Javier Urzay
University of California, San Diego (U.S.A.)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Center for Energy Research: Combustion Division
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411 USA
564 Engineering Building Unit II
Center of Combustion and Energy Research
(+001) 858 534 6123 (office)
(+001) 858 405 3448 (cell)
e-mail: jurzay@ucsd.edu
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Madrid (Spain)
B.Sc./M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering -- Ingenieria Superior Industrial (5 years program). Graduated with Honor Grade.
Major field: Energy Technologies.
Senior year project: “ Mixing dynamics of hydrogen-air and helium-air laminar Jets”.(PDF)
Advisor: Prof. Antonio Luis Sánchez Pérez.
September 2000- September 2005.
University of California, San Diego (UCSD). San Diego, CA.
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering. Fields of study: Fluid Dynamics, Physical Gasdynamics, Combustion,
Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Turbulent Flows, Numerical Methods and Applied Mathematics.
December 2006.
University of California, San Diego (UCSD). San Diego, CA.
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
C.Phil. Aerospace Engineering. February 2008. (Continuing Ph.D. Candidate)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Madrid (Spain)
Escuela Politécnica Superior, Department of Thermal Engineering and Fluid Mechanics,
Undergraduate Research Assistant.
March 2004- September 2005.
Research Advisors: Prof. Antonio Luis Sánchez Pérez and Prof. Inmaculada Sanchez Estrade.
Activities:
University of California San Diego (UCSD). San Diego, CA, USA.
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Graduate Research Assistant.
Research Advisor: Prof. Stefan Llewellyn Smith
September 2005- March 2007.
ctivities:
University of California San Diego (UCSD). San Diego, CA, USA.
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Graduate Research Assistant.
Research Advisor: Prof. Forman A. Williams
March 2007- Present.
Activities:
1. Urzay J., Llewellyn Smith S. and Glover B.J.,"The elastohydrodynamic force on a sphere near a soft wall." Physics of Fluids 17, 103106 (2007).
(PDF)
2. Urzay J., Nayagam V. and Williams F.A.,"Diffusion-flame extinction on a rotating porous-disk burner." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 32 (2008).
Scolarship of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Spain.
September 2000- September 2005.
Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Department of Thermal Engineering and Fluid Mechanics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
March 2004- September 2005.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego.
June 2008.
University of California, San Diego, CA. September 2005-September 2006.
MAE 294A: Methods for Applied Mechanics I. Instr: Prof. G. Ierley. (Applied Mathematics)
MAE 294 B: Methods for Applied Mechanics II. Instr: Prof. W. Young. (Applied Mathematics)
MAE 294 C: Methods for Applied Mechanics III. Instr: Prof. D. Tartakovsky. (Applied Mathematics)
MAE 290 A: Numerical Methods in Science and Engineering. Instr: Prof. T. Bewley. (Applied Mathematics)
MAE 210 A: Fluid Mechanics I. Instr: Prof. S. Llewellyn Smith. (Fluid Dynamics)
MAE 210 B: Fluid Mechanics II. Instr: Prof. S. Sarkar. (Fluid Dynamics)
MAE 210 C: Fluid Mechanics III. Instr: Prof. C. Winters. (Fluid Dynamics)
MAE 224: Environmental Fluid Dynamics. Instr: Prof. J. Rottman. (Fluid Dynamics)
MAE 214A: Introduction to Turbulence and Turbulent Mixing. Instr: Prof. S. Sarkar. (Fluid Dynamics)
MAE 214B: Ocean Turbulence and Mixing. Instr: L. Armi. (Fluid Dynamics)
MAE 220 A: Physics of Gases. Instr: Prof. Y.M. Bahadori. (Physical Gasdynamics)
MAE 220 B: Physical Gasdynamics: Instr: Prof. Y.M. Bahadori. (Physical Gasdynamics)
MAE 212: Compressible Flow. Instr: Prof. F.A. Williams. (Physical Gasdynamics)
MAE 101C Heat Transfer, U.C. San Diego, Teaching Assistant. Instr: Prof. K. Seshadri. Summer, 2007.
MAE 105 Introduction to Mathematical Physics, U.C. San Diego, Teaching Assistant. Instr: Prof. X. Markenscoff. Summer, 2007.
MAE 101C Heat Transfer, U.C. San Diego, Teaching Assistant. Instr: Prof. F.A. Williams. Fall, 2007
MAE 101A Introductory Fluid Mechanics, U.C. San Diego, Teaching Assistant. Instr: Prof. J. Lasheras. Winter, 2008
MAE 101B Advanced Fluid Mechanics, U.C. San Diego, Teaching Assistant. Instr: Prof. K. Nomura. Spring, 2008
MAE 101C Heat Transfer, U.C. San Diego, Teaching Assistant. Instr: Prof. K. Seshadri. Summer, 2008.
MAE 101C Heat Transfer, U.C. San Diego, Teaching Assistant. Instr: Prof. F.A. Williams. Fall, 2008.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Student Member.
The Combustion Institute. Student Member.
American Physical Society (APS). Student Member.
Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Industriales, Madrid. Member.
University of Cambridge (UK). First Certificate in English (FCE).
March 2004.
University of Cambridge (UK). Certificate of Advanced English (CAE).
September 2004.
Licensed Soccer player by the Royal Spanish Federation of Soccer.
September 1990-September 2000
Getafe CFSAD junior soccer player.
September 1995-September 1998
UCSD-B Women Soccer Team Coach.
September 2006-February 2007.
Class 2, U.S. Federal Aviation Agency medical certificate.
June 2008.