Hello world

I’m an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Chile. My current research focuses on modeling Stratocumulus clouds with Large-Eddy Simulations for coastal locations, motivated by solar forecasting applications. I’m interested in renewable energy applications, sustainable cities, as well as fluid dynamics and turbulence.

I also work at the Center of Acceleration of Sustainable Electromobility (CASE), and I’m an Adjunct Researcher at the Solar Energy Research Center and the FCFM Energy Center.

I worked on my PhD at the Solar Resource Assessment and Forecasting Lab at UC San Diego under the supervision of Prof. Jan Kleissl. I’m also a professional engineer from Chile, where I worked at the FCFM Energy Center for three years. I’m a human being, and I have a political and moral view that usually impacts what I do and how I work.

More on research,

teaching, and

some useful resources.

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General interests

• Boundary-layer cloud physics through LES modeling and data analysis
• Solar resource assessment and energy conversion
• Fluid dynamics and turbulence
• Distributed renewable energy technologies
• Energy access and technology impact on societies
• Open source hardware and distributed manufacturing
• Technology for the rural world

Outreach

• Check out our project website for La escuela como nodo social y corredor biológico, an art and science education project in collaboration with 2 high schools in Santiago.
• I teach a thermofluids class with real-world project-based learning. We’ve collaborated with different public and private enterprises. If you have a project in thermofluids (energy, fluids, thermal science) that could benefit both parties, please reach out!

Formal contact info

Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile

Beauchef 851, Santiago, RM, 8370458, Chile

Of. 411, Torre Poniente

mzamora at uchile dot cl