Alejandro C. Ramirez-Reivich

I am Alex . I am a Full Professor in engineering design, School of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), since 1982. All started in the Christmas of 1958, when out of the blue, three months before expected, Alejandro was born, giving no chance for his parents to even get to a hospital. As a boy living in the countryside, there was no toy, animal or plant safe from his curious hands. His favorite game was to climb trees and discover the biomechanics of all sorts of bugs. Since age 9, he was surrounded by machines since his father owned a dairy company which later became his training floor. Alejandro's formal studies began in 1979 looking for answers at the School of Engineering. He found not only answers but also more questions and opportunities regarding Mechanical Design. He completed his Masters at UNAM and his Ph.D. at Lancaster with Prof. Michael French. He has always been in deep contact with the industry, so the natural step was for him to become his boss while never quitting his academic passion. Alejandro has had the opportunity to develop more than 250 projects for companies in Mexico, Germany, Australia, USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Argentina. Working in multinational projects has always been an enriching experience. My research areas include engineering design, product innovation (methods, tools, and application cases and engineering education).