Full-Time Faculty

	Nikos J. Mourtos - Professor & Chair Phone:  Email: nikos.mourtos@sjsu.edu Office: Online/Zoom  Research interests: Aircraft design; Exploring connections between arts and creativity in engineering design; Defining, teaching, and assessing 21st century skills (engineering design skills, complex problem solving skills, lifelong learning skills)
	Periklis Papadopoulos - Professor  Phone: (408) 924-7168 Email: periklis.papadopoulos@sjsu.edu Office: Online/Zoom Research interests: Space Transportation Vehicle Design; Computational Fluid Dynamics
	Lucia Capdevila - Assistant Professor Phone:  Email: lucia.capdevila@sjsu.edu Office: Online/Zoom Research interests: Spacecraft trajectory design in multi-body regimes; Spacecraft trajectory optimization; Circular Restricted Three-Body problem dynamics; Dynamical systems theory and applications; Inclusion in engineering education
	Maria Chierichetti - Assistant Professor Phone: Email: maria.chierichetti@sjsu.edu Office: Online/Zoom Research interests: Structural dynamics and vibration testing; Inverse methods for Structural Health Monitoring and Digital Twin; Aeroelastic tailoring; Finite element methods
	Fabrizio Vergine - Assistant Professor Phone:  Email: fabrizio.vergine@sjsu.edu Office: Online/Zoom Research interests: Fuel injection and mixing in Scramjet combustors; Hypersonic, high temperature external and internal aerodynamics; Supersonic wind tunnel design; Arcjet/direct connect facility design

Emeriti Faculty

Richard Desautel - Professor First AE Department Chair 1987 - 1996 Email: dick.desautel@sjsu.edu