People - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Department and Associate Chairs

Department Chair & Associate Chairs

Garth Hobson

Department Chair
Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
gvhobson@nps.edu
(831) 656-2888

Vladimir Nikolaevich Dobrokhodov

Vladimir Dobrokhodov

Associate Chair
Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
vldobr@nps.edu
(831) 656-7714

Christopher Adams

Associate Chair
Senior Lecturer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
caadams@nps.edu
(831) 656-3400

Faculty Title

Faculty

Brij N Agrawal

Brij Agrawal

Distinguished Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
agrawal@nps.edu
(831) 656-3338

Erick Alley

Research Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
esalley@nps.edu
(831) 656-7829

Troy Ansell

Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
troy.ansell@nps.edu
(831) 656-3033

Brian Bingham

Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
bbingham@nps.edu
(831) 200-6360

Christopher M Brophy

Christopher Brophy

Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
cmbrophy@nps.edu
(831) 656-2699

Jarema M Didoszak

Jarema Didoszak

Research Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
jmdidosz@nps.edu
(831) 656-2604

Anthony John Gannon

Anthony Gannon

Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
ajgannon@nps.edu
(831) 656-2880

Joshua H Gordis

Joshua Gordis

Associate Professor (Volunteer)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
jgordis@nps.edu
(831) 656-2866

Ibrahim Emre Gunduz

Ibrahim Gunduz

Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
emre.gunduz@nps.edu
(831) 656-6288

Jessica Laurel Herman

Jessica Herman

Professor of the Practice
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
jessica.herman@nps.edu
(831) 656-2342

Joseph P Hooper

Joseph Hooper

Professor (Joint Appointment with Department of Physics)
jphooper@nps.edu
(831) 656-2601

Douglas P Horner

Douglas Horner

Chair
Undersea Warfare Academic Group
dphorner@nps.edu
(831) 656-3821

Kevin Jones

Research Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
kdjones@nps.edu
(831) 656-7711

Isaac Kaminer

Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
kaminer@nps.edu
(831) 656-3382

Mark Karpenko

Research Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
mkarpenk@nps.edu
(831) 656-3231

Jae Jun Kim

Jae Kim

Research Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
jki1@nps.edu
(831) 656-2716

Sean Patrick Kragelund

Sean Kragelund

Research Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
spkragel@nps.edu
(831) 656-1159

Young Wuk Kwon

Young Kwon

Distinguished Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
ywkwon@nps.edu
(831) 656-3468

Woochul Lee

Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
woochul.lee@nps.edu
(831) 656-6075

Isaac M Ross

Isaac Ross

Distinguished Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
imross@nps.edu
(831) 656-2074

Douglas L Seivwright

Douglas Seivwright

Lecturer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
dlseivwr@nps.edu
(831) 656-3718

Walter Smith

Research Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
walter.smith@nps.edu
(831) 656-2593

Oleg A Yakimenko

Oleg Yakimenko

Chair
Systems Engineering
oayakime@nps.edu
(831) 656-2826

Department Staff Title

Department Staff

Technical Staff

James Bindel, CAVR Lab Manager
John Gibson, Engineering Technician
Leonardo Herrera, Faculty Associate (Learning Support Systems)
Jeffrey King, Faculty Associate Research
Stefan Kohlgrueber, Supervisory Technician
Douglas Learned, Faculty Associate Research
John Mobley, Model Maker
Chanman Park, Materials Engineer
Dean Quan, Faculty Associate Research
Forest Shaner, Faculty Associate Research
Alexis Thoeny, Faculty Associate Research
Carson Vogt, Faculty Associate Research
Bobby Wright, Faculty Associate Research

Admin Staff

Administrative Staff

Laurie Bliss, Administrative Support Assistant
Carolina (CJ) Martin, Management and Program Analyst
Daisy Rodriguez, Sponsored Program Financial Analyst (SPFA)