Alberto Ayala

Adjunct Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Dr. Ayala is Chief of Climate Change and Emissions Research in the Research Division of the California Air Resources Board, a Visiting Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, a Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Escuela Politecnica Nacional in Quito, Ecuador; and a Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Universidad del Azuay in Cuenca, Ecuador, and a Visiting Professor in Civil Engineering at theUniversity of the Pacific .
Education
	Engineer-In-Training Certificate, California (#32294), 2000
	Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 1997
	M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 1993
	B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 1991
Research Focus Areas
	Alternate Fuels, Engines, and Emissions Research
Research Interests
	Heavy-duty engine emissions, characterization of engine exhaust aerosols, sampling methodologies and measurements, instrumentation, experimental assessment of engine in-cylinder flow, boundary-layer flow.
Teaching Interests
	Experimental aerodynamics, design, thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics.
Special Interests
	Quality assurance protocols for emissions research.
Professional Societies
	Society of Automotive Engineers
	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
	National Association of Environmental Professionals
	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
	Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers