Hi, I'm Luis
I'm a Civil Engineer graduated from the University of Guanajuato (UG) in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, México. I'm curretly a PhD student in Civil Engineering with focus on Scientific Computation at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).
Early years as Bachelor and Masters student in Civil Engineering
Those were in total six full-time challenging years as an undergraduate student I had to udergo to obtain my degree of Civil Engineer with focus on Structural Engineering. Nonetheless, what a great journey it was, not only in Mexico, but overseas as well, in top institutions. During those studies I participated in a couple of international academic programs: in 2015 at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) , USA, at an undergraduate level, later, in 2017, at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden at a graduate level, to enhance my capabilities exploring other scientific and engineering areas, places and ideas. Topics such as Stochastic processes, Stochastic optimization algorithms, The Finite Element Method and Structural design were of the most relevant in these programs. In 2019 I obtained the degree of Civil Engineer with focus on Structural Engineering, with the publication of a thesis work about optimization design of reinforcing steel for concrete columns through an original mathematical numerical approach developed at the Aula CIMNE-UGEarly years in research as a Masters student in Structural Engineering
In 2020, my professional carreer and research continued with a Master's program in Science of Structures at the Autonomous University of Queretaro (UAQ), in which I could learn a lot more in the area of computaitonal mechanics, numerical methods, engineering software development and optimal/sustainable design of civil infrastructure projects and structures, mainly of reinforced concrete. In 2022 I obtained my Masters degree in Science of Structures. It was during these studies when I realized that I wanted to do Research for the rest of my life, and from this point on my carrer was divided into two main paths: research and industry.Research
Right after my Masters studies at the Autonomous University of Queretaro I went to the CIMAT (Centro de
de Investigación en Matemáticas - Research Center in Mathematics) in Guanajuato city, Mexico, to continue my carrer path in the Graduate Department of
Computational Science by learning more about Prorgramming, Algorithms, Parallel Computing, Numerical methods and Data Science. During these studies I could develop a research work
related to optimization algorithms based on Combinatorial-Mathematics for the design of asymmetrical rebar in rectangular columns, which then led to additional research
works related to optimization design of Irregular reinforced concrete buildings.
In 2023 I was accepted at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) for my PhD studies in Civil Engineering
with focus in Scientific Computation. Here at the HKUST I focus in the area of Machine Learning, Structural Reliability and Numerical modelling for
structural design and optimization.
Industry
Even though research is my priority when referring to my professional carrer I keep on involving myself in infrastructure projects
in the private industry along with my father and my brother as a company. We perform structural designs, topographyc surveys, construction plans and budgets.
I usually come across with very interesting ideas by doing these sort of works. Thus, it is vital for me now to be always linked, to the industrial sector,
somehow, to enhance my research topics and scope.