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Chile Nuclear
Founder · Ambassador
A student movement spreading knowledge about nuclear power and how it can help decarbonize Chile's electric grid.
15+Active members
100+Volunteers
Welcome.
Jorge
Lackington.
Mechanical & Industrial Engineer
// Energy transition · nuclear · solar & green hydrogen
I design and model energy systems, and I build organizations that move the conversation forward. From discrete-event simulation to a nuclear-energy student movement, I like turning hard problems into things that actually run.
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Leadership & impact
Organizations I've helped build.
Two projects that taught me how to lead people, manage resources, and ship real outcomes — not just ideas.
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Ucéanos
Former head of finance & logistics
Community-driven beach cleanups along the Chilean coast — real engagement and long-lasting impact, run on a real budget.
6+Beaches cleaned
120+Volunteers
About
Engineer first, builder always.
I'm a Mechanical & Industrial Engineer from UC Chile with a strong pull toward sustainable energy — nuclear power, solar, and green hydrogen. I'm as comfortable in a simulation as I am in front of a room making the case for clean baseload power.
I learned what impact really means by managing budgets and coordinating beach cleanups with Ucéanos, and I built my own project, Chile Nuclear, from zero. Along the way I've written code to automate complex processes and spent a semester abroad in Prague, because a global problem deserves a global perspective.
Off the clock you'll usually find me on a mountain trail, in the workshop with a new DIY project, or pushing my limits with calisthenics.
FocusEnergy systems · nuclear · solar & H₂
Based inSantiago, Chile
BuildingChile Nuclear — energy advocacy
ModelingDiscrete-event simulation, Python
LanguagesSpanish · English · Italian · French
Open toEnergy-sector roles & internships
Education
Where I studied.
2026Expected · Dec
M.Sc. Industrial Engineering
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · Santiago
Finance · Marketing · Optimization · Accounting
2025Graduated · Dec
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · Santiago
Thermodynamics · Energy conversion · Nuclear reactors
Through the years
A few years, in pictures.
The short version of how I got here — from first-year engineering to a graduating energy specialist. Tap any photo to view it full size.
2021
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Starting Mechanical Engineering
First years at UC Chile — thermodynamics, energy conversion, and the spark of an obsession with how we power a country.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2022
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Founding Chile Nuclear
Launched a student movement to make the case for nuclear power as part of decarbonizing Chile's grid. Started with a handful of people and a lot of slides.
Founder · Head of logistics
2023
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Cleaning the coast with Ucéanos
Ran finance and logistics for beach cleanups along the Chilean coast — budgets, volunteers, and a lot of trash bags. Impact you can measure.
Head of finance & logistics
2023
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Exchange semester in Prague
A global problem needs a global perspective. Studied abroad in the Czech Republic and came back with a wider map of how the energy world works.
Erasmus exchange · Czech Republic
2024
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Energy systems & simulation
Deep into modeling — discrete-event simulation in Python, concentrated solar power and green-hydrogen research. The technical core of what I do.
Research & coursework
2025
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B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
Wrapped the mechanical engineering degree and rolled straight into the industrial engineering master's — finance, optimization, and operations.
Graduated · December 2025
2026
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Graduating & looking ahead
Finishing the master's and looking for the right place to put it to work — somewhere serious about the energy transition.
M.Sc. Industrial Engineering · 2026
What I work on
The technical core.
01
Energy systems modeling
Discrete-event and process simulation in Python — fitting distributions, validating statistically, and finding the bottleneck that actually matters.
02
Solar & thermal
Concentrated solar power and solar-thermal modeling, including weather-data handling and techno-economic thinking for high-irradiance sites.
03
Hydrogen & clean fuels
Green hydrogen, electrolysis, and thermochemical fuel pathways — the chemistry and economics of storing energy as molecules.
Skills
The toolkit.
Technical
PythonMathematicaRSimPy / DESFEAData analysisInventorFusion 360
Tools
Git / GitHubVS CodeLabVIEWExcelPowerPointWord
Working with people
LeadershipTeamworkCommunicationPublic speakingAdaptabilityPlanning
Contact
Let's talk energy.
I'm always open to new projects, ideas, and opportunities — especially in the energy sector. Reach out and let's see what we can build.