Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing

Humanity's future urgently requires innovative production processes that meet societal needs while simultaneously reducing or reversing negative environmental impacts.

Through the IAMSM, Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Tec de Monterrey conducts scientific and applied research, developing and innovating in technologies to generate new materials and design sustainable manufacturing processes.

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The Institute is nourished by the work of its units:

Arturo Molina Gutiérrez

Director of the Institute and Leader of Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Materials Unit

The unit optimizes and redesigns processes to make them more efficient in their energy consumption, reduce emissions (CO2), greener consumption and processing with high production performance.

Alex Elías Zúñiga

Leader of Accelerated Materials Development

Accelerated development of advanced light-weighting materials and disruptive innovations to enhance material properties and improve manufacturing processes. This Unit aims to develop life-changing products and services to build a better future.

Dora Iliana Medina Medina

Leader of Accelerated Materials Development

The unit is looking forward to originate alternatives to reduce the use of plastic derived from petroleum by developing innovative polymeric bio-based materials for sustainable food packaging with eco-friendly characteristics.

Rita Fuentes Aguilar

Leader of Enabling Technologies for the Development of Advanced Materials Unit

Development of technological platforms to discover and create materials and manufacturing processes in an accelerated manner, integrating artificial intelligence and disruptive technology based on innovative and sustainable materials.

Pedro Ponce Cruz

Leader of Enabling Technologies for the Development of Advanced Materials Unit

To improve the efficiency of the manufacturing process and reduce the impact of CO2 on the environment through designing and implementing advanced technologies.

Fernando Gómez Zaldívar

Leader of Competitive Intelligence and Public Policies for Sustainable Manufacturing Unit

Carry out research and analysis to identify strategic opportunities for public-private cooperation and the design of technological policy proposals to create social value by transforming the manufacturing industry towards zero emissions.

Mariel Alfaro Ponce

Leader of Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Materials Unit

The unit optimizes and redesigns processes to make them more efficient in their energy consumption, reduce emissions (CO2), greener consumption and processing with high production performance.

Roberto Parra Saldívar

Leader of Strategic Research Project Manufacturing Processes

Developing research in bioproduction of advanced materials through circular economy with high-value products and regenerative systems for the planet, from waste to wealth, generation solutions on medicines, food and the environment.

Alejandro Montesinos Castellanos

Leader of Strategic Research Project Manufacturing processes for advanced materials

Solutions for decarbonization of industrial sector through development of materials and smart processes. Processes to reduce/capture/utilization of CO2 using advanced nano-structured catalysts and machine learning.