COLFUTURO Yearbook Selection 2026

Engineering Arturo González Quiroga Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Universidad del Norte Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ghent University (Belgium); Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (Brazil); and a degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Industrial de Santander. Héctor Matamoros Rodríguez Professor Emeritus Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito Master’s degree in Civil Engineering (with an emphasis on Water Resources and the Environment), specialist in Water Resources and the Environment, and a civil engineer from Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito Helmuth Trefftz Gómez Professor EAFIT University Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rutgers University (United States); Master of Science in Computer Science from Maharishi International University (United States); and Systems Engineer from EAFIT University. Jesús David González Llorente Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Université du Québec Ph.D. in Engineering from Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan); Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez; Specialist in Software Engineering from Francisco José de Caldas District University; and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Manizales campus). Joao Luis Ealo Cuello Full Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering Universidad del Valle Ph.D. in Mechanical and Production Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain); Master’s in Industrial Control Systems from the University of Valladolid (Spain); and a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad de Ibagué. Mario Alberto Rios Mesías Full Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Universidad de los Andes Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with an award-winning dissertation from Universidad de los Andes and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Electrical Networks from Grenoble INP - UGA (France); Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) and Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidad de los Andes. Miguel González Salazar Professor of Strategies and Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences, summa cum laude , from the Università degli Studi di Ferrara (Italy), in collaboration with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Kempten University of Applied Sciences , (Germany); Master of Business Administration from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola (Sweden), Magister in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Víctor Javier Pugliese Manotas Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Universidad del Norte Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University (United States); Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Universidad del Norte. SELECTION YEARBOOK 2026 47