Othmer, Peter
Chair
Room: E-410
Phone: (657) 278-3875
Email: pothmer@fullerton.edu
Bio:

Dr. Othmer received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1974. His teaching and research interests include fluid mechanics, heat transfer, applied thermodynamics, solar energy, heating and cooling, and heat exchangers.

Bazar, Andy
Professor
Room: CS-303
Phone: (657) 278- 4590
Email: abazar@fullerton.edu
Bio:

Dr. Bazar earned his Ph.D. at North Carolina State University in 1974. His teaching interests include rocket and space engineering, manufacturing engineering, ergonomics/biomechanics, and failure analysis. Dr. Bazar's research has focused on space colonies, Mars missions, and ergonomics of space vehicles. Dr. Bazar is currently writing a trilogy on space.

Kreiner, Jesa
Professor
Room: E- 306
Phone: (657) 278- 3726
Email: kreiner@fullerton.edu
Bio:

Dr. Kreiner received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1979. His teaching interests are in the areas of design, mechanical behavior of materials, human factors engineering, failure analysis, metal fatigue, concurrent engineering, and composite materials. Dr. Kreiner's current research focuses on methodology of design, behavior of composite materials and forensic engineering. Dr. Kreiner is the recipient of the following awards and honors: Outstanding ASME Faculty Advisor for Region IX, Institute for Advancement of Engineering's Outstanding Educator, and Orange County Engineering Council Distinguished Engineering Educator. Dr. Kreiner is the Chairman of the ASME Design Education Committee.

Lancey, Timothy
Professor Emeritus
Room: E-418
Phone: (657) 278-5894
Email: tlancey@fullerton.edu
Bio:

Dr. Lancey received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1974. His teaching interests include hydrodynamics, acoustics, and fluid mechanics. Dr. Lancey's current research is in acoustics, noise from fluid/solid interaction, noise suppressors for quiet valves, vortex-generated noise in pipes with discontinuities, and mechatronics. His honors include the following: Fellow of ASME, Carl Pister Award for Outstanding MESA Pre College Education, Distinguished Service Award for service on the ASME Board on Pre-College Education, and ONR-ASEE Research Fellowships. In addition, Dr. Lancey has been an EAC/ABET evaluator, and was Chairman of the ASME Board on Minorities and Women.

Moini, Hossein
Professor
Room: E-316
Phone: (657) 278-7019
Email: moini@fullerton.edu
Website: www.ecs.fullerton.edu/~moini
Bio:

Dr. Moini received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1986. His teaching interests are in the areas of mechatronics, intelligent systems, controls, and vibrations. Dr. Moini's current research is focused on mechatronics design and development of automotive systems, adaptive structures, and active vibration damping of large flexible structures. In the past, he has received grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Lockheed Martin Corporation for the support of his projects.

Dr. Sang June Oh received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University in 2004. His teaching interests are in the areas of control systems, optimization, mechatronics, vibrations and applied mathematics. Dr. Oh’s current research focuses on control applications in biomedical engineering, assistive technology, and iterative learning and repetitive control design for aerospace applications.  Dr. Oh’s previous academic experience includes postdoctoral research at Johns Hopkins University and Yale University.

Dr. Rizza received his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut in 1968. His teaching interests are in the areas of thermal/fluid systems design, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics. Dr. Rizza's current research focuses on low temperature thermal energy storage (TES) systems, combined refrigerant/storage materials and two-phase TES refrigeration systems, spray flash evaporator systems, and expendable evaporant heat exchangers. Dr. Rizza has been the recipient of the following CSUF awards/honors: Distinguished Faculty Member, Faculty Marshal, and Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise. Dr. Rizza is a reviewer for the ASEE Journal and the ASME Heat Transfer Division. He is also a member of ASME, ASEE, and AIAA.