Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Emeritus Faculty

James Bobrow, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Robotics, mechatronics, and design optimization
Email: jebobrow@uci.edu
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Donald Dabdub, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Mathematical modeling of urban and global air pollution, dynamics of atmospheric aerosols, secondary organic aerosols, impact of energy generation on air quality, chemical reactions at gas-liquid interfaces
Email: ddabdub@uci.edu
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Derek Dunn-Rankin, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Environmental Health Sciences
Research Interests: Combustion, optical particle sizing, particle aerodynamics, laser diagnostics and spectroscopy
Email: ddunnran@uci.edu
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Said Elghobashi, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Direct numerical simulation of turbulent chemically reacting and dispersed two-phase flows
Email: selghoba@uci.edu
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John LaRue, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Fluid mechanics, heat transfer, turbulence
Email: jclarue@uci.edu
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Marc Madou, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests: Miniaturization science (MEMS and NEMS) with emphasis on chemical and biological applications; microfabrication, bioMEMS, nanotechnology, C-MEMS and CD-based fluidics
Email: mmadou@uci.edu

Ken Mease, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Nonlinear dynamics and control; flight guidance and control
Email: kmease@uci.edu
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Roger Rangel, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Heat transfer, fluid mechanics, spray combustion, two-phase flows, fluid instability and atomization
Email: rhrangel@uci.edu
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G. Scott Samuelsen, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Environmental Engineering 
HORIBA Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Research Interests: Mitigating impacts of energy systems on climate change and urban air quality, combustion and fuel cell technology, smart grid technology, hydrogen economy, connected and autonomous vehicles.
Email: gss@uci.edu
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