Jorge RamirezGraduate Student » [email protected]
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Originally from Juarez, Mexico, Jorge received a double B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgical & Materials Engineering from
the University of Texas at El Paso in 2016. Him and his wife, Katherine,
now live in the state of Indiana. Jorge has over 5 years of experience
in the field of Additive Manufacturing, with a strong focus on material
extrusion processes. He joined the CMSC team at Purdue in September
of 2016.
EDUCATION HISTORY/DEGREE BEING PURSUED Purdue UniversityPh.D. Materials Engineering, Current
The University of Texas at El PasoB.S. Mechanical Engineering, August 2016
The University of Texas at El PasoB.S. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, August 2016
EXPERIENCEPurdue University Graduate Research Assistant, August 2016-Present
The current focus of Jorge’s research is to develop simulation tools to
better understand material extrusion based, additive manufacturing
processes of composite materials.
The University of Texas at El Paso
Undergraduate Research Assistant, August 2011–August 2016
W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation.
The focus of Jorge’s research was to develop additive manufacturing
printing systems that can fabricate multi-material multi-functional
aerospace components. These next generation additive manufacturing
systems are engineered to become a complete manufacturing suite
able to print multiple materials using a series of 3-D printers, along with
added capabilities like micromachining, robotic placement of electronic
components, and the ability to connect electronic components with
wiring and conductive inks.
University of Notre Dame
Fellow-NDnano Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Summer 2015
Small Scale Transport Research Laboratory.
Jorge conducted experiments to study novel plasma configura-
tions for plasma/liquid interactions in a plasma electrochemical
cell. Plasma electrochemistry was used to reduce silver cations
(Ag+) in a metal salt solution to silver (Ag0) to form colloidal
silver NPs. Simultaneously, the plasma was used to evaporate
metal salt solution sessile droplets leaving behind the silver
NPs directly on a flat substrate where they can easily be used or
integrated into a device.
Cummins Inc.
Mechanical Development Engineer-Intern, Summer 2013
Led cross-functional Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis on a new Air
Handling component for an alpha phase 3.8L diesel engine. In order
to perform an accurate recollection of all the possible failure modes of
the Exhaust Air Throttle used in the 3.8L engine I had to get trained on
Integrated DFMEA which involved reviewing the component to identify
failure modes, and their causes and effects. The failure modes and their
resulting effects on the system were recorded and scored depending
on occurrence, severity and detection.
RESEARCH INTEREST/CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS Additive Manufacturing and simulation of composite materials.
PUBLICATIONSEspalin, D., Ramirez, J., Medina, F., Wicker, R. 2013. Multi-material, multi-
technology FDM: Exploring build process variations. Rapid Prototyping
Journal, Volume 20, issue 3.
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