INSTITUTIONAL SEMINAR
Applications of Solar Thermal Energy
In her presentation, Dr. María Eugenia Álvarez Bermúdez referred to the energy crisis and global warming, which have driven research into alternative energy methods and sources. In this seminar, she presented some of the current solar thermal technologies and the analysis of their performance. The seminar was carried out in a hybrid format, with a very interested and participative audience.
On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in the graduate classroom of the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences and Surveying of the National University of the Northeast, the Institutional Seminar entitled "Applications of Solar Thermal Energy" was held.
On this occasion and in distance learning mode, we had the presence of Dr. María Eugenia Álvarez Bermúdez, Director of the Schools of Production Engineering and Chemical Engineering of the Metropolitan University of Venezuela, an outstanding personality in her field of study.
Her line of research is framed in the area of clean energy, as a proposal to provide sustainable solutions to the growing global demand for energy and its environmental impact.
Dr. María Eugenia Álvarez Bermúdez is a Chemical Engineer from the Universidad Simón Bolívar, with a Master's and PhD in Thermodynamic Engineering from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia, Spain. She received a scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain.
She has an international certification in solar energy and its applications from the National Institute of Solar Energy of India, funded by the Government of that country.
She is a Professor at the Universidad Metropolitana. She is currently Director of the Schools of Chemical Engineering and Production Engineering.
She has conducted research and published publications in the area of fluid thermodynamics oriented to renewable energy systems.
She is co-founder of the Renewable Energy Center of the Universidad Metropolitana.