Jesus Daniel Mena Balades

Jesús Daniel Mena Balades is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Civil Engineering at the University of Cadiz. He is affiliated with the Thermal Engineering research group (TEP221) and focuses on construction engineering with a PAIDI area in Production Technologies.

Education:

• PhD in Construction Engineering (University of Cadiz, 2014) with thesis: 'Modeling the energy behavior of building construction elements in contact with the ground' supervised by Dr. Ismael Rodríguez Maestre.

Research Interests: His work bridges energy efficiency in buildings, thermal engineering, and computational modeling. Key areas include:

• Machine learning applications for corrosion behavior prediction in biogas and marine environments
• Hybrid and CFD-based simulation techniques for building energy performance
• Thermal analysis of ground-coupled systems and geothermal heat exchangers
• Optimization of concrete mix design using web-based tools
• Sky discretization impacts on shading and thermal comfort

Collaboration & Tools: He develops simulation algorithms and digital tools for civil engineering, emphasizing energy savings and material durability. The Thermal Engineering group (TEP221) drives his collaborative projects.