Contact Dr Isidro Durazo Cardenas
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750111
- Email: i.s.durazocardenas@cranfield.ac.uk
- Twitter: @DurazoCar
- ORCID
Areas of expertise
- Instrumentation, Sensors and Measurement Science
- Aerospace Materials
- Sensor Technologies
- Through-life Engineering Services
Background
Dr Durazo-Cardenas holds a PhD awarded for his work on ultra-precision porous aerostatic and hydrostatic ceramic bearings at Cranfield. He also holds an MSc in Manufacture with an Advanced Automation and Design option. He graduated as Mechanical Engineer from the Instituto Tecnologico de Hermosillo in Mexico. Prior to his academic career, he worked for 5 years in industry as a manufacturing and product engineer for Sony Electronics and Solar Turbines.
Current activities
Dr Isidro Durazo Cardenas is an expert in maintenance systems, with experience in novel non-destructive testing for the railway, based on ultrasonics, track geometry data, and infra-red imaging, and automated with robotic devices. He has led and supported a series of projects in the railway, aerospace, and agriculture sectors, as well as specialist materials testing.
Current work involves autonomous systems and vehicles. In addition to his research, he is involved in teaching and supervision of postgraduate students.
Isidro is one of Cranfield's laser safety officers, having undertaken and passing the Laser Safety Management course by Public Health of England.
He has a strong background in Degradation, Instrumentation, Maintenance Systems, Complex Fatigue Testing, Performance of Ultra-Precision Bearings and Diamond Tool Degradation.
Clients
- Ministry of Defence
- Network Rail
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Wang Y, Liu H, Yang L, Durazo-Cardenas I, Namoano B, .... (2024). A full 3D reconstruction of rail tracks using a camera array. Measurement, 225
- Pandit RK, Astolfi D & Durazo Cardenas I. (2023). A Review of Predictive Techniques Used to Support Decision Making for Maintenance Operations of Wind Turbines. Energies, 16(4)
- Rahman M, Liu H, Masri M, Durazo-Cardenas I & Starr A. (2023). A railway track reconstruction method using robotic vision on a mobile manipulator: A proposed strategy. Computers in Industry, 148(June)
- Rahman M, Liu H, Cardenas ID, Starr A, Hall A, .... (2023). A Review on the Prospects of Mobile Manipulators for Smart Maintenance of Railway Track. Applied Sciences, 13(11)
- Liu H, Rahman M, Rahimi M, Starr A, Durazo-Cardenas I, .... (2023). An autonomous rail-road amphibious robotic system for railway maintenance using sensor fusion and mobile manipulator. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 110(September)
- Rahimi M, Liu H, Cardenas ID, Starr A, Hall A, .... (2022). A Review on Technologies for Localisation and Navigation in Autonomous Railway Maintenance Systems. Sensors, 22(11)
- Bregar T, An D, Gharavian S, Burda M, Durazo-Cardenas I, .... (2021). Author Correction: Carbon nanotube embedded adhesives for real-time monitoring of adhesion failure in high performance adhesively bonded joints. Scientific Reports, 11(1)
- Huerta-Cardoso O, Durazo-Cardenas I, Marchante-Rodriguez V, Longhurst P, Coulon F, .... (2020). Up-cycling of agave tequilana bagasse-fibres: A study on the effect of fibre-surface treatments on interfacial bonding and mechanical properties. Results in Materials, 8
- Bregar T, An D, Gharavian S, Burda M, Durazo-Cardenas I, .... (2020). Carbon nanotube embedded adhesives for real-time monitoring of adhesion failure in high performance adhesively bonded joints. Scientific Reports, 10(1)
- Huerta-Cardoso O, Durazo-Cardenas I, Longhurst P, Simms NJ & Encinas-Oropesa A. (2020). Fabrication of agave tequilana bagasse/PLA composite and preliminary mechanical properties assessment. Industrial Crops and Products, 152
- An D, Nourry J, Gharavian S, Thakur VK, Aria I, .... (2020). Strain Self-Sensing Tailoring in Functionalised Carbon Nanotubes/Epoxy Nanocomposites in Response to Electrical Resistance Change Measurement.
- Durazo-Cardenas I, Starr A, Turner CJ, Tiwari A, Kirkwood L, .... (2018). An autonomous system for maintenance scheduling data-rich complex infrastructure: Fusing the railways’ condition, planning and cost. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 89
- Syed AK, Fitzpatrick ME, Moffatt JE, Doucet J & Durazo-Cardenas I. (2015). Effect of impact damage on fatigue performance of structures reinforced with GLARE bonded crack retarders. International Journal of Fatigue, 80
- Durazo-Cardenas IS, Corbett J & Stephenson DJ. (2014). Permeability and dynamic elastic moduli of controlled porosity ultra-precision aerostatic structures. Ceramics International, 40(2)
- Durazo-Cardenas IS, Noguera-Sagrera A & Impey SA. (2014). Analysis of infrared optical polishing effluents and reduction of COD and TSS levels by ultrafiltration and coagulation/flocculation. Desalination and Water Treatment, 52(25-27)
- Durazo‐Cardenas IS, Stephenson DJ & Corbett J. (2010). Controlled Porosity Alumina Structures for Ultra‐Precision Hydrostatic Journal Bearings. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 93(11)
- Durazo-Cardenas IS, Corbett J & Stephenson DJ. (2010). The performance of a porous ceramic hydrostatic journal bearing. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 224(1)
- Durazo-Cardenas I, Shore P, Luo X, Jacklin T, Impey SA, .... (2007). 3D characterisation of tool wear whilst diamond turning silicon. Wear, 262(3-4)
Conference Papers
- Durazo-Cardenas I, Starr A, Nofal W, Liu H, Rahimi M, .... (2023). Demonstration of an autonomous ultrasonic testing concept for rail flaws inspection
- Rahman M, Rahimi M, Starr A, Cardenas ID, Hall A, .... (2022). Challenges for a Railway Inspection and Repair System from Railway Infrastructure
- He F, Durazo-Cardenas Liu H, Rahman M, Rahimi M, Starr A, .... (2022). A practical demonstration of autonomous ultrasonic testing for rail flaws inspection
- Alotaibi A, Durazo Cardenas I, Namoano B & Starr A. (2022). rack geometry deterioration modelling for asset management: A visual analytics approach
- Rahman M, Rahimi M, Starr A, Durazo Cardenas I, Hall A, .... (2022). An overview of the challenges for railway maintenance robots
- Rahimi M, Rahman M, Durazo Cardenas I, Starr A, Hall A, .... (2022). On-track Localisation based on Object Detection
- Rahman M, Liu H, Cardenas ID, Starr A, Hall A, .... (2021). Towards an Autonomous RIRS: Design, Structure Investigation and Framework
- Wood A, Kirkwood L, Feng Z, Alhaydhal S, Alomran A, .... (2021). Cost Data Visualisation
- Rahman M, Liu H, Rahimi M, Carcel CR, Kirkwood L, .... (2021). Investigating Precision and Accuracy of a Robotic Inspection and Repair System
- Rahimi M, Liu H, Rahman M, Carcel CR, Durazo-Cardenas I, .... (2021). Localisation and Navigation Framework for Autonomous Railway Robotic Inspection and Repair System
- An D, Nourry J, Gharavian S, Thakur VK, Aria I, .... (2020). Strain Self-Sensing Tailoring in Functionalised Carbon Nanotubes/Epoxy Nanocomposites in Response to Electrical Resistance Change Measurement
- Durazo-Cardenas I, Starr A, Sousa R, Ferreira J, Mota A, .... (2018). Towards health monitoring of hybrid ceramic bearings in aircraft starter/generators
- Durazo-Cardenas I, Amaraegbeni C & Starr A. (2016). Fusion of railway network data streams for asset usage in intelligent maintenance systems
- Carlander L, Kirkwood L, Shehab E, Baguley P & Durazo-Cardenas I. (2016). Integration of Cost-risk Assessment of Denial of Service within an Intelligent Maintenance System
- Emmanouilidis C, Pistofidis P, Fournaris A, Bevilacqua M, Durazo-Cardenas I, .... (2016). Context-based and human-centred information fusion in diagnostics
- Turner CJ, Tiwari A, Starr A, Durazo-Cardenas I & Blacktop K. (2015). An Intelligent Framework and Prototype for Autonomous Maintenance Planning in the Rail Industry
- Durazo-Cardenas I, Starr A, Turner C, Kirkwood L, Bevilacqua M, .... (2015). An Intelligent Maintenance System for the Rail: Integrating Condition, Planning and Cost
- Bevilacqua M, Tsourdos A, Starr A & Durazo-Cardenas I. (2015). Data Fusion Strategy for Precise Vehicle Location for Intelligent Self-Aware Maintenance Systems
- Durazo-Cardenas I, Starr A, Tsourdos A, Bevilacqua M & Morineau J. (2014). Precise Vehicle Location as a Fundamental Parameter for Intelligent Self-aware Rail-track Maintenance Systems
- Kirkwood L, Shehab E, Baguley P, Amorim-Melo P & Durazo-Cardenas I. (2014). Challenges in Cost Analysis of Innovative Maintenance of Distributed High-value Assets
- Marson S, Villa R, Cardenas-Durazo I, Evans RW, Storti A, .... (2013). Sinusoidal CVD diamond micro-tools for the manufacture of microstructured surfaces used in bioremediation
- McLaughlin P & Durazo-Cardenas I. (2013). Cellular Manufacturing Applications in MRO Operations
- Pozzi M, Canziani A, Durazo-Cardenas I & Zhu M. (2012). Experimental characterisation of macro fibre composites and monolithic piezoelectric transducers for strain energy harvesting
- Marson S, Villa R, Cardenas-Durazo I, Evans RW, Storti A, .... (2011). Micro-patterned biological interfaces manufactured by diamond turning with CVD diamond micro-tools
- Evans RW, Durazo-Cardenas IS & Allen DM. (2009). PCD tooling made by combined laser beam machining and focused ion beam machining
- Kirkwood L, Durazo-Cardenas I & Shore P. (2009). Tool failure mechanisms while single point diamond turning silicon
- Luo X, Shore P, Durazo-Cardenas IS, Heaume AM & Jacklin T. (2006). A new approach for measuring tool wear volume in single point diamond turning of silicon
- Durazo-Cardenas I, Luo X, Jacklin T, Impey SA & Shore P. (2005). Tool-life influence of diamond gems whilst diamond turning of silicon infrared optics
