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
- Durazo-Cardenas I, Goel S, Shore P, Kirkwood L & Cross GLW. (2025). High-performance diamond “Supertools” with extreme tool-life. Diamond and Related Materials, 154
- Pandit R, 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, Durazo-Cardenas I, 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)
- Wang Y, Liu H, Yang L, Durazo-Cardenas I, Namoano B, .... (2023). A full 3D reconstruction of rail tracks using a camera array. Measurement, 225
- Rahimi M, Liu H, Durazo-Cardenas I, 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 PJ & 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 PJ, 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, James E. Moffatt , 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 I, 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)
