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Contact the Mechanical Engineering Department

Email:
megraduate​@nau.edu
Call:
928-523-2704
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Faculty and staff

NAU Mechanical Engineering Department

Our faculty members draw on varied areas of expertise to support our interdisciplinary research and teaching missions.

Alphabetical listing by last name


Tom Acker

Professor Emeritus
Email: Tom.Acker@nau.edu
Research Interests: Thermal-fluid system analysis; Aerodynamics system analysis; Viscous fluid mechanics; Combustion-driven acoustic instabilities; Renewable energy systems; Statistical thermodynamics; Compressible gas dynamics; Wind turbine aerodynamics

 

Timothy Becker, associate professor of practice

Timothy Becker

Professor of Practice
Email: Tim.Becker@nau.edu
Phone:928-523-1468
Research Interests: Medical device development; Aneurysm and stroke modeling; Brain vessel modeling; Biomaterials characterization

Kate Carroll

Instructor
Email: Katherine.Carroll@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-5801
Teaching Interests: Computer-Aided Design; Materials Science; Machine Design; Thermal Fluids Lab

Constantin Ciocanel, professor, department chair

Constantin Ciocanel

Professor, Department Chair
Email: Constantin.Ciocanel@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-2439
Research Interests: Modeling; Multi-field Characterization and Implementation of Smart Materials; Development and characterization of multifunctional composites; Fatigue and fracture mechanics; Self-healing materials

Subhayan De

Assistant Professor
Email: SUBHAYAN.DE@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-9726
Research Interests: Scientific Machine Learning; Topology Optimization; Uncertainty Quantification; Probabilistic Model Validation

Zhongwang Dou

Assistant Professor
Email: Zhongwang.Dou@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-0468
Research Interests: Experimental Fluid Mechanics; Biofluids; Biomedical Devices; Insect Flight Dynamics; Particle-Laden Flow; Flow-Structure Interaction

Armin Eilaghi

Assistant Teaching Professor
Email: Armin.Eilaghi@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-5771

Heidi Feigenbaum, professor, associate chair of graduate studies

Heidi Feigenbaum

Professor, Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
Email: Heidi.Feigenbaum@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-5326
Research Interests: Continuum mechanics; Constitutive modeling; Solid mechanics; Plasticity; Adaptive materials and structure

Cole Hatfield Joslyn

Assistant Professor
Email: Cole.Joslyn@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-8162
Research Interests: Engineering Education

Aminul Islam Khan

Assistant Teaching Professor
Email: Aminul.Khan@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-9825

Zachary Lerner, assistant professor

 

 

 

 

Zachary Lerner

Associate Professor
Email: Zachary.Lerner@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-1787
Research Interests: Robotics; Control; Biomechanics; Neuromuscular disorders

Celeste Meyer

Administrative Services Assistant, Senior and WindU Campus Coordinator
Email: Celeste.Meyer@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-8099

F. Ernesto Penado, Professor

F. Ernesto Penado

Professor Emeritus
Email: Ernesto.Penado@nau.edu
Research Interests: Mechanics of composite materials; Fracture mechanics; Finite element analysis; Optomechanics

Carson Pete, Lecturer

Carson Pete

Associate Teaching Professor
Email: Carson.Pete@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-4970
Teaching Interests: Engineering Design; Heat Transfer; Computer-Aided Design

Reza Sharif Razavian

Assistant Professor
Email: Razavian.Reza@nau.edu
Research Interests: Robotics, human-robot interaction, human motor control, computational motor neuroscience, musculoskeletal biomechanics, bio-robotics, neural prosthetics

Michael Shafer, Associate Professor

Michael Shafer

Associate Professor
Email: Michael.Shafer@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-8696 
Research Interests: Energy harvesting; Advanced actuation technologies; Bio-inspired engineering systems; UAV systems; Ecological tools development

 

Peter Vadasz, Professor

Peter Vadasz

Professor
Email: Peter.Vadasz@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-5843
Research Interests: Transport Phenomena in Porous Media; Heat and Mass Transfer; Fluid Dynamics; Non- Linear Dynamics, Stability, Bifurcation and Routes to Chaos; Bio-Engineering; Energy Conversion and Storage; Engineering Economics

Jennifer Wade

Assistant Professor
Email: Jennifer.Wade@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-1528
Research Interests: Energy materials; membrane separations; carbon capture; direct air capture; electrochemical energy systems

David Willy, Senior Lecturer

David Willy

Associate Teaching Professor, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs
Email: David.Willy@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-5322
Teaching Interests:  Thermal fluids; Renewable energy; Engineering design

Perry Wood, Lab Manager, Instructor

Perry Wood

Instructional Lab Cd, Sr – SPF
Email: Perry Wood@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-4421
Teaching Interests: Engineering graphics; Material science; Manufacturing

Mechanical Engineering
Location
Building Building 69
Engineering
15600 S. McConnell Dr. NAU bldg. 69
Flagstaff, AZ 86001-5600
Mailing Address
Northern Arizona University PO Box: 15600
Flagstaff, AZ 86001-5600
Email
CEIAS@nau.edu
Phone
928-523-2704