Английская Википедия:Gabriela Álvarez

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use list-defined references Шаблон:About Шаблон:Family name hatnote Gabriela del Socorro Álvarez García (died 2017)Шаблон:R was a Mexican mechanical engineer known for her research on solar energy and heat transfer in buildings and on the use of reflective building roofs to reduce the need for air conditioning.Шаблон:R

Education and career

Álvarez is originally from Mexico City, and as an undergraduate studied physics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). After earning a master's degree in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University in the US, she returned to UNAM for doctoral study in engineering.Шаблон:R She completed her doctorate in 1994 with the dissertation Transferencia de calor en una cavidad con interaccion termica a traves de una cara semitransparente con controlador optico.Шаблон:R

In 1989, she became a professor and researcher in the department of mechanical engineering at the Centro Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico (CENIDET, the National Center for Research and Technological Development), in Cuernavaca.Шаблон:R In 2014 CENIDET became part of the National Technological Institute of Mexico system.

She also served internationally in the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Technical Committee 4.5 on fenestration, the first Mexican to do so.Шаблон:R

Selected publications

Recognition

Álvarez was given a national prize for renewable energy innovation by the Mexican Secretary of Energy.Шаблон:R She was a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.Шаблон:R

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