Mechanical Engineering faculty directory
Ernesto Penado
Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Phone: 928-523-9453
E-mail: Ernesto.Penado@nau.edu
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Areas of research interest- Composite Materials
- Finite Element Analysis
- Fracture Mechanics
- Solid Mechanics
Thomas Acker
Professor
Phone: 928-523-8363
E-mail: Tom.Acker@nau.edu
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Areas of research interest- Wind Energy Systems and Wind Integration
- Renewable Energy Systems
- Viscous and Inviscid Fluid Mechanics
- Combustion-Driven Acoustic Instabilities
- Statistical Thermodynamics
- Aerodynamics
- Compressible Gas Dynamics
- Thermal-Fluid System Analysis
Constantin Ciocanel
Assistant Professor
Phone: 928-523-2439
E-mail: Constantin.Ciocanel@nau.edu
Areas of research interest- Smart materials and their applications
- Magnetorheological fluids
- Magnetic shape memory alloys
- Piezoelectric materials
- Electro/magneto active polymers
Heidi P. Feigenbaum
Assistant Professor
Phone: 928-523-5326
E-mail: Heidi.Feigenbaum@nau.edu
Areas of research interest- Plasticity modeling
- Continuum mechanics
- Turbulence modeling
- Constitutive modeling of adaptive
materials
Brent Nelson
Assistant Professor
Phone: 928-523-0862
E-mail: Brent.Nelson@nau.edu
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Areas of research interest- Multidisciplinary Collaboration
- Applications of Atomic Force Microscopy
- Biomimetic Design
- Biomaterials Characterization
- Thermal Characterization of Battery
Performance
- Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Transport
- Nanomaterials Characterization
- Renewable Energy Systems
John Tester
Associate Professor
E-mail: John.Tester@nau.edu
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Areas of research interest- Automotive emissions and performance
- Engineering Education
- Rapid prototyping
- CAD/CAM applications
- General manufacturing processes
Peter Vadasz
Professor
Phone: 928-523-5843
E-mail: Peter.Vadasz@nau.edu
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Areas of research interest- Heat and Mass Transfer and Fluid
Dynamics
- Nanotechnology - Nano-Heat Transfer
- Bioengineering
- Transport Phenomena in Porous Media
- Nonlinear Dynamics -
Stability, Bifurcations and Routes to Chaos
Timothy Becker, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Phone: 523-1468
Email: Tim.Becker@nau.edu
Srinivas Kosaraju, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Email: Srinivas.Kosaraju@nau.edu
Perry Wood, P.E.
Instructor/Manufacturing Lab Manager/ASME Faculty advisor
E-mail: Perry.Wood@nau.edu
Machine Shop
ASME
David Hartman
Professor Emeritus
Phone: 928-523-3450
E-mail: David.Hartman@nau.edu
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Michael R. Mitchell
Adjunct Professor
E-mail: Michael.r.Mitchell@nau.edu
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