University of California, Berkeley Mechanical Engineering
Professor of the Graduate School
Professor of the Graduate School
5120 Etcheverry HallAutomatic control system design, mini-microcomputer system bioengineering, modeling and simulation of dynamic systems, process control.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Computer Mechanics Laboratory
Professor of the Graduate School
Director, Computer Mechanics Laboratory
Mechanics in computer technology: tribology in hard-disk drives, laser measurement systems, numerical simulations. Static and dynamic problems in solid and fluid mechanics.
Professor of the Graduate School
6159 Etcheverry HallProfessor R. W. Dibble is the principal investigator of the Combustion Analysis group. His main area of research is the internal combustion engine. He is also the leading scientist behind the development of the Argon Power Cycle technology.
Laser diagnostics in turbulent reactive flows, generation of “green” fuels from biomass, including ethanol and bioDiesel mitigation of greenhouse gases, highest efficiency and lowest pollution combustion of fuels derived from biomass, combustion issues related to global warming, conversion of waste heat to power via Organic Rankine Cycle ( ORC ), spectroscopy, chemical kinetics, turbulent combustion, optics and electronics. Combustion in turbine engines, combustion of oxygenates and biodeisel fuel in diesel engines. Combustion in new engine concept of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI).
Professor of the Graduate School
6105A Etcheverry HallTo view Professor Fernandez-Pello’s CV, please click here.
Ignition and fire spread; smoldering and transition to flaming; spacecraft/aircraft fire safety; wildland fire propagation and wildland fire spotting; liquid fuel pool burning; self heating and ignition; small-scale energy generation; biofuels combustion
To learn more about Professor Fernandez-Pello’s research, please visit the Combustion Fire Processes Laboratory website. Also, for a list of Professor Fernandez-Pello’s research activities, please click here.
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Professor of the Graduate School
6165 Etcheverry HallTo view Professor Grief’s CV, please click here.
Heat and mass transfer, micro scale transport, fuel cells, cooling at the chip level, semiconductor wafers, materials processing, laser surface interactions, nuclear reactor safety, phase change, buoyancy transport, bio heat transfer, reacting flows, deposition
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Professor of the Graduate School
Professor Emeritus of Engineering Science
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Economics, planning, dynamics systems, control theory, optimal control, dynamic games, & robust control, applications engineering, mechanical systems, business administrations, biological systems
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6124 Etcheverry HallTo view Professor Rubinsky’s CV, please click here.
Heat and mass transfer in biomedical engineering and biotechnology in particular low temperature biology, bio-electronics and biomedical devices in particular micro and nano bionic technologies and electroporation, medical imaging in particular electrical impedance tomography and light imaging, biomedical numerical analysis in particular genetic and evolutionary algorithms and fractal techniques.
