Staff Profile

Dr Munguia has over a decade of experience working with Additive Manufacturing /3D Printing technologies, CAD/CAM Design, Industrial and manufacturing engineering. His research encompasses:

• 3D CAD/CAE design,  analysis and design optimization: parametric/generative design, topology optimization
• Medical devices design & manufacture
• Materials characterization, fatigue/long cycle materials tests
• Machinery / test-bench design / purpose built 3D printing systems
• Design for Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing
• Design theory and methodologies (QFD, Kansei, Axiomatic Design, Robust Design)
  
  

Publications list:ResearcherID: C-8406-2017  / ORCID: 0000-0003-0606-4390

Current and recent research projects:

• 2017 ePortos- Electrostatically Assisted Powder 3D Printing for Orthoses -Innovate UK (Co-Investigator)

• 2017 Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with DePuy - Additive Manufacturing of Metal hip implants

• 2016 - Redistributed manufacturing for home-use medical devices.  Funded by: EPSRC- RiHN-   http://rihn.org.uk/feasibility-studies/redistributed-manufacturing-for-home-use-medical-devices

• 2015 -Optimised Pads for Foot Orthoses (OPFO) Funded by SBRI- Peacocks Medical Group

• 2014 - FootFEMan-  Finite Element Analysis to improve the functional design of orthotic devices. Funded by SBRI- Peacocks Medical Group

• 2014 -EPSRC-MeDe Centre for Innovative Manufacture in Medical Devices Researcher on Arthroscopic material deposition via 3D printing.  http://mede-innovation.ac.uk/

• 2013- DIGINOVA- Innovation for Digital Fabrication. FP7-NMP-2011-CSA-5 http://www.rm-platform.com/index.php/111-uncategorised/126-diginova 

• 2010- A-FOOTPRINT  ANKLE AND FOOT ORTHOTIC PERSONALISATION VIA RAPID MANUFACTURING.  http://www.afootprint.eu/

Stage 1 Modules:
MEC1012: Mechanical Engineering Professional Skills I (Module Leader)

Stage 2 Modules:
MEC2007: Design and Manufacturing II
 
Stage 3 Modules:
MEC3018: Design For Industry
MEC3098: BEng Individual Project

Stage 4/MEng /Msc
MEC8099: Mechanical Engineering Team Project
MEC8051 : Biomedical Additive Manufacture and Biofabrication
CME8056: Manufacturing, Materials and Processes
MEC8095: MSc Individual Project

I also contribute to teaching at the Masters level on the MSc programme in Biomedical Engineering teaching on the following modules:
MEC8028: Design for Human – Systems Integration (Module Leader)

• Ma Z, Drinnan M, Hyde P, Munguia J. Mask-interface for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapy: Selection and design considerations. Expert Review of Medical Devices 2018, 15(10), 725-733.
• Stephen AO, Dalgarno KW, Munguia J. Process control testing for fused filament fabrication. Rapid Prototyping Journal 2017, 23(2), 246-256.
• Akande SO, Dalgarno KW, Munguia J, Pallari J. Assessment of tests for use in process and quality control systems for selective laser sintering of polyamide powders. Journal of Materials Processing Technology 2016, 229, 549-561.
• Zhang Y, Bernard A, Munguia J, Karunakaran K. Fast adaptive modeling method for build time estimation in Additive Manufacturing. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology 2015, 10, 49-60.
• Munguia J, Dalgarno K. Fatigue behaviour of laser sintered Nylon 12 in rotating and reversed bending tests. Materials Science and Technology 2015, 31(8), 904-911.
• Akande SO, Dalgarno KW, Munguia J. Low-Cost QA Benchmark for Fused Filament Fabrication. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 2015, 2(2), 78-84.
• Munguia J, Akande S, Dalgarno KW. Compliant flexural behaviour in laser sintered nylon structures: Experimental test and Finite Element Analysis - correlation. Materials & Design 2014, 54, 652-659.
• Munguia J, Dalgarno K. Fatigue behaviour of laser-sintered PA12 specimens under four-point rotating bending. Rapid Prototyping Journal 2014, 20(4), 291-300.
• Telfer S, Munguia J, Pallari J, Dalgarno K, Steultjens M, Woodburn J. Personalized foot orthoses with embedded temperature sensing: Proof of concept and relationship with activity. Medical Engineering & Physics 2014, 36(1), 9-15.
• Stephen AO, Dalgarno KW, Munguia J. Quality assurance and process monitoring of fused deposition modelling made parts. In: 6th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping. 2014, Leiria, Portugal: CRC Press.
• Munguia J, Dalgarno KW. Ankle foot orthotics optimization by means of composite reinforcement of free-form structures. In: 24th International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference, SFF 2013. 2013, Austin, TX, USA.
• Stephen AO, Dalgarno KW, Munguia J. Quality assurance and process monitoring of fused deposition modelling made parts. In: High Value Manufacturing: Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Advanced Research and Rapid Prototyping, VR@P 2013. 2013, Leiria, Portugal: CRC Press LLC.
• Munguia J, Dalgarno KW, Pallari J, Cook S. A-footprint: Ankle and foot orthotic personalization via rapid manufacturing. In: 5th International Conference on Advanced Research and Rapid Prototyping. 2012, Leiria, Portugal: CRC Press.
• Telfer S, Pallari J, Munguia J, Dalgarno K, McGeough M, Woodburn J. Embracing additive manufacture: implications for foot and ankle orthosis design. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012, 13, 84.
• Munguia J, Dalgarno KW, Reid R. Fatigue behavior of additive manufacturing parts. A preliminary analysis. In: 5th International Conference on Advanced Research and Rapid Prototyping. 2012, Leiria, Portugal: CRC Press.
• Munguia J, Bernard A, Erdal M. Proposal and evaluation of a KBE-RM selection system. RAPID PROTOTYPING JOURNAL 2011, 17(4), 236-246.
• Pallari JHP, Dalgarno KW, Munguia J, Muraru L, Peeraer L, Telfer S, Woodburn J. Design and additive fabrication of foot and ankle-foot orthoses. In: 21st Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference, SFF 2010. 2010, University of Texas at Austin (freeform).
• Munguia FJ, Llorens S, LLoveras J, Laoui T. Development of an AI-based Rapid Manufacturing Advice System. International Journal of Production Research 2010, 48(8), 2261-2278.
• Munguía FJ, Ciurana J, Riba C. Neural-network-based model for build-time estimation in selective laser sintering. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 2009, 223(8), 995-1003.
• Munguía FJ, Ciurana J, Riba C. Pursuing successful rapid manufacturing: A user' best-practices approach. Rapid Prototyping Journal 2008, 14(3), 173-179.
• Munguia J, Riba C, Lloveras J. In the Search of Design for Rapid Manufacturing Strategies to Solve Functional and Geometrical Issues for Small Series Production. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED07). 2007, Paris, France: The Design Society.