Carlos Fernandez-Pello
Encyclopedia
Prof. Carlos Fernández-Pello (born in Asturias
, Spain
) is a faculty member of the University of California, Berkeley
, Department of Mechanical Engineering
. He also serves as an associate dean in the Graduate Division at Berkeley, where he oversees the Graduate Diversity Program, the American Indian Graduate Program, Graduate Division’s academic services, fellowships, publications, and websites. His research interests are in combustion
, heat and mass transfer, microgravity combustion, micro and meso-scale combustion, ignition and flame
propagation, smoldering
and transition to flaming combustion.
Prof. Fernández-Pello has experience in dozens of research projects, with more than 400 published papers and book chapters. During his academic career, he has advised many students: more than 19 Ph.D.’s, 45 M.Sc.’s, and numerous undergraduate students and teacher assistants. He has been involved in teaching and research activities since the 1970s in different institutions around the globe, mainly in U.S.
, Spain
, France
and Japan
.
in 1975. Earlier, he received his M.Sc. degree (1973) at U.C. San Diego, and his Bachelor in Aeronautical Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain
, 1968). He arrived to the USA from Spain in 1972 with the support of fellowships from the Fulbright and Juan March Foundations (Spain). After working as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard
, Princeton University
and Northwestern University
, he joined UC Berkeley in 1980. Since then, he has held the following academic positions: Associate Dean of the Graduate Division (since 2003), Vice-Chairman of Graduate Matters, Mechanical Engineering Department (1997–2000), Vice-Chairman Graduate Council (2000–2001), Professor (since 1986), and Associate Professor (1982–1986).
Prof. Fernández-Pello has served as the principal investigator for dozens of projects sponsored by a wide range of institutions: US NASA
Space Flight Program, DARPA, the European Space Agency
, the National Institute of Standards and Technology
, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
, the Spanish Ministry for Industry and Technology, the French and the Italian Centers for National Research, the US National Science Foundation
, the Japan New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, the US Army Research Office, and Osaka Gas
. He has served as an engineer in the industry at SENER (Spain), and continues to be an active consultant to governments, industry and the private sector, mainly in the USA but also in Europe and Asia. He is a Fellow of The Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
, The Combustion Institute
, The International Association for Fire Safety Science, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
. Also, he is or had been a member of the Universities Space Research Association
, the Microgravity Science and Applications Council, the board of directors of the Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UC Berkeley, the NASA
Space Station Science and Applications Advisory Committee, and of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
. He is an active member of the editorial advisory board in some of the most important journals in the field of combustion.
over solid fuels, Smoldering combustion
and microscale combustion
.
Among his former MS students, there are:
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) is a faculty member of the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
. He also serves as an associate dean in the Graduate Division at Berkeley, where he oversees the Graduate Diversity Program, the American Indian Graduate Program, Graduate Division’s academic services, fellowships, publications, and websites. His research interests are in combustion
Combustion
Combustion or burning is the sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant accompanied by the production of heat and conversion of chemical species. The release of heat can result in the production of light in the form of either glowing or a flame...
, heat and mass transfer, microgravity combustion, micro and meso-scale combustion, ignition and flame
Flame
A flame is the visible , gaseous part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic reaction taking place in a thin zone...
propagation, smoldering
Smoulder
Smouldering is the slow, low-temperature, flameless form of combustion, sustained by the heat evolved when oxygen directly attacks the surface of a condensed-phase fuel...
and transition to flaming combustion.
Prof. Fernández-Pello has experience in dozens of research projects, with more than 400 published papers and book chapters. During his academic career, he has advised many students: more than 19 Ph.D.’s, 45 M.Sc.’s, and numerous undergraduate students and teacher assistants. He has been involved in teaching and research activities since the 1970s in different institutions around the globe, mainly in U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
Life
Prof. Carlos Fernández-Pello received his Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science from University of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
in 1975. Earlier, he received his M.Sc. degree (1973) at U.C. San Diego, and his Bachelor in Aeronautical Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, 1968). He arrived to the USA from Spain in 1972 with the support of fellowships from the Fulbright and Juan March Foundations (Spain). After working as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, he joined UC Berkeley in 1980. Since then, he has held the following academic positions: Associate Dean of the Graduate Division (since 2003), Vice-Chairman of Graduate Matters, Mechanical Engineering Department (1997–2000), Vice-Chairman Graduate Council (2000–2001), Professor (since 1986), and Associate Professor (1982–1986).
Prof. Fernández-Pello has served as the principal investigator for dozens of projects sponsored by a wide range of institutions: US NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Space Flight Program, DARPA, the European Space Agency
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states...
, the National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory, otherwise known as a National Metrological Institute , which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce...
, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
The is an independent administrative institution in Japan, established for the purpose of contributing to the advancement of science in all fields of the natural and social sciences and the humanities.-History:...
, the Spanish Ministry for Industry and Technology, the French and the Italian Centers for National Research, the US National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
, the Japan New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, the US Army Research Office, and Osaka Gas
Osaka Gas
, commonly written as 大阪ガス, is a Japanese gas company based in Osaka, Japan. It supplies gas to the Kansai region, especially Keihanshin area.-Overview:*Senboku Power Fuel Company Limited*Osaka Gas Energy America-External links:...
. He has served as an engineer in the industry at SENER (Spain), and continues to be an active consultant to governments, industry and the private sector, mainly in the USA but also in Europe and Asia. He is a Fellow of The Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering....
, The Combustion Institute
The Combustion Institute
The Combustion Institute is an educational non-profit, international, scientific and engineering society whose purpose is to promote and disseminate research in combustion science...
, The International Association for Fire Safety Science, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is the professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA was founded in 1963 from the merger of two earlier societies: the American Rocket Society , founded in 1930 as the American Interplanetary Society , and the Institute...
. Also, he is or had been a member of the Universities Space Research Association
Universities Space Research Association
The Universities Space Research Association was incorporated on March 12, 1969 in the District of Columbia as a private, nonprofit corporation under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences . Institutional membership in the Association has grown from 49 colleges and universities when it was...
, the Microgravity Science and Applications Council, the board of directors of the Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UC Berkeley, the NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Space Station Science and Applications Advisory Committee, and of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , just outside Livermore, California, is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center founded by the University of California in 1952...
. He is an active member of the editorial advisory board in some of the most important journals in the field of combustion.
Research
Prof. Fernández-Pello has research experience in several topics of combustion, but he is better known for his contributions in three main topics: Flame spreadFlame spread
Flame spread or surface burning characteristics rating is a ranking derived by laboratory standard test methodology of a material's propensity to burn rapidly and spread flames...
over solid fuels, Smoldering combustion
Smoulder
Smouldering is the slow, low-temperature, flameless form of combustion, sustained by the heat evolved when oxygen directly attacks the surface of a condensed-phase fuel...
and microscale combustion
Combustion
Combustion or burning is the sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant accompanied by the production of heat and conversion of chemical species. The release of heat can result in the production of light in the form of either glowing or a flame...
.
Students
Among his former PhD students, there are:- Chris Lautenberger (2007) http://www.me.berkeley.edu/~clauten
- Olivier Putzeys (2007)
- David Rich (2006)
- Bennett Sprague (2006)
- Mark Mikofski (2005)
- Guillermo Rein (2005) http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~grein
- Elizabeth M. Kallman (2005)
- Amnon Bar-Ilan (2004)
- Aaron Knobloch (2003)
- Kelvin Fu (2001)
- Yingying Zhou (2001)
- David C. Walther (1998) http://www-bsac.eecs.berkeley.edu/groups/bmad/mems_reps/dcw.htm
- Ralph A. Anthenien (1998)
- Jose Luis Cordova (1997) http://www.jlcordova.com
- Stephen Da-Yen Tse (1996) http://coewww.rutgers.edu/~sdytse/
- Christopher Yu-Hang Chao (1994)
- Jose L Torero (1992)
- Elizabeth R. Cantwell (1992)
- Liming Zhou (1991)
- Corey M. Dunsky (1991)
- Ho-Shang Lee (1988)
- Bryan Amos (1987)
- Hai-Tien Loh (1986)
- Roger Rangel (1985)
- Chien-Pei Mao (1984)
Among his former MS students, there are:
- Jaime B. Herren (2007)
- Coke Sendagorta (2005)
- Ronda Ropes (2005)
- Robin Titus (2005)
- Thomas L-H. Lo (2003)
- David Sadeli (2003)
- John P. Dirner (2003)
- Andreja Stevanovic (2002)
- Shivani N. Mehta (2002)
- Eve Andersson (1998)