Background

Specialities:

• Experimental and computational study of mechanical systems, including aerothermal processes in gas turbine combustion systems.

Education:

• BEng (Hons) - Mechanical Engineering, Universidad del Zulia - Venezuela, 2000.
• MSc - Mechanical Engineering, Branch: Computational Thermoscience, Universidad del Zulia - Venezuela, 2004.
• PhD - Numerical Modelling of Pressure Rise Combustion for Reducing Emissions of Future Civil Aircraft, Cranfield University, 2015.

Past Positions: 

• Research Associate, Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Combustion Aerodynamics, Loughborough University, 2023-2025.
• Associate Professor, Universidad de Ibagué, 2018-2023.
• Academic coordinator of the master's program in Control Engineering, Universidad de Ibagué, 2021-2023.
• Titular Professor, Universidad de Zulia - Venezuela, 2001-2018.

• Computational Fluid Dynamics,
• Aerothermal Evaluations,
• Combustion Systems,
• Fluid Mechanics,
• Thermodynamics,
• Applied Numerical Methods, and
• Renewable Energy. 

Mechanical Engineering Programme, Universidad de Ibagué – Colombia:

• Fluid Mechanics (Mechanical Engineering Programme) (21A14) 
• Fluid Mechanics (Civil Engineering Programme) (25A04)
• Thermodynamics (21A11)
• Mechanism Design (21A21)
• Computational Mechanics (21A10)

Mechanical Engineering Programme, Universidad de Zulia - Venezuela:

• Heat Transfer (230204)
• Thermodynamics I (230201)
• Thermodynamics II (230202)
• Power Generation (230206)

• Zuluaga, J.; Ricardo, S.; Oostra, A.; Materano, G.; Spanelis, A. Assessment of Aerodynamic Plates Subjected to Von Karman Vortex Street for Enhancing the Wind Energy Generation in Blade-Less Devices. Resources 2023, 1, 0.
• A new Open FOAM proposal for the solution of diffusion problems Materano, G., Araujo, C., Ochoa, A. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2021.100982, Vol. 25, pp. 100982, 2021.
• Preliminary Design of a Double Expansion Through Flow Wave Rotor: Wave Rotor Dimensioning Materano, G., Savill, M., CIMENICS 2014, Margarita – Venezuela.
• Preliminary Design of a Double Expansion Through Flow Wave Rotor: Thermal and Gas Dynamic Analysis Materano, G., Savill, M. Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo, San Antonio, USA, Paper No.GT2013-94987.
• Simulación termofluidodinámica de la voluta de una turbina a gas Ruston TA 1750 (Thermofluid dynamics simulation of the volute of a Ruston TA1750 gas turbine), Gilberto Materano, Yarlin Paz, Alexs Ortega, CIMENICS 2010, Merida, Venezuela.
• Esquema Racional Acotado – Era – para la Reducción de Falsa Difusión en Problemas Convectivos Difusivos (Rational Dimensionless Scheme - ERA - to Reduce the False Diffusion Effect on Convection-Diffusion Problems) Materano G, Rincón J, Araujo C. IX Congreso Iberoamericano de Ingenieros Mecánicos (CIBIM9), Gran Canaria, Spain.
• Desarrollo de un simulador de flujo de fluidos usando el método de volúmenes finitos basado en elementos para mallas no estructuradas (Development of a fluid flow simulator using the element-based finite volume method for unstructured meshes) Carlos D. Araujo, José A. Rincón, Gilberto I. Materano, Alejandro A. Colman Fluidos: Oleohidraúlica, neumática y automación, ISSN 0211-1136, N° 351, pp. 620- 628, 2009.
• The effect of the combustion model on the prediction of temperature and pressure fields in an annular combustor Materano, G., Araujo, C., Márquez, N., y Colman, A. Revista Técnica de la Facultad de Ingeniería - Universidad del Zulia, ISSN: 0254-0770, Vol. 31. N° 2, pp. 125-132, 2008.
• Computational simulation of fluid flow by using element based finite volume method on unstructured grids Araujo, C., Rincón, J., Materano, G., y Colman, A. Revista Técnica de la Facultad de Ingeniería - Universidad del Zulia, ISSN: 0254-0770, Vol. 31. N° 1, pp. 13-20, 2008.

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• Member of the Venezuelan Engineering College since 2001
• Member of the National Professional Council of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and associated professions -Colombia since 2001