FRANCISCO CRUZ-MAZO is currently an Associate Professor at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), where he teaches fluid mechanics courses and researches both theoretically and experimentally on the fluid dynamics of interfacial flows at the micro- and nanoscale. He leads the Complex Fluids Lab at ETSI Diseño Industrial and is a member of the Thermal Energy for Sustainability (TE4S) group at ETSI Industriales.
CONTACT f.cruz[at]upm[dot]es , ETSI Diseño Industrial – UPM, Ronda de Valencia 3, 28012 Madrid, Spain
About
Assoc. Professor Cruz-Mazo was born in Barcelona and raised in Seville, where he got his PhD in Fluid Mechanics from Univ. Sevilla in 2019, in the Physics of Fluids and Microfluidics group, with research stays in the Coherent Imaging Group of DESY, Germany. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Complex Fluids Group at Princeton University, USA, with a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship.
Research
Fundamental research in micro/nano flows involving bubbles, droplets, jets, emulsions, mixing or fluid-structure interaction, among others, to facilitate innovative solutions for various fields of interest for the TE4S group, like CO2-free hydrogen production and other energy systems, but also in other applied fields ranging biotechnology, advanced materials, or naval engineering, among many others.
Teaching
Teaching duties in courses of the fluid mechanics knowledge area for the Department of Mechanical, Chemical and Industrial Design Engineering: Fluid Mechanics (BSc in Chemical Engineering, BSc in Electronics Engineering) and Finite element-based simulation model for fluid dynamics (elective course and international semester of ETSI Diseño Industrial).