2017-2019 Heising-Simons Junior Fellow
Previous Faculty Advisor: Professor Eli Yablonovitch
Current Position: Software Engineer at Google Brain
Luis ' work focuses on the development of two different, yet strongly related, projects: A thermophotonic bottle for vaccine delivery and a thermophotovoltaic device. The former uses ultra efficient LEDs to cool the inner layer of a thermos bottle to keep its contents at stable temperatures for long periods, this can be critical for vaccine delivery in developing countries. The latter aims to transform heat into electricity, using light as the heat transfer medium. This could allow to create ultralight engines for spaceship applications.