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California State University, Long Beach
 

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

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Dr. Juan Cepeda-Rizo

Lecturer

Spring 2013 Schedule

Schedule Sem/Lab Time Days Room
MAE 330-01   9:30-10:45am MW ECS-210

Profile:

Dr. Juan Cepeda-Rizo has 17 years of experience inventing cooling solutions for both aerospace and electronics industry and holds multiple patents.  He is currently a Senior Thermal Systems Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is part of the spacecraft team for Dawn - the successful asteroid orbiter.  Some of his other projects include Curiosity Mars Rover, NuStar – search of black holes, and Orbiting Carbon Observatory – high resolution orbiting greenhouse gas mapper.

Dr. Cepeda-Rizo received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1994 and a master’s degree in materials engineering in 1997, both  from Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo. He earned a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Claremont Graduate University in 2006.

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