Alessandro Gomez

Alessandro Gomez received a Laurea in Ingegneria Aeronautica summa cum laude from University of Naples Italy, and a Masters and Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University. Currently, Gomez is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Yale University and Director of the Yale Center for Combustion Studies. He is has been the recipient of a NSF Young Investigator Award, the Whitby Award from the American Association for Aerosol Research and awards from the Fulbright Foundation, the Von Karman Institute of Fluid Mechanics, ATA Fiat Research Center, and Aeritalia. He is Associate Editor of Combustion Science and Technology and Director of the Yale Center for Combustion Studies and teaches courses in combustion, energy, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics.