Biography

Faustino Mujika is Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the field “Mechanics of Continuum Media and Theory of Structures”in the Faculty of Engineering of Gipuzkoa, at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). He obtained the Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering in the High Technical School of Engineers of San Sebastian (University of Navarra). He developed the doctoral thesis “Analysis of the flexural behaviour and effect of the temperature in unidirectional carbon/epoxi composites” under the supervision of Professor Iñaki Mondragon, in the Materials+Technologies Group, obtaining the Special Doctorate Prize.

With respect to undergraduate teaching, he has been involved in subjects related to Rigid Body Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials. He has also been teaching Mechanics of Composite Materials in Master studies in the Faculty of Engineering of Gipuzkoa and in the Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao. He has supervised 9 doctoral theses related to the mechanical behaviour of Composite Materials.

Research

Concerning research activity, he has analyzed mechanical tests related to flexural behaviour of composite laminates, introducing new test methodologies and novel test methods. Simple and low cost test methods have been proposed by using more developed novel analytical methods. Nowadays he is the head of “Mechanics of Materials” Group within “Materials+Technologies” Group. He has attended numerous national and international conferences. He is coauthor in more than 50 articles included in the Web of Science, 27 of them having direct relation with the 9 supervised doctoral theses.