Rick Valentín, Ph.D

Rick Valentín, Ph.D

Professor

Office: L-211
ricky.valentin@upr.edu
T: 787-832-4040 x 2249

Education

  • Ph.D.
 University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 2003
  • M.S.
 University of Wisconsin, Madision, USA, 1997
  • B.S.
 University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, 1996

 

Background

  • 2015-present
 Professor/ Associate Professor (2007-2015) / Assistant Professor (2003-2007), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  • 1998-2003
 Research Assistant to Consortium Director, Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
  • 1999
 Assistant Researcher, University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering Practice, General Motors Research and Development Center, Warren, Michigan
  • 1997-1998
 Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Academic and Professional Leadership

  • Reviewer, Microelectronics Reliability
  • (2013-­2016) Acting Chair: Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR.
    (2011-2013) Associate Chair: Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR
    Former Coordinator, Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program
    Former Member, Faculty Academic Affairs
    Former Member, Department of Mechanical Engineering Personnel Committee

Conference Publications

  • A. Vega, C. Otano Gracia, A.F. Velasco-Abreo, S. Singh, R. Valentín, “Electrochemical Characterization of Electrospun and Casted Membranes of Nafion-Poly (Acrylic Acid) blends and Polyacrilonitrile-CNT composites for Applications in Hybrid Fuel Cells,” 9th International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering & Technology Conference 2011.
  • L. Renta, R. Valentín, P. Quintero, and D. Ma, “On the selection of commercially available Pb-free balls components over reballing the components with eutectic SnPb balls,” InterPack 2011.
  • P. Q. Aguilo, R. Valentín, P. C. Valencia, “Canaries development via combinatorial materials science techniques for prognostics and health management in electronics systems, ASME 2010 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems.
  • P. Quintero, R. Valentín, and D. Ma, “Pb-Free synthesis: Decision matrix as a tool for alloy selection,” IMAPS 2009.
  • R. Valentín, M. Osterman and B. Newman, “Remaining Life Assessment of Aging Electronics in Avionic Applications,” Proceedings of 2003 Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, pp. 313-318, Tampa Florida, January 27-30, 2003.
  • R. Valentín, J. Cunningham, M. Osterman, A. Dasgupta, M. Pecht and D. Tsagos, “Virtual Life Assessment of Electronic Hardware Used in the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV),” Proceedings of the 2002 Winter Simulation Conference, San Diego, California, December 8-11, 2002.
  • J. Cunningham, R. Valentín, C. Hillman, A. Dasgupta, and M. Osterman, “A Demonstration of Virtual Qualification for the Design of Electronic Hardware,” Proceedings of the IEST 47th Annual Technical Meeting and Exposition, Phoenix, April 22-25, 2001.
  • A. Ruiz, E. Vega, R. Katiyar, R. Valentin, and Ieee, “Novel enabling wire bonding technology,” in 57th Electronic Components & Technology Conference, 2007 Proceedings, ed, 2007, pp. 458-462.
  • Contributor to the chapter, “Methodology for Conducting Reliability Prediction using Simulation,” IEEE #1413 Standard Methodology for Reliability Prediction and Assessment for Electronic Systems and Equipment, M. Pecht, Ed., IEEE, 2003.

Major Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

  • Valentin, R., C. Otaño, V. K. Goyal, J. Ramgattie, “Characterization of a 2D Geometry Using C++ Interface,” American Transactions on Engineering & Applied Sciences, Vol 3, No. 1, (2014).
  • Goyal, V. K., , R. Valentin, M. Cruz, N. Nieves, “Characterization of Electrospun Nafion-Poly Acrylic Acid Membranes, Breakthroughs in High Water Uptake Membranes,” American Transactions on Engineering & Applied Sciences, Vol 3, No. 1, (2014).
  • P. Quintero-Aguiló, P. Cáceres-Valencia, R. Valentín, and A. Díaz, “Combinatorial studies for the minimization of tin whiskers growth in lead-free electronics, Transactions of the Asme, vol. 132, Aug 2010.
  • R. K. Katiyar, R. Singhal, K. Asmar, R. Valentín, and R. S. Katiyar, “High voltage spinel cathode materials for high energy density Li ion rechargeable batteries,” accepted in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2009.

Book Publications

  • Goyal, V. K., R. Valentín, and V. K. Goyal, Finite Element Analysis and Optimization for Engineering Design Using MATLAB Programming, (2008) Under review.

Awards

  • Award for Exemplary Performance and Commitment to Rumblebots, 2005-2006.
  • UPRM Scholar, 1998-2003.
  • DOVE Scholar, 1996