- Professor, Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution,
- Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology
- Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Phone: 979-458-1900
- Email: jorge.alvarado@tamu.edu
- Office: THOM 118C
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – 2004
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – 2000
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez – 1991
Research Interests
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- Heat Transfer
- Energy System Design
- Renewable Energy
- Water Conservation
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
Selected Publications
- Kong, M. (PhD Student), Alvarado, J.L, .Thies, C., Morefield, S., Marsh, C.P. “ "Field Evaluation of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry in Ground Source Heat Pump Systems,” Energy, 2017
- Zhang, T. (PhD student), Muthusamy, J.P. (PhD student), Alvarado, J.L., Kanjirakat, A., Sadr, R., “Experimental and Numerical Visualization of Droplet-Induced Crown Splashing Dynamics,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 2017
- Park, J., Pagan-Vazquez, A., Alvarado, J.L., Chamorro, L.P., Lux, S.M., Marsh, C.P., “Characterization of Tab-Induced Counter-Rotating Vortex Pair for Mixing Applications,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 139/031102, March, 2017
- Kong, M. (PhD student), Alvarado, J.L., Terrell, W., Thies, C., "Performance characteristics of microencapsulated phase change material slurry in a helically coiled tube," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 101, Pages 901-914, October 2016
- Zhang, T. (PhD student), Alvarado, J.L., Muthusamy, J.P. (PhD student), Kanjirakat, A., Sadr, R., "Effects of Screen Laminates on Droplet-Induced Film Hydrodynamics and Surface Heat Transfer," Journal of Heat Transfer, 080902-1 / Vol. 138, August 2016