Sandra Carolina Cifuentes Cuellar

Sandra Carolina Cifuentes Cuellar

Sandra Cifuentes is a Chemical Engineer from the National University of Colombia, she is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Carlos III University of Madrid and researcher at the Group of Powder Technology. Doctor of Materials Science and Engineering by the UC3M, she did her doctoral thesis on the processing and characterization of polymer/metal composites for medical applications at the National Center for Metallurgical Research (CENIM-CSIC) and the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP-CSIC). On 2014, she gain the recognition of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as one of the 10 brightest innovators in Spain. She forms part of the “MIT Technology Review Innovators under 35” global community. She has also studied and worked at the Friedrich Alexander Universität (Germany) and at the University of Wisconsin Madison (USA) during academic exchange programms.

Publications

In vitro degradation of biodegradable polylactic acid/magnesium composites: Relevance of Mg particle shape.  S.C. Cifuentes, R. Gavilán, M. Lieblich, R. Benavente, J.L. González-Carrasco. Acta Biomaterialia Vol. 32 pages: 348 – 357 (2015)
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2015.12.037

Incorporation of Mg particles into PDLLA regulates mesenchymal stem cell and macrophage responses. S.C. Cifuentes, F. Bensiamar, A.M. Gallardo-Moreno, T.A. Osswald, J.L. González Carrasco, R. Benavente, M.L. González-Martín, E. García-Rey, N. Vilaboa, L. Saldaña.  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A Dec 11.
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35625.

Stran rate effect on semicrystalline PLLA mechanical properties measured by instrumented indentation tests. S.C. Cifuentes, E. Frutos, R. Benavente, J.L. González-Carrasco, V. Lorenzo.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.07.034

Biodegradable Bi-layered coating on polymeric orthopaedic implants for controlled reléase of drugs. N. Argarate, B. Olalde, G. Atorrasagasti, J. Valero, S. C. Cifuentes, R. Benavente, M. Lieblich, J.L. González-Carrasco. Materials Letter vol. 132 (1) (2014) Pages 193 - 195.
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.06.070

Does magnesium compromiso the high temperature processability of novel biodegradable and bioresorbables PLLA/Mg composites? S.C. Cifuentes, R. Benavente, J.L. González-Carrasco. Revista de Metalurgia vol.50 (2):e011 (2014). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/revmetalm.011.

Influence of processing route and yttria additions on the oxidation behavior of tungsten. S.C. Cifuentes, A. Muñoz, M.A. Monge, P. Pérez.Journal: Journal of Nuclear Materials Vol 442 (1-3):S214-S218 (2013). DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2012.10.033

Suitability of PLA/TCP for fused deposition modeling. D. Drummer, S.C. Cifuentes, D. Rietzel. Rapid Prototyping Journal vol.18 (6) (2012) pages 500-507
DOI: 10.1108/13552541211272045

Novel PLLA/magnesium composite for orthopedic applications: A proof of concept. S.C. Cifuentes, E. Frutos, J.L. González-Carrasco, M. Muñoz, M. Multigner, J. Chao, R. Benavente, M. Lieblich. Materials Letters vol. 74 (1) (2012) pages 239 - 242
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.01.134

On the oxidation mechanism of pure tungsten in the temperature range 600-800 ºC. S.C. Cifuentes, M.A. Monge, P. Pérez. Corrosion Science vol.57 pages 114 - 121
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.12.027

Projects

Proyecto Coordinado MAT2012-37736-C05-01

Procesado y caracterización de nuevos materiales compuestos bioreabsorbibles para osteosíntesis de PLLA con alta fracción de volumen de Mg
Duración: 1 Febrero 2013- 31 Enero 2016
Entidad financiadora: MICINN
Entidades participantes; Hospital La Paz (Madrid), Departamento de Física Aplicada (Universidad de Extremadura), Departamento de Microbiología (UNex), Tecnalia, y CENIM
Coordinador del Proyecto: JL González Carrasco

Teaching

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering

• Chemical Basis of Engineering M2.223.14014-29 MAG 2015-2016-2C
• Environmental Technology M2.221.14764-19 MAG 2015-2016-2C
• Environmental Technology C2.223.14759-29 2015-2016 – 2C

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos. Grado en Ingeniería de Materiales. (2013-2014)

• Co-direction of a graduate project.
• Project: In vitro degradation of resorbable polylactic acid/magnesium composites for osteosynthesis devices.
• Author: Raquel Gavilán Párraga
• Supervisors: Marcela Lieblich, Sandra Cifuentes, José Ignacio Pastor