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Angelina Padilla

Angelina Padilla

Teaching Associate Professor / Associate Chair

Summary

Angelina Padilla is a teaching associate professor and the associate department chair for undergraduate education.  She teaches core mechanical engineering courses and elective courses in fluid dynamics.  She advises students on minor, major, and master’s degree requirements in mechanical and aerospace engineering.  She has been involved in curriculum development, new course development, and program assessment of both the mechanical and aerospace engineering programs.  She has served on the college curriculum committee for many years.  She has served on several university committees including the UNR Campus Affairs Committee and the university non-tenure track promotion committee.  She also runs the College of Engineering’s Madani-Gordaninejad Speech Competition.  Professor Padilla has received several teaching and advising awards and has been recognized as a senior scholar mentor multiple times.

Biography

Angelina Padilla received her B.S. in mechanical engineering from UC Davis in 2006. As an undergrad, she worked as an undergrad researcher at both UC Davis and UC Irvine starting the summer following her sophomore year as part of the UC LEADS (Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees) program and the CAMP (California Alliance for Minority Participation) summer program. She participated in several research projects including analyzing the aging of combustion particles in the atmosphere and measuring exhaust concentrations of building models in an atmospheric wind tunnel.

In 2008 she received her M.S. in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University. Her master's work involved experimental measurement of particle transport in a half cabin model of an aircraft cabin. She earned her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in 2012. Her dissertation project investigated the effect of upstream perturbations on 3D annular diffusers using MRV (magnetic resonance velocimetry) with applications for turbine exhaust diffusers.

Education

  • Ph.D., Stanford University, 2012
  • M.S., Kansas State University, 2008
  • B.S., University of California, Davis, 2006

Courses recently taught

  • ME 242 - Dynamics
  • ME 303 - Applied Numerical Methods
  • ME 311 - Engineering Thermodynamics I
  • ME 314 - Introduction to Heat Transfer
  • ME 380 - Fluid Dynamics for Mechanical Engineers
  • ME 467 - Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
  • ME 480 - Gas Dynamics

Awards

  • Ralph E. and Rose A. Hoeper Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching and Advisement, 2025
  • F. Donald Tibbitts Distinguished Teacher Award, 2022
  • College of Engineering Faculty Award, 2019