Ehsan Barjasteh joined the CSULB Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Chemical Engineering (joint position) as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2015. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 2011. He has over 10 years of industry experience with the development and manufacturing of polymer composite materials for commercial and aerospace applications. Since 2007, he has been consulting at Composite Technology Corp., Henkel Aerospace, and Tencate Advanced Composites. He was a visiting scholar at McGill Composite Center at the University of Southern California in 2015. His research focuses on the development and optimization of advanced polymer and composite materials and processes. His research interests include manufacturing advanced composite materials using out-of-autoclave (OOA) processes, self-healing and repair of composite structures using smart materials, toughening advanced composite materials, lifetime prediction and aging, 3D-printing of polymers for high-temperature applications, and progressive damage detection and analysis.