Photo credits: Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Austin, TX
Email: namolina@utexas.edu
Education
- (Aug 2020 – May 2025) Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering | University of Texas at Austin
- (Aug 2018 – Jul 2020) Master of Science in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- (Mar 2014 – Jul 2020) Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (major), Materials Science (minor) | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Awards
- (2024) Agnes T. and Charles F. Wiebusch Fellowship, Cockrell School of Engineering (UT Austin)
- (2024) John B. Goodenough Travel Award, Texas Materials Institute (UT Austin)
- (2024) Professional Development Award, Cockrell School of Engineering (UT Austin)
- (2023) Professional Development Award, Cockrell School of Engineering (UT Austin)
- (2023) Elmer E. Klaus Fellowship, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE)
- (2022) Alfred and Nellie King Graduate Fellowship, Cockrell School of Engineering (UT Austin)
- (2022) Grants in Aid of Research (GIAR), Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
- (2021) Best Master’s Thesis, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- (2019) Fully-Funded Master’s Scholarship, National Research & Development Agency, Chile
- (2014) Fully-Funded Bachelors’ Scholarship, National Research & Development Agency, Chile
Publications
- Edwards, C., Lien, H. M., Molina, N., Mangolini, F. (2024). Effect of Europium and Gadolinium Alloying Elements on the Tribological Response of Low Hydrogen Content Amorphous Carbon. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(22), 29314–29323.
- Molina, N., Mangolini, F. (2024). Establishing links between storage environmental conditions, annealing parameters and water mobility in molybdenum disulfide coatings. Tribology & Lubrication Technology, Vol. 80, N. 7.
- Chrostowski, R., Curry, J. F., Dugger, M. T., Molina, N., Babuska, T. F., Celio, H., … & Mangolini, F. (2023). Spectroscopic Evaluation of Surface Chemical Processes Occurring in MoS2 upon Aging. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15(30), 37047-37058.
- Espinoza-Jara, A., Walczak, M., Molina, N., Jahn, W., & Brevis, W. (2022). Erosion under turbulent flow: A CFD-based simulation of near-wall turbulent impacts with experimental validation. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 16(1), 1526-1545.
- Li, Z., Jennings, Z. Y., Yan, J., Molina, N., Lien, H. M., Chrostowksi, R., … & Mangolini, F. (2022). Effect of tribologically-induced changes in surface termination of silicon-containing diamond-like carbon coatings on the resistance to biomolecule adsorption. Carbon, 199, 132-140.
- Li, Z., Celio, H., Dolocan, A., Molina, N., Kershaw, J., Morales-Collazo, O., … & Mangolini, F. (2021). Tuning the Surface Reactivity and Tribological Performance of Phosphonium-Based Ionic Liquid at Steel/Steel Interfaces by Bromide/Phosphate Anion Mixtures. Applied Surface Science, 570, 151245.
- Molina, N., Walczak, M., Kalbarczyk, M., & Celentano, D. (2021). Erosion under turbulent slurry flow: Effect of particle size in determining impact velocity and wear correlation by inverse analysis. Wear, 474, 203651.
- Molina, N., Walczak, M., & Michalczewski, R. (2020). Erosion under turbulent slurry flow: An experimental determination of particle impact angle, impact direction, and distribution thereof by image processing. Wear, 203302.
- Molina, N., Aguirre, J., & Walczak, M. (2019). Application of FFT analysis for the study of directionality of wear scars in exposure to slurry flow of varying velocity. Wear, 426, 589-595.
Community Involvement
- ATX Bridges International – A welcoming community of international & American students in Austin 🤘
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