Pablo Caceres Valencia, Ph.D

Pablo Caceres Valencia, Ph.D

Professor

Office: L-212
pablo.caceres@upr.edu
T: 787-832-4040 x2358
http://academic.uprm.edu/pcaceres

Education

  • Ph.D.
 University College Cardiff, Wales, 1985
  • B.S.
 University College Cardiff, Wales, 1981
  • B.S.
 Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Perú, 1977

Background

  • 2007-present
 Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
  • 2008
 Summer, ten weeks at the Air Force Research Laboratories, in collaboration with Dr. Benji Maruyama.
  • 2007
 Summer, ten weeks at the University of Oregon, in collaboration with Prof. David Johnson.
  • 2005
 Summer, three weeks at the University of Missouri-Rolla, in collaboration with Prof. Krishnamurphy.
  • 2003
 Summer, ten weeks at Rensselaur Polytechnic Institute in collaboration with Prof. Krishna Rajan
  • 2002-2007
 Associate Professor, Department of General Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
  • 1997-2002
 Tenured Professor, Materials Area – Mechanics Section, Engineering Department, Pontificia Univ. Católica del Peru, Lima, Peru
  • 1992-1997
 Senior Scientist, Kuwait Institute for Industrial and Scientific Research
  • 1989-1997
 Principal Scientist, SASTECH-SASOL South Africa
  • 1988-1989
 Quality Superintendent, ARMCO Steel, Lima/td>
  • 1987-1988
 Professor, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria
  • 1986-1987
 Post-Doc, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada, 1986-1987 under Prof. Gilles L’Esperance).
  • 1985-1986
 Post-Doc, University College Cardiff and Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories, U.K. (under Prof. Brian Ralph Ex-Dean of the University of Surrey and R.J. Tilley Prof. Emeritus at Cardiff University)
  • 1984-1985
 Post-Doc, University College Cardiff, Wales, U.K. (under Prof. R.D. Spittle – Prof. Emeritus in Solidification- University of Swansea)

Academic and Professional Leadership

  • World Web of Peruvian Scientists Association
  • Coordinator of the ME, Personnel Committee, College of Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Department

Conference Publications

  • P.G. Caceres-Valencia; “Crossing the International Digital Divide and Promotion of Diversity”; oral presentation at the Workshop at The International Materials Institute Conference at the Iowa State University; May 8-9th Ames, Iowa, (2006)
  • C. Calderon, V. Quispe, P.G. Caceres-Valencia and A. Ramirez; “A Time Series Comparison Between Climate Temperature Estimation and Fatigue Test Analysis” poster presented in the Workshop at The International Materials Institute Conference at the Iowa State University; May 8-9th Ames, Iowa, (2006)
  • P.G. Caceres-Valencia, J. Ramirez-Vick and J. Carmona; “A Combinatorial Approach to the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes”, presented in the 4th International Workshop on Combinatorial Materials Science and Technology, 3-5 December 2006, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • P. Caceres-Valencia, N. Pierce, G. Sargent, L. Semiatin, V. Jourdain, H. Navas, M. Picher and B. Maruyama; “Film Thickness Dependence of the Fe Catalyst Size on Si3N4, Al2O3 and SiO2 Substrates for the Synthesis of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes: A High-Throughput Approach” presented at the International Workshop on Combinatorial Materials Science, Combi 2012, Charleston, South Carolina, October 2012

 

Major Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

  • J.R.T. Lloyd, P. Caceres, B. Ralph and P. Brondsted; “Observations of Substructure Associated with Fatigue in a Low Alloy Steel”, 1985, Scripta Metall, v.19, pp.1475-1480.
  • P.G. Caceres, C. Hotham, J.A. Spittle and R.D. Jones, “Mechanisms of Formation and Growth of Intermetallic Layers in Hot Dipping of Fe in Zn-3%Al and Zn-6%Al Baths”, 1986; Materials Science and Technology, v.2, pp.871-877.
  • P.G. Caceres and R.D. Garwood, “Development of Rolling Textures in Cu-Ni Alloys”, 1987, Materials Science and Technology, v.3, pp.275-284.
  • P.G. Caceres, B. Ralph, G.C. Allen and R.K. Wild, “Grain Boundary Segregation of Inconel 600”; 1988, Surf. Intf. Anal., v.12, pp.191-197.
  • P.G. Caceres, B. Ralph, G.C. Allen and R.K. Wild; “Sensitization of Inconel 600 – Part I : Scanning Auger and Optical Microscopy; Philosophical Magazine A, 1989, vol.59, No 6, pp. 1119-1136
  • P.G. Caceres, B. Ralph, G.C. Allen and R.K. Wild; “Sensitization of Inconel 600 – Part II : Analytical Electron Microscopy”; Philosophical Magazine A, 1989, v..59, (6), pp. 1137-1162.
  • P.G. Caceres and M. Behbehani; “Microstructural and Surface Area Development During Hydrogen Reduction of Magnetite”, 1994, Journal of Applied Catalysis A, vol.109, No2, pp.211-223.
  • P.G. Caceres; “Effect of Hydrogen Reduction Temperature on the Surface Chemistry of Pure and Promoted Magnetite”; Journal of Applied Catalysis A, 1994, v.110, pp.185-195.
  • P.G. Caceres and H.K. Schmid; “Morphology and Crystallography of Aluminum Nitride Whiskers”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 1994, vol.77, pp.977-983.
  • Al-Hashem, P.G. Caceres, W.T. Riad and H.M. Shalaby; ‘Cavitation Corrosion Behavior of Cast Nickel-Aluminum Bronze in Sea Water’; Journal of Corrosion Science, 1995, vol.51, No5, pp.331-342.
  • P.G. Caceres; “Characterization of Promoted Magnetite Catalyst by Analytical Electron Microscopy”, Journal of Applied Catalysis A, 1995, vol.127, pp.107-113.
  • K. Habib and P. Caceres, “Properties and Structures of Co-Based Metallic Glasses”, Scanning, 1995, v.17, pp.254-262.
  • P.G. Caceres and K. Habib; “Topotactixity of the Hydrogen Reduction Process in Fused Iron Catalyst”; the Journal of Materials Characterization, 1995, v.35, No.4, pp.213-219.
  • P.G. Caceres and K. Habib; “ Crystallization Behavior of Fe78B13Si9,; Fe81B13 Si3.5C2, Fe66Co18B15Si and Fe77Cr2B16Si5”; Zeitschrift fur Metallkunde, 1996,.v.87, (4),pp.300-304.
  • P.G. Caceres and K. Habib; “Failure Analysis of a Steam Reformer Tube”; Microstructural Science, 1996, v.13, pp. 151-155.
  • P.G. Caceres and K. Habib; “Crystallization Kinetics of Fe-B-Si Based Metallic Glasses with Single Additions of C, Co and Cr”; Microstructural Science, 1996, v.13, pp. 29-33.
  • A. Al-Hashem, P.G. Caceres, A. Abdullah and H.M. Shalaby; “Cavitation Corrosion Behavior of Cast Duplex Stainless Steel in Seawater” Corrosion, 1997, v.53, No. 2, pp. 103-113.
  • J.A. Sidhu, P.G. Caceres, M.H. Behbehani; “Measurement of Starch Properties During Staling of Arabic Bread”, Starch / Starkë, 1997, v.49, No. 5, pp.180-186.
  • P.G. Caceres and E.K. Ettiogbe; “Thermal Decomposition of Dolomite and the Extraction of Its Constituents” Journal of Minerals Engineering, 1997, v.10, No 10, pp.1165-1176.
  • P.G. Caceres, “Effect of Microstructure on the Abrasive Wear Properties of Infiltrated Tungsten Alloys”, Materials Characterization, v.49, pp.1-9, 2002.
  • P.G. Caceres-Valencia; “Effect of Elemental Redistribution on the Failure of Centrifugally Cast HK 40 Alloy”, ASME-Journal – Failure Analysis and Prevention, v.6, issue 2, pp.67-72, (2006).
  • P.G. Caceres-Valencia; “Low Temperature Synthesis of Nanostructured χ-Fe5C2 Platelets in CO-H2 Atmosphere”, Materials Characterization, v. 56, PP.26-31, (2006)
  • P.G. Caceres-Valencia, F. Rodriguez, “Synthesis of Nanostructured Chi-Fe5C2 Platelets in CO+H2 Atmospheres” Science &Technology of Powder Materials: Synthesis, Consolidation and Properties Ed. L.Shaw, E. Al Olevsky, F. Marquis, I.E. Anderson, J.H. Adair, and J.P. Singh, Editors TMS [pp. 19] 2006
  • P. Acevedo, P.Caceres and P Sundaram; “Evaluation in Atmospheric Corrosion in Al/Ag Joints” Corrosion Science 50 (2008), pp. 3123-3131.
  • Claudia Y. Acevedo-Morantes, Roberto A. Irizarry-Ortiz, Pablo G. Caceres-Valencia, Surinder P. Singh, and Jaime E. Ramirez-Vick; “Combinatorial growth of oxide nanoscaffolds and its influence in osteoblast cell adhesion” J. Appl. Phys. 111, 102810 (2012)

Awards

  • Scholarship to carry out a B.Sc. in Metallurgy & Materials Science awarded by the British Council in 1978.
    Newport & Metallurgical Society Award for oral presentation of a research topic, 1980 (The Institute of Metals, U.K.).
  • Newport & Metallurgical Society Award for oral presentation of a research topic, 1980 (The Institute of Metals, U.K.).
  • A.A. Read Award for best student, 1981 (University College Cardiff, U.K.). Summa Cum Laude, B.Sc. in Material Science (1981).
  • Fellowship to carry out a Ph.D. awarded by the Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom in 1981.
  • TJoint First Merit Award in the Grant Project presentation for Financial Support by CONCYTEC-Lima-Peru. September 1998.
  • Joint First Merit Award in the Grant Project presentation for Financial Support by CONCYTEC-Lima-Peru. September 2000