Dr. Ehsan Barjasteh joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering/Chemical Engineering (joint position) at California State University, Long Beach as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2015. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Southern California in 2011. He has over 10 years of industry experience with development and manufacturing of polymer composite materials for commercial and aerospace applications. Since 2007, he consulted at Composite Technology Corp., Henkel Aerospace and Tencate Advanced Composites.

His research interests include manufacturing advanced composite materials using out-of-autoclave (OOA) processes, self-healing and repair of composite structure using smart materials, toughening advanced composite materials, life-time prediction and aging, 3D-printing of polymers for high-temperature applications, and progressive damage detection and analysis.