Alessandro Gomez
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Alessandro Gomez, Ph.D
Professor of
Mechanical Engineering

Director of the
Yale Center for
Combustion Studies

Yale University
P.O. Box 208286
New Haven, CT 06520-8286
USA

Phone: 203.432.4384
Fax 203.432.7654
alessandro.gomez@yale.edu


YALE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING


BIOGRAPHY

Education

1986 Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
1982 Master of Arts in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
1980 Laurea in Ingegneria Aeronautica (Aeronautical Engineering) (summa cum laude), University of Naples, Italy.

Research and Education Experience

2007- Associate Editor of Combustion, Science and Technology
1999-2002 Director of Graduate Studies for Engineering and Applied Science
1998- Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University
1994-Director of the Yale Center for Combustion Studies, Yale University
1993-1998 Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University
1989-1993 Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University
1988 Lecturer in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Yale University
1986-1987 Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Chemical Engineering Department, Yale University 
1980-1985 Assistant in Research in the M.A.E. Department, Princeton University
1982, Fall Research Trainee at U.T.R.C.
1980 (July) Research Trainee at the Von Karman Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Belgium
1979-1980 Intern at the Combustion Laboratory of the C.N.R. in Naples, Italy
1978-1979 Intern at the Institute of Aerodynamics in Naples, Italy

Awards, Honors and Scholarships

1996 Whitby Award from the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR)
1995-1998 Barton Weller Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University
1992 NSF Young Investigator Award
1980-1981 Fulbright Scholarship
1980 Von Karman Institute of Fluid Mechanics Scholarship
1979-1980 A.T.A. (Associazione Technica dell'Automobile) Scholarship
1978-1979 Aeritalia Scholarship

Research Interests

Combustion, Atomization and Sprays, Aerosol Mechanics and Chemistry, Nanoparticle Synthesis, Electrospray Fundamentals and Applications, Transport Phenomena, Fluid Mechanics.

Professional Societies

Combustion Institute, ASME, AAAR.


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