Nomination: Estevam Barbosa de Las Casas – UFMG School of Engineering
Period: November 4th to 21st, 2024
Diego Garzón-Alvarado is a mechanical engineer with a master’s degree in materials and manufacturing processes and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Zaragoza. He is currently a full professor of mechanical engineering at the National University of Colombia. Diego Garzón-Alvarado is affiliated with the Biomimetics Laboratory of the Biotechnology Institute and the Numerical Methods and Modeling Research Group (GNUM) at the same university. His work focuses on the development of numerical models and experimental studies in areas such as mechanics and biomechanics, with applications in tissue engineering and biomimetics. Throughout his career, he has worked on projects that combine engineering and biotechnology to better understand biological and mechanical processes.