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Estimada Comunidad Pascualina,
Mi nombre es Alejandro Posada. Soy docente de planta en escalafón titular de la Institución Universitaria Pascual Bravo desde el 2015. He tenido el orgullo de liderar el Grupo de Investigación e Innovación Ambiental hasta llevarlo a la máxima categoría MinCiencias. También, en conjunto con mis estudiantes del semillero SIA y algunos profesores del grupo, hemos sacado adelante proyectos innovadores de impacto mundial como el primer avión eléctrico en Colombia y uno de los primeros de Latinoamérica. En convenio con la UdeA, UNal y otras universidades del país, hemos conseguido recursos por más de $3.600 millones para proyectos de investigación. También, hemos conseguido $998 millones para la compra de un clúster computacional de alto rendimiento. Soy investigador senior de Minciencias y mis artículos científicos han sido citados más de 800 veces.
Mi formación y experiencia como Ph.D. en Ingeniería Aeroespacial y profesor de varias universidades internacionales (West Virginia University, USA) y nacionales (UPB, UdeA, IU Pascual Bravo), me permiten liderar al Pascual Bravo hacia un crecimiento que permita aumentar la cobertura y mejorar la calidad de la educación, la investigación y la extensión. La educación de calidad permite que nuestros estudiantes y sus familias crezcan intelectual y económicamente, lo que se verá reflejado en una prosperidad para el país. Su inserción laboral temprana desde los semilleros, los laboratorios, las prácticas y las pasantías les permitirá reafirmar que la educación es el camino para disminuir la desigualdad.
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Dr. Alejandro Posada is currently working as a full time tenured professor at Pascual Bravo Universtiy Institution. He is the leader of the Environmental Research Group, ranked in the top position A1 by Minciencias. He and his team designed, built and tested the first Colombian, and one of the firsts in Latin America, all-electric aircraft. Previously, he worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU). He has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from WVU, a MEng in Aeronautical Engineering from Pontifical Bolivarian University, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from National University of Colombia. Posada has made significant contributions in the prediction of airborne virus viability and the reduction of induced drag in aircraft. Previously, he served as an associate professor and aerospace research group leader at Pontifical Bolivarian University, where he obtained a grant from the Colombian Air Force to select an ally to manufacture 25 training aircraft in Colombia. He has taught four graduate and nine undergraduate courses, and he has more than nine years of research experience at West Virginia University and Pontifical Bolivarian University. His research and teaching interests focus on Aerodynamics, Aerosol Technology, Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Thermal Sciences, and Wind Turbines. Posada's publications include six journal papers and five conference papers. Guiding students to continue higher degrees in other countries is a part of his community service activities.
Dr. Posada got his PhD from West Virginia University, USA working on aircraft induced drag reduction by wing boundary layer control under the supervision of Professor Dr. John Loth. They found an innovative way to reduce induced drag on aircraft, and therefore fuel consumption, by around 6% using air injection and suction near the wing tip to reduce the vortex formation. He got several graduate teaching and research assistantships. Due to his good grades and progress in his thesis, he got promoted from the MS to the PhD program. Finishing his PhD in only three years with a 3.92 GPA and good references from his professors. He presented his research findings on various conferences: SAE International lift conference, Grapevine, TX; AIAA Mid-Atlantic Conference, Baltimore, MD; and AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV. He also taught several courses at WVU during the spring 2006 and summer 2007 terms, such as: MAE 322 Thermal and Fluids Lab, MAE 243 Mechanics of Materials, and MAE 343 Intermediate Mechanics of Materials. Where he got very good grades from his students.
Due to his excellent academic and research performance here, Dr. Posada was invited as a Visiting Professor and awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at WVU from 2008-2013. He taught two courses: MAE 320 Thermodynamics, and MAE 623 Conduction Heat Transfer. The latter one for PhD and MS students in the MAE Department. As a Postdoctoral Researcher under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ismail Celik, Dr. Posada worked in several projects. The first one was: “Experimental and theoretical study of early detection and isolation of influenza”. This project was sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC, and National Institute for Occupational Safety Health -NIOSH. They developed a mathematical model to determine the viability of the influenza virus when sprayed from a culture fluid, and determined the residence time of cough droplets when expelled from a person in a hospital waiting room. Additionally, they measured the distribution of airborne influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in an urgent care medical clinic. The particles were small enough to remain airborne for an extended time and to be inhaled deeply into the respiratory tract. These results support the possibility that influenza and RSV can be transmitted by the airborne route. As a result of this project, they wrote various scientific papers cited by more than 463 peer-reviewed papers. These papers have been cited in prestigious journals, such as: Nature, The Lancet, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, etc. One of their paper: “Distribution of Airborne Influenza Virus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in an Urgent Care Medical Clinic” was nominated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for demonstrating excellence in science as a candidate for the Charles S. Sheppard Science Award. This award is presented to the best manuscript on original research published by a CDC or ATSDR scientist in a reputable, peer-reviewed journal.
Other project that Dr. Posada worked during his postdoctoral research fellowship at WVU was: “Prediction of Emissions and Performance of a 650 MW Coal-Fired Boiler using CFD”. This project was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory. They simulated the flow, combustion, and temperature characteristics in a 650 MW pulverized coal boiler using Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fluent. The results were published in the 28th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference 2011. These excellent results led to participate in the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center. The funding for this Center was US 150 million in equal parts.
Courses taught:
Fluid Mechanics
Research Methods
Thermodynamics
Conduction Heat Transfer
Introduction to Aerodynamics (Fluid Mechanics)
Aerodynamics and Fluids Lab.
Thermal and Fluids Lab.
Mechanics of Materials
Intermediate Mechanics of Materials
Introduction to Aeronautics
Aircraft Performance
Aerodynamics
Teaching assistant and invited lecturer for the courses:
Aircraft Propulsion
Flight Dynamics
Emails:
alejandro.posada@pascualbravo.edu.co
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