Electromobility, Energy Storage, Energy Conversion Systems (Wind, Solar, Photovoltaic, Heat, Hydraulic), Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Hydrodynamic Modeling, Semiconductor Devices, Stability, Advanced Manufacturing, System Modeling and Simulation

Undergraduate Thesis supervision (selected)
1. Cristobal Moya, One-dimensional thermal modeling of a photovoltaic solar module (Mech. Eng.).
2. Francisco Moser, Experimental measurement of thermal behavior in a Lithium-ion battery (Mech. Eng.).
3. Raimundo Cirano, Numerical modeling of thermal behavior in tunnel structural systems (Mech. Eng.).
4. Jorge Reyes, Thermal modeling of Lithium-ion battery packs (Mech. Eng.).
5. Sebastian Maggi, Thermal modeling of photovoltaic panel with heat dissipation operating in the North of Chile (Mech. Eng.).
6. Victor Santibañez, Effect of blade angle in the performance of a Darrieus-type straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine (Mech. Eng.).
7. Daniel Quintana, Fluid dynamics modeling of a Arquimedean screw hydro turbine in mining tailings (Mech. Eng.).
8. Sergio Contreras, Computational fuid dynamics simulation to determine the thermal effect of battery casing in the cooling of Lithium-ion batteries (Mech. Eng.).
9. Andrés Bellei, An experimental study of wake galloping for different vortex generation geometries (Mech. Eng.).

Graduate Thesis supervision (selected)
1. Benjamin Herrmann, Hydrodynamics and heat transfer in a swirl flow cavity (Ph.D.).
2. Edwin Paccha, Thermal performance and stability analysis of a lithium-ion battery pack with air cooling (Ph.D.).
3. Josefa Ibaceta, Thermal instabilities of charge carrier transport in solar cells based on GaAs PN junctions (M.Sc.).
4. Cristian Jara, Hydrodynamic modeling of PN junction solar cells (M.Sc.).
5. Celso Rangel, Aerodynamic performance of vertical axis wind turbines with blade surface temperature condition (M.Sc.).
6. Benjamin Herrmann, Small-scale wind turbine placement and wind energy potential in an urban environment (M.Sc.).
7. Richard Wendler, Variations on the Double-Multiple Streamtube Model for Darrieus straight-bladed vertical-axis wind turbines to improve predictions of performance and flow expansion (M.Sc.).
8. Gustavo Richmond, Aerodynamics of Magnus wind turbines for applications in urban environments (M.Sc.).
9. Ramón Bugueño, Experimental and computational analysis of saturation processes in leaching columns (M.Sc.).

Universidad de Chile (May 2022- April 2024)
FONDEF IDeA IT21I0050: Integrated multi-agent simulation for the evaluation of sustainable electromobility
scenarios
Deputy Head and Principal Investigator

FCFM, Universidad de Chile (October 2022- Present)
CORFO - Center for Sustainable Acceleration of Electric Mobility (CASE)
Proposal Director and Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

FCFM, Universidad de Chile (March 2020- September 2022)
CORFO - Center for Sustainable Acceleration of Electric Mobility (CASE)
Proposal and Project Director and Principal Investigator

FCFM, Universidad de Chile (July 2021 - August 2022)
CORFO - Center for Sustainable Acceleration of Electric Mobility (CASE)
Director

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Chile (Jan. 2018-Dec. 2019)
CORFO Technological Contract for Innovation 17CONTEC-83040 Micrológica Innovación S.A.: Develop-
ment, design and prototype fabrication of an internal combustion engine model MM22.
Project Director and Principal Investigator: physical modeling, thermal and mechanical design.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Chile (March. 2017-Sept. 2018)
CORFO Technological Contract for Innovation 16CONTEC-67379 Ecoenergías SPA: Pilot of thermo-voltaic
cell to generate electricity and to improve the eciency of photovoltaic panels under high radiation.
Project Director and Principal Investigator: thermal and mechanical design.

Universidad de Los Andes, Universidad de Chile (Dec. 2016-Dec. 2018)
FONDEF ID16I10358: Low-cost autonomous catalytic device based on copper for the elimination of pollutants
from rewood stoves.
Co-Investigator: thermal and mechanical design.

Lithium Innovation Center (CIL), Energy Center Universidad de Chile (March. 2012- Dec. 2016)
Optimal Packing of Lithium-Ion Batteries.
Innova-CORFO project (11IDL1-10466 y 12IDL2-16296) Co-Principal Investigator: thermal management,
thermal cooling, modeling and CFD simulations.

Initiation FONDECYT project 11110235 (Oct. 2011- Sept. 2014)
Charge carrier flow hydrodynamics in PN junctions with applications to photovoltaic solar cells.
Principal Investigator: mathematical modeling and numerical methods implementation.