Academic Work

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Research interests

• Kinetic theory
• Traffic flow theories
• Relativistic gases
• Relativistic kinetic theory

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Dr. Alma Rosa Méndez Rodríguez is a Full-Time Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Systems of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Division at the Unidad Cuajimalpa of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.

D. in Science (Physics) and B.Sc. in Physics, both studies at the Iztapalapa Campus of The Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.

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Research interests

• Kinetic theory
• Traffic flow theories
• Relativistic gases
• Relativistic kinetic theory

Academic Work

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Open Access	References	UN SDGs
OA	García-Perciante, A.L., Méndez, A.R., Sarbach, O. (2026).First-order general constitutive equations for relativistic fluids using the projection method in the Chapman-Enskog expansion of the Boltzmann equation. Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics,51(2) 195-209
OA	Méndez, A.R., Velasco, R.M., Marques, W. (2026).Kinetic theory derivation of a second-order continuum viscous traffic model for vehicles with adaptive cruise control system. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications,694
OA	Chacón-Acosta, G., García-Perciante, A.L., Méndez, A. (2026).Relativistic Equilibrium Distribution of Rapidity: A Kinetic Theory Perspective. Springer Aerospace Technology,1507273-281
	García-Perciante, A.L., Alvarez Carrillo, M., Méndez, A.R. (2025).Kinetic model for bidirectional pedestrian flow in an evacuation scenario. International Journal of Modern Physics B,39(22)
OA	García-Perciante, A.L., Méndez, A.R., Sarbach, O. (2025).Existence of the Chapman–Enskog solution and its relation with first-order dissipative fluid theories. Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics,50(2) 295-311
	García-Perciante, A.L., Méndez, A.R., Chacón-Acosta, G. (2024).The Rayleigh-Brillouin spectrum for bidimensional relativistic fluids in the relaxation approximation. AIP Conference Proceedings,2996(1)
	García-Perciante, A.L., Méndez, A.R. (2023).Dissipative properties of relativistic fluids in a general curved space–time. General Relativity and Gravitation,55(8)
OA	Salazar, J.F., García-Perciante, A.L., Méndez, A.R. and 1 more (...) (2023).Stability Analysis of a Self-Gravitating Fluid within EIT Theory. Universe,9(7)
	Méndez, A.R., García-Perciante, A.L., Chacón-Acosta, G. (2022).Dissipative Properties of Degenerate Relativistic Gases: The Complete Kernel Calculation in a (d+ 1) Flat Space-Time. Journal of Statistical Physics,186(3)
	Marques, W., Méndez, A.R., Velasco, R.M. (2021).The vehicle length effect on the traffic flow fundamental diagram. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications,570	3
	Méndez, A.R., García-Perciante, A.L., Chacón-Acosta, G. (2021).Dissipation in 2D degenerate gases with non-vanishing rest mass. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications,567
OA	Méndez, A.R., García-Perciante, A.L., Chacón-Acosta, G. (2020).Thermal Dissipation in Two Dimensional Relativistic Fermi Gases with a Relaxation Time Model. Journal of Statistical Physics,178(4) 936-953

Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	26P	Seminario III	Posgrado
2	26P	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
3	26P	Optimización I	Licenciatura
4	25O	Seminario II	Posgrado
5	25I	Métodos Numéricos I	Licenciatura
6	25I	Seminario I	Posgrado
7	24O	Modelos III	Licenciatura
8	24O	Métodos Numéricos II	Licenciatura
9	24P	Optimización I	Licenciatura
10	24I	Introducción al Calculo	Licenciatura
11	24I	Métodos Numéricos I	Licenciatura
12	23O	Álgebra Lineal Numérica	Licenciatura
13	23O	Álgebra Lineal Numérica	Licenciatura
14	23O	Métodos Numéricos II	Licenciatura
15	23P	Optimización I	Licenciatura
16	23I	Métodos Numéricos I	Licenciatura
17	23I	Taller de Matemáticas	Licenciatura
18	22O	Métodos Numéricos II	Licenciatura
19	22P	Calculo I	Licenciatura
20	22I	Métodos Numéricos I	Licenciatura
21	22I	Modelos III	Licenciatura

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