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Professor Gerardo Aragón González earned his Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Mathematics from the School of Physics and Mathematics (ESFM) at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) in 1977. He completed a Master of Science in Mathematics in 1979 at the Graduate Studies and Research Section of ESFM, also at IPN.

Since 1994, he has held the position of Full Professor “C” in the Department of Energy at the Azcapotzalco Campus of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM). He was a founding member of the Professional Development Program in Automation at UAM, joining the initiative in 1992.

He received teaching recognition grants based on academic degrees, seniority (since 1996), and academic trajectory (since 2002), as well as 18 teaching and research merit awards. He served as an examiner for two Master’s defenses and twenty undergraduate defenses at ESFM (IPN). He advised two Master’s theses at ESFM (IPN), nine individual undergraduate theses, and one collective thesis at the same institution. At UAM Azcapotzalco, he supervised over twenty-five undergraduate final projects.

Courses taught at ESFM (IPN): Calculus I, II, and III; Differential Equations; Theory of Differential Equations I and II; Differential Geometry I, II, and III; Mathematical Analysis I and IV; Geometric Calculus; and Applications of Clifford Algebras (graduate level).

Courses taught at UAM: Differential and Integral Calculus I and II, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Differential and Difference Equations (for Economics), Multivariable Calculus, Applied Mathematics for Social Sciences I and II, Applied Mathematics for Economics II and III, Differential Equations (SAI program), Applied Thermodynamics, Applied Thermodynamics (SAI program), Thermodynamics (SAI program), Problem Analysis in Thermofluids (undergraduate level), Alternative Energy Sources, and Selected Topics in Physical Engineering I and II.

He developed over 30 prototypes for small and medium-sized industries. He authored seven book chapters and 11 books, three of which received awards. He published 47 articles, 25 of which appeared in journals indexed by the Journal Citation Reports.

Research areas: Optimization of Power Cycles; Applications of Clifford Algebras in Crystallography and CAD/CAM.