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Teresa Alonso-Rasgado

Maria Teresa Alonso-Rasgado is a professor of mechanical engineering and dean for global engagement in the faculty of science and engineering at Queen Mary University of London.[1][2] She was awarded the Ohtli Award in 2016, the most significant honour of the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. In 2019 she was awarded the Lázaro Cárdenas medal for academic excellence.

Teresa Alonso Rasgado
Born
Maria Teresa Alonso-Rasgado

Chihuahua, Mexico
Alma materInstituto Politécnico Nacional (BSc)
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (PhD)
Known forScience diplomacy
AwardsOhtli Award (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsOrthopaedic engineering[1]
InstitutionsQueen Mary University of London
University of Manchester
ThesisThe effect of vibration on casting surface quality (1999)
Websitewww.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/t.alonso

Early life and education

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Alonso-Rasgado is from Chihuahua.[3] She earned her Bachelor's and Master's degree in civil engineering at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional.[4] She moved to Manchester for her doctoral studies, where she was a graduate student in mechanical engineering at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). She completed her PhD in 1999 and was appointed a research fellow in the same department.

Research and career

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In 2005 Alonso-Rasgado was appointed a lecturer at the University of Manchester. She was promoted to Professor in 2012, where she was the head of the Bioengineering and Reliability and Maintainability Research Groups. Alonso-Rasgado works on mathematical modelling of biological systems as well as musculoskeletal analysis and biomechanics.[5][6] This research includes investigation into the biocompatibility and reliability of medical implants.[4] She works on the design of total care functional products that comprise both hardware and software services.[7] Her research has included the development wound healing and scarring models.[8][9] Alonso-Rasgado was appointed a professor at Queen Mary University of London in 2018.

International advocacy

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From 2010 to 2018 Alonso-Rasgado was the Honorary Representative of the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico.[10] She was Director of the Latin American Postgraduate Programme (LAPP) at the University of Manchester, which has partnerships in Latin America, North America and the Caribbean.[11][12] She ran a series of activities that brought together academics, scientists, students and centre directors from Mexico and the United Kingdom.[13][14] She was awarded the Ohtli Award for her efforts to promote academic exchange between the United Kingdom and Mexico.[15][16] At the time, Alonso-Rasgado was a professor at the University of Manchester, which had the highest number of Mexican postgraduate students in the world.[15][17][18] She developed scholarship schemes in collaboration with the Organization of American States to support scientists and engineers starting their PhD programmes in the United Kingdom.[19] In 2019 Alonso-Rasgado was awarded the Lázaro Cárdenas medal for academic excellence.[20]

In 2019 Alonso-Rasgado was appointed Dean for Global Engagement at Queen Mary University of London.[21] She has continued her diplomacy work with Mexico, working with the Citibanamex Youth of Excellence program to develop an eight week English language course to prepare Mexican scientists for their postgraduate studies in London.[22][23] Since joining Queen Mary University of London, Alonso-Rasgado has created, developed, managed, and delivered a Sandpit Initiative in Mexico to develop joint, multidisciplinary, matched-funding research projects between Mexican institutions and QMUL academics in areas including air pollution[24] & cancer diagnosis.[25] In 2020, Alonso-Rasgado negotiated, created, developed and delivered a Dual Master by research (MRes) with the Advanced Materials Research Center (CIMAV) in Mexico.[26] The following year, she created a Dual Master by research (MRes) with the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), one of the aims of which is to help address gender inequality in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by targeting female students.[27] In 2021, Alonso-Rasgado created and negotiated a landmark 5-year agreement for Queen Mary University of London with the Polytechnic Foundation (PF) and National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) of Mexico.[28] The agreement covers initiatives ranging from fully funded PhD, PGT and dual degree programmes to joint research funding & CPD courses. in 2022, Alonso-Rasgado created and negotiated another substantial agreement for Queen Mary University of London, this time with the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) encompassing a wide range of activities.[29]

References

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  1. ^ a b Teresa Alonso-Rasgado publications indexed by Google Scholar  
  2. ^ Teresa Alonso-Rasgado publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Rivas, Venessa. "Becarán a cien chihuahuenses para posgrado". El Heraldo de Chihuahua (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  4. ^ a b "El camino de nuestros científicos en Reino Unido: ¿cómo puede México beneficiarse de sus científicos en el extranjero? (III)". Mito | Revista Cultural (in Spanish). 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  5. ^ Dr Teresa Alonso, retrieved 2019-09-03
  6. ^ Lockwood, David. "Staff: School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London". www.sems.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  7. ^ Alonso-Rasgado, Teresa; Thompson, Graham; Elfström, Bengt-Olof (2004). "The design of functional (total care) products". Journal of Engineering Design. 15 (6): 515–540. doi:10.1080/09544820412331271176. ISSN 0954-4828. S2CID 110185757.
  8. ^ Bayat, Ardeshir; Baguneid, Mohamed; Alonso-Rasgado, Teresa; Benatar, Brian; Morris, Julie; Greaves, Nicholas S. (2015). "Acute Cutaneous Wounds Treated with Human Decellularised Dermis Show Enhanced Angiogenesis during Healing". PLOS ONE. 10 (1): e0113209. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1013209G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113209. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4300088. PMID 25602294.
  9. ^ "Skin Tissue Models - 1st Edition". www.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  10. ^ "DEI delighted to welcome new cohort of CONACYT -funded Mexican students at Durham University's Scholars Welcome event - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  11. ^ "La UG y el CONACYT promueven doctorados en la Universidad de Manchester, Inglaterra". www.ugto.mx. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  12. ^ "Universidad de Manchester busca investigadores mexicanos". Obras (in Spanish). 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  13. ^ "Ties with Mexico strengthened". The University of Manchester. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  14. ^ noticias.universia.net.mx. "Estudiantes del IPN realizarán doctorado en Universidad de Manchester". Noticias Universia México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  15. ^ a b "MEXICO AWARDS AN EDUCATION PROMOTER WITH THE OHTLI DISTINCTION". embamex.sre.gob.mx. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  16. ^ "La huella de México en el Reino Unido". Excélsior (in Spanish). 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  17. ^ "Manchester professor receives major national honour". Manchester professor receives major national honour. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  18. ^ "PROMOTING ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC TIES BETWEEN MEXICO AND MANCHESTER". embamex.sre.gob.mx. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  19. ^ OAS (2009-08-01). "OAS - Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development". www.oas.org. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  20. ^ "PR - Mexican government presents Queen Mary academic with prestigious award - Queen Mary University of London". qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  21. ^ "People - Queen Mary University of London". www.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  22. ^ "Participaran estudiantes del Tecnológico Nacional de México en Chihuahua en la Iniciativa del Reino Unido en México. | Instituto Tecnológico de Chihuahua" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  23. ^ "Convocan a universitarios a curso intensivo de inglés como preparación para posgrado en Reino Unido | SECRETARÍA DE EDUCACIÓN Y DEPORTE". educacion.chihuahua.gob.mx. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  24. ^ "Queen Mary 'sandpit' workshop with the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico results in research project to tackle air pollution in Mexico City". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  25. ^ "'Sandpit' workshop in Mexico results in research project to prove the diagnostic potential of saliva for breast cancer". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  26. ^ "Queen Mary to launch dual degree programme for Masters in Materials Science with Mexico's CIMAV". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  27. ^ "Queen Mary to launch women-only MRes with the Autonomous University of Baja California to tackle gender inequality in STEM". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  28. ^ "Queen Mary signs significant cooperation agreement with the Polytechnic Foundation of the National Polytechnic Institute". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  29. ^ "QMUL | Gaceta UABC". gaceta.uabc.mx. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
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