Rodrigo Orta Guerra (Ph.D. Candidate)

CONACYT fellow
Co-advised with Prof. Jeffrey Youngblood
Project Title: High Temperature SiC Heat Exchanger Manufacture
Email: rortague@purdue.edu
Education:
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, ITESO (2010)
M.S. Thermal Power, Gas Turbine Technology, Cranfield University (2013)
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Co-advised with Prof. Jeffrey Youngblood
Project Title: High Temperature SiC Heat Exchanger Manufacture
Email: rortague@purdue.edu
Education:
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, ITESO (2010)
M.S. Thermal Power, Gas Turbine Technology, Cranfield University (2013)
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Presentations (reverse chronological order)
International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics & Composites (ICACC) 2023 – Daytona,FL
Rodrigo Orta Guerra, Olivia Brandt, Prof. Jeffrey Youngblood, Prof. Rodney Trice. “Joining of SiC components by pressureless reaction bonding using SiC loaded suspensions". Oral presentation at the Joining, Integration, Machining, Repair, and Refurbishment Technologies symposium..
Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics: Materials for Extreme Environment Applications (2022) – Snowbird, UT
Best Poster Award - "Multiscale porous high-temperature heat exchanger using ceramic co-extrusion"
Li, Xiangyu; Wilson, Chad T. Wang, Evelyn N. Rodrigo Orta Guerra, Olivia Brandt, Prof. Jeffrey Youngblood, Prof. Rodney Trice.
Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) 2021 – Columbus, OH
Rodrigo Orta Guerra, Olivia Brandt, Prof. Jeffrey Youngblood, Prof. Rodney Trice. “Pressureless Sintered SiC Formed via Thermoplastic Fugitive Binders for High-temperature Applications”. Oral presentation at the international Materials Science & Technology Technical Meeting and Exhibition.
International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics & Composites (ICACC) 2022 – Daytona,FL
Rodrigo Orta Guerra, Olivia Brandt, Prof. Jeffrey Youngblood, Prof. Rodney Trice. “Green State Processability and Final Mechanical Properties of SiC Prepared by Co-Extrusion”. Oral presentation at the international Materials Science & Technology Technical Meeting and Exhibition.
Publications:
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2022)
Li, Xiangyu; Wilson, Chad T.; Zhang, Lenan ; Bhatia, Bikram; Zhao, Lin; Leroy, Arny ; Brandt, Olivia; Orta-Guerra, Rodrigo; Youngblood, Jeffrey P.; Trice, Rodney W.; Wang, Evelyn N. . "Design and modeling of a multiscale porous ceramic heat exchanger for high temperature applications with ultrahigh power density". Volume 194, 2022, ISSN 0017-9310 (Link)