Dr. Rafael Pacheco

School of Mathematics and Statistics

Arizona State University, USA

Adjunct Professor

Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences

The University of Notre Dame, USA

Visiting Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1999 Ph.D., Arizona State University, Mechanical Engineering

1993 M.Sc., Universidad de Guanajuato, Mechanical Engineering

1991 B.Sc., Universidad Iberoamericana, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

Publications (Selected)

1. Durantes, Roxana & Moon, Justin & Pacheco, J. & Pacheco-Vega, Arturo. (2023). On an averaged energy-balance method for the analysis of wavy microchannels. Heat and Mass Transfer. 60. 2095-2104. 10.1007/s00231-022-03329-5.
2. Durantes, Roxana & Pacheco, J. & Pacheco-Vega, Arturo. (2022). Two-Dimensional Approximation of a Three-Dimensional Wavy Microchannel. 10.11159/enfht22.160.
3. Durantes, Roxana & Moon, Justin & Pacheco, J. & Pacheco-Vega, Arturo. (2021). Averaged energy-balance analysis of wavy micro-channels. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2116. 012080. 10.1088/1742-6596/2116/1/012080.
4. Durantes, Roxana & Moon, Justin & Pacheco, J. & Pacheco-Vega, Arturo. (2020). Numerical Modeling of Single-Phase Fluid-Flow in Wavy Micro-Channels.
5. Moon, Justin & Pacheco, J. & Pacheco-Vega, Arturo. (2019). Heat Transfer Enhancement in Wavy Micro-Channels: Effect of Block Material. 10.11159/enfht19.120.
6. Baghdasarian, Meline & Pacheco-Vega, Arturo & Pacheco, J.. (2014). Mixing in thermally stratified nonlinear spin-up with uniform boundary fluxes. Physics of Fluids. 2610422507. 3-96602. 10.1063/1.4895435.
7. Marques, Francisco & Meseguer, A. & Lopez, Juan & Pacheco, J. & Lopez, Jose. (2013). Bifurcations with imperfect SO(2) symmetry and pinning of rotating waves. Proceedings of the Royal Society. 13. 20120348. 10.1098/rspa.2012.0348.
8. Motamedi, Ashkan & Pacheco-Vega, Arturo & Pacheco, J.. (2012). Numerical Analysis of a Multi-Row Multi-Column Compact Heat Exchanger. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 395. 2047-. 10.1088/1742-6596/395/1/012047.
9. Pacheco, J.. (2012). Formation of columnar baroclinic vortices in thermally stratified nonlinear spin-up. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 702. 265-285. 10.1017/jfm.2012.175.
10. Marques, Francisco & Meseguer, A. & Lopez, Juan & Pacheco, J. & Lopez, Jose. (2012). Hopf bifurcation with zero frequency and imperfect SO(2) symmetry. Proceedings of The Royal Society of London. 469. 20120348.
11. Pacheco, J. & Ruiz-Angulo, Angel & Zenit, Roberto. (2011). Fluid velocity fluctuations in a collision of a sphere with a wall. Physics of Fluids. 23. 063301. 10.1063/1.3598313].
12. Aguirre, F., Villalobos, J.R., Phelan, P.E., and Pacheco, J.R. `The use of energy-production signatures to the relative efficiency of energy use in a manufacturing plant,' International Journal of Energy Research, 35: 477-488, 2011.
13. Pacheco, J.R., Lopez, J.M., and Marques, F. ` Pinning of rotating waves to defects in finite Taylor-Couette flow,' J. Fluid Mech., 666: 254-272, 2011.
14. Pacheco, J.R., Pacheco-Vega A., and Chen, K-P. `Mixing-dynamics of a passive scalar in a three-dimensional microchannel,' Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 54: 959-966, 2011.
15. Stanton, S. J. R., Chen, K. P., Taylor, T. J., Pacheco, J. R. and Hayes, M. A. `Characterization of particle capture in a sawtooth patterned insulating electrokinetic microfluidic device,' Electrophoresis, 38(22): 3634-3641, 2010.
16. Smirnov, S.A., Pacheco, J.R., and Verzicco, R. `Numerical simulations of nonlinear thermally stratified spin-up in a circular cylinder,' Phys. of Fluids,22(11): 116602, 2010.
17. Smirnov, S.A., Pacheco, J.R., and Verzicco, R. `Three-dimensional vortex visualization in stratified spin-up,' Journal of Visualization, 13(2): 81-84, 2010.
18. Chen, K-P., Pacheco, J.R., Hayes, M.A., and Staton, S. `Insulator-based dielectrophoretic separation of small particles in a sawtooth channel,' Electrophoresis, 30(9): 1441-1448, 2009.
19. Pacheco, J.R. `Mixing enhancement in electro-osmotic flows via modulation of electric felds,' Phys. of Fluids, 20(9): 093603, 2008.
20. Smirnov, S.A., Pacheco, J.R., and Verzicco, R. `Laboratory-numerical studies of stratifed spin-up flows,' Environ. Fluid Mech., 8(5-6): 535-541, 2008.

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