JORGE ANTONIO ROJAS MENENDEZ

He is a full-time, researcher of the Instituto de Energías Renovables (Institute of Renewable Energies) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM; Member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (National Researchers System)

He is a Mechanical Engineer (Instituto Tecnológico de Puebla); Master in Mechanical Engineering (UNAM); and Doctor (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering (Imperial College, London England).

He is the author or co-author of more than 40 international publications between journals and conference proceedings and more than 30 articles in national conferences as well as technical reports. He has supervised bachelor's, master's and doctoral theses and postdoctoral stays. He has been responsible for basic research projects (fluid mechanics, energy transfer in buildings), infrastructure projects (laser anemometry, particle image velocimetry and interferometry) and technology transfer projects (for CONDUMEX, MECCANO S.A. de C.V., FORZA GLOBAL SOLUTIONS S.A de C.V, Architect Daniela Barrera)

He was president of the Energy Section of the Academy of Engineering Mexico and a regular member of the Fluid Dynamics Division of the Mexican Physical Society and the National Association of Solar Energy.

The main projects in which he has participated in the last five years are:
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· Sustainable Buildings Laboratory for development and evaluation of passive solar systems (Responsible) 2014-2019 CeMIE-Sol (P43).
· Demonstrative buildings of bioclimatic design in a warm sub-humid climate at the Institute of Renewable Energies UNAM. CONACYT-Secretary of Energy-Energy Sustainability Sector Fund. (Registration number 000000000291600). September 17, 2018-
· Energy evaluation of habitable and bioclimatically designed modules for extreme conditions of low temperatures and high solar radiation using an experimental platform. SENCICO (E041-2018—01) Applied Research Projects in Sanitation and Construction-Peru. (participant) June 2018-2022
· Development of solar heating systems for high Andean areas as a sustainable energy option to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants. National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development and Technological Innovation, Peru. (participant) November 2018-2022
· Theoretical-experimental study of evaporative cooling in buildings. PAPIIT-UNAM (Responsible) January 2022-