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Alba Avila

Country of origin: Colombia Currently in: Colombia, Bogotá General field of specialization: Engineering sciences
Academic Background

Degrees

2003 Doctorate Physics
1995 Undergraduate Engineering sciences
1996 Undergraduate Physics
1995 Undergraduate Engineering sciences
1996 Undergraduate Physics
1998 Master Engineering sciences
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Engineering sciences

I am teaching and leading projects in nano materials characterization, energy harvesting applications and Engineering Education. Here, I have listed some representative papers.


Publications resulting from Research: 


Hazards. J.V.Seidel, O.A.Castañeda-Uribe, S.Arevalo, F.Muñoz, W.Proud, A. Avila. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 15 Jan 2019, 368:228-233

Comparative study of equivalent circuit models for photoconductive antennas,OA Castañeda-Uribe, CA Criollo, S Winnerl, M Helm, A Avila. Optics express. 2018, 26 (22), 29017-29031
The current state of affairs regarding CNT OELs. Michael J. Ellenbecker, Sc.D.; Su-Jung Tsai; Molly Jacobs; Michael Riediker; Thomas Peters; Saou-Hsing Liou; Alba Avila Bernal; Steffen Foss-Hansen. Journal of Nanoparticle Research (under review), 2018.

Direct Observation of the Spatial Distribution of Charges on a Prolypropylene fiber via Electrostatic Force Microscopy. R. Bonilla, A. Avila, C. Montengro and H. P. Hinestroza. Journal of Microscopy, 28 (3), 266-70, 2012

Electrical Measurement Techniques in Atomic Force Microscopy. Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences. A. Ávila, B. Bhushan. Volume 35, Issue 1 January 2010, pages 38 – 51, 2009.

Research Directions and Challenges in Nanoelectronics. J. Nanoparticle Res. 8: 841-858 (18). R. Cavin, V. Zhirnov, D. Herr, A. Ávila, J. Hutchby, 2006

Fundamentals of Heat Transfer. SRC Research Paper, www.src.org. V. Zhirnov, A. Ávila, R. Cavin, 2005.

Antibacterial Activities of Azole Complexes Combined with Silver Nanoparticles. Nestor J. Bello-Vieda,Homero F. Pastrana,Manuel F. Garavito,Alba G. Ávila, Adriana M. Celis, Alvaro Muñoz-Castro, Silvia Restrepo and John J. Hurtado. Molecules 2018, 23(2), 361.

Impact of Adding Internet Technology on Student Performance and Perception of Autonomy in Fundamentals of Electronics Course Carlos Rosero, A. Avila, L. A Osiorio, S. L. Aguirre .J Sci Educ Technol ISSN: 1059-0145, v.27 fasc.N/A p.1 - 11, 2017.

Density and localized states' impact on amorphous carbon electron transport mechanisms. S. Caicedo, O. Lopez-Acevedo, J. Velasco Medina, A. Avila. Journal of Applied Physics 120, 214303 (2016); doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4971010

Depth sensitive Subsurface Imaging of Polymer Nanocomposites using Second Harmonica Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy. O.A. Castañeda-Uribe, R. Reigenberger, A. Raman, A. Avila. ACSnano vol 9, N3, 2938-2947, 2015

Subsurface-imaging of carbon nanotube-polymer composites using dynamic AFM methods. M. J. Cadena, R. Misiego, K. C. Smith, A. Avila, B. Pipes, R. Reifenberger y A. Raman. Nanotechnology, 24, 13, 135706, 2013



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Other
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Affiliations

IEEE
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Nov 2005
Outstanding Junior Researchers - Colombia
Junior Chamber- International TOYP
Sep 1998
Best Undergraduate Thesis, Colombian National Prize Leon De-Greiff in Applied Physics
A thesis Award for the best undergraduate thesis defended in 1998 selected from the defended theses in 10 Universities in Colombia: Universidad de Antioquia, la Universidad de los Andes, la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, la Universidad EAFIT, la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, la Universidad del Norte, la Universidad del Rosario, la Universidad Industrial de Santander y la Universidad del Valle.
Dec 2019
Award of Excellence for Promoting Inclusion and Diversity
A recognition honoring professors and researchers that works and support efforts, activities and programs in the area of diversity and inclusion

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