CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Personal Details

*FULL NAME*	Orlando Manuel Ayala Hernández
*AGE*	25 años
*DATE OF BIRTH*	July 25^th, 1973
*PLACE OF BIRTH*	Lecherías. Municipio Licenciado Diego Bautista Urbaneja. Estado Anzoátegui. Venezuela.
*PERMANENT ADDRESS*	Calle Pinto Salinas. Nro. 26-A. Quinta Albamarina. Pozuelos. Municipio Sotillo. Estado Anzoátegui. Venezuela
*PERMANENT PHONE*	+58-81-681728 +58-16-6802192
*TEMPORARY ADDRESS*	211-9 Thorn Lane Newark, DE 19711 USA
*TEMPORARY PHONE*	(302) 731-5194
*e-mail* *WEBPAGE*	omayalah@udel.edu ayala@me.udel.edu omayalah@hotmail.com http://udel.edu/~omayalah

2. Education

*HIGH SCHOOL*	U.E. Colegio Salesiano Pío XII. Puerto La Cruz, Edo. Anzoátegui, Venezuela. 1985-1990.
*UNDERGRADUATE*	Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela. 1990-1995
*GRADUATE*	Part-time student in the Master Sciences of Mechanical Engineering at the Universidad de Oriente. Courses I took: Finite Elements. 1996. Mathematics. 1997. Advanced Thermodynamics. 1997. Advanced Heat Transfers. 1997. Currently Graduate Student at the University of Delaware.
*Courses*	-Basic for CP/M. VERSIÓN 2. 1985 -Autocad. Improcesa. 1995 -Introduction to Experimental Design. Part I. UDO. 1996. -Metrology. UDO. 1996. -Simposium: NATURAL GAS: Alternative for the Future. UDO. 1996. -Simulation in HYSIM. UDO. 1997. -Teaching Capacitation. UDO. 1997. -How to make Articles to Publish in Scientific Journals. UDO. 1997. -CREÁTICA. UDO. 1997. -Introduction to Experimental Design.Part II. UDO. 1997. -English Course at the University of Delaware-English Language Institute. 1998.
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3. Degrees Earned

High School Diploma (Bachiller en Ciencias). U.E. Colegio Salesiano Pío XII. July 1990.

Mechanical Engineer. Universidad de Oriente. December 1995. (Career culminated in 9 semesters).

4. Teaching and Laboral Experience

Teaching Assistant in Laboratories of Mechanical Engineering. UDO. Periods: 94-1 and 94-2.

Teaching Assistant in Heat Transfer. UDO. Period 95-1.

Instructor at the Department of Mechanical Universidad de Oriente. 1996- .

Courses Taught: Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines and Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering I and III, all from pensum of Mechanical Engineering in the Universidad de Oriente. 1996- .

Coordinator of Laboratory of Fluids in the Department of Mechanical. UDO. 1996- .

Substitute Member of the Curricula Commission of Department of Mechanical. 1997- .

Member of the Evaluation of Teaching Personal from Universidad de Oriente Commission. Julio 1997.

Founding Member of Centro de Estudios de Ingeniería Mecánica (CEIM). 1997.

Secretary of Academic Topics and Research at Centro de Estudios de Ingeniería Mecánica (CEIM). 1997- .

Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the International Congress in Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences to be held in March, 2000, in Puerto La Cruz-Venezuela. 1998- .

Translator of the Patient Information Handbok of the Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center (USA). 1999.

Research Assistant at the Mechanical Department (University of Delaware). 1999- .

5. Research Experience

RESEARCH GROUPS

CARRIED OUT PAPERS

RESEARCH GROUP IN NUMERICAL METHODS APPLIED TO THE SOLUTION OF ENGINEERING PROBLEMS. Universidad de Oriente.
Granted by: Consejo de Investigación UDO.

RESEARCH GROUP TURBULENCE AND MULTI-PHASE FLOW. University of Delaware.

Determination of Stress Concentration Factors in Finite Plates with Rounded Rectangular Holes. 1995. (Author-THESIS).

An experimental strategy to validate a numerical treatment to the problem of the contact resistance. 1996. (Author).

Extension to three dimension of numerical simulation of Coilbox for finite element method. 1997. (Author).

Spreasheet for the design and selection of deep wells pumps. 1996. (Co-author).

Simulation of the COILBOX using the technique of the Finite Elements and the Technique of the Finite Differences. 1997. (Co-Author).

Study of Multidimensional Heat Transfer with Numerical Analysis applied to the foundation of Tanks of Refrigerated Storage. 1997 (Co-author).

Automatization of the Hydraulic System Calculation and Selection of Centrifugal Pumps of one step or multi-steps throught a Parametric Computational Code. 1998. (Co-author).

THESIS ADVISOR:
(to undergraduate students)

JOSÉ MARCANO and JOSÉ GARCÍA. Design and Construction of a Testing Bench for the Determination of the NPSH in Centrifugal Pumps. 1996.

JOEL PAYARES. Evaluation of the Operation and Proposal of Maintenance for the Reciprocating Compressors of Planta I Vencemos Pertigalete. 1997.

RAFAEL MENDEZ. Study and Evaluation of the Cooling System of the Planta FIOR DE VENEZUELA S.A. 1997.

LUIS GONZÁLEZ. Design of a System of Pump of Drinking Water, of Constant Pressure, for a Processing Company of Marine Preserves. 1997

JOSÉ MORENO. Study of the Interior Condition and necessary Modifications for the Amplification of the Booth of Enamel of an Automotive Company. 1997

RUDOLF GUZMÁN. Study of the Origin of the Contamination with Water in the Oil Lubricants Utilized in the Gas and Propan Turbocompressors. 1997

HÉCTOR ZURGA. Validation of a Numerical Treatment to the problem of the thermal contact resistance. 1997.

WILLIAMS ROJAS. Study and Improvements of the System of Heating of a Drying Oven in the area of having Galvanized of a Factory of Wires. 1998.

6. Papers Presented at Conferences

Determination of Stress Concentration Factors in Finite Plates with Rounded Rectangular Holes. III International Congress of Numeric Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences. Universidad de los Andes. Mérida-Venezuela. March 1996.

Spreasheet for the design and selection of deep wells pumps. III Scientific Congress of the Universidad de Oriente. Universidad de Oriente. Núcleo de Monagas. Maturín-Venezuela. November 1996.

An experimental strategy to validate a numerical treatment to the problem of the contact resistance. XLVI Convención Anual AsoVAC, UCLA-UNEXPO-UPEL. Barquisimeto-Venezuela. November 1996.

Extension to three dimension of numerical simulation of Coilbox for finite element method. IV International Congress of Numeric Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences. March 1998. Ciudad Guayana-Venezuela.

Simulation of the COILBOX using the technique of the Finite Elements and the Technique of the Finite Differences. VII Latin American Congress of Heat and Mass Transfer. "LATCYM 98". Universidad Nacional de Salta Buenos Aires-Argentina. October 1998.

Automatization of the Hydraulic System Calculation and Selection of Centrifugal Pumps of one step or multi-steps throught a Parametric Computational Code. 10mas Jornadas Científico-Técnicas de Ingeniería. Universidad del Zulia. Maracaibo-Venezuela. November 1998.

7. Honors, Awards, Recognitions, Scholarships

SCHOLARSHIPS: Scholarship of Honor "Luis Manuel Peñalver," granted by the Universidad de Oriente. Periods: from 1^st-91 to 2^nd-95

Scholarship for one session at the English Language Institute–University of Delaware, granted by the same institution. July 1998-August 1998.

Scholarship for Graduate Studies, granted by the Universidad de Oriente. 1998- .

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS: Recognitions for Academic Merit sent by the Universidad de Oriente from the beginning of the program and during the 9 serial semesters of duration of the career. Periods: from 2^nd-90 to 1^st-95.

Graduate with the Distinction CUM LAUDE in the Career of Mechanical Engineering. December 1995.

Graduate with Honors at the English Language Institute-University of Delaware. August 1998.

Award for Academic Merits as Instructor at a Venezuelan University granted by Department of Education from the Venezuelan Goberment. (CONADES). 1998

Candidate to receive the George W. Laird Merit Fellowship for graduate students at College of Engineering at the University of Delaware. 1999.

8. Membership in scholarly honor societies, professional or technical societies

Colegio de Ingenieros de Venezuela. C.I.V.: 100 907.

Centro de Ex-alumnos Salesianos de Venezuela.

Centro de Estudios de Ingeniería Mecánica (CEIM).

Asociación Venezolana par el Avance de la Ciencia (AsoVAC).

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Newark, August 06, 1999