Curriculum Vitae David Antonio Mejía Suárez - CEPAC

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Curriculum Vitae
David Antonio Mejía Suárez
Office: Cubículo T157, División de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería,
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana,
Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Deleg. Iztapalapa,
México, D.F., México 09340.
Phone: (55)58046586, e-mail: interproco@hotmail.com
Home: Virgilio No. 109, Fracc. Paseo de las Lomas,
Morelia, Mich., México 58257.
Phone: (443)315-7399
Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering; Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana , Mexico, Expected for 2008.
Concentrations: Retrofit and Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks.
Project: Optimization Methods and Algorithms Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks.
Advisor: Dr. Juan Manuel Zamora Mata.
M.S., Chemical Engineering; Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico, 2005.
Concentrations: Retrofit of Heat Exchanger Networks, Discrete Control Sistems.
Thesis: Thermo-Hydraulic Consideration for Heat Exchanger Design in Heat Exchanger Networks Retrofit
with a MINLP Technique.
Advisor: Dr. Medardo Serna González.
B.S., Chemical Engineering; Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico, 2002.
Concentrations: Learning Chemical Engineering Theory, Thermo-hydraulic Design of Heat Exchangers,
Pinch Analysis and Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks, Artificial Intelligence.
Thesis: Computational System Control, Adaptive and Non Adaptive, in Discrete Time and with Dead Time
for a First Order Process..
Advisor: Dr. Medardo Serna González.
LANGUAGES:
- Fluent in Spanish.
- Can read English.
- Regular to speak and to listen English.
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor, Winter 2003
Faculty in Chemical Engineering, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo.
Course:
Separation Processes.

Adjunct Professor, Fall 2003 - Winter 2003
Faculty in Chemical Engineering, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo.
Course:
Physics, Chemical Engineering Principles, Thermodynamic.
Adjunct Professor, Fall 2002 – Summer 2003
Faculty in Chemical Engineering, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo.
Courses:
Mathematics, Physics.
Adjunct Professor, Fall 1999 – Summer 2000
Colegio Nacional de Educación Profesional Técnica.
Courses:
Structure Programming in Pseudocode, Computation Systems Administration, Information Systems
Management, Computer Systems Management
RESEARCH SUBMITTED AND IN PREPARATION:
A New MINLP Formulation for the Retrofit of Heat Exchanger Networks.
Tow-Level Optimization Algorithm for Heat Exchanger Networks Retrofit Including Pressure Drop Consideration.
PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES:
Thermo-Hydraulic Consideration for Heat Exchanger Design in the Retrofit of Heat Exchanger Networks with a
MINLP Technique. Presented at the 25th National Conference Mexican Academy of Chemical Engineering,
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 2004.
Power Costs Consideration for Heat Exchanager Network Synthesis Using a Two Levels Approach with a
MINLP Technique. Presented at the 24th National Conference Mexican Academy of Chemical Engineering,
Ixtapa, Mexico, 2003.
Computational System Control, Adaptive and Non Adaptive, in Discrete Time and with Dead Time for a First
Order Process. Presented at the 24th National Conference Mexican Academy of Chemical Engineering, Ixtapa,
Mexico, 2003.
General Relationship Between the Pressure Drop and the Film Heat Transfer Coefficients from Bell-Dellaware
Method in the Design of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers. Presented at the 36th National Conference of the
Mexican Chemical Engineers Institute, Moterrey, Mexico, 1996.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Mexican Chemical Engineers Institute Award, 1997.