ZENON MEDINA-CETINA, PHD
Associate Professor and holder of the Zachry Career Development Professorship II, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Director of the Stochastic Geomechanics Laboratory (SGL) at Texas A&M University (TAMU)

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Dr.Medina-Cetina is Associate Professor at the Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CVEN) at Texas A&M University (TAMU), where he applies probabilistic risk assessment and management of systems, which components vary in space and time. He completed a Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering (geostatistics) at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) in 1996. He received a Master of Science and Ph.D., both in Civil Engineering (Stochastic Mechanics), from Johns Hopkins University in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Recently, he received two departmental awards including the Zachry Career Development Professorship II endowment (2022) in recognition of his many accomplishments and future potential, and the Zachry Excellence in Teaching Award. From TAMU’s College of Engineering, he was awarded the Excellence Award for Outstanding Contributions in Research, Teaching, Scholarship, Professional Service, and Student Interaction.

Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Baltimore MD, USA

  • PhD, Civil Engineering (Stochastic Mechanics), 2006
  • MSc, Civil Engineering (Stochastic Mechanics), 2005

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

  • ME, Civil Engineering (Geostatistics), 1996

Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan (UADY), Merida Yucatan, Mexico

  • BSc, Civil Engineering (Soil Dynamics) – Highest Honors, 1994
Texas A&M University (TAMU), College Station Texas, USA
  • Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
    • Associate Professor, 2014 – Present
    • Assistant Professor, 2008 – 2014
  • Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering
    • Associate Professor (Courtesy Joint Appointment), 2022 – Present
  • Department of Geography
    • Associate Professor (Courtesy Joint Appointment), 2018 – Present
  • Department of Ocean Engineering
    • Associate Professor (Courtesy Joint Appointment), 2017 – Present
  • Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering
    • Associate Professor (Courtesy Joint Appointment), 2013 – Present
SIMULA, Oslo, Norway – National Laboratory
  • Computational Geoscience Division, Research Scientist, 2007 – 2008
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway Computational Geomechanics Division, International Centre for Geohazard
  • Research Scientist, 2007 – 2008
Westhill University (American Accredited University in Mexico), Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
  • Division of Mathematics, Science and Technology
    • Division Head, 1999 – 2001
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
  • Facultad de Ingenieria
    • Adjunct Professor (Probability, Statistics), 1997 – 2000
Auvinet Guichard Consulting, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
  • Senior Research Engineer, 1997 – 1999
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
  • Instituto de Ingenieria, Division de Geotecnia
    • Research Engineer, 1994 – 2001
  • Zachry Excellence in Teaching Award, Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University (TAMU), 2022.
  • College of Engineering Excellence Award for Outstanding Contributions in Research, Teaching, Scholarship, Professional Service, and Student Interaction, TAMU, 2022.
  • Zachry Career Development Professorship II, Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, TAMU,
  • Zachry Career Development Professorship II, Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, TAMU,
  • Research Impact Award, Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, TAMU, 2018.
  • Leadership Award, Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, TAMU, 2017.
  • The Kenneth L. Clinton Award for Leadership on International Collaborations, Texas A&M University System (TAMUS), Texas A&M University – Commerce, Commerce, TX, 2017.
  • Fellow, Society for Underwater Technology, London, United Kingdom, 2012.
  • Fulbright Scholarship, U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C., 2001.
  • Research Scholarship, Instituto de Ingenieria, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, 1995 – 2000.
  • Research Fellowship, III Scientific Residence, Mexican Academy of Sciences, México, 1996.
  • Research Fellowship, II Scientific Residence, Mexican Academy of Sciences, México, 1995.
  • Research Fellowship, IV Summer of Scientific Research: Summit of Talents, Mexican Academy of Sciences, México, 1994.
  • Undergraduate Thesis Work (Highest Honors), Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan (UADY), 1994.

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