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Dr. Matt Miyasato is the Assistant Deputy Executive Officer for
the Technology Advancement Office at the South Coast Air Quality Management
District. In this role, Dr. Miyasato leads the groups responsible for research,
development, demonstration and deployment of clean, advanced technologies for
both mobile and stationary sources.
Dr. Miyasato
received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, and his Masters and
Ph.D. in Engineering, specializing in combustion technologies and air pollution
control – all from the University of California, Irvine.
Dr. Miyasato has
worked at Southern California Edison in the Nuclear Engineering Department and
at General Electric, where he designed burners and combustion modifications for
utility boilers. He was also a research scientist at UCI, where he managed the
industrial burner research program and has publications on combustion phenomena,
active control, and laser diagnostics. Dr. Miyasato has also been a lecturer at
UCI for the undergraduate air pollution control course.
In his current role at the AQMD, Dr.
Miyasato leads the Demonstration, Implementation, Best Available Control
Technologies (BACT), and Technology Outreach groups, with the overall goal of
developing, demonstrating, and accelerating the commercialization and
implementation of clean technologies. These technologies include fuel cells,
hydrogen, alternative fueled engines, PM and NOx aftertreatment, hybrid and
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and other clean alternative technologies.
Dr. Miyasato serves
as the lead staff support for the California Fuel Cell Partnership, the
California Stationary Fuel Cell Collaborative, the California Hydrogen Highway
Network, and the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Center.
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