Head: Dr. Raúl Rechtman Schrenzel
e-mail: rrs@cie.unam.mx

In the department of thermoscience the following are studied: the dynamic processes of materials, thermodynamics of irreversible processes, transport in porous materials, electronic properties of porous silicon, natural convection in cavities, thermoacoustic effect, natural convection in two fluids of different density, thermal analysis of optical controllers, natural convection and thermal radiation in cavities.

The research aim of this department is the study of various aspects interrelated to the heat and mass transfer and the electromagnetic radiation-matter interaction which are important in acquiring basic knowledge of relevant phenomena in energy transport of energy systems, as well as the efficient acquisition and use of thermal energy.

The particular topics of the department are the theoretical and experimental studies of natural convection in rotary cavities, stratified fluids in cavities, thermoacoustic effect, thermodynamics of a fluid conductor in presence of a magnetic field, heat transfer in multiphase systems, sediment transport and its properties, transition and turbulence in boundary layer of bouyancy flows, building bioclimatic design, as well as, flow in porous medium, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, nanostructures and interaction.