University of California, San Diego
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
del Álamo’s Research Group
Professor
Current Students
Past Students / Visitors
Office: SME 344J
Phone: (858) 534 - 5962
E-Mail: jalamo.AT.ucsd.edu
Juan C. del Alamo is an assistant professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace department at UCSD where he studies the mechanics of eukaryotic cells and soft-bodied animals, and is developing novel non-invasive methods to image intraventricular flow.
He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in June 2005 at the E.T.S. de Ingenieros Aeronauticos in Madrid, Spain. After completing his Ph.D., Juan C. del Alamo served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Harvard University School of Public Health and a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at UCSD. He has received the 2006 “ERCOFTAC Da Vinci Award” for the best European Thesis in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion. He is also a recipient of the US Geographical Survey Director’s Award for Exemplary Service to the Nation, the NSF CAREER Award, and a Hellman Fellow.
At UCSD, his courses include Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Methods, and graduate courses in bio-mechanics such as Mechanics Inside the Cell.
Juan C. del Álamo
Office: SME 344
E-Mail: mgomezgo.AT.ucsd.edu
Manu received his B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the E.T.S.I.A. in Madrid. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; studying the dynamics of particles embedded in the cell’s cytoplasm.
Manuel Gómez-González
Office: SME 344
E-Mail: kosterda.AT.ucsd.edu
Katie received her B.S. degree in Biophysics from the University of California, San Diego. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; studying the microrheology of eukaryotic cytoplasm.
Katie Osterday
Collaborators
Alberto Aliseda, University of Washington
Damien Garcia, University of Montreal
Oscar Flores, U Carlos III Madrid
Manuel Garcia-Villalba, U Carlos III Madrid
Javier Jimenez, School of Aeronautics, Madrid (Ph D Thesis advisor)
Janice Lai, Stanford University
Javier Rodriguez-Rodriguez, U Carlos III Madrid
Shawn Shadden, Illinois Insitute of Technology
More coming soon...
Office: SME 344
E-Mail: bego.alv.AT.gmail.com
Begoña received her degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Polytechnic University in Madrid. Currently she is making her PhD. thesis in the field of cell mechanics. She is characterizing the distribution of the three dimensional forces exerted by migrating cells, using Dictyostelium Discoideum as a model and quantifying the effect of different proteins in the organization of 3D forces through the comparison of experiments using mutants with defective cell migration and Wild type cells.
Begoña Álvarez-González (co-advised with Juan Lasheras and Richard Firtel)
E-Mail: henninggelshorn.AT.hotmail.com
Henning received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University in Germany. As a visiting student at UCSD, he worked on improving 3D echo-PIV measurements.
Henning Gelshorn
E-Mail: susana.izquierdo.bermudez.AT.gmail.com
Susana received her degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University Carlos III in Madrid. She double majored in Energetic Technologies and Mechanics of Machines and Structural Engineering. Her Final Degree Thesis was completed at UCSD, where she created a numerical simulation of the left ventricle filling process of the heart, supervised by Juan Carlos del Álamo. Currently, she is working with Javier Rodríguez Rodríguez (University Carlos III of Madrid), studying the Bjerknes force on two spherical bubbles in contact. In January, she will start begin at CERN, in the Large Magnet Facility, on the construction of large superconducting magnets and related design, engineering and integration of cold masses.
E-Mail: lur_db.AT.hotmail.com
Lourdes received her degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. She is currently working at Airbus and studying an MBA. As a visiting student, she studied the characterization of intraventricular flows.
Lourdes Dominguez Bengoa
Susana Izquierdo Bermudez
Office: SME 344G
Phone: TBD
E-Mail: legazpi.AT.ucsd.edu
Pablo Martínez-Legazpi received his Mechanical Engineering Degree in 2005, his MS in Mathematical Engineering in 2007 and his Ph.D. in Mathematical Engineering in December 2011 from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
Research Interests
Pablo’s research is mainly based in the fields of non-invasive methods to image intraventricular flow, gravity wave formation and developemnt and, blow off mechanisms of diffusion flames. His research has been centered mainly in experimental work but also in numerics.
He has been a lecturer since 2005, teaching subjects like Introductory Fluid Mechanics, Combustion and Pollutant Generation, Fluid Mechanics Installations and Experiments in Fluid Mechanics.
Current Postdocs
Pablo Martínez-Legazpi
Office: SME 344
E-Mail: mgborja.AT.gmail.com
Maria received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, San Diego and is now currently pursuing her PhD. For her dissertation, Maria is working on a numerical simulation that provides more information about the fluid dynamics during left ventricle filling.
Maria Guadalupe Borja (co-advised with Alison Marsden)
Office: SME 344
E-Mail: lorenz.ross.AT.gmail.com
Lorenzo is a first year PhD student, he is working on CFD simulations of Intraventricular Flow and has received a Fulbright Fellowship for his PhD program at UCSD. He completed his Laurea (B.S.) in Aerospace Engineering cum laude (with honors) at University of Bologna (Italy). In 2009-2010, as a visiting student at University of California, San Diego, he worked to improve 3D echo-PIV measurements. Then, he received his Laurea Magistrale (M.Sc.) in Aerospace Engineering cum laude (with honors) at Politecnico di Torino (Italy) where he also attended the ASP (Alta Scuola Politecnica) joint program with the Politecnico di Milano.
Lorenzo Rossini
Office: SME 344
E-Mail: rikserrano.AT.gmail.com
Ricardo received his B.S. degree in Electronic and Automation Engineering from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. For his dissertation thesis, he studied the pulsatile flow in arteriesand currently, he is pursuing his PhD. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, studying intracellular mechanics.
Ricardo Serrano
Office: SME 344D
E-Mail: jhwang.AT.ucsd.edu
Jui-Hsien received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. He joined the group in 2011 and is now using theoretical methods to model the effects of combined proteolytic activities and plastic yield of the basement membrane with the presence of invading cells, which is normally found during metastasis of cancer cells or the immune system response of inflammatory diseases.
Jui-Hsien Wang
Office: SME 344D
E-Mail: jiuzhangshun.AT.gmail.com
Shun received his Master degree in mechanical engineering at UCSD. He received his B.S degree at Southwest Jiaotong University, China. Currently, he is working on amoeboid locomotion, especially the relation between intracellular flows and the forces they exerted on the substrata. He also works on the locomotion of terrestrial gastropods.
Shun Zhang (co-advised with Juan Lasheras)
