Faculty and staff | Mechanical Engineering

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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.

Faculty and Staff – Listed by Last Name

Timothy Becker, associate professor of practice

Professor of Practice
Phone:928-523-1468
Research Interests: Medical device development; Aneurysm and stroke modeling; Brain vessel modeling; Biomaterials characterization

Lecturer
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Teaching Interests: Computer-Aided Design; Materials Science; Machine Design; Thermal Fluids Lab

Constantin Ciocanel, professor, department chair

Professor,ÌýDepartment Chair
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Research Interests:ÌýModeling; Multi-field Characterization and Implementation of Smart Materials; Development and characterization of multifunctional composites; Fatigue and fracture mechanics; Self-healing materials

Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Scientific Machine Learning; Topology Optimization; Uncertainty Quantification; Probabilistic Model Validation

Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Experimental Fluid Mechanics; Biofluids; Biomedical Devices; Insect Flight Dynamics; Particle-Laden Flow; Flow-Structure Interaction

Assistant Teaching Professor

Heidi Feigenbaum, professor, associate chair of graduate studies

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

Administrative Services Assistant, SeniorÌý

Assistant Teaching Professor

Zachary Lerner, assistant professor

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ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Professor
Research Interests:ÌýRobotics; Control; Biomechanics; Neuromuscular disorders

Carson Pete, Lecturer

Assistant Professor of Teaching
Teaching Interests:ÌýEngineering Design; Heat Transfer; Computer-Aided Design

Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Robotics,Ìýhuman-robot interaction, human motor control, computational motor neuroscience, musculoskeletal biomechanics, bio-robotics,Ìýneural prosthetics

Michael Shafer, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Professor

ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Professor
Research Interests:ÌýEnergy harvesting;ÌýAdvanced actuation technologies; Bio-inspired engineering systems; UAV systems; Ecological tools development

 

Peter Vadasz, Professor

Professor
Research Interests:ÌýTransport 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

Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Energy materials; membrane separations; carbon capture; direct air capture; electrochemical energy systems

ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Teaching Professor, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Chair for Undergraduate Programs
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Teaching Interests:ÌýÌýThermal fluids; Renewable energy; Engineering design

Perry Wood, Lab Manager, Instructor

Instructional Lab Cd, Sr – SPF
Teaching Interests:ÌýEngineering graphics; Material science; Manufacturing

Emeritus Faculty – Listed by Last Name

Professor Emeritus
Research Interests:ÌýThermal-fluid system analysis; Aerodynamics system analysis; Viscous fluid mechanics; Combustion-driven acoustic instabilities; Renewable energy systems; Statistical thermodynamics; Compressible gas dynamics; Wind turbine aerodynamics

F. Ernesto Penado, Professor

F. Ernesto Penado

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