Hector Gomez


Hector Gomez

Principal Investigator

hectorgomez@purdue.edu

Positions

  • Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, USA
  • Professor at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy), Purdue University, USA

Selected Awards and Honors

  • 07/2023 - USACM Fellow Award
    Gallagher medal
  • 05/2017 - USACM Gallagher Young Investigator Award
    Gallagher medal
  • 03/2017 - Princess of Girona Scientific Research Award (for Spanish researchers under age 36 in all fields of science, engineering and humanities; presented by the King of Spain)
    Princess of Girona Award Ceremony
  • 10/2015 - Young Investigator Award, Royal Academy of Engineering, Spain
    Royal Academy of Engineering Award Ceremony
  • 09/2015 - Included in the list 101 Innovative minds of Spain (QUO magazine, Spain)
    QUO Magazine
  • 09/2014 - Innovators under 35 (awarded by the journal MIT Technology Review, Spain section)
    MIT Innovators under 35
  • 01/2013 - Juan C. Simo Award (young researcher award from the Spanish Society for Computational Mechanics, SEMNI)
    Juan Simo Award
  • 11/2012 - ERC Starting Grant
  • 11/2011 - John Tinsley Oden Faculty Fellowship
  • 06/2008 - Civil Engineering PhD Thesis Award
  • 08/2007 - Certificate of outstanding PhD Thesis
  • 11/2006 - Preselected for Fulbright fellowship (declined)
  • 04/2004 - Award to the highest GPA in Civil Engineering (University of A Coruña)
  • 11/2003 - Archimedes Prize (awarded to the best research work among all undergraduates in Spain)