Professor J. Xamán is at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the National Center for Research and Technology Development (CENIDET), Cuernavaca-Morelos, Mexico. He received his Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1996, his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the CENIDET in 1999 and 2004. He has been visiting Professor at the Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica de la Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil.

For more than 17 years, he is actively involved in research in the area of Energy in Building and particularly in the computational modelling of passive and active solar systems for buildings: solar control film in glazing, double pane window, roof materials, solar chimney, Trombe wall system, earth-to-air heat exchanger and flat plate collectors.

He has one book, an one international patents and published 106 papers, 38 in international scientific journals of JCR. Until now, he has an h-index of 11. He is Editorial Board Member of Case Study in Thermal Engineering and Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. He is author of the book Computational Fluid Dynamics for Engineers, published by Palabrio.

He has been a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (AMC) since 2011 and member since 2006 of the National System of Researchers from CONACYT-Mexico and actually he has the Distinction of National Researcher Level II (SNI II).