Professor Scott Samuelsen

Professor Samuelsen is the HORIBA Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), and the Director of the “UCI Advanced Power and Energy Program.” Working closely with industry, public agencies and academic colleagues throughout the world, he leads research on energy systems, gas turbine engines and combustion technology, fuel cells and fuel cell systems, microgrid/smart grid technology, and the fueling infrastructure for the next generation of alternative vehicles.  Professor Samuelsen pioneered the development of octane posting with the Federal Trade Commission, is responsible for the popular (R+M)/2 posting methodology that is utilized around the world today in the design of internal combustion engines and vehicle fuels, and was recognized by President Obama in 2011 as a “Champion of Change.”  He has published over 300 referred journal publications and conference papers, serves as the technical and program chair for the annual presentation of the “International Colloquium on Environmentally Preferred Advanced Power Generation (ICEPAG),” and is a Fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and is the founding Chair of the UCI Mechanical Engineering program. 

Internships	Southern California Edison	Los Angeles, California	Summer 1962
	DuPont	Wilmington, Delaware	Summer 1963
Degree:	B.S. Mechanical Engineering	UC Berkeley	June 1964
Research Engineer	Lawrence National Laboratory	Livermore	1964-1965
Degree:	M.S. Mechanical Engineering	UC Berkeley	September 1965
Research Engineer	Stanford Research Institute	Menlo Park, California	1965-1969
Degree:	Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering	UC Berkeley	June 1970

Professor Assistant	Engineering	1970-1976
Professor Associate	Mechanical Engineering	1976-1982
Professor	Mechanical, Aerospace, and Environmental Engineering	1982-Present
Founding Chair	Mechanical Engineering	1972-1983
Chair	Department of Mechanical Engineering	1985-1988
Founding Director	UCI Combustion Laboratory	1975-2018
Founding Director	National Fuel Cell Research Center	1997-2018
Founding Director	Advanced Power and Energy Program	2000-Present
Founding Director	Pacific Consortium on Combustion, Energy, and the Environment	1992-Present
Board Member	Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems	1990-2002
Chair	Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems	1993-1996
Board Member	The Combustion Institute	1994-1999