On his return to Mexico, he made his studies of preparatory and those of civil engineering at the National University (UNAM), where he graduated in 1939.
During his administration the transfer of the university that was scattered around the city to Ciudad Universitaria CU (University City) was carried out, acquired the Van de Graaff equipment, the first one in Latin America for atomic studies, and the publication of the Newspaper of the university began.
From 1943 it was dedicated to the study of the scientific problems of the movements of the subsoil in the Valley of Mexico.
He received the National Prize of Sciences in 1957 and among other foreign distinctions, the Legion of Honor of France.
He received Doctor Honoris Causa by several national and foreign universities.