Alexander Rincon-Jimenez

Prof. Alexander Rincon-Jimenez

Universidad Autonoma de Manizales, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2021 in Materials Today: Proceedings
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ARAlexander Rincon-Jimenez
Alexander Rincon-Jimenez
HTHector Andres Tinoco
Hector Andres Tinoco
JBJaime Buitrago-Osorio
Jaime Buitrago-Osorio
OOOlga Lucia Ocampo
Olga Lucia Ocampo
LBLina V. Berrio
Lina V. Berrio
CACarlos Julio Arizmendi
Carlos Julio Arizmendi

1 April 2022 in Agriculture
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HTHector Andres Tinoco
Hector Andres Tinoco
JBJaime Buitrago-Osorio
Jaime Buitrago-Osorio
LPLuis Perdomo-Hurtado
Luis Perdomo-Hurtado
JLJuliana Lopez-Guzman
Juliana Lopez-Guzman
CICarlos A. Ibarra
Carlos A. Ibarra
LBLina V. Berrio
Lina V. Berrio
The development of selective coffee harvesting technologies requires detailed knowledge of the geometrical, physical, and mechanical properties of the subsystems of the coffee bush, including the elastic properties of the substructures of fruit and the coffee bean, which are directly related to the selectivity problem. The elastic properties of the mesocarp–exocarp and bean are not described in the literature due to the difficulty of characterizing these locally, since measuring each component of the coffee fruit structure (mesocarp–exocarp and bean) is not an easy task. However, determining the elastic properties (of the mesocarp–exocarp and bean) could help create realistic simulations as an initial estimation for selective coffee harvesting studies. The present work aims to bridge the gap in the mechanical characterization of the sub-structures of the coffee fruits by assessing the elastic properties of the mesocarp–exocarp and bean. Indentation tests were performed on eighty Coffee arabica L. var. Castillo fruits and beans, which were previously classified into four ripening stages using fruit color data in the CIELab color space. Young’s modulus and indentation hardness of the mesocarp–exocarp structure and beans were calculated, applying the Oliver and Pharr indentation model and Hertz contact theory.

18 December 2025 in Journal of Food Process Engineering
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Eduardo Duque DussánEduardo Duque Dussán
Eduardo Duque Dussán
ARAlexander Rincon-Jimenez
Alexander Rincon-Jimenez
HTHector Andres Tinoco
Hector Andres Tinoco
CCCarlos I. Cardona
Carlos I. Cardona
CICarlos A. Ibarra
Carlos A. Ibarra
JRJosé Luis Rodríguez‐Sotelo
José Luis Rodríguez‐Sotelo