Luis Rodriguez

Biography

Luis F. Rodriguez has been appointed professor of practice of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson University.

He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso, and his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Monterrey Institute of Technology. He spent twelve years working for Chrysler motors as a design engineer and contributed significantly to the design of the Dodge Ram models 1997-2008. Following his work at Chrysler, he became Director of the Mechanical & Automotive Design Engineering program at Monterrey Institute of Technology.

Using his background in the automotive industry, Rodriguez is contributing significantly to the Coulter School of Engineering's new efforts in manufacturing driven by the $32M Solinsky Challenge. He is currently teaching Introduction to Engineering Design to the mechanical engineering sophomores, Introduction to Aerospace Design to the mechanical engineering to aerospace engineering sophomores, Strength of Materials and has developed a new class on Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, which is a critical skill for engineers hoping to work in mechanical design and manufacturing.

In addition to the mentioned courses, he is also teaches Fluid Mechanics, one that is directly related to his doctoral thesis focused on atmospheric turbulent analysis to characterize phase variations of laser propagation in deep turbulence.

Education Background

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering - May 2020 - University of Texas at El Paso
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering - Dec 1996 - Monterrey Institute of Technology

Experience

He spent twelve years working for Chrysler motors as a design engineer and contributed significantly to the design of the Dodge Ram models 1997-2008.

During this time, he specialized on heavy duty chassis, working on structural analysis and optimization, proposed continuous modifications for maintaining the process of improvement (mainly for the joint components) and finally coordinated the implementation of these proposals in the productive area.

After his work at Chrysler, he became Director of the Mechanical & Automotive Design Engineering program at Monterrey Institute of Technology.

There he taught the courses of Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Fundamentals of Combustion, Internal Combustion Engines, Mechanics of Materials, Finite Element Analysis, Engineering Materials, Machinery Design and Numerical Methods.

Additionally, the managed the students academic needs of the mechanical engineering department, such as registrations, curriculum planning, job fairs, coordination of international programs among many other needs that correspondent to the daily student life.

Courses Taught

Introduction to Engineering Design
Introduction to Aerospace Design
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerances (GD&T)
Fluid Mechanics
Strength of Materials
Numerical Methods
Machinery Design
Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics

Teaching Interests

His teaching interests are focused on the mechanical and aerospace design, going all the way from the process of ideas generation to the manufacturing implementation.

Service

Coordinates the Men's Club at St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Research Interests

His experience in the industry and academy, leads his research interests to structural analysis, new materials characterization, turbulent fluids simulation and heat transfer analysis.

Awards

Professor of the Year - Monterrey Institute of Technology Fall 2015.

Publications

Rodriguez, L. F., Kumar, Vinod, Espiritu, Jose F., Bronson, Arturo, Kotteda, V.M. Krushnarao, Lozano, Diego, Rodriguez, Arturo “Branch and Bound Analysis to Characterize Phase Variations in Laser Propagation Through Deep Turbulence”. Proceedings of the ASME 2019 6th Joint US-Japan-South Korea Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. Technical Paper Publication (ASME). AJKFLUIDS2019-5567. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFDCT) Track. Optimization, Data-Based Simulations, and Machine Learning. San Francisco California, US. Jul 28 – Aug 1, 2019.

Rodriguez, L. F., Vinod, K., Rodriguez, A., Kotteda, V.M.K., Gudimetla, V.S., Munoz, J.A., "Parameter Sensitivity and Statistical Correlation Found in Atmospheric Turbulence Studies" Proceedings of the ASME 2020 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting FEDSM2020 July 12-16, 2020, Orlando, Florida, USA.

Rodriguez, L. F., Vinod, K., Gudimetla, R., Munoz, J.A. "Machine Learning Analysis to Characterize Phase Variations in Laser Propagation Through Deep Turbulence". May 2020. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering. [FE-20-1335 Under Review].

Rodriguez, A., Vinod, K., Rodriguez, L.F., Kotteda, V.M.K., Gudimetla, V.S., Munoz, J.A., "Stochastic Analysis of Large Eddie Simulations Atmospheric Turbulence Solutions with Generative Machine Learning Models" Proceedings of the ASME 2020 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting FEDSM2020 July 12-16, 2020, Orlando, Florida, USA.

Rodriguez, A., Kotteda, V. M. Krushnarao, Rodriguez, L. F., Kumar, Vinod, Schiaffino, A., and Nieto, Zackery R. "Machine Learning Approach to Predict the Flow Rate for an Immiscible Two-Phase Flow at Pore Scale for Enhanced Oil Recovery Application." Proceedings of the ASME 2018 5th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. Volume 2: Development and Applications in Computational Fluid Dynamics; Industrial and Environmental Applications of Fluid Mechanics; Fluid Measurement and Instrumentation; Cavitation and Phase Change. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 15–20, 2018.

Rodriguez, A., Vinod, K., Rodriguez, L.F., Kotteda, V.M.K., Gudimetla, V.S., Munoz, J.A., “Trilinos Solvers Scalability on a MFIX-Trilinos Framework Applied to Fluidized Bed Simulations" Proceedings of the ASME 2020 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting FEDSM2020 July 12-16, 2020, Orlando, Florida, USA.