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Jorge Cristancho

Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2014
Lightning and Electromagnetic PhenomenaElectrical Fault Detection and ProtectionHigh voltage insulation and dielectric phenomenaBurn Injury Management and OutcomesAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Publications

23

Citations

77

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2014

Research summary
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Jorge Cristancho's research focuses on how lightning strikes affect people and materials, including studies of lightning injury cases, the development of wearable and portable lightning-protection materials like electroconductive fabrics, and personal lightning shelters. He also has some publications related to engineering education, including cooperative learning and frameworks for social and environmental justice in engineering training. This work combines electrical engineering, materials testing, and case studies of real-world lightning accidents.

Lightning protection and safetyElectroconductive fabrics and materials testingLightning-related injury case studiesHigh-voltage and impulse current testingEngineering education

Publication output has been modest but fairly steady over the past decade, with occasional peaks (e.g., 2021) and a recent average of about 1-2 papers per year.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication182019: 2 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 5 publications521222023: 3 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Electric Power Systems Research×2
  • The Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal (ACES)×2
  • Journal of Applied Research and Technology×1
  • 2020 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium (ACES)×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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