EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor(2001-)
Universidad de Guanajuato
Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica Eléctrica y Electrónica
Calle Tampico No. 912
Salamanca, Guanajuato 36730, México
Assistant Professor, Visiting(1999-2001)
Arizona State University
Department of Mathematics (1999-2001)
P.O. Box 871804
Tempe, AZ 85287-1804.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department (2001)
P.O. Box 876106
Tempe, AZ 85287-6106.

1. Research:
   • Fundamental Theoretical and Numerical Issues of Characterization of Turbulence in the Middle Atmosphere. U.S. Air Force.
     AFOSR # F49620-99-1-0300.
   • DNS and DES of fluid flows.
   • Heat transfer and momentum of liquid jets and film flows.
   • Modeling and simulation of rotating gravity currents solving the Shallow-Water and Navier-Stokes equations.
2. Teaching:
   • MAT 270 Calculus I, MAT 271 Calculus II, MAT 272 Calculus III, MAT 170 Precalculus, MAT 106 Algebra, MAE 371 Fluid Mechanics, ECE 210 Engineering Mechanics-Statics.
   • Directed projects for the honors program.

Postdoctoral Research Associate (1999)
Arizona State University
Combustion Processes Laboratory
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, P.O. Box 876106
Tempe, AZ 85287-6106.

• Numerical simulation of infrared dryers for solvent-based paints, powder paints, grains and dairy products.

Research Assistant(1993-1999)
Arizona State University

• Design of a model of a plateau to perform experiments in the area of geophysical fluid dynamics.
• Developed a numerical method for the solution of heat transfer and momentum problems of liquid jets.
• Developed a computer code with the spectral analysis technique to study the linear and non-linear stability, transition to turbulence, and turbulence modeling of a fluid in a pipe.
• Modeling and simulation of infrared dryers for solvent-based paints, powder paints, grains and dairy products.
• Modeling and simulation of circular hydraulic jumps.

Teaching Assistant(1993-1999)
Arizona State University

• ECE 340 Thermodynamics, MAE 371 Fluid Mechanics, MAE 443 Mechanical Design.

Universidad de Guanajuato (1991-1992)
Guanajuato, México

• Trained in special repairing and overhauling methods of engine parts such as electron beam welding and other welding techniques, plasma spray coating of surfaces, crack inspection methods, balancing and grinding of rotor parts, laser beam drilling.
• Calibrated measurement device.
• Design and construction of a universal frame using AutoCAD and ANSYS, to load plates to be used for educational purposes in graduate and undergraduate level courses at FIMEE, Universidad de Guanajuato.
• Dynamic and static stress analysis of dyes used in the forging process with ANSYS.

Universidad Iberoamericana (1987-1992)
León Guanajuato, México

• Taught the following undergraduate courses: IM392 Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms I, MA211 Linear Algebra
  
• Teaching assistant for: MA221 Calculus I, MA223 Calculus II, FS212 Mechanics II, IM392 Applied Mechanics I, IM337 Applied Mechanics II, IM303 Strength of Materials, FS241 Thermodynamics, IM312 Heat Transfer, IM340 Machine Design I.
• Designed and constructed a methane processor that digested waste for the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences.