Jorge Gonzalez, Ph.D.  | Title: | Professor of Mechanical Engineering | | Office: | EC 224 | | Phone: | 408-554-4459 | | Fax: | 408-554-5474 | | Email: | jgonzalezcruz@scu.edu | | Website: | N/A | | Education: | Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994
M.S., University of Puerto Rico, 1989
B.S., University of Puerto Rico, 1987 | | Interests: | Heat transfer; two-phase flows; thermodynamics; solar energy | Biography - September 2003-Present, Professor and David Packard Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
- June 2000-August 2003, Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UPR-Mayaguez, PR
- June 2000-Present, President, Caribbean Thermal Technologies, Mayaguez, PR
- August 2005-Present, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UPR-Mayaguez, PR
- July 2002-July 2005, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UPR-Mayaguez, PR
- July 1997-June 2002, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UPR-Mayaguez, PR
- January 1994-June1997, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UPR-Mayaguez, PR
- Summer 2005, NASA Summer Faculty Fellow, Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA
- Summer 2004, NASA Summer Faculty Fellow, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
- Summer 2002, Summer Faculty Fellow, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphia, Maryland
- Summer 2001, Summer Faculty Fellow, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphia, Maryland
- July-August 1996, Visiting Researcher, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
- Summer 1995, Summer Faculty Fellow, Argonne National Laboratories, Chicago, IL
- Fall 1993, Visiting Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
- Winter 1990-Summer 1993, Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
- Spring 1992, Woodruff Teaching Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
- January 1988-August 1989, Research Assistant, Center for Energy and Environmental Research, Mayaguez, PR
- Summer 1989, Instructor, General Engineering Department, UPR-Mayaguez, PR
- January 1987-May 1987, Pneumatic Controls Engineer, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority-Catano Plant, PR
Current Research Interests Heat transfer enhancement with two-phase flows; heat transfer applied to environmental flows; heat transfer in industrial processes; solar thermal technologies. Recent Publications - Comarazamy D., J.E. González, C.A. Tepley, S. Raizada, and V. Pandya The effects of atmospheric particle concentration on cloud microphysics over Arecibo, Journal of Geophysical Research-A. 2006. In Press.
- González, J. E., J. C. Luvall, D. Rickman, D. E. Comarazamy, A. J. Picón, E. W. Harmsen, H. Parsiani, N. Ramírez, R. Vázquez, R. Williams, R. B. Waide, and C. A. Tepley, 2005: Urban heat islands developing in coastal tropical cities. EOS Transactions, AGU, 86, 42, pp. 397 & 403.
- Lebassi B., D. Fabris, J. E. Gonzalez, S. Zarantonello, S. Chiappari, N. L. Miller, and R. Bornstein, 2005, Urban heat islands in California’s Central Valley, AMS BAMS, November 2005, pp. 1542-1543.
- Velazquez-Lozada, A., J.E. Gonzalez, A. Winter, and P.J. Mulero, Urban heat island studies for San Juan, Puerto Rico. Journal of Atmospheric Environment. 40, pp. 1731-1741.
- González, J. E., J. C. Luvall, D. Rickman, D. E. Comarazamy, and A. J. Picón, Urban heat Island an a Coastal Tropical City: Case Study In The Metropolitan Area Of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Book chapter in Urban Remote Sensing, CRC Press, and D. Quatrochi Q. Weng and D. Quattrochi Eds. 2006.
- Alva, L.H. and J.E. González, solar air conditioning systems with PCM solar collectors, Solar Energy Engineering Journal. In Press.
- Moises Angeles, J. E. Gonzalez, P. Mulero, D. J. Erickson, III, and J. Hernandez-Figueroa, Assessment of PCM results for predictions of climate changes in the Caribbean, Combined Pre-prints of the 85th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA on January 11-15, 2005.
- Mulero, P.J., J.E. Gonzalez, A. Velazquez, A. Winter, Numerical Study of Urban Growth Effects on the Surface Atmospheric Fields over a Large Tropical City. Combined Pre-prints of the 84th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA on January 11-15, 2004.
- M. Hernández-Mora, J.E. González, M. Vélez-Reyes, J. M. Ortíz, Y. Pang, and E. Scott, Dynamic Reduced Electrothermal Model for Integrated Power Electronics Modules (IPEM), Journal of Electronic Packaging, 2004, 126, pp. 477-490.
- L.H. Alva-Solari, J.E. González, and Yei, M. Design of a flat plate solar collector for absorption-cooling applications in the Caribbean, Proceedings of the ASME Solar 2004 Meeting, July 11-14, 2004, Portland, OR. Paper No. ISEC 2004-65124.
- R.A. Pérez,, J.E. González, H.M. Sánchez, and L.H. Alva, Design and construction of a compact air-cooled absorption machine for solar energy applications, Proceedings of the ASME Solar 2004 Meeting, July 11-14, 2004, Portland, Or. Paper No. ISEC 2004-65097.
- Salazar, V., J. E. González+, and L.A. Rivera, 2004, Measurement of temperatures on in-flight water droplets by laser induced fluorescence thermometry, Journal of Heat Transfer, 126, pp. 279-285.
- Carbajal, G, J.E. González, and R. Díaz, Simulation of the discharging process throughout a porous medium initially saturated with fluid, Proceedings of the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Paper # IMECE2003-42857.
- Cabrera, E. and J.E. González, Heat flux correlation for spray cooling in the nucleate boiling regime, Journal of Experimental Heat Transfer 64, pp. 19-44, 2003.
- Tavérez, A. and J.E. González, 2003, Modeling the thermal behavior of solder paste inside reflow ovens, Journal of Electronic Packaging, 125, pp. 335-346.
Awards - Distinguished Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department for 1998-1999 Academic Year
- Georgia - Tech Hispanic Engineering of the Year (1991-1992)
- Georgia Tech President's Fellowship (1989-1993)
- Patricia Robert Harris Fellowship (1989-1992)
- Economic Development Administration Scholarship (1989-1993)
- National Hispanic Scholarship Fund Fellow (1988)
Courses Taught Undergraduate Courses - Thermodynamics I; Thermodynamics II; Thermodynamics III (Thermal Design); Heat Transfer; Thermal Sciences Laboratory
Graduate Courses - Two-Phase Flows (Developed); Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (Developed); Radiation Heat Transfer; Solar Thermal Energy; Gas Dynamics; Radiation Heat Transfer
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