Julio Terán

Bio

Dr. Julio Terán is an Academic Advisor and Lecturer in the Engineering First Year Program. His primary research interests focus on integrating sustainability concepts into fundamental engineering courses, developing assessments for open education and open access activities, and characterizing polymer surfaces degraded through various processes. Dr. Terán has a rich background in engineering education, having designed and taught courses in both Ecuador and the USA. His expertise spans experimental and theoretical aspects of polymer science and thermodynamics, as well as course development and assessment.

Publications

• Effects of multiple polymer degradation pathways within compost conditions , American Chemical Society Spring Conference (2024)
• Degradation processes related to material removal through abrasive damage: a novel perspective for measuring polymer surface changes , American Chemical Society Fall Conference (2023)
• Surface Mechanical Properties and Topological Characteristics of Thermoplastic Copolyesters after Precisely Controlled Abrasion , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2023)
• The influence of macromolecular architecture on the surface properties of linear copolyesters , NC State Undergraduate Research Symposium (2023)
• Cohesive wear in polymers: lessons from the direct future sustainability , American Chemical Society Fall Conference (2022)
• Fuzzy spherical truncation-based multi-linear protein descriptors: From their definition to application in structural-related predictions , Frontiers in Chemistry (2022)
• Characterization of water-soluble reactive dyes from cellulosic fibers employing hydrophilic interaction chromatography and mass spectrometry for environmental purposes , American Chemical Society Spring Meeting (2021)
• Latin American Network of Young Scientists working in Chemistry (LANYSC): an initiative to connect chemists from Latin America , The International Younger Chemists Network Newsletter (2021)
• Separation and identification of commercial reactive dyes with hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography and quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry , Coloration Technology (2021)
• Separation and identification of highly polar chromophores dyed in cellulosic fibers by chemical mediated cleavage and Hydrophilic Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry , Triangle Area Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group (2021)