ASHRAE Monterrey Chapter Celebrates University Accomplishment
From eSociety, December 2017
In October, ASHRAE members and student members participated in a weeklong program to celebrate the 70th anniversary celebration of the Faculty of Electrical Mechanical Engineering (FIME) at the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico.
7th Annual Indirect Evaporative Cooling Contest
During the week, FIME and the Monterrey ASHRAE Chapter supported the 7th Annual Indirect Evaporative Cooling Contest during the celebration.
Participants in the 7th Annual Indirect Evaporative Cooling Contest.
Sixty-eight students attended the contest that required the participants to design, build and test a simple device that uses the principles of indirect evaporative cooling to lower the temperature as much as possible.
A jury evaluated 17 pieces of equipment and judged that equipment based on the time per minute, the temperature of the wet bulb, the temperature of the dry bulb in the enclosure, the indirect air coil outlet temperature, the percent relative humidity in the air from the side of the indirect cooling and the best design structure of the device.
The winners were awarded with various scholarships and recognitions granted by the FIME and the Monterrey Chapter. The teams that developed the three best devices were:
First place: Edgar Guajardo, Roberto Reyes and Rolando Rubio
Second place: Alexis Rodriguez, Ismael Morales, Ezequiel Morales and Alejandro Lara
Third place: Daniel Duarte, Ernesto Lopez, Sergio Rodriguez and Jorge Alonso
Best structural design: Catalina Martinez, Karla Neira, Alec Garza and David Rodriguez
The Monterrey Chapter thanks Christopher J. Ahne, the ASHRAE Region VIII Chair of Students Activities, and Jonathan I. Symko, ASHRAE Region VIII DRC, for supporting this student’s activity.
Jurors included:
Francisco Gastelum, Ing., Associate Member ASHRAE, the secretary for the ASHRAE Monterrey Chapter
Jose Félix Laveaga, Ing.
Armando Berman, Ing.
Ricardo Gomez, Ing., Associate Member ASHRAE, the chapter technology transfer chair for the ASHRAE Monterrey Chapter
Alfredo Muñiz, Eng., Associate Member ASHRAE, the Young Engineers in ASHRAE chair for the ASHRAE Monterrey Chapter
Pedro Garza, Ing., P.E., Associate Member ASHRAE, a member of the ASHRAE Monterrey Chapter’s Board of Governors
Arnoldo García, Ing.
Juan Soto, Ing.
Oscar Ricaño, Ing., Member ASHRAE, the reception chair for the ASHRAE Monterrey Chapter
Alberto Suarez, Ing., Associate Member ASHRAE
Eleazar Rivera, Member ASHRAE
Christopher J. Ahne, Member ASHRAE, ASHRAE Region VII Student Activities Chair
Dr. Jorge Aldaco
M.C. Francisco Guevara
XXIV International Congress on Education, Science and Technology
Also during the week, ASHRAE Members Carlos Cavazos and Don Stevens spoke during the XXIV International Congress on Education, Science and Technology, which was held on Oct. 27.
Cavazos, Member ASHRAE, the sustainability chair for the ASHRAE Monterrey Chapter, spoke on plate exchangers and their applications in HVAC.
Stevens, Member ASHRAE, member of ASHRAE SSPC for Standard 62.2, Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings, addressed the origin of Standard 62.2.