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Dr. Sergio MendezAssistant Professor |
| Schedule | Sem/Lab | Time | Days | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChE 330 Separation Processes | Sem | 01:00 pm – 03:45 pm | M | EN2-103 |
| ChE 330 Separation Processes | Lab | 01:00 pm – 03:45 pm | W | ECS-114 |
| ChE 410 ChE Thermodynmcs II | Sem | 12:30 pm – 01:45 pm | TTH | EN2-103 |
| ChE 440 Chemical Eng Lab I | Lab | 09:00 am – 11:45 am | MW | ECS-114 |
| ChE 490 Special Problems Sec. 4 | Sup | TBA | ||
| ChE 697 Directed Research | Sup | TBA | ||
| ChE 698 Thesis or Industrial Proj 3 | Sup | TBA | ||
| ChE 698 Thesis or Industrial Proj 4 | Sup | TBA | ||
| Office Hours | ||||
| 11 – 12 pm | M | |||
| 9 - 10 am | F | |||
| by appointment |
Dr. Sergio Mendez joined the chemical engineering faculty at CSULB with much experience under his belt. After finishing high school, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was fortunate to travel around the world. Upon returning to California, he attended U.C. Berkeley and obtained a B.S. degree in chemical engineering. He delayed is plans for graduate school and accepted a process engineer position at Intel Corporation in Santa Clara. Having completed 2.5 years of real work in the semiconductor industry, he enrolled at the University of New Mexico (UNM) where he obtained a PhD degree in chemical engineering. His research involved both experimentation and computational modeling of polymer solutions and polymer thin films. From his PhD work, he published 11 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He then went on to do post-doctoral research at Cornell University. Again, he conducted both experimental and computer simulation studies of polymeric systems. Three peer-review publications were the result of his 2-year research projects at Cornell. With the intent of gaining teaching experience, he returned to UNM as an instructor for various chemical engineering courses, and he also carried on active research. Before leaving UNM, he published four articles in peer-reviewed journals on his research that now encompassed microfluidics and biomedical engineering.
At CSULB, he teaches the chemical engineering courses: Separations Processes, Thermodynamics II, and the undergraduate laboratory. Together with other faculty in the department, they are currently striving to start-up a new research lab. The focus of this lab will be to do research in the areas of microfluidics, biomedical engineering and alternative energy. Dr. Mendez is happy to be back in California to teach at the university, and to be near to where his family resides.
