Antonio Atienza Márquez
Department of Mechanical, Thermal and Fluids Engineering, University of Málaga
Bachelor Degree in Energy Engineering from the University of Málaga and PhD in Thermodynamic Engineering of Fluids from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Thermal, and Fluids Engineering at the University of Málaga.
Teaching
As a university professor, he teaches at the School of Industrial Engineering at the University of Málaga. His subjects include Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Hydrogen-Based Systems, Internal Combustion Engines, and Renewable Energies.
Additionally, he has taught specialized courses and seminars on hydrogen technologies and applications in Japan and Latin America.
Research
As a member of the Energy Research Group (GEUMA) at Universidad de Málaga, Dr. Antonio Atienza-Márquez’s research focuses mainly on hydrogen-based systems. More specifically, in collaboration with Japanese universities, he conducts research on the water transport phenomenon in electrochemical devices such as electrolyzers.
Additionally, he participates in research activities aimed at integrating hydrogen technologies with desalination units, in collaboration with members of Plataforma Solar de Almería – CIEMAT.
He continues investigating the low-temperature thermal energy recovery from the regasification of cryogenic fuels for polygeneration of energy, which was the topic of his doctoral thesis in the Group of Applied Thermal Engineering (CREVER) at Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
He also collaborates with members of GEUMA in research activities on energy efficiency in buildings and HVAC systems.
Numerical Simulation and COMSOL Multiphysics
Dr. Atienza-Márquez’s expertise in multiphysics modelling is primarily related to hydrogen systems and heat transfer.
In collaboration with Yokohama National University (Japan), he has participated in a project focused on modeling and simulating water transport across the polymeric electrolyte membrane in direct toluene electro-hydrogenation electrolyzers using COMSOL Multiphysics.