Optimality conditions, convexity, gradient and conjugate-gradient methods, constrained optimization, Newton and BFGS methods, and linear programming, with numerical examples in Python.
Teaching
Courses and scientific training
Teaching in optimization, thermal systems, electromagnetic theory, scientific communication, and numerical methods.
Universidad Mayor
Courses taught since 2024.
Thermodynamic analysis and engineering applications of thermal systems, including energy balances, working fluids, and thermal cycles.
A comprehensive introduction to electromagnetic theory, Maxwell's equations, time-harmonic fields, plane-wave propagation, waveguides, antennas, and transmission lines.
This course covers the fundamental aspects of thermodynamics with emphasis on engineering applications, properties of substances, and the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
This course develops skills for scientific and technical writing in English, with emphasis on clarity, structure, precision, and oral and written communication for international research settings.
Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana
Previous courses and teaching activity.
- Research Project on Pedagogical Innovation, 2021.
- Thermodynamics for Engineering, 2019-2022.
- Nanoscale Energy Transfer, 2022.
- Numerical Methods for Nanophotonic Energy, 2021.
- Introduction to the Finite Element Method, 2019.
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Earlier teaching activity.
- Numerical Methods for Engineering, 2011-2015.