Adv 3D Eng & Additive Manufact	13616
Fall 2026	MME 3308 - Appl Chemical Thermodynamics	13005
Fall 2026	MASE 6398 - Dissertation	15424
Fall 2026	MASE 6399 - Dissertation	15425
Fall 2026	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	13383
Fall 2026	MME 5396 - Graduate Projects	15435
Fall 2026	MME 5397 - Graduate Projects	15442
Fall 2026	MME 5194 - Graduate Research	17344
Fall 2026	MME 5294 - Graduate Research	15432
Fall 2026	MME 5394 - Graduate Research	15434
Fall 2026	MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects	15501
Fall 2026	MASE 6294 - Graduate Research Projects	15610
Fall 2026	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	15428
Fall 2026	MASE 6191 - Individual Studies	17367
Fall 2026	MASE 6291 - Individual Studies	15430
Fall 2026	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	15426
Fall 2026	MME 5191 - Individual Studies	17346
Fall 2026	MME 5391 - Individual Studies	15433
Fall 2026	MME 5398 - Thesis	15443
Fall 2026	MME 5399 - Thesis	15444
Spring 2026	MME 5403 - Adv Concepts in Matls Sci Engr	20458	Syllabus
Spring 2026	MASE 6400 - Advanced Concepts Mat Sci/Engr	21227	Syllabus
Spring 2026	MASE 6398 - Dissertation	20962
Spring 2026	MASE 6399 - Dissertation	21270
Spring 2026	MASE 6294 - Graduate Research Projects	20223
Spring 2026	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	21301
Spring 2026	MASE 6191 - Individual Studies	23455
Spring 2026	MASE 6291 - Individual Studies	20222
Spring 2026	MECH 5391 - Individual Studies	27060
Spring 2026	MECH 2322 - Mechanics of Materials	26988	Syllabus
Fall 2025	MME 3308 - Appl Chemical Thermodynamics	13307	Syllabus
Fall 2025	MASE 6399 - Dissertation	16546
Fall 2025	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	12113
Fall 2025	MASE 6191 - Individual Studies	16657
Fall 2025	MASE 6291 - Individual Studies	16551
Fall 2025	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	16547
Summer 2025	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	33588
Spring 2025	MASE 6343 - Advanced Materials/Composites	26648	Syllabus Additional File
Spring 2025	MME 5313 - Advanced Matrls & Composites	26643	Syllabus Additional File
Spring 2025	MME 4314 - Composite Materials	26642	Syllabus Additional File
Spring 2025	MASE 6398 - Dissertation	21035
Spring 2025	MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects	20203
Spring 2025	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	21414
Spring 2025	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	21034
Fall 2024	MME 3308 - Appl Chemical Thermodynamics	13714	Syllabus
Fall 2024	MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects	18158
Fall 2024	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	18028
Fall 2024	MASE 6191 - Individual Studies	18157
Fall 2024	MASE 6291 - Individual Studies	18029
Fall 2024	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	18026

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2025	MME 3308 - Appl Chemical Thermodynamics	13307	Evaluation
Spring 2025	MME 5313 - Advanced Matrls & Composites	26643	Evaluation
Spring 2025	MME 4314 - Composite Materials	26642	Evaluation
Fall 2024	MME 3308 - Appl Chemical Thermodynamics	13714	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Murchison Endowment Chair (01/01/2025-12/31/2025)

Ph D in Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Liverpool (2005)
MS in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (1999)
BS in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de Celaya (1997)

Publications

3D Printed Sand Molds with Dynamic Gating International Journal of Metalcasting (2025), Brian Vuksanovich, Bharat Yelamanchi, Jason Walker, David A. Roberson, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald.
3D Printing of Lattice-Structured Hard Carbon Negative Electrodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries Using Vat Photopolymerization Rapid Prototyping (2025), S. Bakhtar Chavari, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, B. Yelamanchi, M. Seol, D. Dornbusch, W. Huddleston, C. Francis, C. Ochoa Putman, Alexis Maurel.
Combining 3D printing of copper current collectors and electrophoretic deposition of electrode materials for structural lithium-ion batteries Advances in Manufacturing 13 (2025), Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Alexis Maurel, Bharat Yelamanchi, A. A. Talin, Sylvie Grugeon, Stéphane Panier, Loic Dupont, Ana Aranzola, Eva Schiaffino, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald.
Label-Free Impedimetric Determination of Cortisol Using Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized Laser-Induced Graphene Interdigitated Electrodes Advanced Materials Technologies (2025), Kyle Duke, Prakriti Dhungana, Collin Richards, Kyle Preusser, Anthony Romeo, Jose Gonzalez-Garcia, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Pedro Cortes, Frank Li, Byung-Wook Park.
Modeling of Direct Energy Deposition for Wire Laser Additive Manufacturing Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2025), la Pe\~na, J Angel Diosdado-De, Pablo A. Limon-Leyva, Pedro Cortes, Kyosung Choo.

Presentations

Doping of Sodium-Ion Cathodes for in-Situ Resource Utilization on the Moon and Mars (2024), William Huddleston, Donald Dornbusch, Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez Maciel, Eric MacDonald, Myeonglok Seol, Bharat Yelamanchi, Pedro Cortes, Carol Putman.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2026

Course

MECH 5353 - Adv 3D Eng & Additive Manufact

Section

12692

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Fall 2026

Course

MECH 6353 - Adv 3D Eng & Additive Manufact

Section

13616

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Fall 2026

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MME 3308 - Appl Chemical Thermodynamics

Section

13005

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Fall 2026

Course

MASE 6398 - Dissertation

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15424

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Fall 2026

Course

MASE 6399 - Dissertation

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15425

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Term

Fall 2026

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

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13383

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Fall 2026

Course

MME 5396 - Graduate Projects

Section

15435

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Fall 2026

Course

MME 5397 - Graduate Projects

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15442

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Fall 2026

Course

MME 5194 - Graduate Research

Section

17344

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Fall 2026

Course

MME 5294 - Graduate Research

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15432

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Fall 2026

Course

MME 5394 - Graduate Research

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15434

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Fall 2026

Course

MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects

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15501

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Fall 2026

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MASE 6294 - Graduate Research Projects

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15610

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Fall 2026

Course

MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects

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15428

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Fall 2026

Course

MASE 6191 - Individual Studies

Section

17367

Syllabus

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Fall 2026

Course

MASE 6291 - Individual Studies

Section

15430

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Fall 2026

Course

MASE 6391 - Individual Studies

Section

15426

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Term

Fall 2026

Course

MME 5191 - Individual Studies

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17346

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Term

Fall 2026

Course

MME 5391 - Individual Studies

Section

15433

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Fall 2026

Course

MME 5398 - Thesis

Section

15443

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Fall 2026

Course

MME 5399 - Thesis

Section

15444

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2026

Course

MASE 6398 - Dissertation

Section

33143

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2026

Course

MASE 6399 - Dissertation

Section

33147

Syllabus

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Summer 2026

Course

MME 5396 - Graduate Projects

Section

32590

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Summer 2026

Course

MME 5397 - Graduate Projects

Section

32591

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Summer 2026

Course

MME 5194 - Graduate Research

Section

33793

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Summer 2026

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MME 5294 - Graduate Research

Section

33235

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Summer 2026

Course

MME 5394 - Graduate Research

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33216

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Summer 2026

Course

MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects

Section

33123

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Summer 2026

Course

MASE 6294 - Graduate Research Projects

Section

33131

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Summer 2026

Course

MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects

Section

33139

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Summer 2026

Course

MASE 6191 - Individual Studies

Section

33119

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Summer 2026

Course

MASE 6291 - Individual Studies

Section

33127

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33135

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32589

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13616

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MME 3308 - Appl Chemical Thermodynamics

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13005

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MASE 6398 - Dissertation

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15424

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15425

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13383

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20458

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21227

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21270

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13307

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16546

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12113

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21035

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20203

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21414

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21034

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MME 3308 - Appl Chemical Thermodynamics

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13714

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18158

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18157

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18029

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18026

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13307

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26643

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