Faculty Highlights

The AET program is supported by full-time and adjunct faculty members offering extensive academic and practical experience in several disciplines. The full-time faculty is comprised of the following:

• Vladimir Genis, Ph.D., an associate professor and director of the AET program, has taught and developed graduate and undergraduate courses in physics, electronics, biomedical engineering, nondestructive testing, and acoustics. His research interests include ultrasound wave propagation and scattering, ultrasound imaging, electronic instrumentation, piezoelectric transducers, and engineering education. Results of his research work have been published in scientific journals and presented at the national and international conferences. He currently serves as a principle investigator (PI) and co-PI on National Science Foundation (NSF) grants.
• Radian Belu, Ph.D., an assistant professor, has taught courses in electrical engineering technology, electrical engineering, and physics programs. He has also been PI or co-PI for various research projects world-wide in power systems, turbulence and wave propagation, radar and remote sensing, instrumentation, atmosphere physics, electromagnetic compatibility, and engineering education.
• Richard Y. Chiou, Ph.D., an associate professor, teaches courses on engineering materials, robotics and mechatronics, applied mechanics, control, automation, and CAD/CAM. He emphasizes creativity and hands-on learning in his courses and has secured many research and education grants on Internet-based robotics and mechatronics, E-quality, and online laboratory learning from NSF, U.S. Department of Education, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and industry.
• William J. Danley, Ph.D., an auxiliary senior lecturer, teaches and develops modern laboratory courses in analytical measurement, pneumatics, hydraulics, and thermal fluid sciences. He challenges students to build, test, and demonstrate steam engines and other real world system ideas.
• Michael G. Mauk, Ph.D., P.E., an assistant clinical professor, teaches courses on electronics, circuit theory, signals and systems, CNC operations, and Quality Engineering. Dr. Mauk's research interests include solar energy with emphasis on photovoltaics, microfluidics, semiconductor materials technology, and nanotechnology. Dr. Mauk has more than 110 technical publications and eight U.S. Patents.
• Warren Rosen, Ph.D., an auxiliary assistant professor, has carried out research in optical physics, solar physics, and medical physics. He has served on a number of Department of Defense and international standards committees including the SAE Unified Network Interconnect Task Group and the RapidIO Trade Association.