Dr.Ulises Diego Ayala
Mechanics Department - Academic Area
Email: udiego@euss.cat
Office: Desp. professors (DE15)
Phone:
EUSS Address: Escola Universitària Salesiana de Sarrià
Pg. Sant Joan Bosco, 74 - 08017 Barcelona
Telf: +34 932 805 244 - Fax: +34 932 806 642
Academic CV
Doctor/a of Philosophy
(2007, Estrangeres)
Màster Oficial en Ciències en Enginyeria Mecànica
(1998, Estrangeres)
Enginyer/a en Mecànica
(1996, Estrangeres)
Acreditations
Report for Tenure-track lecturer
(20/09/2017, Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya)
Biography
Dr. Ulises Diego Ayala holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Instituto Tecnologico de Mérida (1995), and postgraduate studies: a master's degree from the Centro Nacional de Investigación y desarrollo tecnológico (cenidet) in 1997 and a PhD from Imperial College, London, completed in 2006. He has experience in the transference, storage and application of electro-mechanical and thermal energy. He has been involved in projects regarding renewable solar heaters, vehicle simulation, Infinite Variable Transmissions, as well as large projects regarding the construction of offshore submarine pipelines and maintenance of oil offshore platforms. Currently his main field of research is in the analysis and determinations of energy use and emissions from vehicles.
Scientific interests
Mechanical Engineering, Solar Energy, Energy Analysis, Vehicle Emissions
Specialties
Mechanical Engineering, Solar Energy, Energy Analysis, Vehicle Emissions
Awards
Scholarships from the national council of science and technology (conacyt) for master's and doctoral studies Member of the National System of Investigators (SNI) of the conacyt during the years 2010-2018 Accreditation as a Reader by the Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya (AQU)
Scientifics highlights
1. Diego-Ayala U. and Carrillo J.G., A novel methodology of round-year thermal performance evaluation for solar heaters in real weather conditions, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 9, num 4 (2017).
2. Diego-Ayala U. and Carrillo J.G. Evaluation of temperature and efficiency in relation to mass flow on a solar flat plate collector in Mexico. Renewable Energy 96, 756-764, 2016.
3. Diego-Ayala U., Carrillo JG., Study of the thermal behaviour of water for residential use in tanks of concrete and polyethylene in warm-humid climate. UNAM Ingenieria Investigacion y Tecnologia, 16 (3), 2015.
4. A. Jazcilevich, A. Garcia-Reynoso, M. Grutter, J. Delgado, U. Diego-Ayala, M. Suarez-Lastra, M. Zuk, R. Gonzalez-Oropeza, J. Lents, N. Davis, "An evaluation of the hybrid car technology for the Mexico Mega City", Journal of Power Sources, Volume 196, Issue 13, 2011, p. 5704?5718.
5. U. Diego-Ayala, P Martinez-Gonzalez, N McGlashan, and K R Pullen, "The Mechanical Hybrid Vehicle, an investigation of a vehicular regenerative energy capture system", Proceedings of the IMechE, Part D Journal of Automobile Engineering, vol 222, (11), 2008, p. 2087-2101.