Formación académica:

Ph.D., Ingeniería Mecánica, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2010

M.Sc., Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 1999

B.Sc., Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Colombia, 1998

Experiencia:

Investigación:

Intereses de investigación

Tribología (fricción, lubricación, y desgaste)

Mecánica de contacto (modelos a nano-micro y macroescala)

Análisis por elementos finitos

Diseño mecánico

Grupo de investigación en tecnologías para la manufactura, GITEM

Categoría Colciencias: B

Cvlac:

• https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000151203

Grupo de investigación-UAO:

Researchgate:

• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emerson-Nunez

Escobar, E. N., Demas, N.G., Polychronopoulu, K., Polycarpou, A. A., (2008), “Tribological Study Comparing PAG and POE Lubricants Used in Air-Conditioning Compressors under the Presence of CO2,” Tribology Transactions, 51: 790-797, 2008. ISSN: 1547-397X (electronic) 1040-2004.

Escobar, E. N., Yeo, C-D., Katta, R.R., and Polycarpou, A.A., (2008), “Effect of Planarization on the Contact Behavior of Patterned Media”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 44, No. 11, November 2008. ISSN: 0018-9464.

Katta, R. R., Escobar, E.N., and Polycarpou, A. A., (2008), “Plane Strain Sliding Contact Analysis of Multilayer Thin-films by a Rigid Cylinder using Finite Element Analysis,” Microsystem Technologies Volume 15, No 7/ July, 2009.

Escobar, E. N., Demas, N.G., Polychronopoulu, K., Polycarpou, A. A., (2010), “Comparative scuffing performance and chemical analysis of metallic surfaces for air-conditioning compressors in the presence of environmentally friendly CO2,”  Wear., 268, pp 668-676.

Escobar, E. N., Polychronopoulu, K., Polycarpou, A. A., (2010), “Lubricity effect of carbon dioxide used as an environmentally friendly refrigerant in air-conditioning compressors,” Wear., 170, pp 46-56.

Escobar, E. N., Yeo, S-M., Polychronopoulu, K., Polycarpou, A. A., (2011), “Tribological Study of High Bearing Blended Polymer-Based Coatings for Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Compressors,” Surface and Coating Technology, Vol. 205, pp 2294-3005.

Yeo, S-M., Escobar, E. N., Polycarpou, A. A., (2010), “Tribological Performances of Polymer- based Coating Materials Designed for Compressor Applications,” Advances in Science and Technology, Vol. 64, pp 33-42.

Escobar, E. N., Polycarpou, A. A., (2015), “The Effect of Surface Roughness on the Transfer of Polymer Films under Unlubricated Testing Conditions,” Wear, Vol. 326-327, pp 74-83.

Escobar, E. N., Polycarpou, A. A., (2015), “Wear study of metallic interfaces for air-conditioning compressorsunder submerged lubrication in the presence of carbon dioxide,” Wear, Vol. 326-327, pp 28-35.