Faculty Profile

Juan Carlos Ordóñez, received his B.S. (honors) in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. (honors) in Energy Systems from Pontificia Bolivariana University, Colombia. He joined the Department in 2003 after completing his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University. His research interests include thermodynamic optimization, integrative energy-systems design, fuel cells, cooling of electronics, power plants optimization, heat exchanger architecture, environmental control systems of aircraft, porous media and thermal modeling of power systems. He is a member of the Center for Advanced Power Systems.

• J.C. Ordonez and A. Bejan, Minimum Power Requirement for Environmental Control of Aircraft. Energy, Vol. 28, pp. 1183-1202, 2003.
• J. C. Ordonez, A. Bejan and R.S. Cherry, Designed Porous Media: Optimally Nonuniform Flow Structures Connecting One Point With One Or More Points. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 42, pp. 857-870, 2003.
• J.C. Ordonez and A. Bejan, System-Level Optimization of the Size of Organs for Heat and Fluid Flow Systems. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 42, pp. 335-342, 2003.
• J.C.Ordonez and A. Bejan. Entropy Generation Minimization in Parallel-Plates Counterflow Heat Exchangers. International Journal of Energy Research, Vol.24, 2000.
• J.V.C.Vargas, J. C. Ordonez, A. Bejan. Power extraction from a hot stream in the presence of phase change. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 43 (2000), pp. 191-201.
• J.C. Ordonez, J.V.C. Vargas and A. Bejan. Combined Power and Refrigeration From a Hot Stream. International Journal of Applied Thermodynamics, Vol.2, No.2, pp. 49-57, June 1999.