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Jyh-Yuan Chen

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

6163 Etcheverry Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740
jychen@me.berkeley.edu
(510) 642-3286

For more information see: Combustion Lab
Current Classes Taught

Professor J.-Y. Chen has near thirty years of experience on research of combustion processes after Ph.D. degree and two years of practical engineering with Boeing aircraft company. His research topics include air pollution, supersonic combustion, reduced reaction mechanisms, soot formation, flame extinction and re-ignition, applications of catalysts to combustion processes. Professor Chen earned his Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 1985 with his thesis research on modeling of turbulent reacting flows. Since then, he has worked at Sandia National Laboratories Combustion Research Facility at Livermore as a senior scientist staff member for six years. During this period, he continued and expanded his numerical modeling work in many areas of turbulent reacting flows. This research included development of realistic chemical kinetics for Probability Density Function (PDF) methods, reduced reaction mechanisms, turbulent mixing models, and models for interactions between turbulence and chemical kinetics. These model developments have been applied to studies of combustion in supersonic flows, soot formation in turbulent flows, flame extinction and re-ignition, and NOx formation in turbulent flames. Many of these topics are related to gas turbine combustion. Professor Chen joined the faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department of University of California, Berkeley, in the Fall of 1991. His current research focuses on combustion-generated pollutants in laminar and turbulent flames, catalyst combustion, multi-component droplet combustion, homogeneous charge ignition and GDI engines, and large eddy simulations of turbulent flows, reduced chemistry for transportation fuels, and microwave assisted combustion. Professor Chen has coauthored one textbook of combustion and some one hundred and twenty-four journal reviewed papers of various topics in combustion and fluid mechanics. 

 

To view Professor Chen’s CV, please visit the Combustion Modeling Lab website.


Research Description:

Computational modeling of reactive systems, turbulent flows, combustion chemical kinetics.

George Johnson

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

6149 Etcheverry Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740
gcjohnson@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-3371

For more information see: Current Classes Taught

Professor Johnson’s research can be broadly categorized as materials characterization at the intersection of mechanical engineering and materials science. The thrust of his effort is to under-stand macroscopic material behavior in terms of its microstructure and to develop material models that accurately capture the response of a wide range of materials. His recent work falls into four areas: 1) microscopic modeling of failure modes in brittle materials, 2) understanding the failure of materials under impact loading, 3) developing macroscopic material models for the large-deformation response of metals, and 4) application of X-ray tomography with micron-level resolution to visualize the growth of damage in structural materials. Professor Johnson is also currently the Chair of the Board on Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS), a committee of the systemwide Academic Senate for the University of California.


Research Description:

Elasticity/plasticity, acoustoelasticity, instrumentation, materials behavior, materials characterization, sensors, texture analysis, thin shells deformation, ultrasonic stress analysis, x-rays.

 

Stephen Morris

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

6115 Etcheverry Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740
morris@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-5545

For more information see: Current Classes Taught

Research Description:

Continuum mechanics, especially problems involving the interaction of bulk and surface continua: micromechanics of pressure-induced solid-solid phase changes (e.g. the olivine-spinel transformation); interfacial phenomena (e.g. evaporating thin films); electroporation of cell membranes.

 

Key Publications:

To view a list of Professor Morris’ publications, please click here.

Patrick J. Pagni

Professor Emeritus of Fire Safety Engineering Science

6165 Etcheverry Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740
patrickjpagni@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-5300

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Research Description:

Fire safety engineering science: fire physics, fire modeling, compartment fire growth, flamespread, flame shapes and heights, excess pyrolyzates, soot formation, backdrafts, glass breaking in compartment fires, explosions, gravity currents, salt water modeling, self-heating to ignition, brand lofting, urban/wildland intermix and post-earthquake conflagrations.

Robert F. Sawyer

Professor Emeritus of Energy


University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740
sawyer@berkeley.edu

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During his fifty-year career at the University of California, Berkeley as a professor of mechanical engineering, Dr. Sawyer’s teaching and research included rocket propulsion, energy conversion, combustion, air pollution, and regulatory policy. He has authored or co-authored more than 360 publications including two books. He chaired the Energy and Resources Group and was selected to be the first Class of 1935 Professor of Energy at Berkeley. From 2003-2005 he headed the University of California Education Abroad Program in London. In January 2006, Dr. Sawyer left the University of California to accept the appointment by Governor Schwarzenegger to head the California Air Resources Board, a position he held through June 2007. Currently he is the Class of 1935 Professor of Energy Emeritus at UC Berkeley. He is a graduate of Stanford and Princeton universities, a fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.

 

To view Dr. Sawyer’s CV, please click here.

 


Research Description:

Air pollutant formation and control, motor vehicle emissions, energy and environment, regulatory policy.

 

Key Publications:

To view a list of Dr. Sawyer’s publications, please click here.

Benson H. Tongue

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

5104 Etcheverry Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740
bhtongue@me.berkeley.edu

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Research Description:

Nonlinear dynamics, vibrations, modal analysis, numerical modeling, acoustics

Paul K. Wright

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

5104 Etcheverry Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740
paulwright@berkeley.edu

For more information see: CV

Professor Paul Wright is internationally recognized as a leader in design, 3D printing and manufacturing. His recent research has focused on the creation of self- powered wireless nodes for the Internet of Things (IoT).  The Advanced Manufacturing for Energy (AME) lab has extensive experience in the design and manufacture of energy harvesting, including devices that utilize thermal electric generators (TEG), vibration energy harvesting, thin film solar cells, thin film batteries and super capacitors. 3D-dispenser printing and screen-printing allow us to create fully functioning IoT nodes with a wide set of performance characteristics. A detailed modeling tool on the performance of harvesters, batteries and super-capacitors allows an analysis of the various load-demand scenarios. Professor Wright joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department in 1992 and he holds the A. Martin Berlin Professorship. From 2007 to 2013 he was the Director of the Center for Information Technology for Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). Most recently he was the Director of the Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute (BECI) and a co-director of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC).


Research Description:

Energy scavenging and storage; Smart materials; Design and manufacturing for micro-integration of ‘intelligent objects’; Design of wireless sensor systems. Application areas include: Energy efficiency and demand response; First responder applications; Medical products. Previous research on Internet-based manufacturing & open-architecture control.

 

Key Publications:

To view a list of Professor Wright’s publications, which are included in his CV, please click here.

Kazuo Yamazaki

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering


University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740
kyamazaki@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-3087

For more information see: Current Classes Taught

Education:

B.S. (1970), Keio University

M.S. (1972), Keio University

D. Eng. (1975), Keio University

 


Research Description:

Mechatronics, microprocess control of machines, CNC machine tool design and control, 3-D coordinate measurement and probing, CAD/CAM, sculptured surface machining, plastic injection molding, powder sintering, network based manufacturing automation integration.

 

Ronald W. Yeung

Professor Emeritus of Hydromechanics and Ocean Engineering

5104 Etcheverry Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740
rwyeung@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-8347

For more information see: Berkeley Marine Mechanics Lab
Current Classes Taught

Education

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1973.  Joined faculty in 1982.

 

Positions Held

Professor of Hydromechanics and Ocean Engineering, 1982-
Inaugural American Bureau of Shipping Endowed Chair in Ocean Engineering, 2012 – 2017
Visiting Professor, Center of Excellence for Ship and Offshore Structures (CESOS), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Spring 2007
Humboldt Professor, Institut fu¨r Schifftechnischen, Gehardt Mercator University of Duisburg, Germany, 1998
Visiting Professor, Research Institute of Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Japan, 1998
Chair, Naval Architecture & Offshore Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1989 – 1997
Humboldt Professor, Institut fu¨r Schiffbau, University of Hamburg, W. Germany, 1988
Fulbright-Hayes Senior Scholar, University of Adelaide, Australia, 1981
Principal, R. W. Yeung  – Consulting Naval Architect and Ocean Engineer, 1976-
Assistant / Associate Professor of Naval Architecture, Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1974 – 1982
Naval Architect, Litton Ship Systems, Advanced Marine Technology Division, CA, 1970 – 1971
Instructor, Long Beach Naval Shipyard, UCLA Extension, 1970 – 1971

 

Academic Curriculum Vitae of Professor R. W. Yeung (August 2020)


Research Description:

Hydromechanics, naval architecture, ship hydrodynamics, mathematical modeling, numerical fluid mechanics, offshore mechanics, ocean processes, separated flows, wave-vorticity interaction, vortex-induced vibrations, ocean-wave energy, tidal current energy, two-layer fluid flow, hydroelasticity, multi-hull optimization, moonpool resonance, vortical flow for slender hulls in forward motion, wave-to-wire conversion, model-predictive controls, micro-scale turbine, unsteady ship interactions

 

Key Publications:

To view a list of Professor Yeung’s publications, please visit Professor Yeung’s website.

Xiang Zhang

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
Ernest S. Kuh Endowed Chair, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (2009-2019)

5130 Etcheverry Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740
xzhang@me.berkeley.edu

For more information see: Zhang Lab
Current Classes Taught

Professor Xiang Zhang is the inaugural Ernest S. Kuh Endowed Chaired Professor at UC Berkeley and the Director of NSF Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC). He is the Director of the Materials Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), as well as a member of the Kavli Energy Nano Science Institute.

 

Professor Zhang is an elected member of US National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Academia Sinica (National Academy in Republic of China), and Fellow of five scientific societies: APS (The American Physical Society), OSA (The Optical Society of America), AAAS (The American Association for the Advancement of Science), SPIE (The International Society of Optical Engineering), and ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers).

 

Professor Zhang received Ph.D from UC Berkeley (1996) and MS from University of Minnesota and MS/BS from Nanjing University, PR China. He was an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University (1996-1999), and associate professor and full professor at UCLA (1999-2004) prior to joining Berkeley faculty in 2004.

 

Professor Zhang’s current research focuses on nano-scale science and technology, materials physics, photonics and bio-technologies. He has published over 240 journal papers, including over 50 publications in Science, Nature series, PNAS and Physical Review Letters. He has given over 280 Keynote, Plenary and Invited talks at international conferences and institutions. He served as a Co-Chair of NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Annual Grantee Conferences in 2004 and 2005, Chair of Technical Program of IEEE 2nd International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineered and Molecular Systems in 2007, and current Chair of Academic Advisory Board for Research Center for Applied Science (RCAS), Academia Sinica, Taiwan, ROC.

 

In 2008, Professor Zhang’s research was selected by Time Magazine as one of the “Top Ten Scientific Discoveries of the Year” and “50 Best Inventions of the Year”, Discover Magazine’s “Top 100 Science Stories” in 2007, and R&D Magazine’s top 25 Most Innovative Products of 2006. His research has frequently been featured by international media including BBC, CNN, ABC, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal.

 

Professor Zhang is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (1997); SME Dell K. Allen Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (1998) and ONR Young Investigator Award (1999). He was awarded the Chancellor’s Professorship by UC Berkeley (2004-2009), Distinguished Lecturer by University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and SEMETECH in 2005, respectively, Rohsenow Lecturer at MIT (2009) and William Reynolds Lecturer at Stanford (2012). In 2011, he was awarded Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship by Materials Research Society (MRS), Miller Professorship by UC Berkeley, and Distinguished Visiting Scientist (DVS) by the University of Toronto. In 2014, he was awarded the Fitzroy Medal for pioneering contribution in metamaterials and superlens.


Research Description:

Micro-nano scale engineering, novel 3D fabrication technologies in microelectronics and photonics, micro and nano-devices, nano-lithography and nano-instrumentation, rapid prototyping, bio-MEMS, and semiconductor manufacturing.

 

Key Publications:

To view a list of Professor Zhang’s publications, please visit the Zhang Lab website.