Electrokinetic flows and instabilities in microchannels of complex geometrical configurations; mixing enhancement in electrokinetic flow; Isotacophoresis for particle detection, solar and thermal energy conversion and storage, flow mixing and chaos

STUDENT ADVISEMENT
Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering
Gerardo Silva “Characterization of Photonics Crystals for Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems,” 2013-present
Jorge Morales “Characterization of Thermophysical Properties of Semiconductor Materials for Energy Conversion Processes by Molecular Dynamics,” 2013-present
Sergio Cornejo “Micro and Nanofluidics Devices for Bioengineering Systems,” 2014-present

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Diego Oyarzún “Boltzmann Transport Equations for Phonon Transport by Monte Carlo Simulations,” April 2014.
Natalia Osorio "Modeling and Characterization of Advanced Solar Thermoelectric Generators (STEG)," April 2014.
Gonzalo Parry "Characterization of Transmittance and Absorption Properties in Multilayer Plane Solar Collectors by the Transfer Matrix Method," May 2013.
Matías Vilches "Characterization of Organic Solar Photovoltaic Cells," May 2013.
Tomás Gómez "Parabolic Through Systems Characterization and Testing for Small Scale Prototype of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Plants," May 2013.
Sebastian Araya "Fresnel Solar Energy Conversion Technology for Small Scale Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Plants," May 2013.
Alvaro Socias "Frequency Analysis and Characterization of Oscillaroty Time-dependent Electroosmotic Flows," May 2013.
Hans Wedge "Experimental Studies of Time-dependent External Excitations for Suppressing EKI instabilities," May 2013.
Hugo Chaparro "Experimental Characterization of Flow Mixing Enhancement due to EKI in Microchannels flows," May 2013.
Felipe Aguirre "Experimental Characterization of EKI in Wavy Wall Microchannles," Master Thesis, May 2013.
Alex Quintana "Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulations of EKI in Wavy Wall Microchannles," May 2013.
Jorge López "Electroosmotic Flow Mixing Enhancement Characteristics in Wavy Channels," May 2013.
Gabriela Quezada "Characterization of Electrokinetic Instabilities in Microchannel Electroosmotic Flows", November 2012.
Felipe Godoy "Numerical Simulations of Electroosmotic Flows in Microchannels by the Lattice-Boltzmann Method," October 2012.
Gabriela Quezada "Characterization of Electrokinetic Instabilities in Microchannel Electroosmotic Flows", November 2012.
Felipe Godoy "Numerical Simulations of Electroosmotic Flows in Microchannels by the Lattice-Boltzmann Method," October 2012.
Oscar Fuentes "Numerical Simulation of the Transport Properties of Nanofluids for Parabolic Through Systems," October 2012.
Julian Gutierrez, “Flow Instability and Mixing In Impinging Jet Flows,” June 2012.
Iván Muñoz (2011) "Absorption Properties Characteristics in Nanocones and Nanoholes for Photovoltaic Cells," Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Maximiliano Vélez (2011) "Plasmon Modeling and Absorption Properties in Nanomaterials for Photovoltaic cells," Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Gerardo Silva (2010), “Photon Transport and Optical Absorption Properties in Silicon Nanostructures for Photovoltaic Cells Applications, ” Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Francisco Ramírez (2010), “Analysis and Characterization of Photon Trapping by Silver Nanoparticles in Organic Photovoltaic Cells,” Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Rodrigo Lledo (2010), “Flow Dynamics and stresses in Cerebral Aneurysms,” Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Cristian San Martin (2010), “Heat Transport by Phonon in Silicon-Germanium Layers by the Lattice-Boltzmann Method,” Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Claudio Larenas (2008), “Modeling, simulation and characterization of stem cells delivery in cardiac and cerebral tissues using numerical simulations,” Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Luis Sanhueza (2008), “Flow Mixing and Transport of Liquids in Micro channels used in Drug Delivery,” Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Alvaro Ramirez (2008), “Gas Transport in Nano and Micro Devices Used in Storage Systems,” Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Andrés Díaz (2006), “Solución de las Ecuación de Transporte de Boltzmann Mediante el Método de Lattice-Boltzmann para Fluidos Compresibles e Incompresibles,” Universidad de Santiago de Chile.