Researcher

Carlos Morillo Ph. D.

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Working status: need sponsorship

Profile

Tribologist, Mechanical and Materials Engineer with expertise in reliability of valves, seals and hip joint replacement materials.

Characterization of bulk and surface of materials. Research and Development of nanobiomaterials. Hands on laboratory: mixing, milling, sintering and metallographic preparation.

Over seven years of successful project managament in Latin America and Asia.

Design of protocols and bio-compatibility of bioglasses.

International regulatory affairs.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; international conference presentations and scientific journal publications.

Supervisory experience.

Sigmaplot, Photoshop, SpecSurf, CasaXPS and Microsoft Office Suite

English, Spanish and Japanese

Publications

C. Morillo, Y. Sawae, and T. Murakami. Effect of proteins on the surface of the tribological pair alumina/alumina nanocomposites for total hip joint replacement. Tribology International. 43, 5-6 (2010), 1158-1162

C. Morillo, Y. Sawae, and T. Murakami. Influence of different counterface on tribological behaviors of Al2O3 nanocomposites for joint prostheses. Tribology Online. 4, 5 (2009) , 127-130

C. Morillo, Y. Sawae, and T. Murakami. Tribological characteristics of Al2O3 nanocomposites for joint prostheses. Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering. (2008) Vol 3. No 3. 356 - 367

K. Noris-Suarez, I. Barrios de Arenas, M. Vasquez, Y. Baron, I. Atias, J. Bermúdez, C. Morillo, Y. Olivares and J. Lira-Olivares. Biological characterization using osteoblasts of glasses from SiO2.Na2O.CaO.K2O.MgO.P2O5 system modified with Al2O3 y B2O3 Revista Latinoamericana de Materiales y Metalurgia. (2005) 23, 82-88. (In Spanish)

S. W. Lee, C. Morillo, J. Lira-Olivares, S. H. Kim, T. Sekino, K. Niihara and B. J. Hockey “Tribological and microstructural analysis of Al2O3/TiO2 nanocomposites to use in the femoral head of hip replacement”. Wear 255 (2003) 1040–1044.

Achievements

Improved of data analysis and acquisition of surface chemistry using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Auger spectroscopy.

Selected valve and seal materials with high wear resistance in hydrogenous environment.

Assisted laboratory practices in Core Seminar to junior students in order to explain the fundamentals of tribology; wear, friction and lubrication, using a 4-ball-tribometer machine with different lubricants.

Developed nanobiomaterials to enhanced working-life time of hip joint replacement using ceramic oxides. Proposed nanoceramic composites as mechanical seal.

Design of protocols and bio-compatibility using fibroblast on bioglasses.

Wrote research proposal for national funds in Venezuela and Japan

Professional Experience

Post-Doctoral Fellow (April 2009 – March 2011)

National Institute of Advance Science and Technology, Hydrogen Industrial Use and Storage. (Japan)

Teacher assistant (April 2008 – March 2009)

Kyushu University (Japan)

Research Assistant (April 2006 – March 2008)

Kyushu University (Japan)

Research Assistant (Sept 2003 – Dec 2003)

Simon Bolivar University (Venezuela)

Research Assistant (Oct 2000 – Sept 2005)

Surface Engineering Center (Venezuela)

Education

Doctor of Engineering

2009, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Master of Materials Engineering

2005, Simon Bolivar University, Caracas, Venezuela

Bachelor of Materials Engineering

2002, Simón Bolívar University, Caracas, Venezuela

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