Roger H. Rangel
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Engineering Gateway 4200
University of California Irvine, CA 92697-3975
USA
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1985
Dissertation: On the ignition and combustion of fuel droplets and the ignition of premixed fuels by cylindrical surfaces.
Advisor: Professor A. C. Fernandez-Pello - M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1983
- Mechanical Engineer, Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela, 1981
Appointments
School of Engineering University of California, Irvine
- Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1997-present
- Department Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2020 – present
- Department Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2005 – 2009
- Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 1997-2009
- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 1995-1997
- Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1993-1997
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1989-1993
- Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1987-1989
- Assistant Researcher, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1987-1989
- Assistant Specialist, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1985-1987
Other Appointments
- Visiting Professor, Dept of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy, University of Barcelona, Spain, 1999 and 2000
- Visiting Scientist, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione-CNR, University of Naples, Italy, 1991
- Instructor, Professional Development Program University of California, Berkeley, 1984-1985
- Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1983-85
Awards
- Teaching Excellence Award in Engineering, Division of Undergraduate Education-UCI, 2014
- Narcis Monturiol Medal, Barcelona, 2006
- Generalitat de Catalunya International Fellowship, 2000
- Visiting Professor Fellowship, Barcelona, Spain, 1999 and 2000
- AIAA Best Paper Award in Microgravity Science, 1999
- Italian Research Council International Fellowship, 1991
- Organization of American States Fellowship, 1985
- U.C. Berkeley’s Arthur Gould Tasheira Fellowship, 1983