- 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), J.L. Alvarado, C. Thies, S. Morefield, C.P. Marsh, “Field Evaluation of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry in Ground Source Heat Pump Systems,” Energy, in production, May 2017.
- Zhang, T. (PhD student), J.P. Muthusamy (PhD student), J.L. Alvarado, A. Kanjirakat, R. Sadr, “Experimental and Numerical Visualization of Droplet-Induced Crown Splashing Dynamics,” Journal of Heat Transfer, in production, Feb 2017.
- Park, J., A. Pagan-Vazquez, J. L. Alvarado, L.P. Chamorro, S. M. Lux, C.P. Marsh, “Characterization of Tab-Induced Counter-Rotating Vortex Pair for Mixing Applications,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, March, 2017, Vol. 139/031102.
- Kong, M. (PhD student), J.L. Alvarado, W. Terrell, C. Thies, "Performance characteristics of microencapsulated phase change material slurry in a helically coiled tube," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 101, October 2016, Pages 901-914.
- Zhang, T. (PhD student), J.L. Alvarado, J.P. Muthusamy (PhD student), A. Kanjirakat, R. Sadr, "Effects of Screen Laminates on Droplet-Induced Film Hydrodynamics and Surface Heat Transfer," Journal of Heat Transfer, 080902-1 / Vol. 138, August 2016.