Gerardo Carbajal

Professor

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Gerardo Carbajal is an associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland, FL. After spending several years as a full professor at the Ana G. Mendez University System (AGMUS) Gurabo-Campus in Puerto Rico, he joined Florida Poly in the spring of 2019. Carbajal has published 10 peer-reviewed journal papers and 44 peer-reviewed conference papers and co-organized the NSF wind energy and turbulence workshop in Puerto Rico in 2011.

Awards and Honors

Nominated to the ABLAZE Research Award 2022- Florida Polytechnic University, March 2022.
Inaugural Address, Third International Conference on Computing in Mechanical Engineering – ICCME’21, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Kerala, India, 2021.
Keynote Address, Third International Conference on Computing in Mechanical Engineering – ICCME’21, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Kerala, India, 2021.
Fellow DOE-NETL Summer Program, Morgantown, West Virginia, 2018.
The Cash Family Award for Best Mentor, National Wind Renewable Center, Texas Tech University, August 2014.

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2006.
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, USA, 2003.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, National University of Trujillo, Peru, 1995.

Expertise

Heat Pipes Applications and Numerical Simulations (CFD)
Flow boiling in mini and microchannels
Hybrid cooling system for applications in Li-Ion batteries
Heat transfer enhancement
Thermal and water management of PEMFC

Professional Activities

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), 2003-current

Select Publications

Carbajal G. (2022). Study of Flow Configuration and Heat Pipe Combination Effects in Air Cooling Systems, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 86700, pp. V008T11A041. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2022-97105.
Frear C., Carbajal G., Romero E. (2022). Extended Analysis of Micro Fin Array Configurations for Single- and Two-Phase Flow, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 86700, pp. V008T11A038. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2022-95984
Frear C, Carbajal G. Romero-Ramirez E, Carbajal G. (2022). Comparison of Micro Fin Array Configurations for Heat Transfer Enhancement in Microchannels, Heat Transfer Summer Conference, 85796, pp. V001T08A005. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2022-85752
Carbajal G. (2021). Study of Flow Field Configuration Effect in Cooling Systems, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 85673, pp. V011T11A046. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2021-72170.
Montoya Segnini J., Carbajal G. (2019). A 5-cm² PEM Fuel Cell Gas Diffusion Layer Experimental Study, and Scanning Electron Microscopy Visualization, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 59438, pp. V006T06A067.https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2019-12018
Mehdi F., G. Carbajal, Chen Li. (2014). Transient Analysis of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in a Polymer-Based Micro Flat Heat Pipe with Hybrid Wicks. Int. Journal Heat and Mass Transfer, 70, pp. 545-555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.11.019.
Jiang Y., G. Carbajal, Sobhan C.B., Li J. (2013) 3D Heat Transfer Analysis of a Miniature Copper-Water Vapor Chamber with Wicked Pillars Array, The ISRN Mechanical Engineering, Article ID 194908, 10 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/194908
Carbajal G., C.B. Sobhan, G.P. Bud Peterson, (2013). Symmetrical Porous Surfaces for Performance Enhancement in Mini-channels: Effects on Pressure Drop, Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, 20 (1) pp. 73-81 DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.2013006950
Quinones D.P. and Carbajal, G., (2012). Capillary-Column enhanced CHF Microgravity Flow Boiling, Int. Journal Heat and Mass Transfer, 55, pp. 260-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.09.01
Queheillalt D.T., Carbajal G., Wadley H.N.G., and Peterson G.P. (2008). A Multifunctional Heat Pipe Sandwich Panel Structure, Int. Journal Heat and Mass Transfer, 51, pp. 312-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.03.051