Dr. Celia Rufo Martin

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Research Interest

Celia’s research is focused on exploring the intersections of additive manufacturing, novel materials and structures, and multiscale experimental mechanics. The unprecedented freedom of 3D printing facilitates the progress of manufacturing techniques, the development of novel metamaterials that unlock multiphysical coupling for advanced responses, and the design of metastructures with unique mechanics. Celia aims to introduce a paradigm shift based on these concepts and, concurrently, improve the methodologies to characterize their uniqueness. She will also focus on expanding the state-of-the-art experimental testing and numerical modeling to comprehensively probe the multiscale response to multiphysical stimuli.

Education

  • PhD. Mechanical Engineering,  Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain ­– May 2025
  • M.S. Industrial Mechanics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain ­– October 2021.
  • B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain ­– October 2020.

Experience

  • Doctoral research assistant ­– FABDIS group, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, September 2021 – December 2023.
  • Undergraduate research assistant – FABDIS group, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, June 2019 – August 2021.

Publications

  • Celia Rufo-Martín, Diego Infante-García, José Díaz-Álvarez, Henar Miguélez, George Youssef, “Design, and Mechanics of Stackable S-shaped Structures”, European Journal of Mechanics – A/Solids, 2026.
  • Rufo-Martín, Celia, Diego Infante-García, José Díaz-Álvarez, María Henar Miguélez, Behrad Koohbor, and George Youssef. “Development, 3D printing, and mechanics of novel auxetic unit cell monostructures.” Thin-Walled Structures208 (2025): 112859.
  • Martín, Celia Rufo, Diego Infante-García, José Díaz-Álvarez, Henar Miguélez, and George Youssef. “Efecto de sección de vigas en la auxeticidad de estructuras fabricadas por mSLA.” In Anales de Ingeniería Mecánica, vol. 1, no. 24. 2025.
  • Rufo‐Martín, Celia, Diego Infante‐García, José Díaz‐Álvarez, Henar Miguélez, and George Youssef. “Printable and Tunable Bioresin with Strategically Decorated Molecular Structures.” Advanced Materials37, no. 4 (2025): 2412338.
  • Rufo-Martín, Celia, Ramiro Mantecón, Geroge Youssef, Henar Miguelez, and Jose Díaz-Álvarez. “Multiscale characterization of additively manufactured PMMA: the influence of sterilization.” Rapid Prototyping Journal30, no. 4 (2024): 798-810.
  • Ramiro Mantecón, Celia Rufo-Martín, Rodrigo Castellanos and Jose Díaz-Álvarez. “Experimental assessment of thermal gradients and layout effects on the components manufactured by fused deposition modeling.” Rapid Prototyping Journal. 28-8, pp. 1598-1608.

Conference Presentations

  • “Exploration Of The Auxeticity In S-shaped Structures As A Function Of The Strain Rate” C. Rufo-Martín; D. Infante-García; J. Díaz-Álvarez; M.H. Miguélez; G. Youssef, DynaMAT Conference, UC3M, 2025.
  • “ Efecto de la velocidad de deformación en la auxeticidad de estructuras fabricadas por m” Rufo-Martín C,  Infante-García D., Díaz-Álvarez J., Miguélez H., Youssef, G. XXV Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica 2025, Santander.
  • “  Rompiendo la barrera bioinerte en resinas: desarrollo de un nuevo polímero para reemplazo óseo,” Rufo-Martín C,  Infante-García D., Díaz-Álvarez J., Miguélez H., Youssef, G. XXV Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica 2025, Santander.
  • “Additive manufacturing and characterization of bioresin with decorated molecular structures.” Rufo-Martín, C and Youssef, G. ACS Spring 2025, Online.
  • Celia Rufo-Martín, Jose Díaz-Álvarez and Diego Infante-García. “Influence of PMMA 3D Printing Geometries On The Mechanical Response.” 10th Manufacturing Engineering Society, 2023
  • Celia Rufo-Martín, Diego Infante-García, José Díaz Álvarez, María Henar Miguélez and Eugenio Giner. “Cyclic Mechanical Behavior Of Poly Lactic Acid Additively-Manufactured Scaffolds.” 5th Iberian Conference on Structural Integrity, 2022.
  • Ramiro Mantecón, Celia Rufo-Martín, José Díaz-Álvarez, María Henar Miguélez. “Análisis del comportamiento mecánico del material PLA impresión con técnicas FDM.” XXXVII Congreso del Grupo Español de Fractura GEF, 2021.