AEM Faculty

The AEM department is a relatively small and welcoming community. Our expert research faculty, staff, and students love to discuss their teaching and research, and our administrative staff are always available to help. 

Faculty

Graham Candler headshot
Associate Department Head, Professor and McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair
119B Akerman Hall
Professor Ryan Caverly
Associate Professor, McKnight Land-Grant Professor
Professor Anabel del Val
Assistant Professor
218 Akerman Hall
Demoz headshot
Professor & Director of the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium
121 Akerman Hall
Ryan Elliott
Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
117A Akerman Hall
Melissa Green
Associate Professor
124 Akerman Hall
Maziar Hemati
Associate Professor, Russell J. Penrose Faculty Fellow
117C Akerman Hall
Professor Damennick Henry
Assistant Professor
205B Akerman Hall
Richard D. James headshot
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
119A Akerman Hall
Professor Yohannes Ketema
Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies
205D Akerman Hall
Perry Leo
Professor & Department Head
107A Akerman Hall
Ellen Longmire
Professor
117B Akerman Hall
Joseph Nichols
Associate Professor
220 Akerman Hall
Professor Suraj Ravindran
Assistant Professor
226 Akerman Hall
Thomas Schwartzentruber
Professor and Interim Director of Graduate Studies
222 Akerman Hall
Strandjord
Lecturer/Assistant Professor
224 Akerman Hall
Ellad B. Tadmor headshot
Professor, Russell J. Penrose Professor
122 Akerman Hall
Kshitiz Upadhyay
Assistant Professor
205A Akerman Hall
Professor Yue Yu
Assistant Professor
216 Akerman Hall

Teaching & Research Faculty

Travis Drayna
Research Professor
130A Mechanical Engineering
Anubhav Dwivedi
Research Assistant Professor
130E Mechanical Engineering
James Flaten
Associate Director of the MN Space Grant Consortium and Contract Professor
Todd Hesla
Contract Assistant Professor
206 Akerman Hall
Anthony Knutson
Research Associate Professor
130F Mechanical Engineering
Bill Kunik
Adjunct Faculty
206 Akerman Hall
Joseph Mueller
Industrial Professor of Design
206 Akerman Hall
Pramod Subbareddy
Research Professor
130G Mechanical Engineering
Everett Wenzel
Research Associate Professor
130D Mechanical Engineering

Emeritus Faculty

Beavers
Professor Emeritus (Retired 2006)
Roger Fosdick smiling
Professor Emeritus (Retired 2013)
Garrard
Professor Emeritus (Retired 2017)
205B Akerman Hall