PhD Student Darlene I. Santiago Quiñonez Wins First Place in Society of Rheology Annual Meeting Poster Competition

UncategorizedBy Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa November 2, 2010

Doctoral degree candidate Darlene I. Santiago Quiñonez won first place in the Poster Competition held in this year’s annual meeting of the Society of Rheology, held October 24-28, 2010, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Darlene presented a poster entitled “Rheological Characterization of a Ferrofluid Consisting of Permanently Magnetized Nanoparticles,” which describes par of her dissertation…

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Emergency Toxicity Lab Just in Time for Gulf Disaster

UncategorizedBy Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa September 10, 2010

De casualidad un poco antes del derrame de petróleo, la compañía Thermo Fisher Scientific se encontraba desarrollando un laboratorio de emergencia para el análisis de sustancias toxicas en alimentos o agua. El mismo podría ser utilizado en el desastre del derrame de petróleo para el análisis de la vida marina que es pescada por los…

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Crisis according to Albert Einstein

UncategorizedBy Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa June 23, 2010

“Let’s not pretend that things will change if we keep doing the same things. A crisis can be a real blessing to any person, to any nation. For all crises bring progress. Creativity is born from anguish, just like the day is born form the dark night. It’s in crisis that inventiveness is born, as…

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Como perder a su audiencia en 10 maneras simples

UncategorizedBy Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa June 1, 2010

Siempre que tenemos una presentación que dar, pensamos en que es lo mejor para que esta quede bien realizada. Puesto que muchos, por no decir todos, hemos pasado por malas presentaciones de las cuales no queremos ser copia a la hora de presentar la nuestra, se han establecido ciertos criterios básicos que se deben tomar…

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Techniques For How To Organize Your Time

UncategorizedBy Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa May 31, 2010

One of the first things that graduate students learn is that there is never enough time in the day. How can you keep yourself sane when you’re overloaded with courses, research, teaching, and a life? Get organized sometimes is not easy or maybe we believe we are not “so” disordered and disorganized. Sometimes is just…

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Como presentar un trabajo oral exitoso

UncategorizedBy Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa May 31, 2010

Una parte importante de la actividad científica consiste en comunicar los proyectos y resultados tanto en forma escrita como oral. A diferencia de las comunicaciones escritas, los que escuchan una charla solo tienen una oportunidad para entender y no pueden releer si se pierden. Es muy importante preparar las charlas cuidadosamente haciendo hincapié en la…

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Thermoforesis and Possible Applications

UncategorizedBy Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa May 31, 2010

Thermoforesis is a phenomenon that can expand new horizons of what the not too distant future there is the possibility of building machines and nano-scale structures. That is why the importance for engineers and scientist to know how these models behave. In other words it you understand their behavior and properties of these nano machines…

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Something about Janus particles

UncategorizedBy Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa May 31, 2010

The word Janus has its origin in the Roman god Janus. In Roman mythology this was the god of the gates, doors, doorways, beginning and endings; who is depicted with a double-faced head, each looking in opposite directions. Thus, in nature and materials science, asymmetric particles with two incompatible sides are called Janus particles. The…

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Common Mistakes in Research Papers

UncategorizedBy Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa May 31, 2010

Some people have several errors before submit a paper, especially, if is not their native language. This list contains some common errors to take into consideration. Verb tense: As a rule, use past tense to describe events that have happened. Such as, procedures and results that you have obtained. Reference to results should be in…

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Two-faced Janus Particles

UncategorizedBy Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa May 31, 2010

A Janus particle is composed of two fused parts, two-faced, like the Roman god Janus of doorways who is usually depicted with his faces looking in opposite directions. These asymmetric particles have two distinctly different sides, i.e. each face made from a different surface chemistry, or substance, than the other one. This kind of particles…

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