AEM Faculty page
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](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Candlerresized.jpeg.webp?itok=Tygrevk9)
McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair, Associate Department Head
![Professor Ryan Caverly smiling wearing a maroon UMN shirt](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Caverly_headshot.jpg.webp?itok=ERrTTok3)
Assistant Professor, McKnight Land-Grant Professor
![Anabel del Val](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/IMG_0523.jpeg.webp?itok=gY95B9kD)
![Demoz headshot](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Gebreresized.jpeg.webp?itok=NzCM_HMX)
Professor & Director of the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium
![Ryan Elliott](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Elliotresized.jpg.webp?itok=0gIwhFKL)
Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
![Melissa Green](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Green_Melissa.jpeg.webp?itok=DJIpKit_)
![Maziar Hemati](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Hematiresized.jpg.webp?itok=EAPgooIG)
Associate Professor, Russell J. Penrose Faculty Fellow
![Richard D. James headshot](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Jamesresized_1.jpeg.webp?itok=s1J5DgZb)
Distinguished McKnight University Professor & Director of the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium
![Yohannes Ketema](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Ketema2007_0.jpg.webp?itok=ZGfXJjgi)
Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies
Akerman Hall, Room 205D
![Perry Leo](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Leoresized.jpg.webp?itok=muyAt8tF)
![Longmireresized.jpg Ellen Longmire](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-01/Longmireresized.jpg.webp?itok=vVFUomHu)
![Nicholsresized.jpg Joseph Nichols](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-01/Nicholsresized.jpg.webp?itok=fMhj3iTY)
![Suraj Ravindran](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/pic%203.jpg.webp?itok=Xe1LNHrp)
![Thomas Schwartzentruber](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Schwartzresized.jpg.webp?itok=4AFJVRdy)
![Strandjord](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/kirsten_2.jpg.webp?itok=LV_jPfga)
![Ellad B. Tadmor headshot](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Tadmorresized.jpeg.webp?itok=zj44qaAx)
Professor, Russell J. Penrose Professor
![Yue Yu](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/yue.jpeg.webp?itok=J8VxrtL4)
Teaching & Research Faculty
![Travis Drayna](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/TWD-pic-2023.jpg.webp?itok=50OTPhg8)
![Flatenresized.jpg James Flaten](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Flatenresized.jpg.webp?itok=Q43CL6KS)
Associate Director of the MN Space Grant Consortium and Contract Associate Professor
![Todd Hesla](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Heslaresized.jpg.webp?itok=4QeYT2wK)
![mueller resized.jpg Joe Mueller](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/mueller%20resized.jpg.webp?itok=ey28N6xH)
![Everett Wenzel](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Everett_picture%20%282%29.JPG.webp?itok=hafALjmc)
Adjunct Faculty
![Colettiresized.jpg Filippo Coletti](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-01/Colettiresized.jpg.webp?itok=gH5Mmvqg)
![Linares Resized.jpg Linares](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2018-12/Linares%20Resized.jpg.webp?itok=2Mj-eqST)
![Seilerresized.jpg Peter Seiler smiling](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2018-12/Seilerresized.jpg.webp?itok=mVGjhTpO)
Emeritus Faculty
![Beavers Resized.jpg Beavers](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Beavers%20Resized.jpg.webp?itok=KhE9IC6c)
![Roger Fosdick smiling](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Roger2_2000.jpg.webp?itok=vZ_MSOPl)
![Garrard](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Garrard-min.jpg.webp?itok=BLds19Ai)
![shieldresized.jpg Tom Shield](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/shieldresized.jpg.webp?itok=sSwQUSlJ)
![Wilson Resized.jpg Wilson](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Wilson%20Resized.jpg.webp?itok=b8pKiUlj)