Faculty

Office Location
HK 213

B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Osmania University, India; M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of CA - Berkley; PhD. from University of Texas - Arlington.

Abdul Aziz is currently a Distinguished Research Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Gonzaga University. He received his B.E. from the University of Karachi in 1963, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Leeds, England in 1967. He has authored/co-authored over 150 papers and four books: Perturbation Methods in Heat Transfer (Hemisphere,1984); Extended Surface Heat Transfer (John Wiley, 2001); Introduction to Thermal and Fluid Engineering (CRC Press, 2012); and Heat Conduction with Maple (R.T.Edwards, 2006). He is a Life Fellow of ASME and has received several awards during his career.

Office Location
PACCAR Room 212

EDUCATION
B.S. Civil Engineering, 1979, Colorado State University
M.S. Civil Engineering, Groundwater Hydrology, 1980, Colorado State University
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Alluvial Hydraulics, 1988, Colorado State University

Office Location
HERAK 309C

Office Location
Herak 239

Doctor of Philosophy - Electrical Engineering with Specialization in Automatic Control, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania.

Office Location
PACCAR Room 214

B.E., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from State University of New York - Stony Brook.

Office Location
Herak 238

Ph.D., University of Florida, Mechanical Engineering; specializes in: micro-nano thermal transport and energy efficiency, energy systems, and heat transfer enhancement.

Office Location
HERAK 309B

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Marquette University; M.S. Engineering & Management, Washington State University

Office Location
Herak 230

Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Genetic Algorithms

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Herak 205

Ph.D., P.E., Colorado School of Mines, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering; specializes in: alternative energy technologies, hydrogen storage and fuel cells. 

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Herak Room 203

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Utah; Laurea (MS and BS)in Civil Engineering, University of Pavia (Italy).

Office Location
Herak Room 247

Doctor of Philosophy - Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Master of Science - Physical Electronics, University of Science & Technology of China, China.
Bachelor of Engineering - Industrial Automation, Qingdao University, China.

Office Location
Herak Rm. 215

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Peshawar University, Pakistan; M.S. in Civil Engineering, West Virginia College; Ph.D., Michigan State University.

Office Location
Herak 209

Doctor of Philosophy - Electrical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Master of Science - Electrical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Office Location
Herak 212

Ph.D. in Civil (Environmental) Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Office Location
Herak 211

B.S. in Engineering Science from University of Notre Dame, M.S. and PhD. from University of Illinois-Urbana.

Office Location
PACCAR 206

Peter McKenny is currently the Chair and a Professor of Engineering Management.  He is also the Director of the T&D Engineering Certificate Program at Gonzaga University. Prior to joining Gonzaga University, Peter was a Team Leader with the American Transmission Company (ATC) and was responsible for all aspects of substation and transmission line design in the Green Bay, WI, office during much of the initial start-up phase of ATC.

Office Location
Herak 240

B.S. Civil Engineering (1998), Structural, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
M.S. Civil Engineering (2000), Geotechnical, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
Ph.D. Civil Engineering (2013), Geotechnical, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Licensed professional engineer (P.E.); Washington, Michigan, Illinois

Office Location
HERAK Room 241

B.S. Civil Engineering (1996), The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
M.S. Civil Engineering (1998), Bridge Scour, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Ph.D. Civil Engineering (2004), Stream Restoration, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Office Location
Herak Room 249

B.S. Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo
M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Illinois
Ph.D. Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology
P.E., State of Washington

Office Location
Herak Rm. 206

Doctor of Philosophy - Electrical Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.

Dr. Silliman is a civil engineering specializing in groundwater hydrology.  He joined the School of Engineering and Applied Science in July, 2012, following a 26 year career at the University of Notre Dame.  He has published extensively on theoretical, field, and experimental studies in groundwater flow and transport.

Office Location
Herak Building, Room 248

B.S., Electrical Computer Engineering, Portland State University, 1994; concentration: Network Communication
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Portland State University, 1996; concentration: Digital Signal Processing, Computer Language
Software Engineering at Tektronix, Inc from 1996 - 1999; Developing automated test software for oscilloscopes (TDS series)

Office Location
Herak 310A

Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis

Office Location
Herak Room 241

Bachelor of Science: University of Washington Master of Science: Northwestern University Ph.D.: University of Idaho Areas of Specialization: Mechanical design and teamwork processes.

Office Location
Herak 310B

Cloud Computing, Wireless Sensor Network, Telemedicine.