Profile:
Dr. Jalal
Torabzadeh is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
and the Coordinator of the Mechanical and Petroleum Engineering
programs at CSULB.
Dr. Torabzadeh received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering
from Abadan Institute of Technology in Iran and his M.S. and
Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Southern
California. He taught and conducted research at USC for two
years before joining CSULB in 1986. He has worked as a Reservoir
Engineer with National Iranian Oil Company,as a Research Engineer
for Chevron Oilfield Research Company, and as a Consultant for
several national and international companies and government
agencies.
Dr. Torabzadeh's teaching and research iterests include: thermodynamics,
heat transfer, transport processes in porous media, hydrocarbon
reservoir engineering and characterization, enhanced oil and
gas recovery processes and thermal/fluid laboratory methods.
Dr. Torabzadeh has authored and co-authored more than 30 technical
papers and textbook chapters. He has been the principal and
co-principal investigator of several research projects funded
by the US Department of Energy, Southern California Gas Company,
Chevron Petroleum Technology Co. A recognized expert in the
field of enhanced oil and gas recovery, he has been a consultant,
a lecturer, and an advisor to several national and international
oil companies, research centers, and universities.
Dr. Torabzadeh is an active member of several professional and
honor societies including: ASEE, SPE, SPWLA, SCA, Sigma Xi,
Pi Epsilon Tau, and Pi Tau Sigma. He is the recipient of CSULB
College of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award, the Associated
Engineering Student Body Distinguished Faculty Award, several
Scholarly and Creative Activities Awards, a Meritorious Performance
and Professional Promise Award, OCEC Outstanding Engineering
Educator Award. He is a fellow of the Institute for the Advancement
of Engineering and a member of the Board of Directors of LASPE
and LACES.
