Institut of Process Engineering

Chair of Mechanical Process Engineering

Manuel Alejandro Taborda graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Autonoma de Occidente University (Colombia), where he later also obtained his master’s degree in engineering. At the end of 2021, he obtained his Dr.-Ing. degree at the Department of Process Engineering of the Otto-von-Guericke University in Germany.

Throughout his research career, Alejandro has had the opportunity to develop several projects in the area of multiphase flows, both in the computational field, using Euler/Lagrange methods, and experimentally using techniques such as laser Doppler anemometry (LDA), particle Image velocimetry (PIV) and particle tracking velocimetry (PTV).

Since 2024, Manuel Alejandro has been establishing a Junior Research Group on Computational Multiphase Flows, developing models to adequately predict multiphase flows simulations especially in modelling accurately non-spherical particles as the dispersed phase, using immersed-boundary methods and particle tracking applying CFD-DEM modelling approach.