SCHOOL OF METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
Ana María
PÉREZ CEBALLOS
Undergraduate Academic Coordinator
CONTACT
Information
amperezc@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2435
GENERAL
Biography
PhD in Metallurgical Engineering with more than 25 years of experience in industry and academia. Her research focuses on hydrogen embrittlement in carbon steels and duplex stainless steels, a field she has pursued since her master’s studies in 2006 and has deepened over nearly two decades toward systems of growing industrial relevance, such as low-carbon steels used in natural gas transmission pipelines. In this area, she has developed diffusion models and analytical tools that integrate physical metallurgy with computational approaches. This is a phenomenon that has been studied for decades and still presents open questions, whose relevance in Colombia is increasing as hydrogen advances as an energy carrier.
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She has experience in materials selection and characterization, failure analysis, optimization of metallic manufacturing processes, and specialized consulting for solving industrial problems in national and international contexts. Through the Research Group in Development and Technology of New Materials (GIMAT), she has the technical capacity to support industry in electrochemical permeation testing, hydrogen diffusion characterization, and susceptibility assessment of embrittlement in metallic materials.
At the School of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science of Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), she serves as professor and researcher, leading an active training and research line in hydrogen and materials that has produced undergraduate and master’s theses with academic recognition, including works distinguished with honorary awards.
Her areas of expertise include hydrogen diffusion and permeation, environment-assisted embrittlement, computational modeling of hydrogen transport, physical metallurgy, manufacturing processes, microstructural characterization, and failure analysis in metallic components.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
Undergraduate Academic Coordinator
CONTACT
Information
amperezc@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2435
AREAS OF
Expertise
Hydrogen embrittlement
Failure analysis
Foundry
Heat treatments
Material characterization
office
Hours
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – noon
2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
UIS Central Campus, Edificio Jorge Bautista Vesga, oficina 234.
