Biography
Dr. Willy Villasmil is a lecturer in thermal grids at the Institute of Building Technology and Energy and Head of a Research Group at the Competence Center Thermal Energy Storage. The focus of his research is on smart thermal grids for sustainable energy systems and on seasonal thermal energy storage for district heating and self-sufficient buildings. In addition to his research on technology development, Dr. Villasmil engages in multidisciplinary endeavors aiming at increasing technology acceptance and diffusion. He is member of the Managing Board of the Swiss District Heating Association.
Dr. Villasmil studied Mechanical Engineering and graduated with honors in 2006 from the Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela. In 2008, he joined the Institute of Energy Technology at ETH Zurich, where he obtained his MSc and PhD degrees. He was then appointed as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Solar Technology Laboratory at PSI, where his research focused on high-temperature thermochemical processes for solar fuel production. In 2015, he joined Flow Products Ltd in the UK, where he worked as a Senior Development Engineer on the development of a novel micro-CHP system for residential buildings. In 2017, he joined the School of Engineering and Architecture at HSLU.
