Rafael Guarga
{{Short description|Uruguayan industrial engineer and inventor}}
Rafael Andrés Guarga Ferro (born 23 August 1940 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan industrial engineer and inventor.
Career
After graduating from the University of the Republic, Guarga had to leave his country due to the civic-military dictatorship. He pursued his career in Mexico, obtaining a doctorate at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Back in Uruguay he devoted himself to lecturing; in 1992-1998 he served as Dean of the School of Engineering, and in 1998-2006 as Rector of the university.
In the late 1990s Guarga invented the selective inverted sink (acronym SIS), a device used by farmers to protect plants from frost.[https://web.archive.org/web/20041129193424/http://www.frostprotection.com/arbiza_espanol.pdf Nuevo método de control de heladas de radiación: SIS (sumidero invertido selectivo)] Last access: 19 April 2010 {{inlang|es}}
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