Guillermo Aguilar

Educational Background

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara - 1999
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara - 1995
B.S., Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - 1993

- Droplet deposition, thermodynamics, and heat transfer induced by atomized sprays
- Laser-tissue interactions
- Thermal and mechanical processes in biomedical optics and medical laser applications
- Laser-assisted cryosurgery, photopneumatic and cryopneumatic therapy
- Laser processing of biomedical materials.

International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Senior Member, 2024
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow, 2023
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Member, 2023
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Member, 2022
Emeritus/Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering UC Riverside, 2021
American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Fellow, 2020
National Academy of Engineering of Mexico, 2019
STAR Award: Educator of the Year, Society of Hispanic Professionals and Engineers (SHPE), 2014
American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) Fellow, 2003
Research Scientist Development Award, 2002-2007

L. Devia-Cruz, G. Aguilar, et.al, “Reconstruction of laser-induced cavitation bubble dynamics based on a Fresnel propagation approach”, Applied Optics, Vol. 54, No. 35, pp. 10432-10437, 2015.
M. I. Gutierrez, G. Aguilar, et.al., “Novel Cranial Implants of Yttria‐Stabilized Zirconia as Acoustic Windows for Ultrasonic Brain Therapy”, Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2017
E.H. Penilla, G. Aguilar,.et.al., “Ultrafast laser welding of ceramics”, Science, 365, pp. 803–808, 2019
V. Robles, G. Aguilar, et.al., “The effect of scalable PDMS gas-entrapping microstructures on the dynamics of a single cavitation bubble”, Scientific Reports, 12, pp. 20379, 2022
C. Alvarez, G. Aguilar, et.al., “Photothermal heating of titanium nitride nanomaterials for fast and uniform laser warming of cryopreserved biomaterials”, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10, pp. 957481