Dr. Tony Pereira - UCLA MAE PhD

EDUCATION

UCLA Mechanical Engineering PhD

UCLA Masters of Science Mechanical Engineering

CSU Long Beach, B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Cum Laude Tau Beta Pi

Los Angeles Harbor College, A.S. Architecture President’s Honors

Los Angeles Harbor College, A.A. Liberal Arts Alpha Gamma Sigma

UC Irvine, Certificate Micro Computer Engineering

UC Irvine, Certificate Advanced Software Engineering

University of Central Florida, FSEC, Certificate Solar Energy

Cumulative GPA: 3.9 / 4.0

WORK EXPERIENCE

Lamar University, Assistant Research Professor, Fuel Cell and Energy Center

- Fuel Cell Research & Development under a DOD Grant

KSLW Architects, Inc., Senior Architectural Designer

- Preparation of Construction Documents using AutoCad™ 2000

- Research Building Materials, resolve Uniform Building Code issues

- Project coordination with Consultants, Contractors and Engineers

Teledine Linair, Project Engineer

- Research, Design, Development of high performance hydraulic components

- Project responsibility acquisition/deployment of a new UG II CAD system

Amada, Senior Systems Engineer

- State of the Art Factory Automation USA/Worldwide

- Responsible for the world’s largest fully automated factory

SPECIAL SKILS

State of California Board of Professional Engineers, EIT (PE in Progress)

Sun/Solaris Certified Systems Engineer, Network and Systems Management

VAX/VMS Systems Management Certification

HONORS & AWARDS

Tau Beta Pi Lifetime

Alpha Gamma Sigma Lifetime

President and Dean Honors Rolls - LAHC, CSULB

Major Richard Bakke Environmental Scholarship

AIA Scholarship

ASME Scholarship

Wendell Black Environmental Scholarship

Winner United Nations & Unesco Mondialogo Engineering Award 2007

TEAM ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS

CSLUB Solar Car Team Captain

World Solar Challenge, Australia 1999, Race Official

MEMBER ORGANIZATONS

ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineersr

AIA - American Institute of Architects Cabrillo Chapter

ASES - American Solar Energy Society

SAMPE – Society for the Advancement of Materials & Process Eng.

ASC - American Society for Composites

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• UCLA – Mechanical & Engineering Dept., Teaching Assistant, MAE-182A, Math for Engineers - Fall 2004.

• UCLA – Mechanical & Engineering Dept., Teaching Assistant, MAE-182A, Math for Engineers - Spring 2005.

• UCLA – Mechanical & Engineering Dept., Teaching Assistant, MAE-182A, Math for Engineers - Fall 2005.

• UCLA – Mechanical & Engineering Dept., Teaching Assistant, MAE-183, Manufacturing for Engineers - Spring 2006.

• UCLA – Mechanical & Engineering Dept., Teaching Fellow, MAE-183, Manufacturing for Engineers - Fall 2006.

• UCLA – Mechanical & Engineering Dept., Teaching Fellow, MAE-183, Manufacturing for Engineers - Spring 2007.

• UCLA – Mechanical & Engineering Dept., Teaching Fellow, MAE-166C, Mechanics of Composite Materials - Fall 2008.

• UCLA – Mechanical & Engineering Dept., Teaching Fellow, MAE-133AL, Power Conversion Thermodynamics Lab - Winter 2009.

• UCLA - Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science - Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED) - Physics III - Summer 2005.

• UCLA - Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science - Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED) - Thermodynamics I - Summer 2006.