Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte
Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte
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Graduate Research Assistant
Dept: Mechanical Engineering
Research: Dielectrophoresis, C-MEMS, Stem Cells, CD, FerroFluids
Career Goals: Start-ups, Research
e-mail: rodrigom@uci.edu
Academics
• M.S./Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering.
University of California, Irvine. Expected Graduation Date: Spring, 2010.
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Major in Electronics and Communications.
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. December, 2004.
• International Programs in Engineering.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Fall Semester, 2003.
Scholarships and Awards
• Graduate Research Assistantship.
University of California, Irvine. September 2005.
• University Honors
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey. December 2004.
• Tecnologico de Monterrey Excellence Scholarship.
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey. August 2000-December 2004.
• Best Designer Award. Hertzberg Photometers Module of the TEST Nanosat.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. December 2003.
Professional Experience
Visiting Research Scholar. INDO-US center for Futuristic and Advanced Manufacturing.
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Kanpur, India, Oct-Dec 2007.
Visiting Research Scholar. California-Catalunya Alliance for Miniaturization Science and
Engineering.
Universitat de Barcelona, Parc Cientific de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain. May-Jul 2007.
Visiting Research Scholar. California-Catalunya Alliance for Miniaturization Science and
Engineering.
Universitat de Barcelona, Parc Cientific de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain. Jul-Oct 2006.
Graduate Research Assistant. Marc Madou BioMEMS Research Group,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California, Irvine. Sep 2005 -
Project Scientist. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Relapse Detection System.
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey. May-Aug 2005.
General Chair. Student-organized bioMEMS Conference: Simposium bioMEMS
Tecnologico de Monterrey, March 3-5, 2005.
Conference featured 19 renowned invited speakers on topics from nano to commercialization and
counted more than 600 delegates from universities, government and industry, spearheading
the adoption of bioMEMS studies in Mexican universities as well as the support from
government and industry.
Project Student Researcher. bioMEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems)Technical-Entrepreneur System.
Government of the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico and
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey. Aug-Dec 2004.
Creation of a technical-entrepreneur system to motivate the introduction and development of bioMEMS
devices into Nuevo Leon’s, Mexico economy.
Hertzberg Photometers module for the TEST Nanosat Project
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sep-Dec 2003.
Proposal Writing
3D Dielectrophoresis with C-MEMS: Design, Simulation and Implementation.
UC MEXUS – CONACYT Collaborative Grants. $25,000 from 09/2006-03/2008.
Activities
UC Irvine - Tecnologico de Monterrey Alliance for Micro/Nanotechnology based Entrepreneurship
Coordinator. www.uci-tec.net
Languages
English. TOEFL 210/250.
Spanish. Native Speaker.
Technical Skills
Photolithography (including Karl Suss’ MA6 Mask Aligner)
Maskless Photolithography (Intelligent MicroPatterning SF-100)
E-beam deposition
Soft Lithography
High-Temperature controlled environment Furnace
Oxygen Plasma
Scanning Electron Microscopy (Hitachi S-4700-2 FESEM, Carl Zeiss EVO 50)
Critical Point Drying
Interferometry
Profilometry
CNC Machining
CD centrifugal platforms
Societies
IEEE Member since 2000
Software Skills
SolidWorks, C++, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe Illustrator, IsoPro.
Research Interests
Carbon Dielectrophoresis, Carbon MicroElectroMechanical Systems, Polymer and Metal Microfabrication,
AC Electrokinetics, CD-like centrifugal platforms, Stem Cells, Lab-on-a-chip, FerroFluids, micro and nano
technologies commercialization
Publications
R. Martinez-Duarte, H. A. Rouabah, N. G. Green, M. Madou and H. Morgan,
"Higher Efficiency and Throughput in Particle Separation with 3D Dielectrophoresis with C-MEMS".
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference in Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry
and Life Sciences: microTAS 2007. 7-11 October, 2007. Paris, France. pp. 826-828.
Martinez-Duarte, R., Castellarnau, M., Rodriguez, R., Perez, R., Gomila, G., Samitier, J., and Madou M.,
“Carbon MEMS (C-MEMS) for Dielectrophoresis Applications”.
Proceedings of the California Catalonia Alliance for Miniaturization Science and Engineering Workshop.
MNE 2006. Barcelona, Spain. September 18th, 2006.
S. Martínez, D. Jiménez, S. Mora, F. Bouchereau, J. Flores, R. Martínez, D. Dávila, J. Esquivel, J. Cruz,
“Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de BioMEMS”,
Consejo de Ciencia y Tecnología del Estado de Nuevo León, México, Diciembre 2004.
Collaborators
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey: Dr. Sergio O. Martinez,
Dr. Graciano Dieck Assad, Dr. Blanca Lapizco-Encinas
Laboratorio de Micro@nanosistemas y Bioelectrónica at Universitat de Barcelona
UC Irvine-Tecnologico de Monterrey Alliance for Micro/Nanotecnology based Entrepreneurship
Ashutosh Sharma Nanosciences Lab at IIT Kanpur, India
