Guillermo Aguilar


Guillermo Aguilar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor &
Graduate Advisor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Tel: (951) 827-7717
Fax: (951) 827-2899

gaguilar@engr.ucr.edu

&
Visiting Assistant Researcher
Beckman Laser Institute
University of California, Irvine
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

B.Sc., Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

(UNAM)

 

México City, México, 1993

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering

University of California, Santa Barbara

(UCSB)

Santa Barbara, CA, 1995

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

University of California, Santa Barbara

(UCSB)

Santa Barbara, CA, 1999

  
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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Current Research

  • Biomedical applications

  • Laser and intense pulsed light (IPL)-assisted dermatologic therapy

  • Vacuum and cryogen spray cooling (CSC)-assisted dermatologic therapy

  • Short and ultrashort laser pulse (USLP)-tissue interactions

  • Cryosurgery

  • Drug delivery

  • Cartilage reshaping

  • Liquid spray atomization and droplet impact dynamics

  • Atomization

  • Evaporation

  • Droplet /surface interactions

  • Heat transfer enhancement

Previous Research

  •  Non-Newtonian fluids mechanics and heat transfer

  • Turbulent pipe flows

  • Drag and heat transfer reduction

 

RESEARCH GROUP 2008

 

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Biomedical Applications

  1. G. Aguilar, B. Majaron, W. Verkruysse, Y. Zhou, J.S. Nelson, and E.J. Lavernia, "Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Droplet Diameter, Temperature, and Evaporation Rate Evolution in Cryogenic Sprays", Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2001, V.44, N17, pp. 3201-3211.
  2. G. Aguilar, W. Verkruysse, B. Majaron, L.O. Svaasand, E.J. Lavernia, and J.S. Nelson, "Measurement of heat flux and heat transfer coefficient during continuous cryogen spray cooling for laser dermatologic surgery", IEEE J. of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2001, 7(6), pp. 1013-1021.
  3. G. Aguilar, S.H. Diaz, E.J. Lavernia, and J.S. Nelson, "Cryogen spray cooling efficiency: Improvement of port wine stain laser therapy through multiple-intermittent cryogen spurts and laser pulses", Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2002, 31, pp. 27-35.
  4. G. Aguilar, G.X. Wang, and J. S. Nelson, "Dynamic Behavior of Cryogen Spray Cooling: Effects of Spurt Duration and Spray Distance", Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2003, 32, pp.152-159.
  5. G. Aguilar, H. Vu, and J.S. Nelson, "Influence of angle between the nozzle and skin surface on the heat flux and overall heat extraction during cryogen spray cooling", Physics in Medicine and Biology, 49, pp.N147-N153, 2004.
  6. G. Aguilar, L.O. Svaasand, and J.S. Nelson, "Effects of hypbobaric pressure on human skin: feasibility study for port wine stain laser therapy (part I)", Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 36, pp.124-129, 2005.
  7. G. Aguilar, W. Franco, J. Liu, L.O. Svaasand, and J.S. Nelson, "Effects of hypbobaric pressure on human skin: implications for cryogen spray cooling (part II)", Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 36, pp.130-135, 2005.  
  8. R. Romero-Méndez, W. Franco, and G. Aguilar, "Laser-assisted cryosurgery of prostate: numerical study", Physics in Medicine and Biology, 52, pp. 463-478, 2007.
  9. J. Liu, G. Aguilar, R. Muñiz and Y. Yan, "Hydrophilic zeolite coatings for improved heat transfer: A quantitative analysis" AIChE, 54, No. 3, pp. 779-790, 2008.
  10. R. Evans, S. Camacho-López, F.G. Pérez-Gutiérrez, and G. Aguilar, "Pump-probe imaging of nanosecond laser-induced bubbles in agar gel," Optics Express, 16, pp. 7481-7492, 2008.
Cartilage Reshaping

  1. S.H. Diaz, G. Aguilar, E.J. Lavernia, and B.J.F. Wong, "Modeling the thermal response of porcine cartilage to laser irradiation", IEEE J. of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2001, 7(6), pp. 944-951.
  2. K.K. Ho, S.H. Diaz-Valdes, D.E. Protsenko, G. Aguilar, and B.J.F. Wong, "Electromechanical Reshaping of Septal Cartilage", The Laryngoscope, Vol. 113, pp. 1916-1921.

Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
  1. K. Gasljevic, G. Aguilar, and E.F. Matthys, "Buoyancy Effects on Heat Transfer and Temperature Profiles in Horizontal Pipe Flow of Drag-Reducing Fluids", 2000, Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, V. 43, pp. 4267-4274.
  2. G. Aguilar, K. Gasljevic, and E.F. Matthys, "Asymptotes of Maximum Friction and Heat Transfer
    Reductions for Drag-reducing Surfactant Solutions", 2001, Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, V. 44, pp. 2835-2843.
  3. K. Gasljevic, G. Aguilar and E.F. Matthys, "Measurement of temperature profiles in turbulent pipe flow of polymer and surfactant drag-reducing solutions" Physics of Fluids, 19, Issue 8, pp. 083105:1-18, 2007.