Professor Agustin Valera-Medina

Overview

2006-09 PhD Mechanical Engineering. Thesis Title: Coherent structures and their effects on processes occurring in swirl combustors for turbines. Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom. Studies in flashback, flame stability, structural analysis of swirl burners and combustion of alternative fuels in gas turbines for emissions reduction.  Reg. No. 576982 (CEng).

2005-06 MSc in Geoenvironmental Engineering. Modules included: Geochemistry, advanced management, environmental laws, renewable energy, NOx mitigation using swirl burners. Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom. Distinction, First Class Student.

1998-02 BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering in Thermo-energy and Environmental Improvement. Modules included: Applied thermodynamics (10/10), selected themes on energy production (10/10), material mechanics (9/10), Structural design (10/10), fluid dynamics (9/10). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico. Distinction, First Class Student. Reg. No. 3832876.

EXPERIENCE

2012-Curr. Professor at Cardiff University. Combustion Dynamics and Thermofluids. 2009-2012 Project Leader and Research Associate (level 7). CIATEQ A.C., National Council of Science and Technology. 2007-09 Research Assistant, Gas Turbine Research Centre (GTRC) and the Centre for Research in Energy, Waste and Environment (CREWE) at Cardiff University. 2006-09 Lecturer Assistant and Invigilator, Cardiff University. 2003-05 Project Leader and Project Engineer. Assa Abloy, Locks Manufacturing Industry. 2002-03 Research Assistant. Materials Science Institute, UNAM.

Mechanical, Manufacturing and Medical Engineering
Energy and Environment


HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

* Awarded byDr. Barnés de Castro (UNAM University Rector) for obtaining the best grades of the generation 1994-1997. * Member of the High Academic Achievement Program, UNAM (1998 to 2002). * Member of the TELMEX Foundation (1998 to 2002). Recipient of scholarship. * Awarded a scholarship by the Materials Science Institute (2001 to 2002) to participate in a materials-related research project. * Awarded a scholarship by CONACYT (2002) to participate in a thermoelectric materials-related research project. *First Prize in the Young Researchers Forum, Energy Institute, Cardiff University (2006). * First Prize in the Conference on Heat and mass transfer and hydrodynamics in swirling flows, Moscow, Russia, 2008. * Second Prize in the Young Researcher in Combustion Forum, Institute of Physics, U.K., 2009. *Recipient of the Award for the AIAA Best Terrestrial Energy System Paper, 2010 and 2013. * Award for best paper in the SEE SDEWES 2018 conference.* Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI-1), Mexico, 2010. *Recipient of Award for International Engagement with Mexico through the SeedCorn Fund, Cardiff University (2015). *Recipient of Award for Research on Fundamental Fluid Mechanics with KU Leuven, Cardiff University (2016). *Recipient of the Innovation Award and Sustainable Awards, Southwales Energy Institute, Cardiff University (2017 and 2019).

MEMBERSHIPS (Career Oriented) * Combustion Institute, British Section. * Energy Institute, London. * American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA. * Chartered Engineer, IMechE (Corporate Member, CEng). Memb. Num. 80096373 * National System of Researchers, SNI. * Mexican Society of Mechanical Engineers, SOMIM, active member.* Committee Member Combustion Institute British Section (2018 - 2022).

INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWS 

*National Council of Science and Technology, Mexico (PROINNOVA, INNOVATEC, International Scholarships, National Young Awards); *EPSRC, UK: Research projects, Energy topics; *Flanders Research Foundations (FWO): External reviewer, 8combustion and energy; *Research and Higher Education Monitoring and Analysis Centre, Lithuania: Energy and Sustainability; *The Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources, USA; *Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); *National Centre of Science and Technology evaluation Kazakhstan (NCSTE); *Academy of Finland; Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (Belgium); Nordic Maritime Transport and Energy Programme (Scandinavia); Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies (France); Deanship of Research Oversight and Coordination (Saudi Arabia); CNRS, Europe of Research and International Cooperation Office (France); European Commission (ERC program); TTW Perspectives (the Netherlands); COST Action (European Union).

Journals: Energy Conversion and Management; Journal of SAGE, Advances in Mechanical Engineering; Energies; Ingenieria, Investigacion y Tecnologia; Int Journal of Energy Research; Energy and Fuels; Applied Thermal Engineering; J Natural Gas Science and Engineering; ITECKNE; Mexican Society of Mechanical Engineers; Int J Heat Transfer; Int J Hydrogen Energy; Energy (Elsevier); ASME Turbo Expo; J of Combustion; Numerical Combustion Science; Combustion Symposium; Combustion Symposium; IONICS (Springer); Polish Maritime Research; Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects (T&F); International Journal of Multiphase Flow.

Session Chair: International Conference of Applied Energy (2016-2018); SDEWES (2018, 2019); NH3 Conference (2018); Ammonia Workshop, KAUST (2022).

Guest Editor: J of Cleaner Production; Ammonia as an Energy Vector (MDPI).

Editorial Board: Journal of Thermal Sciences (Springer); Royal Society, Ammonia Perspectives in the UK (Ammonia to Power); Energies (MDPI); Low Carbon Technology and Management (Springer).

Scientific Committee Member: Int Conference on Energy, Ecology and Environment, Australia, 2018; Electrofuels, TBMCE Slovenia, 2018; SDEWES 2019, 2020; Latinamerican SDEWES, Argentina, 2020; Joint British-French Combustion Meeting 2020; Ammonia Workshop ASPACC 2021; 1st Symposium on Ammonia Energy, 2022; STFC Horizons Programme Reviewing Panel member; Ammonia Combustion Workshop ASPPC.

Keynote Speaker: Latin-American Congress of Turbomachinery, Queretaro, Mexico. 2014; Energy Institute, University of Leicester, England, UK. 2015; Research Excellence Conference, Institute of Engineering, UNAM, Mexico, 2015; Gas Turbine Combustion Seminar Series (10 Institutes), Mexico, 2015; UK-Mexico Year Seminar, Mexican Academy of Engineering, Mexico, 2015; Decarbonising the Yucatan Peninsula, Newton Fund, Mexico, 2017; New Energies Forum, Synnergy, London, 2017; COST-ACTION SMARTCATS (Smart Carriers and Technologies), Naples, 2019; 14th International Conference on Energy for a Clean Environment, Madeira, 2019; 3rd International Summer School, Combustion Institute, Shanghai, China, 2020; 7th International Conference on Fluid Dynamics, Sendai, Japan, 2020; 2nd CIDER Conference, Orizaba, Mexico, 2021; 21st Century Alternative Fuels, IMechE, London, UK, 2021; Clean Combustion Symposium, KAUST, Saudi Arabia, 2021; 2021 Mexican Hydrogen Society Conference, Merida, Yucatan; Propulsion Futures, Nottingham, 2021.