Ambrosio Valencia-Romero

Ph.D. in Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, (2021)

M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez, (2016)

B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Universidad del Atlántico, (2012)

Research Interests

Strategic Engineering Design, Modeling and Simulation of Collective Systems, Strategic Risk Analysis, Complexity Science, Design Cognition.

Articles

Valencia-Romero, A. and Grogan, P. T. (2024). The strategy dynamics of collective systems: Underlying hindrances beyond two-actor coordination. PLOS ONE 19 (4) , pp. e0301394.

Stern, J. L., Valencia-Romero, A. and Grogan, P. T. (2022). Strategic robustness in bi-level system-of-systems design. Design Science 8 (e6) , pp. 1–31.

Valencia-Romero, A. and Grogan, P. T. (2020). Structured to succeed? Strategy dynamics in engineering systems design and their effect on collective performance. Journal of Mechanical Design 142 (12) , pp. 121404.

Grogan, P. T. and Valencia-Romero, A. (2019). Strategic risk dominance in collective systems design. Design Science 5 (e24) , pp. 1–28.

Valencia-Romero, A. and Lugo, J. E. (2017). An immersive virtual discrete choice experiment for elicitation of product aesthetics using Gestalt principles. Design Science 3 (e11) , pp. 1–24.

Valencia-Romero, A. and Lugo, J. E. (2016). Part-worth utilities of Gestalt principles for product esthetics: A case study of a bottle silhouette. Journal of Mechanical Design 138 (8) , pp. 081102.

Polo Cano, H., Valencia-Romero, A., Roldán Mckinley, J. and Díaz González, J. (2013). Evaluating the structural safety of a solar tracking system in Colombia. Visión Electrónica 7 (2) , pp. 167–174.

Polo Cano, H., Valencia-Romero, A., Roldán Mckinley, J. and Díaz González, J. (2012). A methodology for the structural safety evaluation of a solar tracking system in Colombia. Educación en Ingeniería 7 (14) , pp. 92–103.

Conference Proceeding

Valmyr, D., Valencia-Romero, A. and McComb, C. (2024). A proposed extension to the functional basis for AI/ML-enabled cyber-physical systems Volume 6: 36th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (DTM) Washington, DC: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Agyemang, M., Radwan, N., Hicks, S., Azhar, F., Valencia-Romero, A. and McComb, C. (2022). Deriving recommendations for the use of agent-based models in engineering design (pp. V006T06A034) St. Louis, MO: ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference.

Avşar, A. Z., Valencia-Romero, A. and Grogan, P. T. (2019). The effects of Locus of Control and Big Five personality traits on collaborative engineering design tasks with negotiation Volume 7: 31st International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (pp. V007T06A031) Anaheim, CA: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Valencia-Romero, A. and Grogan, P. T. (2018). Toward a model-based experimental approach to assessing collective systems design Volume 7: 30th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (pp. V007T06A027) Québec City, QC: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Valencia-Romero, A. and Lugo, J. E. (2016). Quantification of symmetry, parallelism, and continuity as continuous design variables for three-dimensional product representations (pp. V007T06A044) Charlotte, NC: ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference.

• 2021: Distinguished Leadership by a Ph.D. Student in the School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology