Erico Spinadel
Born(1929-05-06)6 May 1929
Vienna, Austria
Died25 February 2020(2020-02-25) (aged 90)
Pinamar, Argentina
Nationality
  • Argentina
  • Austria
EducationUniversity of Buenos Aires
OccupationEngineer
SpouseVera W. de Spinadel
ChildrenLaura P. Spinadel, Pablo Spinadel, Irene Spinadel, Andrea Gisela Spinadel
Erico Spinadel, Learning from the Wind
Erico Spinadel in International Fair
Erico Spinadel & Vera W. de Spinadel
Erico Spinadel in UNIDO

Erico Spinadel (6 May 1929 – 25 February 2020) was an Austrian and Argentine industrial engineer who specialized in Wind Power. Spinadel was born in Vienna, and obtained his PhD at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2004.[1]

Erico Spinadel joined the Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) in 1956 and in January 1959 he was the first operator to drive a nuclear reactor (the RA 1) to critical conditions. In this way, started the use of nuclear energy in the southern hemisphere, generating electricity and also producing radioisotopes for hospitals and for industrial applications.[2]

Between 1994 and 2001, he was Consulting Full professor at the University of Buenos Aires, School of Engineering.[3] From 1986 to 1994 he was Director of the Electricity Department of the School of Engineering, University of Buenos Aires FIUBA.[4] From 1994 he was Consulting Emeritus Professor at the National University of Lujan.[5] In 1994, he was President of the Argentine Wind Energy Association (AAEE).[6] From 2008 he was Regional Director on the Latin American Wind Energy Association (LAWEA).[7] and member of the board of the World Wind Energy Association[8] He was Wind Energy consultant for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO-ONUDI since 1992, at the special invitation of the respective Governments several missions in Indonesia and the Far East.[9]

Dr. Erico Spinadel was a leader in the field of Wind Power[10] in the research of a multidisciplinary systemic approach for developing countries got wide international recognition. He was the author of more than 7 books and published more than 50 research papers.[11] He died in Pinamar, Argentina.

He married Vera Martha Winitzky, a mathematician. The couple had 4 children: Laura, Pablo, Irene and Andrea.[12]

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References

  1. ^ "Doctoral thesis Dr. Erico Spinadel: Dissertation: Decentralized electricity and heat supply in large buildings from the natural gas network using fuel cells; first step towards a hydrogen energy economy". University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Congreso Hyfusen". CNEA Instituto de Energía y Desarrollo Sustentable. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  3. ^ "La FIUBA reconoce a sus profesionales". University of Buenos Aires, School of Engineering. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Emeritus Professor". University of Buenos Aires, School of Engineering. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Emeritus Professor" (PDF). University of Lujan, Faculty of Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Argentine Wind Energy Association". Asociación Argentina de Energía Eólica. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Latin America Wind Energy Association (LAWEA)". Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  8. ^ "World Wind Resource Assessment Report by the WWEA Technical Committee". World Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Promoting the renewable energy industry in Latin America and the Caribbean" (PDF). United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Retrieved 14 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Wind Power for the World: The Rise of modern wind energy" (PDF). P. Maegaard, A. Krenz, W. Palz. Retrieved 13 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Energía eólica en la Argentina". Ciencia Hoy. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  12. ^ "VERA MARTHA WINITZKY DE SPINADEL Doctora en Ciencias Matemáticas" (PDF) (in Spanish).
  13. ^ "La FIUBA reconoce a sus profesionales". FIUBA. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  14. ^ "BIEL Award". BIEL Light + Building. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Profesores Extraordinarios Eméritos" (PDF). Universidad Nacional de Luján. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Lauros". Parlamento Cívico de la Humanidad. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.

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