CONSULTING AND DESIGN: - HVAC systems and components- Refrigeration- Datacenter and telecommunication cooling- Software developmentRESEARCH:- Boiling and condensation- Micro-channel evaporator and condenser- Electronic cooling- Refrigeration- Thermal energy recoveryCOSTUMERS: HTRI, BrainServe, Provides, Coca-Cola, Carl Zeiss, Wolverine-Microcool, Bosch, Kautex, Metalfrio, Tecumseh, H-Glass

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT LTCM:1. Micro-Evaporation Cooling System for High Performance Micro-Processors: Development of Prototype Units and Performance Testing.2. Direct Re-Use of Waste Heat from Liquid-Cooled Supercomputers: Towards Low Power, High Performance, Zero-Emission Computing and Datacenters.3. Efficiency Improvements of a Thermal Power Plant and District Heating Facility by utilizing the Waste Heat of Large Datacenters with Two-phase On-chip Cooling4. Holistic Thermal-Aware Design for Energy-Minimal Datacenters. TRANSCEND Project.MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AT LTCM:1. Study, development, implementation and coordination of a new experimental sector of the LTCM lab (7 experimental facilities).2. Development of several new research proposals submitted to funding agencies from Switzerland and USA (EOS holding, CCEM, CTI, NanoTera, DARPA, etc).3. Management of several research projects associated with cooling of high heat flux components (microprocessors, IGBTs, diode laser, etc) using passive and active cooling systems. Coordination of a research engineering group: 7 researchers, which involves Masters and PhDs students and Post doctors. 4. Development of several hydro-thermodynamic engineering tools capable to design and evaluate performance of heat exchangers and active-passive cooling systems.CONSULTING PROJECTS:1. Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs (New Jersey, USA): Thermosyphon Two-Phase Cooling System for Optic Lasers: Design, Experimental Study and Analysis2. Carl Zeiss (Germany) : Micro-Thermosyphon Two-Phase Cooling Loop Applied on a Micro-Mirror – Simulations for Design and Performance Evaluation3. Wolverine Microcool (AL, USA) : Experimental Characterization and Development of Thermo-Hydrodynamic Correlations for Pin Fin Cold PlatesContact: Prof John R. Thome, Tel: (+41 21) 693 59 81/82 .

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT POLO:Management of several scientific and technological research activities that involved at least 20 technicians and research engineers. Main research activities:1. In-situ Analysis of Refrigerator Performance Focusing on the Pair Evaporator-Air Distribution System.2. Control of refrigeration systems (dual-SISO, MIMO and adaptive strategies).3. Development of plug-and-play cassette refrigeration system for light commercial system (numerical and experimental evaluation).4. Study, development and implementation of a new data acquisition system (acquisition and data processing) for a multifunction cooling system laboratory.5. Study of the oil concentration effect in the clogging of capillary tubes 6. Study of the oil concentration at the discharge of compressors when working with R744.7. Evaluation of different methodologies to determine the cooling capacity of light commercial system (type cassette) through the use of a calorimeter.8. Performance evaluation and redesign of light commercial system type cassette.9. Hydrodynamic experimental characterization via wind tunnel of fans designed to supply upward cooled air in offices.10. Air flow pattern through evaporator of refrigerators (in situ): Thermal-hydrodynamic performance analysis.11. Experimental evaluation of the evaporator overall conductance of refrigerators (in situ).12. Development of several routines (standards) for calibration and use of specific transducers (pressure, temperature, heat flux, mass flow, etc) normally applied on the evaluation of thermal systems and associated components.Contact: Prof Claudio Melo, +55 48 3721 5691.

Manager of several research activities in the domain of household and light commercial cooling systems.MAIN ACTIVITIES:1. Management of experimental facilities, technicians and students2. Management and design of an entire building for the actual POLO (National Institute of Science and Technology in Refrigeration and Thermophysics)3. Design, build and start-up of new experimental facilities4. Development/update of graphical interfaces for data acquisition system5. Experimental research of cooling system and respective components6. Optimization of cooling system performance7. Instruments calibration , data processing and analysis.Contact: Prof Claudio Melo, +55 48 3721 5691.

Manager of several research activities in the domain of household cooling systems.MAIN ACTIVITIES:1. Management of experimental facilities, technicians and students2. Design, build and start-up of new experimental facilities3. Development of robust and general graphical interfaces for data acquisition system4. Experimental research of cooling system and respective components5. Optimization of cooling system performance6. Instruments calibration , data processing and analysis7. Implementation of quality control routines in the laboratory (ISO9000)Contact: Prof Claudio Melo, +55 48 3721 5691.

Manage the entire production process which was comprised of two independent beer bottling lines with several machines and technicians.MAIN ACTIVITIES:1. Quality control of beer, bottling, pasteurization and storage (ISO9000 AND ISO14001)2. Maintenance and optimization of machines3. Cost reduction and maximization of performance

Research and development of household and light commercial cooling systems.MAIN ACTIVITIES:1. Design and optimization of each component and the entire cooling system2. Development of engineering tools to design and evaluate thermo-hydrodynamic performance of components and systems3. Instrumentation, calibration, experimentation and analysis of results4. Implementation and teaching of data acquisition system5. Implementation of quality control routines in the laboratory (ISO9000)