On 30 October 2025, Alvaro joined the Inria+alumni community. On that day, he became our 1,500th active member. That deserved a few words of introduction... and a call that we are relaying to the community ;-)
Can you introduce yourself and tell us about your background?
My name is Alvaro Gavilán-Rojas. I am a civil engineer from Paraguay who arrived at the Inria Centre at the University of Rennes in 2022 to do a thesis in computational mechanics within the I4S (Inference for Structures) project team. During my thesis, I worked on the efficient simulation of guided wave propagation, which is used, among other things, to detect defects in rails or pipelines.
Today, I am continuing to develop my thesis results, but at Inria Startup Studio (ISS), where I am working with Christophe Droz and Aymeric Orhan on the Guided Twins project, which aims to develop digital twins for non-destructive testing using guided waves.
Can you tell us more about the Guided Twins start-up project you are leading?
The Guided Twins project has two main focuses:
(i) physical simulation of wave interaction with structural defects, such as cracks or corrosion in steel,
and (ii) training predictive models with synthetic data to aid in the characterisation of real defects in the field.
In this pre-maturation phase of the project, access to real data collected during a test campaign is critical for us to validate the solution we are proposing.
Why did you choose to join Inria+alumni last October?
I was looking for an engineer/co-founder for Guided Twins, and I wanted to advertise the job vacancy to Inria alumni who had already been through the ISS or who might be interested in the project.
How could Inria+alumni help you today?
Among the Inria+alumni members, there may be someone with experience in our field of application who could give us technical, scientific or entrepreneurial advice, which would undoubtedly be invaluable to us! There may be someone also to put us in touch with potential customers such as guided wave non-destructive testing service providers or infrastructure managers!
We are counting on you. Contact Alvaro here!
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