Department and Associate Chairs

Department Chair & Associate Chairs

Vladimir Nikolaevich Dobrokhodov
Vladimir Dobrokhodov
Department Chair
Professor
 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
vldobr@nps.edu
(831) 656-7714
Christopher Adams
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
Erick Alley
Research Associate Professor
 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
esalley@nps.edu
(831) 656-7829
Troy Ansell
Troy Ansell
Associate Professor
 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
troy.ansell@nps.edu
(831) 656-3033
Brian Bingham
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
Frank Giraldo
Frank Giraldo
Distinguished Professor
 Joint Appointment - Applied Mathematics
fxgirald@nps.edu
(831) 656-2293
Ibrahim Emre Gunduz
Ibrahim Gunduz
Professor
 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
emre.gunduz@nps.edu
(831) 656-6288
Jessica Herman
Jessica Herman
Professor of the Practice
 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
jessica.herman@nps.edu
(831) 656-2342
Garth Hobson
Garth Hobson
Professor
 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
gvhobson@nps.edu
(831) 656-2888
Joseph P Hooper
Joseph Hooper
Professor
 Joint Appointment - Department of Physics
jphooper@nps.edu
(831) 656-2601
Kevin Jones
Kevin Jones
Research Associate Professor
 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
kdjones@nps.edu
(831) 656-7711
Isaac Kaminer
Isaac Kaminer
Professor
 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
kaminer@nps.edu
(831) 656-3382
Mark Karpenko
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
UWAG Chair
 Undersea Warfare Academic Group
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
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
Walter Smith
Associate Professor
 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
walter.smith@nps.edu
(831) 656-2593
Oleg A Yakimenko
Oleg Yakimenko
Distinguished Professor
 Joint Appointment - Systems Engineering
oayakime@nps.edu
(831) 656-2826
Department Staff Title

Department Staff

Technical Staff

Technical Staff

James Bindel, CAVR Lab Manager
John Gibson, Engineering Technician
Leonardo Herrera, Faculty Associate (Learning Support Systems)
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
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)

Professor Emeritus

Professor Emeritus

Robert Ball - Emeritus
Robert E. Ball
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Oscar Biblarz - Emeritus
Oscar Biblarz
Professor Emeritus
Muguru Chandrasekhara - Emeritus
Muguru S. Chandrasekhara
Research Professor Emeritus
Morris Driels - Emeritus
Morris Driels
Professor Emeritus
Matthew Kelleher - Emeritus
Matthew D. Kelleher
Professor Emeritus
Claudia Luhrs - Emeritus
Claudia C. Luhrs
Professor Emerita
Terry McNelley - Emeritus
Terry R. McNelley
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Knox Millsaps - Emeritus
Knox T. Milsaps
Professor Emeritus
Max Platzer
Max Platzer
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Marcello Romano - Emeritus
Marcello Romano
Professor Emeritus
Young Shin - Emeritus
Young S. Shin
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

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