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 – to date.

• University Honors

                Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, December 2004.

• Tecnologico de Monterrey Excellence Scholarship (90%).

                Tecnologico de Monterrey, 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

JUL-AUG 2008                  Visiting Research Scholar. UCI-TEC Alliance for Micro/Nanotechnology based Entrepreneurship

Tecnologico de Monterrey. Monterrey, Mexico.

OCT-DEC 2007                  Visiting Research Scholar. INDO-US Center for Futuristic
                                                and Advanced Manufacturing
                                               Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Kanpur, India.

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                   Visiting Research Scholar. California-Catalunya Alliance for
                                                Miniaturization Science and Engineering.
                                                Universitat de Barcelona, Parc Cientific de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain.

SEP 2005 -                        Graduate Research Assistant. Marc Madou BioMEMS Research Lab

Mechanical & Aerospace Eng. Department, University of California, Irvine.

MAY-AUG 2005                 Project Scientist. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
                                                Relapse Detection System.
                                                Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey. Monterrey, Mexico.

2004 - MAR 2005               General Chair. Simposium bioMEMS. BioMEMS Conference.
                                                Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey. Monterrey, Mexico.
                                                General Chair of the first worldwide student organized conference on
                                                bioMEMS. Conference featured more than 600 delegates from
                                                universities, government and industry. Sponsors included Consejo de
                                                Ciencia Y Tecnologia del Estado de Nuevo Leon, MANCEF, and Freescale.

AUG-DEC 2004                   Research Assistant. bioMEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems)
                                                Technical-Entrepreneur System.
                                                State Government of Nuevo Leon and Tecnologico de Monterrey,
                                                Monterrey, Mexico

SEP-DEC 2003                    Hertzberg Photometers module for the TEST Nanosat Project.
                                                University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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 283/300.
• Spanish. Native Speaker.

Technical Skills

Societies
IEEE Member since 2001

Software Skills
SolidWorks, C++, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe Illustrator, IsoPro.

Research Interests
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

Journal:

R. Martinez-Duarte, S. Cito, E. Collado-Arredondo, S. O. Martinez and M. Madou, “Fluido-dynamic and Electromagnetic Characterization of 3D Carbon Dielectrophoresis with Finite Element Analysis”
Sensors & Transducers Journal, Vol. 3, Special Issue, 25-36 (2008)

R. Martinez-Duarte, R. Gorkin, K. Abi-Samra, M. Madou, “The integration of Carbon-electrode Dielectrophoresis on a rotating platform”
Lab-on-a-chip, Manuscript (2009).

R. Martinez-Duarte, J. Baylon, S. O. Martinez, M. Madou, “Electromagnetic characterization of Carbon-electrode Dielectrophoresis in a conductive media and its applications”
Electrophoresis, Manuscript (2009).

R. Martinez-Duarte, J. Andrade-Roman, S. O. Martinez, M. Madou, “Multi-stage filter with Carbon-electrode Dielectrophoresis”
Journal of Chromatography, Manuscript (2009).

R. Martinez-Duarte, M. Madou, “Novel carbon micro molds derived from SU-8”
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Manuscript (2009).

R. Martinez-Duarte, M. Madou, M. Kulkarni, P. Dwivedi, A. Sharma, “Grayscale Lithography of SU-8 and Potential Applications”
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. Manuscript (2009).

Conferences:

R. Martinez-Duarte, R. Gorkin, K. Abi-Samra and M. J. Madou, "The Integration of 3D carbon Dielectrophoresis on a rotating platform"
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators & Microsystems, Transducers 2009: Denver, CO, June 21-25, 2009, 2147-2150 (2009).

R. Martinez-Duarte, M. J. Madou, G. Kumar and J. Schroers, "A novel method for Amorphous Metal Micromolding using Carbon MEMS"
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators & Microsystems, Transducers 2009: Denver, CO, June 21-25, 2009, 188-191 (2009).

R. Martinez-Duarte, S. Cito, E. Collado-Arredondo, S. O. Martinez and M. Madou, "Fluido-dynamic and Electromagnetic Characterization of  3D Carbon Dielectrophoresis with Finite Element Analysis"
Proceedings of the NSTI-Nanotech 2008: Boston, MA, June 1-5, Vol. 3, 265-268 (2008)

R. Martinez-Duarte, J. Andrade-Roman, S. O. Martinez and M. Madou,  "A High Throughput Multi-stage, Multi-frequency Filter and Separation Device based on Carbon Dielectrophoresis"
Proceedings of the NSTI-Nanotech 2008: Boston, MA, June 1-5, Vol. 3, 316-319 (2008).

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: Paris, France, October  7-11, Vol. 1, 826-828 (2007).

Abstracts:

R. Martinez-Duarte, M. Madou, “A Novel Approach to Dielectrophoresis using Carbon electrodes”
2009 Annual Meeting of the American Electrophoresis Society: Nashville, TN November 8-13, 2009.

R. Martinez-Duarte, R. Gorkin, K. Abi-Samra, M. Madou, “The Integration of Dielectrophoresis on a CD-like Microfluidics Platform”
2009 Annual Meeting of the American Electrophoresis Society: Nashville, TN November 8-13, 2009.

R. Martinez-Duarte, 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. 32nd International Conference on Micro and Nano-Engineering MNE  2006: Barcelona, Spain. September 17-20, Vol. 1, 1 (2006)

Book Chapter:

R. Martinez Duarte, G. Turon Teixidor, P. Mukherjee, M. Madou, “Perspectives of Micro and Nanofabrication of Carbon for Electrochemical and Microfluidic Applications" in Microfluidics and Microfabrication. Springer, manuscript (2009)

R. Martinez-Duarte, M. Madou. "SU-8 Photolithography" in  Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, manuscript (2009)

Patent Applications:

R. Martinez-Duarte and M. Madou, “Method and Apparatus for DEP-Assisted particle separation in High Flow Rates.” UC 2008-474.

R. Martinez-Duarte, M. Madou, G. Kumar and J. Schroers, “Fabrication of miniature Bulk Metallic Glasses Parts and Molds using Carbon Molds.” UC 2008-698. 

R. Martinez-Duarte, R. Gorkin and M. Madou, “Dielectrophoresis on a CD-like Centrifugal Platform.” UC 2007-707.

Thesis:

R. Martinez-Duarte, “Fabrication of Carbon Micro Molds”. University of California, Irvine, 2009.

Other:

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.