About Me
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Texas A&M University at Kingsville. I graduated with a Ph.D. from the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso, under the guidance of Professor Vinod Kumar where I was an National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (NSF GRFP Fellow), Visiting Researcher at the Computational Mathematics Department at Sandia National Laboratories working with Nathaniel A. Trask, Mauro Perego, Jonas A. Actor, and Anthony Gruber, and Collaborator of the Aerospace Sciences Lab at Purdue University working with Steven P. Schneider. Before this, I was a U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Research Fellow (NNSA NGFP Fellow). Previously an AFRL Scholar at AFRL Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site (AMOS), a Collaborator of the CRUNCH Group at Brown University, a Collaborator of Dr. Hamid Johari's Group at CSUN, an R&D intern at the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Aerosciences Department, an R&D intern at the Department of Oceanic, Atmospheric and Remote Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), an R&D intern in the Department of Fire Science and Technology at SNL, and researcher for the SIEMENS competition at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). Arturo brings experience as a Computational Engineering Researcher applying to fractals, turbulence, aerodynamics, hypersonic flow, atmospheric and oceanic sciences, combustion, gas dynamics, multiphase flow, and machine learning. Arturo's research has contributed to data-driven solutions to physics problems. Analysis of state-of-the-art machine learning models compared to the mechanics of fluids generated with computational fluid dynamics modeling and the finite element method. Arturo is a former scholar of the Houston Endowment, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, and The Boeing Company. Arturo enjoys reading articles and books that offer new philosophical and motivational perspectives in his free time. There is no story of classical literature that Arturo is not interested in; Arturo loves to read, watch plays, and watch heartwarming movies.
2025
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University at Kingsville in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Assistant Professor of Research at Texas A&M University at Kingsville in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
ViSTA Laboratory | Mentor: Vinod Kumar
2015 - 2025 | Advanced Modeling and Simulation Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at El Paso
Mentors: Vinod Kumar, V M Krushnarao Kotteda, Ashesh Chattopadhyay, and Christopher Harris
2024
2022 - 2024 | Joint Project - Research Collaborator, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University
Aerospace Sciences Laboratory | Mentor: Steven P. Schneider
2023
Graduate Research, Multi-Phase Modeling and Design of Mesoscopic Systems Group, The University of Texas at El Paso
Mentor: Zhengtao Gan
Researcher - Scientific Machine Learning Department, Sandia National Laboratories
Mentors: Mauro Perego, Nathaniel Trask (UPENN), Jonas A. Actor, and Anthony Gruber
Researcher - Computational Mathematics Department, Sandia National Laboratories
Mentors: Nathaniel Trask, Mauro Perego, Jonas A. Actor, and Anthony Gruber
2022 - 2023 | Consultant - Advanced Thermal Concepts and Analysis, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
POCs: Cesar Diaz-Caraveo and Drs. Scott N. Roberts and Takuro Daimaru
2022 - 2023 | Joint Project - Research Collaborator, AFRL Holloman High-Speed Test Track
POC: Capt. Jinhee F. Byun
2022
2021 - 2022 | DOE NNSA NGFP Fellow, Defense Programs, Office of Production Modernization
Mentor: Andrew P. Trotta
2021
AFRL Scholar, Directed Energy Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site, Mentor: Venkata S.R. Gudimetla
2020 - 2021 | Research Collaborator, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University
Collaborator of: George Em Karniadakis
2020 - 2021 | Research Collaborator, Department of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge
Collaborator of: Hamid Johari
2020
2018 - 2020 | Undergraduate and Graduate Research, Munoz Research Group, The University of Texas at El Paso
 Mentor: Jorge A. Munoz
Research and Development Intern, Aerosciences Department, Sandia National Laboratories
Mentor: Paul M. Delgado
2019
Technical Aide - Oceanic, Atmospheric, and Remote Sensing Sciences - Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Mentors: Jay H. Phelps and Joe Geiman
2018
Undergraduate Research, Applied Energy Research Group, The University of Texas at El Paso
Mentor: Norman D. Love
Research and Development Intern, Fire Science and Technology Department, Sandia National Laboratories
Mentors: John C. Hewson and Alexander L. Brown
2016
Undergraduate Research, Fiber Optics and Applied Communications Laboratory, The University of Texas at El Paso
Mentors: Virgilio Gonzalez and Pablo Rangel
2013
High School Researcher, Department of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
Mentors: Xinbao Yu, Nan Zhang, Asheesh Pradhan
2024 | Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso
Dissertation Advisor: Vinod Kumar
2020 | B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso
AJKFED 2023 - Computational Fluid Dynamics Session Chair (Selected)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP Fellowship)
U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellowship Program Fellowship (DOE NNSA NGFP Fellowship)
UTEP Mechanical Engineering Department Outstanding Performance Award
Houston Endowment Scholarship
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics UTEP Alumni Employees Endowed Scholarship in Engineering
AFOSR/UTEP Research Assistantship
UTEP MERITUS Research Program Scholarship / Assistantship
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Scholarship
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
The Boeing Company Scholarship