Curriculum Vitae Summary

He is a Civil Engineer by profession, an architect by heart and a historian by hobby “in his spare time”. His professional preparation was carried out at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, and his postgraduate studies (M.E. and Ph.D.) at the Universidad del Sur de Florida, in Tampa, Florida, EE.UU. He is a full-time professor/researcher in the Materials and Structures area at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Campus Querétaro. where he performs research, consultancy and development of new products such as construction materials, structural design, durability of construction materials, electrochemical methods for the characterization of construction materials and detailed inspection of concrete structures with corrosion problems. He is also a Consultant and Engineering and Consulting Manager at SATELSA SA de CV, where he has carried out diagnostic work and characterization of the durability of concrete structures in service, mainly bridges and buildings in service, both in marine, urban and industrial environments. . He is also a National Investigator, Level II, of the National System of Investigators of CONACYT. He is associate editor of Revista Alconpat.

CV: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andres-Torres-Acosta

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