Principal Investigator

Jacinto Ulloa

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan

Research Experience & Education
Postdoc, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2024
PhD, Engineering Science (Civil Engineering), KU Leuven, Belgium, 2022
BEng, Civil Engineering, Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador, 2015

Address: 3003B EECS, 1301 Beal, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Graduate Students

Wen-Ning Wan

PhD Student (fall 2025)
MSc, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
BSc, Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
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Research interests: multi-scale analysis; homogenization

Luis Riaño-Molina

PhD Student (fall 2025)
BEng, Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
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Research interests: solid mechanics, structures, computational mechanics, materials, aerospace systems

Research Assistants & Visitors

Sebastián Pazmiño

Visiting Research Assistant (remote)
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Research activities: granular media; complex systems; micromechanics; multi-physics systems

Patricio Rodríguez

Visiting Research Assistant (remote)
Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

Research activities: multi-scale analysis; homogenization; metamaterials; fracture; variational methods

Daniela Ojeda

Visiting Student
Michigan State University

Research activities: computational mechanics; finite element analysis; data-driven computing