Swain-Oropeza, Ricardo

Ricardo Swain Oropeza is the Regional Dean of the School of Engineering and Sciences for the Monterrey Region at Tecnológico de Monterrey. With more than 25 years of service at the institution, he has built a career that combines academic leadership and administrative experience. Academically, he has served as a professor and researcher; he was also a co-lead in the design of the School of Engineering and Sciences curricula (2008, 2009, and 2011) and contributed to the co-creation of the Tec21 educational model. In management and administration, he has held multiple leadership roles since 2000. Before assuming his current role in Monterrey, he served as Regional Dean in the Western Region and as the academic lead for the Regional Development area. In the Mexico Region, he was Director of the School of Design, Engineering and Architecture. At the Estado de México campus, he served as Director of Research, Director of the Graduate School of Engineering and Sciences, and Director of the Division of Research, Industry Engagement, and Internationalization. He has participated in and led research projects in Spain, Germany, the United States, France, and Mexico, primarily in the areas of mobile robotics and artificial intelligence. He was a member of Mexico¿s National System of Researchers (SNI). He has also established strategic partnerships with universities and automotive-sector companies in Germany, fostering research and development centers and collaborative projects with Tecnológico de Monterrey. He has led national (CACEI, CONAIC) and international (ABET) accreditation processes for engineering programs across more than ten Tecnológico de Monterrey campuses. He is a member of the School of Engineering and Sciences¿ Area Academic Aspects Team (EAAA). He has coordinated national efforts within the Mechatronics Department and the Mechanics and Advanced Materials Department. He is an active member of the National Association of Faculties and Schools of Engineering (ANFEI), where he has held several leadership positions, including President. He is a full member (Academic Fellow) of the Mexican Academy of Engineering. In 2020, he was recognized as one of the institution¿s top 10 highest-rated leaders by his team, according to Tecnológico de Monterrey¿s 2020 Values Survey. He also serves on the ¿Comité Impulsa,¿ the university¿s advisory committee on diversity and inclusion. He earned a B.S. in Electronic Systems Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Estado de México campus. He obtained an M.S. in Industrial Informatics and a Ph.D. in Industrial Informatics with a specialization in Mobile Robotics from the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (Toulouse INP), France. He completed a postdoctoral research stay at the University of Illinois at Urbana¿Champaign (UIUC), United States, on a project sponsored by DARPA.