Faculty and staff

Email: Tom.Acker@nau.edu

Phone: 928-523-8363

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

Email: Amir.Arzani@nau.edu

Phone: 928-523-0541

Research Interests: Cardiovascular biomechanics; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Multiscale modeling; Computational solid mechanics; Mass transport; Dynamical systems

Email: Tim.Becker@nau.edu

Phone:928-523-1468

Research Interests: Medical device development; Aneurysm and stroke modeling; Brain vessel modeling; Biomaterials characterization

Email: Constantin.Ciocanel@nau.edu

Research Interests: Modeling, multi-field characterization, and implementation of smart materials; Development and characterization of multifunctional composites; Fatigue and fracture mechanics; Self-healing materials

Email: Heidi.Feigenbaum@nau.edu

Research Interests: Continuum mechanics; Constitutive modeling; Solid mechanics; Plasticity; Adaptive materials and structure

Email: Zachary.Lerner@nau.edu

Research Interests: Robotics; Control; Biomechanics; Neuromuscular disorders

Email: Hesam.Moghaddam@nau.edu

Phone:928-523-5185

Teaching Interests: Engineering Design; Fluid Mechanics; Computer-Aided Design (CAD); Biomechanics; Finite Element Analysis (FEA); Dynamics; Statics

Email: Anthony.Nix@nau.edu

Phone: 928-523-1079

Teaching Interests: Engineering Design; Human Factors Engineering; Cognitive Engineering; Design Theory and Methodology; Software applications for Engineering

Email: Sarah.Oman@nau.edu

Phone: 928-523-0468

Teaching Interests: Design Theory & Methodology; Concept Generation and Evaluation; Creative Design; Senior Capstone Design; Dynamics; Computer-Aided Design

Email: Ernesto.Penado@nau.edu

Phone: 928-523-9453

Research Interests: Mechanics of composite materials; Fracture mechanics; Finite element analysis; Optomechanics

Email: Carson.Pete@nau.edu

Phone: 928-523-4970

Teaching Interests: Engineering Design; Heat Transfer; Computer-Aided Design

Email: David.Richter@nau.edu

Phone: 928-523-7303

Teaching Interests: Engineering Design; Development of Professional Skills; Impacts of Technology on Society and Environment

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

Email: John.Tester@nau.edu

Research Interests: Design for manufacturing (traditional and electronic); Rapid prototyping; Plastic product manufacturing; General manufacturing processes; CAD/CAM applications; Lower-limb prosthesis design, analysis and testing

Email: David.Trevas@nau.edu

Phone: 928-523-6914

Teaching Interests: Machine Design; Senior Capstone Design; Thermal-Fluids Lab; Integrating Electronics in Mechanical Systems

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

Email: Jennifer.Wade@nau.edu

Phone: 928-523-1528

Teaching Interests: Materials Science; Thermodynamics; Engineering Design; Thermal Fluids Laboratory

Email: David.Willy@nau.edu

Teaching Interests:  Thermal fluids; Renewable energy; Engineering design

Email: Perry Wood@nau.edu

Phone: 928-523-4421

Teaching Interests: Engineering graphics; Material science; Manufacturing