In this presentation the speaker introduces some and concise historical facts about his homeland. How Mexico was constituted before and after the Spanish invasion and how this country is facing new challenges today as to trigger both economic and academic development. Natural resources and touristic places in Mexico that must be visited are briefly suggested. The National Polytechnique Institute IPN is considered one of the major products derived from the Mexican revolution in 1910 that constitutes one of the most important academic institutions, which have put forward the name of Mexico worldwide due to original inventions. The speaker also introduces part of his professional experience on the development of advanced materials using two main techniques; namely, the mechanical alloying MA and the spark plasma sintering SPS. Among the advanced materials that are presented it is included: Alumina-(Y) Zirconia powder chemically processed and subsequently sintered by SPS for ball-bearing applications, the Sn-Te system prepared by the Repeated Cold Pressing technique to produce intermetallic compounds, the synthesis of hydroxyapatite HA powder through chemical routes and its combination with carbon nanotubes CNT for its ultimate consolidation using SPS and SPE techniques, and also aluminum and copper powder having CNT´s dispersion through spark plasma extrusion SPE technique. The speaker invites all interested people to spend one hour or so listening easy going English while having fun through his talk, aiming to settle up all sort of possible collaboration, both academic and touristic relationship between Czech and Mexico.
BIO - prof. Sebastian Díaz de la Torre
Prof. Dr. Sebastián Díaz de la Torre holds a bachelor degree on Chemical Engineering from the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico and M.S. on Metallurgical Engineering from ESIQIE-IPN, Mexico. Doctorate from Faculty of Engineering in Kyoto University, Japan. He is presently acting as professor and researcher at the Graduate Department at CIITEC. Expertise on ceramic powder processing and spark plasma sintering of composite materials. Invited Professor by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization NEDO-Japan at the Fine Ceramics Group of the Technology Research Institute TRI-Osaka from 1995 – 2000. Chairman Organizer from the year 2000 to 2009 of the symposium called “Technological Innovation and its Influence on Materials Processing” of the International Materials Research Congress Cancun. Dr. Díaz has published more than 70 technical papers, which have been cited for about 600 international publications.
