Gabriela Álvarez

Gabriela del Socorro Álvarez García (died 2017)[1] 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.[2]

This article is about the Mexican mechanical engineer. For the Spanish actor, see es:Gaby Álvarez.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is García.

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[3] 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.[5]

Selected publications
  • Alvarez, G.; Arce, J.; Lira, L.; Heras, M.R. (2004), "Thermal performance of an air solar collector with an absorber plate made of recyclable aluminum cans", Solar Energy, 77 (1): 107–113, doi:10.1016/j.solener.2004.02.007
  • Xamán, J.; Álvarez, G.; Lira, L.; Estrada, C. (July 2005), "Numerical study of heat transfer by laminar and turbulent natural convection in tall cavities of façade elements", Energy and Buildings, 37 (7): 787–794, doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.11.001
  • Hinojosa, J.F.; Cabanillas, R.E.; Alvarez, G.; Estrada, C.E. (October 2005), "Nusselt number for the natural convection and surface thermal radiation in a square tilted open cavity", International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 32 (9): 1184–1192, doi:10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2005.05.007
  • Arce, J.; Jiménez, M.J.; Guzmán, J.D.; Heras, M.R.; Alvarez, G.; Xamán, J. (December 2009), "Experimental study for natural ventilation on a solar chimney", Renewable Energy, 34 (12): 2928–2934, doi:10.1016/j.renene.2009.04.026
  • Hernández-Pérez, I.; Álvarez, G.; Xamán, J.; Zavala-Guillén, I.; Arce, J.; Simá, E. (September 2014), "Thermal performance of reflective materials applied to exterior building components—A review", Energy and Buildings, 80: 81–105, doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.05.008

Recognition

Álvarez was given a national prize for renewable energy innovation by the Mexican Secretary of Energy.[3] She was a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.[6]

References
  1. ComunidadCenidet se encuentra de luto por el lamentable fallecimiento de la Dra. Gabriela del Socorro Álvarez García, CENIDET, 12 December 2017 – via Twitter
  2. 'Cool roofs' could save Mexican households 18% on energy bills - GSEP, Bnamericas, 24 May 2014, retrieved 2022-12-29
  3. Author biography from Álvarez García, Gabriela del Socorro; Gijón Rivera, Miguel Ángel; Chagolla Gaona, Miguel Ángel, "Viviendas morelenses con menor gasto energético", Revista Hypatia, retrieved 2022-12-29
  4. Álvarez García, Gabriela del Socorro (1994), Transferencia de calor en una cavidad con interaccion termica a traves de una cara semitransparente con controlador optico, National Autonomous University of Mexico, retrieved 2022-12-29
  5. Méndez, Luis (8 March 2019), "Ola verde se apodera del Palacio del Ayuntamiento en CDMX", Capital Mexico, retrieved 2022-12-29
  6. Engineering section members (PDF), Mexican Academy of Sciences, 2022, retrieved 2022-12-29
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