- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- James and Ada Forsyth Professor
- Department Head, Mechanical Engineering
- Phone: 979-458-6631
- Email: tamu-me-head@tamu.edu
- Office: MEOB 102
- Website: Research Webpage
- Linkedin: Profile
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, National Autonomous University of Mexico - 1993
Research Interests
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- Cryogenic spray cooling
- Laser-tissue interactions
- Biomedical optics
- Medical lasers
Awards & Honors
- 2020 American Society of Mechanical Engineering Fellow
- 2019 National Academy of Engineering of Mexico
- 2014 STAR Award: Educator of the Year (SHPE)
- 2002-2007 Research Scientist Development Award
Selected Publications
- Cano-Velázquez MS, Davoodzadeh N, Halaney D, Jonak CR, Binder DK, Hernandez-Cordero J, Aguilar G. “Optical access to the brain through a transparent cranial implant.” Proceedings of SPIE BiOS, San Francisco, CA (2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2541042
- Davoodzadeh N, Cano-Velázquez MS, Halaney DL, Jonak CR, Binder DK, Aguilar G. “Evaluation of a transparent cranial implant for multi-wavelength intrinsic optical signal imaging.” Proceedings of SPIE BiOS, San Francisco, CA (2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2511035
- C. Alvarez, A. Hernandez, N. Cuando, G. Aguilar, "Growth inhibition of Staphylococcus Aureus by a combined treatment of ZnO nanoparticles and femtosecond laser light." Photonic Diagnosis and Treatment of Infections and Inflammatory Diseases II. Vol. 10863. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2019; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2510263
- Cano-Velázquez MS, Davoodzadeh N, Halaney D, Jonak CR, Binder DK, Aguilar G, Hernandez- Cordero J. “Evaluation of Optical Access to the Brain in the Near Infrared Range with a Transparent Cranial Implant.” Proceedings of the Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference, Lima, Peru (2018); https://doi.org/10.1364/LAOP.2018.Tu5C.2
- Davoodzadeh N, Aguilar G, Jonak C, Binder D, Cuando N, Aminfar A, Halaney D., “Laser speckle imaging of brain blood flow through a transparent nanocrystalline yttria-stabilized-zirconia cranial implant.” Proceedings of SPIE BiOS, San Francisco, CA (2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2285953