Introduction
Welcome to my Faculty page. For additional information please visit http://www.arturopachecovega.wordpress.com.
My most recent CV - in PDF format - is here.
Professional Experience and Appointments (Summary)
Director, Sikand Center for Sustainable and Intelligent Infrastructure (SITI), (Spring 2023–To date)
California State University, Los Angeles
Faculty Director of Research, College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, (Winter 2023–To date)
California State University, Los Angeles
Director, CREST Center for Advancement toward Sustainable Urban Systems (CATSUS), (2022–To date)
California State University, Los Angeles
Faculty Fellow, STEM-NET Program, (2020 - 2022)
The California State University, Office of the Chancellor
Director, CREST Center for Energy and Sustainability (CEaS), (2017 - 2022)
California State University, Los Angeles
Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, (2016 - 2024)
California State University, Los Angeles
Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, (2014 - To date)
California State University, Los Angeles
Associate Professor, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, (2004 - 2008)
Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, (2002 - 2003)
University of Notre Dame
Design and Project Engineer, (1989 - 1993)
CEMEX Co., Mexico
Educational Background
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2002
- University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN, USA
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2000
- University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN, USA
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1996
- Universidad de Guanajuato
Salamanca, GTO., Mexico
B.S. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, 1988
- Universidad Iberoamericana
Leon, GTO., Mexico
Schedule for Current Term (Spring 2025: January 21 - May 17)
ME 5890 - Advanced Mechanical Engineering Analysis, MW 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm, ET C-256
Office Hours (drop-in), W 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm (by appointment only), ET A-410
Teaching Areas
Graduate
- Heat Conduction
- Heat Convection
- Energy Systems
- Mechanical Engineering Analysis
- Advanced Mechanical Engineering Analysis
Undergraduate
- Dynamics I
- Thermodynamics II
- Control of Mechanical Systems
- Fluid Mechanics I and Laboratory
- Heat Transfer I
- Matrix Algebra for Engineers
- Introduction to Numerical Methods for Engineers I
Research
Areas of Interest
- Simulation and control of thermal systems
- Soft computing technologies (artificial intelligence)
- System and process optimization
- Heat and fluid flow data analysis
- Nonlinear dynamical systems
- Analytical and numerical methods for PDEs
- Micro-scale fluid flow and heat transfer
- Electronic cooling
- Thermal synchronization
- Energy efficiency in building systems
- Fractional differential equations and applications
- Biologically-inspired systems and techniques
Publications and Presentations* (only included last eight years)
Journal Papers and Book Chapters
Durantes, R., Moon, J., Pacheco J.R., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2023, "On an Averaged Energy-balance Method for the Analysis of Wavy Microchannels,"
Heat and Mass Transfer, DOI:~10.1007/s00231-022-03329-5.
Pacheco-Vega, A., and Avila, G., 2020, "Algorithmic Performance-Data Classification of Condensing Heat Exchangers," Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2020.1814596.
Li, K.M., Sen, M., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2018, "Fractional-Derivative Approximation of Relaxation in Complex Systems," Complexity, Vol. 2018, Article No. 8318519, DOI: 10.1155/2018/8318519.
Pacheco-Vega, A., Diaz G., Sen M., and Yang K.T., 2018, "Applications of Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Methods in Thermal Engineering," in: CRC Handbook of Thermal Engineering, 2nd Edition, R.P. Chhabra (Ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, Section 4.27, pp. 1217-1269.
Wu, A., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2017, "Cooling System Optimization for a Terahertz Radiation Detector via Parametric Analysis of the Fluid-Solid Interaction Problem," Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 45, pp. 1044–1066, DOI:10.1016/j.apm.2017.01.037.
Pacheco-Vega, A., Dugast, F., Renault, P. and Tohid, U., 2017, "Numerical Investigation of Engineering Systems: Analysis of Accuracy Reduction Due to Model Oversimplification," Heat Transfer Engineering, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 26–36, DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2016.1151305.
Conference and Symposium Papers (Refereed)
Damas, A., Sen, M., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2025, “Humidity-driven convection patterns in a horizontal square enclosure,” in: Proceedings of the 10th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA, Paper No. TFEC-2025-56389.
Saguilan, A., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2024, “Fuzzy controller response to internal and external disturbances in a multi-room building testbed,” in: Proceedings of the 9th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA, Paper No. TFEC-2024-50484.
Lopez, D.S., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2023, “Fuzzy control of a toroidal thermosyphon for known heat flux heating conditions,” in: Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer (MHMT’23), Lisbon, Portugal. Paper No. ENFHT 133.
Lopez, D., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2022, “Thermal stability analysis of toroidal thermosyphon models with fuzzy controllers,” in: Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer (MHMT’22), Virtual Conference. Paper No. ENFHT 161.
Durantes, R., Pacheco, J.R., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2022, “Two-dimensional approximation of a three-dimensional wavy microchannel,” in: Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer (MHMT’22), Virtual
Conference. Paper No. ENFHT 160.
Avila, G., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2021, “ANN-based classification of operating data in humid air-water heat exchangers,” Accepted to: 6th World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer (MHMT’21).
Durantes, R., Moon, J., Pacheco, J.R., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2020, “Numerical modeling of single-phase fluid-flow in wavy micro-channels,” Accepted to: COMSOL Conference 2020 North America, Boston, MA, USA.
Moon, J., Pacheco, J.R., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2019, "Heat transfer enhancement in wavy micro-channels: effect of block material," in: Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer (MHMT'19), Rome, Italy, Paper No. ENFHT 120.
Baltazar, J., Yarian, A., Clemons, D., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2019, "On-line fuzzy control of a multi-room building facility," in: Proceedings of the 4th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), Las Vegas, NV, USA, Paper No. TFEC-2019-27663.
Moon, J., Pacheco, J.R., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2018, "Heat Transfer Enhancement in Wavy Micro-Channels Through Multiharmonic Surfaces," in: Proceedings of the 2018 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Paper No. IMECE2018-86425.
Li, K.M., Sen, M., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2018, “Fractional-order-based system identification for heat exchangers,” in: Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer (MHMT’18), Budapest, Hungary, Paper No. ENFHT 134.
Baltazar, J., Yarian, A., and Pacheco-Vega, A., 2018, "Development of P- PD-and PID-fuzzy SISO controllers of a sub-scaled multi-room building test-bed,” in: Proceedings of the 3rd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), Tampa, FL, USA, Paper No. TFEC-2018-21805.
*For additional publications and presentations, visit my personal website and/or ResearchGate.