Mechanical Engineering Faculty

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

Thomas Acker, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Colorado State University 1995)

Mechanical engineering, thermal-fluid sciences, sustainable energy systems

NAU 1996  

Constantin Ciocanel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., D. Eng., "Gh. Asachi" Technical Uinversity of Iasi, Romania; Ph.D., University of Toledo 2006)

Constitutive modeling, experimental characterization, smart materials, magnetorheological fluids, magnetic shape memory alloys

NAU 2007

Earl P.N. Duque, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor

(B.S.M.E., M.S.M.E., Ph.D., University of California–Davis 1995)

Thermal sciences, computational fluid dynamics, sustainable energy systems

NAU 2000  

Heidi P. Feigenbaum, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., Cornell University; M.S., Ph.D., University of California - Davis 2008)

Solid mechanics, materials, plasticity, computational mechanics, fluid mechanics

NAU 2007

Brent A. Nelson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., University of California - Berkeley; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology 2007)

Thermal sciences, sustainable energy systems, nanosciences, biologically-inspired design

NAU 2008

F. Ernesto Penado, Ph.D., Professor, Chair of Mechanical Engineering

(B.S., M.S., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., University of Utah 1987)

Mechanical engineering, solid mechanics, composite materials, finite elements, fracture mechanics

NAU 1994  

John T. Tester, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Tennessee Technological University; M.S., Air Force Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1999)

Mechanical engineering, manufacturing, CAD

NAU 2000  

Peter Vadasz, D.Sc., PrEng., Professor

(B.Sc., M.Sc., D.Sc., TECHNION-Israel Institute of Technology 1988)

Mechanical engineering, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, transport phenomena, biomedical engineering

NAU 2002  

Adjunct Faculty

Michael R. Mitchell, Ph.D.

(B.S., Lawrence Technological University, M.S. Wayne State University, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1976)

Fatigue, fracture mechanics, material

science, lifetime predictive techniques, failure analysis, rapid prototyping, automotive/aerospace/medical device design and analysis.

NAU 2004

Faculty Emeriti

Donald R. Garrett, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., West Point; M.S., Ph.D., Texas A&M University 1977)

Mechanical engineering, solar engineering, production tool design, materials science

NAU 1987 (retired 2000)

David E. Hartman, Ph.D., P.E.,  Professor

(B.A., B.S.M.E., M.S., Ph.D., Rice University 1965)

Mechanical engineering, solid mechanics, forensic engineering and failure analysis

NAU 1985  

(retired 2007)

Harry Kent Hepworth, Ph.D., P.E., Professor

(B.S.M.E., Oklahoma State University; M.S.E., Ph.D., Arizona State University)

NAU 1970 (retired 1997)

David Lamkin, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S.E., University of Michigan; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1974)

Mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering

NAU 1982 (retired 2002)

Joseph R. Troxler, Ph.D., P.E., Professor

(B.S.M.E., University of Southwestern Louisiana; M.S.M.E., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University)

NAU 1968 (retired 1992)