Curriculum Vitae

Luisa Orozco | Dec 21, 2023 min read

Work Experience

Netherlands eScience center [Mar 2022 - now]

Research Software Engineer (RSE), Natural Sciences and Engineering section.

  • Lead RSE of projects involving:
    1. Proposing state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to geotechnics and chemistry problems.
    2. Enhancing code quality and sustainability.
  • Engage with research community on different physics and computational sciences events across the Netherlands (NWO Physics, FOSDEM, DUCOMS, ChemAI, OpenScience Festival).
  • Member and secretary of the Works Council.
  • Mentor of the NLeSc Fellowship program.

Université de Liège, GRASP [Sep 2020 - Mar 2022]

Postdoctoral researcher

  • Inter-disciplinary collaboration with LTPB (Pharmacy) and PEPS (Chemical engineering) from Liège University, and an industrial partner Aquilon Pharma.
  • Perform and analyze experiments and simulations of air fluidized beds.
  • Presentations at international conferences (2), seminars (5), and project evaluation meetings (3).

Laboratory of Mechanics and Civil Engineering (LMGC) [Nov 2019 - Sep 2020]

Research and teaching assistant (ATER)

  • Supervision of Master project: Experimental and simulation study of particle grinding. iAte (INRAE).
  • Design and analysis of simulations and experiments to validate a breakage model.

Education

PhD in Mechanics and civil engineering. CEA, LMGC, Université de Montpellier [2016 - 2019]
Supervisors: Farhang Radjaï, Jean-Yves Delenne, Philippe Sornay

MSc Master in Civil Engineering, specialty: Geotechnics. Universidad de los Andes [2014 - 2016]
Supervisor: Bernardo Caicedo

Bachelor of Civil Engineering. Universidad de los Andes [2011 - 2014]

Publications

Inhalation powder development without carrier: How to engineer ultra-flying microparticles? A Lechanteur, E Gresse, L Orozco, E Plougonven, G Lumay, N Vandewalle, A Léonard, B Evrard - European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 2023

Bespoke particle shapes in granular matter D Cantor, M Cárdenas-Barrantes, LF Orozco Papers in physics, 2022

Engineered-inhaled particles: Influence of carbohydrates excipients nature on powder properties and behavior A Lechanteur, E Plougonven, L Orozco, G Lumay, N Vandewalle, A Léonard, B Evrard International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2022

Effect of particle shape on particle breakage inside rotating cylinders LF Orozco, JY Delenne, P Sornay, F Radjai. EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021

Scaling behavior of particle breakage in granular flows inside rotating drums LF Orozco, JY Delenne, P Sornay, F Radjai Physical Review E, 2020

Rheology and scaling behavior of cascading granular flows in rotating drums LF Orozco, JY Delenne, P Sornay, F Radjai Journal of Rheology, 2020

Discrete-element simulations of comminution in rotating drums: Effects of grinding media LF Orozco, DH Nguyen, JY Delenne, P Sornay, F Radjai - Powder Technology, 2020

Discrete-element model for dynamic fracture of a single particle LF Orozco, JY Delenne, P Sornay, F Radjai International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2019

Advanced characterisation of cement-stabilised lateritic soils to be used as road materials S Caro, JP Agudelo, B Caicedo, LF Orozco, F Patiño International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2019

Water migration in unsaturated partially hydrophobic soils LF Orozco and B Caicedo Géotechnique Letters, 2017 7:1, 18-23

Skills

Programming languages: python, Julia, C++, CMake, Bash, Matlab, Git

Design: Blender, LaTex, Markdown, CSS, ffmpeg, imagemagick

Software: Paraview, AutoCAD, PLaxis, ArcMap, Microsoft office.

Languages: Spanish (Native), English (Fluent), French (Fluent), Dutch (Conversational)