Directories - Faculty - Dr. Horacio Perez-Blanco

Dr. Horacio Perez-Blanco Professor of Mechanical Engineering

The Pennsylvania State University 204 Reber Building University Park, PA 16802	Phone: 814-865-7842 Fax: 814-863-4848 E-Mail: hpb1@psu.edu

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Overview	Publications	Research

Expertise:
Energy systems to increase renewable capacity credit, namely wind, solar, pumped storage and gas turbines; turbomachinery; evaporatively cooled compression; simultaneous heat and mass transfer; absorption heat pumps and chillers.

Education:
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1979
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1976
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1974

Positions Held:
The Pennsylvania State University, 1990-Present
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1979-1990
Agrest Thermal Consultants, 1975
National Technical University, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1975
National University, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1973-1975

Honors/Awards:
The Georg Alefeld Memorial Award Committee, 2008
Organizing Committee 1st European Conference on Polygeneration, Tarragona, Spain, 2007
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2004
National Academies Summer Fellow Faculty Fellowship Recipient, Air Force Academy, Colorado, 2004
National Academies Summer Fellow Faculty Fellowship Recipient, Air Force Academy, Colorado, 2003
Department Head Faculty Award, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, 1997
MMES Inventor's Award, 1986

Affiliations:
IGTI Gas Turbine Hands On Course, State College, PA, 2008
IGTI Session Chair (Performance Analysis of Cogeneration & Combined Cycle Systems), 2005
Regional Editor, Applied Thermal Engineering, 1998-2004
Invited Researcher at University of Rovira I Virgili, 1999
Invited Lecturer at University of Rovira I Virgili, 1998
ASME Executive Committee, Central PA Section, Chairman, 1997-1998
Organizing Committee of International Absorption Heat Pump Conference, 1995
Researcher on Assignment at Energy Diversification Research Laboratory, Montreal, Canada, 1994
Researcher on Technology Transfer Assignment at Phillips Engineering, 1986-1987
Chairman of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC8.3 "Absorption and Heat Operated Machines," 1984-1986
Secretary of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC8.3, 1983-1984
Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1978

Department of

Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

Directories - Faculty - Dr. Horacio Perez-Blanco

Dr. Horacio Perez-Blanco

Professor of Mechanical Engineering