Multidisciplinary research and development work in photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies, climate-control energy solutions and computational modelling.
International curriculum vitae
Fernando Gomez-Castro
Doctor of Engineering with more than 10 years of multidisciplinary R&D experience in photovoltaic technologies, solar thermal systems, liquid desiccant air conditioning, data-centre cooling, modelling and experimental validation.
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Professional Summary
10+
Years R&D
18
Publications
360k
EUR project
I bring research discipline to engineering problems.
My professional background combines mechanical engineering, sustainable energy, photovoltaic systems, solar air conditioning, numerical simulation, laboratory testing, data analysis and scientific communication in international research teams.
Doctoral thesis, journal article and international conference papers in PV systems, solar thermal regeneration and liquid desiccant technologies.
Doctoral research project prepared and developed around solar collector/regenerator systems for liquid desiccant air conditioning.
Wolfram Mathematica
COMSOL Multiphysics
F-Chart EES
Heat and mass transfer
PV systems
Solar air conditioning
Experimental validation
Data analysis
Professional Focus
Energy engineering, simulation and research validation.
I develop and validate computational models for energy systems, especially in solar thermal regeneration, photovoltaic performance, data-centre cooling concepts and heat and mass transfer processes. My work connects mathematical modelling with experimental data, parametric studies, laboratory validation and technical documentation.II
Selected Experience
I have developed models, experiments and publications across energy systems.
06.2024-09.2025
Esslingen University
Scientific employee modelling cistern systems, rainwater-based cooling and passive/active cooling strategies for data-centre infrastructure.
05.2016-03.2025University of Kassel
Doctoral researcher designing, testing and optimising solar collectors/regenerators for liquid desiccant air-conditioning systems.
2003-2018PV and solar R&D
Research roles in BIPV shading, ray tracing, low-concentration PV, solar thermal regeneration, prototypes and scientific publications.