Ignacio Carvajal-Mariscal was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1968. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI), Moscow, Russian Federation, in 1996, and a Ph.D. degree in thermal engineering at the same institution in 1999. Since 2000, he is a full professor at the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), Mexico City, Mexico. In 2008-2009, he was an invited professor at the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. He co-authored the book “Handbook for Transversely Finned Tube Heat Exchanger Design” (Academic Press, 2016). He is the author of 70 articles and holds one patent. His research interests include enhanced heat transfer, heat pipes, shallow geothermal energy, experimental fluid dynamics, evaporation cooling, and heat pumps. Dr. Carvajal-Mariscal has been an ASME member since 2008.