• A Critical Review onMathematical Descriptions to Study Flux Processes and Environmental-Related Interactions ofMangroves 

  Brooks, Jefferson; Chen Austin, Miguel; Mora, Dafni; Tejedor-Flores, Nathalia (MDPI, 2021-06-21)

  Trees are resources that provide multiple benefits, such as the conservation of fauna, both terrestrial and marine, a source of food and raw material, and offering protection in storms, which makes it practical to understand ...

• Review of Zero Energy Building Concept-Definition and Developments in Latin America: A Framework Definition for Application in Panama 

  Chen Austin, Miguel; Chung-Camargo, Katherine; Mora, Dafni (2021-09-08)

  In recent decades, European countries have developed concepts, definitions, and construction technologies for Zero Energy Building (ZEB) that are effective and correspond to their specific climates. Latin American countries ...

• Biomimicry-Based Strategies for Urban Heat Island Mitigation: A Numerical Case Study under Tropical Climate 

  Araque, Kevin; Palacios, Paola; Mora, Dafni; Chen Austin, Miguel (MDPI, 2021-07-06)

  In recent years, demographic growth has caused cities to expand their urban areas, increasing the risk of overheating, creating insurmountable microclimatic conditions within the urban area, which is why studies have been ...

• Sustainability Assessment of the Anthropogenic System in Panama City: Application of Biomimetic Strategies towards Regenerative Cities 

  Quintero, Andrea; Zarzavilla, Marichell; Tejedor-Flores, Nathalia; Mora, Dafni; Chen Austin, Miguel (MDPI, 2021-11-16)

  To understand the sustainability problem for Panama’s metropolitan area, its urban metabolism was investigated. A way to evaluate its current state was obtained by estimating a sustainable indicator based on the Green City ...

• Bio-Inspired Electricity Storage Alternatives to Support Massive Demand-Side Energy Generation: A Review of Applications at Building Scale 

  Dodón, Alisson; Quintero, Vanessa; Chen Austin, Miguel; Mora, Dafni (MDPI, 2021-07-26)

  This work has its origin in the growing demands of energy regulations to meet future local targets and to propose a global implementation framework. A literature review related to conventional electrical energy storage ...

• Behavioral and Physical Factors Influencing Energy Building Performances in Mediterranean Climate 

  Mora, Dafni; Carpino, Cristina; Simone, MarilenaDe (2015-11-01)

  The residential sector is used to test the relative roles of socioeconomic and behavioral variables of occupants as compared with the climate and physical building characteristics. The study is carried out considering a ...

• Application of survey on energy consumption and occupancy in residential buildings. An experience in Southern Italy 

  Carpino, Cristina; Fajilla, Gianmarco; Gaudio, Angela; Mora, Dafni; DeSimone, Marilena (2018-08-01)

  The aim of the study was to create and administer a questionnaire to collect data and obtain typical occupancy profiles of residential buildings. The survey was developed by considering previous experiences conducted in ...

• Inspection of Biomimicry Approaches as an Alternative to Address Climate-Related Energy Building Challenges: A Framework for Application in Panama 

  Chen Austin, Miguel; Garzola, Dagmar; Delgado, Nicole; Jiménez, José Ulises; Mora, Dafni (2020-06-01)

  In the Panama context, energy consumption in the building sector is mostly related to the conditioning of indoor spaces for cooling and lighting. Different nature strategies can be mimic to strongly impact these two aspects ...

• Water Quality Evaluation of the Cabra River Using Biological Indicators 

  Ortega Baso, Nimia I; Cedeño, Eliezer; Espino, Kleveer; James Rivas, Arthur; Ulises Jiménez, José (2019 7th International Engineering, Sciences and Technology Conference (IESTEC)2019 7th International Engineering, Sciences and Technology Conference (IESTEC), 2019-10-09)

  The objective of this study was to evaluate the water quality of the Cabra River through the use of aquatic macroinvertebrates implementing the EPT and BMWP/Pan indexes. The diversity of orders and families of macroinvertebrates ...

• Development of a Prototype for Solar Radiation Exploitation on Galvanized Metal Roofs in Panama 

  Labastid C., Dayberto; Bolobosky, Marco; James Rivas, Arthur; Mogollón, Luis (2019 7th International Engineering, Sciences and Technology Conference (IESTEC)2019 7th International Engineering, Sciences and Technology Conference (IESTEC), 2019-10-09)

  The solar energy is an inexhaustible resource available in many areas of our planet. The objective of this investigation is to develop a prototype that takes advantage of the incident solar energy on metal roofs of the ...

• Introduction to the Application of Phase Change Materials under Tropical Climate of Panama 

  Harris, Itamar; Ortega Del Rosario, Maria De Los Á.; James Rivas, Arthur; Bruneau, Denis (2019 7th International Engineering, Sciences and Technology Conference (IESTEC)2019 7th International Engineering, Sciences and Technology Conference (IESTEC), 2016-10-09)

  Phase change materials (PCM) are materials with the ability to store a large amount of energy (latent heat) during their change from solid to a liquid phase. This takes place at a certain melting temperature. Amid the ...

• Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Coal Gasification in a Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor 

  Escala, Manuel; James Rivas, Arthur (2019-10-09)

  One of the applications of coal as a fuel is the production of gas through circulating fluidized bed technology. The modeling of these systems allows verifying and optimizing the design and operation parameters of gasifiers ...

• OTEC Alternative for the Electric Power Generation in Panama 

  López Tenorio, Guillermo; James Rivas, Arthur; De Los Angeles Ortega, Maria; Jurado, Francisco (2019 7th International Engineering, Sciences and Technology Conference (IESTEC)2019 7th International Engineering, Sciences and Technology Conference (IESTEC), 2019-12-30)

  This document presents a qualitative analysis of surface temperatures of the oceanic territory of Panama. These temperatures represent an indication of the potential of the thermal resource in the oceanic territory of ...

• Biomass carbonization - Production and characterization of biochar from rice husks 

  Bethancourt, Geomara; James Rivas, Arthur; Villarreal, José E.; Marín-Calvo, Nacarí (2019 7th International Engineering, Sciences and Technology Conference (IESTEC)2019 7th International Engineering, Sciences and Technology Conference (IESTEC), 2019-12-30)

  El presente trabajo consistió en producir y caracterizar carbón vegetal a partir de la cascarilla de arroz. La cascarilla de arroz fue generada en un reactor de flujo ascendente tipo Top-lit. Este proceso fue favorable ...

• The Effect of Gasification Conditions on the Surface Properties of Biochar Produced in a Top-Lit Updraft Gasifier 

  James Rivas, Arthur; Yuan, Wenqiao; Wang, Duo; Wang, Donghai; Kumar, Ajay (2020-01-19)

  The effect of airflow rate, biomass moisture content, particle size, and compactness on the surface properties of biochar produced in a top-lit updraft gasifier was investigated. Pine woodchips were studied as the feedstock. ...

• Characterization of Biochar from Rice Hulls and Wood Chips Produced in a Top-Lit Updraft Biomass Gasifier 

  James Rivas, Arthur; Yuan, Wenqiao; Boyette, Michael D.; Wang, Donghai; Kumar, Ajay (2016-01-01)

  The objective of this study was to characterize biochar produced from rice hulls and wood chips in a top-lit updraft gasifier. Biochar from four airflows (8, 12, 16, or 20 L min-1) and two insulation conditions (not insulated ...

• Airflow and insulation effects on simultaneous syngas and biochar production in a top-lit updraft biomass gasifier 

  James Rivas, Arthur; Yuan, Wenqiao; Wang, Donghai; Boyette, Michael D. (2017-10-11)

  The objective of this study was to understand the effect of airflow and insulation on syngas and biochar generations of rice hulls and woodchips in a top-lit updraft gasifier. Biochar yield decreased with increasing airflow. ...

• The Effect of Biomass Physical Properties on Top-Lit Updraft Gasification of Woodchips 

  James Rivas, Arthur; Yuan, Wenqiao; Boyette 2, Michael D. (2016-04-12)

  The performance of a top-lit updraft gasifier affected by biomass (pine wood) particle size, moisture content and compactness was studied in terms of the biochar yield, biomass burning rate, syngas composition and tar ...

• Survival Engineering and the Game of Knowledge: A Ludic Form of Teaching and Learning in Engineering 

  Tejedor De León, Alexis (The Future of Higher Education in the Middle East and Africa, 03/27/2018)

  Within the engineering pedagogy, it must be remembered that students learn in many different ways: seeing, hearing, thinking, acting, drawing analogies, and building mathematical models in the area of science and technology. ...

• Project-based learning and use of the CDIO Syllabus for geology course assessment 

  Tejedor De León, Alexis (2014-07-06)

  This study provides an overview of the development of hard and soft skills from project-based curriculum planning, and suggests ways to evaluate them in the context of engineering education and their importance in the ...

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