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Alba Avila
Country of origin: Colombia Currently in: Colombia, Bogotá General field of specialization: Engineering sciences-
Degrees
2003 Doctorate Physics1995 Undergraduate Engineering sciences1996 Undergraduate Physics1995 Undergraduate Engineering sciences1996 Undergraduate Physics1998 Master Engineering sciences -
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:Otherhttps://scienti.colciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000291455
Affiliations
IEEE -
Other Awards
Nov 2005Outstanding Junior Researchers - ColombiaJunior Chamber- International TOYPSep 1998Best Undergraduate Thesis, Colombian National Prize Leon De-Greiff in Applied PhysicsA 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 2019Award of Excellence for Promoting Inclusion and DiversityA recognition honoring professors and researchers that works and support efforts, activities and programs in the area of diversity and inclusion
