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  • Michael Shafer

Michael Shafer, PhD

Assistant Professor

photo of dr. michael shafer, assistant professor in nau's mechanical engineering department
Northern Arizona University
Email: Michael.Shafer@nau.edu
Phone: 928 523-8696
Web: Dynamic Active Systems Lab; UAV based Radio Telemetry for Wildlife
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Education Accordion Closed

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 2013
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 2012
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Northern Arizona University, 2006

About Accordion Closed

Dr. Michael W. Shafer is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northern Arizona University. His research interests are related to energy harvesting, wildlife telemetry systems, and unmanned aerial systems. He joined NAU in 2013 after receiving his Ph.D. and M.S. from Cornell University. At Cornell, he focused on vibrational energy harvesting via piezoelectric transduction. He investigated ideal design methods, power harvesting limits, and applications of the technology to avian wildlife tracking and bio-logging. Prior to his time at Cornell, Michael worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 2006 to 2009. There he helped develop the sky crane system used to land the Mars Science Laboratory Rover (Curiosity) in 2012. Michael graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northern Arizona University in 2006.

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