Leadership
School Director
Terry Alford
Interim School Director
Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Materials properties for low-power electronics and novel integrated-circuit components formation and adhesion of sol-gel metal systems for biomedical applications.
[email protected]
480-965-7471
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 242
Mailcode 6106
Undergraduate program chairs
David Nielsen
David Nielsen
Professor
Undergraduate program chair, chemical engineering
Research Interests
Developing microbial platforms and biotechnologies to convert renewable resources into useful fuels and chemicals.
[email protected]
480-965-4113
Tempe Campus, GWC 552
Mailcode 6106
Sefaattin Tongay
Sefaattin Tongay
Professor
Undergraduate program chair, materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Nanoscience, quantum materials, and nanotechnology. Nanomaterial design and synthesis, bulk crystal growth, novel quantum materials, epitaxial growth, 2D atomic layered materials, catalytic applications, atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopy, optical and Raman spectroscopy, electronic and optical materials, quantum transport, 2D polymers, metalorganic frameworks (MOFs), gas membrane separation, surface science
[email protected]
480-727-4301
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 283
Mailcode 6106
Valana Wells
Valana Wells
Associate professor
Undergraduate program chair, aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Computational acoustics; rotary-wing aeroacoustics; noise control; rotorcraft design; aeronautical engineering education
[email protected]
(480) 965-4777
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 393A
Mailcode 1604
Graduate program chairs
Peter Crozier
Peter Crozier
Professor
Graduate program chair, materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Synthesis, characterization and evolution of nanomaterials and nanostructures related to energy and the environment; atomic level characterization of materials for applications to energy production; photocatalysis for energy production.
[email protected]
480-965-2934
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 251
Mailcode 6106
Marc Mignolet
Marc Mignolet
Professor
Graduate program chair, aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Structural dynamics, vibrations, modeling of uncertainty in structures, stochastic multiscale analyses.
[email protected]
480-965-1484
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 411
Mailcode 6106
Kaushal Rege
Kaushal Rege
Professor
Graduate program chair, Biological Design
Research Interests
Molecular and nanoscale bioengineering, drug and gene delivery, nanobiotechnology, theranostics, synergistic therapeutics, sub-cellular delivery, biological separation.
[email protected]
480-727-8616
Tempe Campus, GWC 616
Mailcode 6106
Cesar Torres
Cesar Torres
Professor
Graduate program chair, chemical engineering
Research Interests
Microbial electrochemistry fermentations, and photosynthetic production of biofuels. Develop microbiological technologies that provide energy or high value chemicals to society; engineer microorganisms to carry out reactions that are difficult or impossible through other chemical routes.
[email protected]
480-727-9689
Tempe Campus, GWC 548
Mailcode 6106