Amy Fleischer

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Amy S. Fleischer is an American mechanical engineer whose research concerns thermal engineering, including sustainable energy, thermal energy storage using phase-change materials, and energy recovery from the heat management of electronic devices. She is dean of the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo College of Engineering. [1]

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Education and career

Fleischer's interest in mechanical engineering stems from a childhood desire to build spaceships. [2] She majored in mechanical engineering at Villanova University, and earned a master's degree there. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota in 2000. She returned to Villanova as a faculty member in 2000, and moved to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo as dean of engineering in 2018. [3]

Recognition

In 2010, Fleischer won the Woman Engineer of the Year award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division. In 2011, she won the society's K-16 Clock Award, for "outstanding and continuing contributions to the science and engineering of heat transfer in electronics". [4] Villanova University gave Fleischer their Outstanding Faculty Mentor Teaching Award in 2011. [5] She was elected as an ASME Fellow in 2013. [6]

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The 1959 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State College—now known as California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Led by tenth-year head coach LeRoy Hughes, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the CCAA. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California.

The 1958 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State College—now known as California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1958 NCAA College Division football season. Led by ninth-year head coach LeRoy Hughes, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play. The Mustangs tied with Fresno State for the best record in the CCAA, but Fresno State was awarded the championship because they defeated Cal Poly head-to-head. The team outscored its opponents 321 to 60 for the season. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California.

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References

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