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Rocco A. Fazzolari
Associate Professor Emeritus
 
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The University of Arizona
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
PO Box 210119
Tucson AZ 85721-0119
Rocco A. Fazzolari
Research Expertise
Education
Courses Taught
Employment
Honors and Awards
Professional Societies
Registered Professional Engineering
Consulting

Research Expertise

 • Renewable energy systems—design and assessment
 • Energy management in industrial and commercial facilities
 • Heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system design
 • Space and planetary resource utilization
 • Waste stream utilization
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Education

 • Ph.D.Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 1967
 • M.S.Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 1963
 • B.S.Chemical Engineering, City College of New York, 1954
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Courses Taught  (since 2000)

 • AME 445-545Renewable Energy Systems (Web class)
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Employment

 • 1998The University of Arizona: Associate Professor Emeritus
 • 8/95-12/97Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona: Associate Professor
 • 1969-95Nuclear and Energy Engineering, The University of Arizona: Associate Professor
 • 1988-91Solar and Energy Research Facility, The University of Arizona: Director
 • 1981-85Solar and Energy Research Facility, The University of Arizona: Director
 • 1976-78Energy Development Planning in Niger, Africa, Office of Arid Land Studies, The University of Arizona (summers)
 • 1974Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Group, General Atomic Company, San Diego, California (summer)
 • 1973Direction des Etudes et Recherche, Electricite de France, Chatou, France (summer)
 • 1972Faculty Participation Program, EBR-II, Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho Falls (summer)
 • 1971Direction des Etudes et Recherche, Electricite de France, Chatou, France (summer)
 • 1970Education and Training for Introduction of Nuclear Power in Mexico, Organization of American States, Mexico (summer)
 • 1969Nuclear Engineering, University of Missouri, Rolla: Visiting Assistant Professor
 • 1969Nuclear Power Training Course, Comicion Federal de Electricidad (CFE)-IPN, Mexico (summer): Coordinator
 • 1967-69Nuclear Engineering, Instituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico City: Professor
 • 1962Sodium Reactor Experiment, Atomics International, Canoga Park, California (summer): Research Engineer
 • 1960-67Engineering University of California, Los Angeles: Teaching/Research Assistant
 • 1954-59U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: First Lieutenant, Post Engineer, Engineering Construction Officer
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Honors and Awards

 • Faculty Fellow at the NASACAL SPACE, "Technological Springboard to the 21st Century, A Study of Space Based Resources and Operations," University of CaliforniaSan Diego, June 17August 24, 1984
 • Federal Energy Administration, Region IX, Regional Energy Conservation Award, 1976
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Professional Societies

 • ASHRAEAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
 • ASMEThe American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Registered Professional Engineering

 • Mechanical, State of Arizona, awarded January 1991
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Consulting

 • Review for McGraw-Hill Publishers: Spreadsheet Tools for Engineers Using Excel by Byron S. Gottfried.
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