Centro de Microelectrónica (Microelectronics Research Center) - CMUA -

Alba G. Ávila Bernal, Ph.D.

Doctor Avila started her studies at Universidad de los Andes, where she graduated from Electrical Engineering and Physics in 1996. She obtained a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the same university and then she undertook a doctoral degree in Semiconductor Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, Univerisity of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Currently, doctor Avila is asosiate professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Enginering in Universidad de los Andes.

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Rodrigo Bernal Montoya

Rodrigo was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. He attended Los Andes University in Bogotá, Colombia where he received bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical and Electronics Engineering. His undergraduate work focused on powder metallurgy and development of low-cost Scanning Probe Microscopes. He joined Prof. Espinosa’s Lab in the Fall of 2008 to pursue a PhD in mechanical engineering. His current research interests include the mechanical and piezoelectric properties of semiconducting nanowires, in-situ testing of nanostructures and nanomanipulation.

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Sebastian Bonilla Osorio

Sebastian attended Universidad de los Andes where he received a B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. His graduation project was the development of the STM kit and after graduation he interned at the European Organization for Nuclear research CERN, for six months, and at Asylum Research (CA) for another six months. He then completed an MPhil degree in Micro and Nanotechnology at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and he's currently instructor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in Universidad de los Andes.

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Juan Pablo Ruiz

Juan Pablo did his undergrad course in Electronics Egineering at Universidad de Nariño, Pasto, Colombia, in 2008. He did his undegraduate thesis on the study and design of algorithms and communication electronic interface between PIC microcontrollers and USB storage devices. Currently he is undertaking a Master's Course on Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, and is conducting his thesis on the detection of nanoestructures using an AFM based on a quartz tuning fork. The education AFM has been developed as a result of his thesis.

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Diego Ballesteros & Camila González

Diego and Camila are last year students of Electronic Engineering at Los Andes University. Currently, Diego is developing a hardware/software solution for the acquisition and visualization of micro and nanoscale images using the STM kit, and Camila is working on the electrical characterization and nanofabrication techniques using the Asylum Research’s MFP-3D AFM, recently acquired by the university. Diego’s research interests are Reinforcement Learning and AI in computer games, especially the application of Machine Learning to this area, and Camila’s research interest is Photovoltaics, especially the improvement of solar cells efficiency at a minimum cost using nanoparticles.

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