e-mail: ajaramil@caltech.edu

06/1998

Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. http://www.upv.es

Doctor in Industrial Engineering (1^st in class, highest honors, Outstanding Cum-laude degree).

o      Research: Constrained Multiscale Dynamics Modeling, Simulation and Control of Multibodies

o      Advisor: Dr. Alfons Crespo (Chair, Informatics and Systems Control Dept., Eng. Faculty).

12/1989

State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, USA. http://www.binghamton.edu

Master of Science in Computer Science (Fulbright Scholar).

o      Research: A RISCy Processing Element for Loosely-coupled Multiprocessor Systems.

o      Advisors: Dr. Kanad Ghose (Computer Science Chair), Dr. Peter Kogge (IBM Fellow).

06/1986

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. http://www.bu.edu

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

1982

International Baccalaureate Office. Colombia-England.

International Baccalaureate High Level Degree in Physics.

6/1/2006-Present

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States. http://www.caltech.edu

Director, Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Materials and Process Simulation Center

2/1/1990-6/1/2006

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali, Colombia. http://www.puj.edu.co

o      Full (Tenure) Professor Computational Science Department, Engineering Faculty (1999-)

o      Director/Founder Robotics and Process Automation Research Group (1995-2006)

o      School of Engineering Dean. 8/1998-10/2004.

o      Chair Electronics Engineering. 6/1993-10/1998.

o      Systems and Computer Engineering Program Director. 6/1992-10/1998.

10/2004-03/2005

California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California. Materials and Process Simulation Center (MSC). http://www.wag.caltech.edu

o      Invited Research Associate. Computational Nanotechnology

Host: Professor William A. Goddard, III

9/2002-12/2002

Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, US. http://www.ipam.ucla.edu

o      Invited Research Fellow. Nano-scale Science and Engineering Program, NSF funded.

Host: Dr. Mark Green (Dir. IPAM)

10/1996-12/1997

California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California. Materials and Process Simulation Center (MSC). http://www.wag.caltech.edu

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL-NASA), Pasadena, California. Ultracomputing Group, Engineering and Science Directorate. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

o      Visiting Scientist (Associate). Novel methods for Computational Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Computational Nanotechnology (massively parallel algorithms).

Collaborators: Dr. William Goddard III (Dir. MSC), Dr. Tahir Cagin (Dir. High Performance Computing and Simulation at MSC), Dr. Amir Fijany (Senior Researcher JPL).

8/1992-7/1993

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (MEL), Autonomous Machinery Division, Robotics Department, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. http://www.mel.go.jp

o      Invited Researcher and Trainee. Advanced Industrial Technologies.

Host: Dr. Kazuo Yamaba (Senior Researcher MEL).

1-8/1988

S.T.A. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Eng. Dept., Cali, Colombia.

o      Systems Engineer.

12/1986-12/1987

Sincron Diseno Electronico Ltda, Eng. Dept., Cali, Colombia.

o      Design Engineer.

o      First principles based Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

o      Constrained Coarse-gran Molecular Dynamics

o      Massively Parallel Computations in Molecular Simulations (algorithms and architectures)

o      Nanoscale Science and Engineering (Computational Nanotechnology)

o      Kino-dynamics

o      Transport

o      Control

o      Systems design

06/2001-06/2006

Principal Editor (and founder), EPICICLOS Scientific Magazine (peer reviewed), ISSN: 1657-5636. Indexed in Latindex and Publindex. http://epiciclos.puj.edu.co

1993-present

Scientific Peer Referee and Scientific Advisor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE; Latin-American Center for Informatics Studies (CLEI); and Colombian Science and Technology Agency, Colciencias (NSF equivalent).

11/2004.

Extraordinary Ability Alien Immigrant Visa (EB-1) awarded for scientific merit (INS-U.S.A.).

4/2004.

Elevated to Senior Member IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).

9/2002.

NSF-IPAM (Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics) Research Fellow.

08/30/2002.

Awarded “Scientific Merit 2001” Distinction by the Colombian Engineers Association (Valle chapter) and named Honorary Member. Cali, Colombia.

03/19/2002.

Awarded Outstanding Young Professional 2001 prize, International Junior Chamber (Cali-Colombia chapter) for outstanding contributions in combined area of Health-Technology.

08/14/2001.

Received into the highest Jesuit honors order in the degree of "Gentleman".

2001

“2000 Outstanding Scientists of the Twentieth Century”., IBC, Cambridge, U.K.

2000

WHO's WHO in America in Science and Engineering (5th Ed., 2000-2001, Marquis Ed., U.S.A.).

10/1997

Invited Fellow, High-Performance Parallel Programming, NSF-NPACI, San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, California, U.S.

1995

Nominee Colombian Committee of Ethics in Science & Technology., Colombian Science and Technology Agency – Colciencias.

1992-1993

Research Fellow Japan Industrial Technology Association (JITA)/ Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (M.E.L.), Tsukuba, Japan.

1988-89

Fulbright Scholar, Master of Science in Computer Science, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, U.S.A.

o      I.E.E.E. member (# 04511036, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).

o      A.C.M. member (# 4711479, Association for Computing Machinery).

o      A.A.A.S. member (# 09961089801, American Association for the Advancement of Science).