Professor Agustin Valera-Medina honoured with fellowship from the Mexican Academy of Engineering

Professor Agustin Valera-Medina of Cardiff University's School of Engineering has been awarded a fellowship by the Mexican Academy of Engineering, one of the highest honours in the field of engineering in Mexico.

Founded in 1959, the Mexican Academy of Engineering is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation regarded as the Mexican counterpart of the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering. Comprising some of the most distinguished engineers and scientists across Mexico and Latin America, the Academy works to advance engineering and technological development across the region and beyond. It also provides expert scientific advice to public and private sectors and engages in policy discussions as part of the broader Mexican Academy of Sciences.

Professor Valera-Medina is internationally recognised for his work on ammonia technologies and energy systems. He has led or contributed to over 33 industrial projects, collaborating with global companies including PEMEX, Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Airbus, and Ricardo, securing over £35 million in funding. With 230 published papers and an h-index of 44, he is a leading expert in sustainable energy, particularly in the use of ammonia as an energy vector.

Currently, he serves as Principal Investigator on major international projects such as SAFE-AGT, FLEXnCONFU, OceanREFuel, MariNH3, and CAIPIRINH3A. These projects aim to demonstrate the viability of ammonia in turbines, internal combustion engines, and industrial heating systems. He also chairs the UK’s ISO/TC 67/14 committee on Ammonia Firing and has contributed to key Royal Society policy briefings on ammonia energy.

In addition to his academic and industrial roles, Professor Valera-Medina is Co-Director of the Net Zero Innovation Institute and Director of the Centre of Excellence on Ammonia Technologies (CEAT) at Cardiff University. He was recently named a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (2024).

Professor Jianzhong Wu, Head of School for Engineering, also congratulated Professor Valera-Medina on this achievement.