Purdue University
hesquiv@purdue.edu
CV

Helber Antonio Esquivel-Puentes received his bachelor’s degree (2015) in mechanical engineering and his master’s degree (2017) in materials and process engineering from the National University of Colombia, Bogotá. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Purdue, where he is focused on two projects: (1) the design, construction and characterization of a hydraulic wind turbine; and (2) the design and fabrication of a high-performance filter that can be used in masks to protect from COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Future research plans will focus on learning and mastering fluid dynamics and fluid power and apply it to renewable energy. His knowledge about anti-viral materials recently led him to a novel design and an invention disclosure and a provisional patent. He has worked as a teaching assistant at the National University of Colombia and at the National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, and as a visiting researcher at Purdue’s Birck Nanotechnology Center. In the near future, he plans to form his own research group that will apply theory, knowledge, experience and talent to design, simulation, assembly and testing of new technologies that bring clean and sustainable energy to the world.

Research Interests

Renewable energy and power systems