Harold D. Nelson was born on October 28, 1935 in Webster, SD.  He received a B.S. degree in General Engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 1958, a M.S. degree in Applied Mechanics from Kansas State University in 1961, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from Arizona State University in 1966.

His academic experience includes service at: Wichita State University (1961-1962, 1965-1967), Arizona State University (1962-1965, 1967-1991, 1998-2005), and Texas Christian University (1991-1998). While at ASU, he served as the Vice Chair of the Department of Engineering Sciences and as Vice Chair of Graduate Affairs for the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. In 1991, he accepted the position of Chair of Engineering at TCU to establish a new undergraduate program of engineering. That program was ABET accredited in 1997 and he returned to ASU in 1998 as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He was awarded Emeritus status in 2005. Dr. Nelson’s industrial experience includes extensive work at the Eastman Kodak Company, Boeing Aircraft Company and AlliedSignal Engine Company (now Honeywell Engines, Inc.) as well as consulting at numerous companies.

While at ASU, Dr. Nelson directed over 20 M.S. theses and 10 Ph.D. dissertations. In 1984, he was awarded an IR-100 Award for work associated with the development of a computer code (ARDS-Analysis of Rotor Dynamic Systems) for NASA Glenn Research Center. He has published approximately 50 archive journal papers and presented numerous papers at technical conferences. He has served as a visiting professor at The Ohio State University, The Technical University of Denmark, The University of New South Wales (Australia), and National Cheng Kung University (Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tainan, Taiwan). He has given guest lectures at several universities within the United States, Germany, Denmark, England, Scotland, Taiwan, China, South Korea and Australia.

DR. NATALIE HURLEN – PECOS CAMPUS

Dr. Hurlen is an adjunct faculty member in the Engineering Science and Mathematics departments at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. She is also adjunct faculty in the Mathematics department at Paradise Valley Community College. Dr. Hurlen has 3 years of teaching experience and 3 years of experience in the biotechnology and engineering consulting industries.

EDUCATION

Dr. Hurlen earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. For her dissertation, she used mathematical modeling to analyze the effects of diet and genetics on human cellular metabolism. Dr. Hurlen also has a B.S. in biomedical engineering from Boston University.

 

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

Dr. Hurlen is a certified substitute teacher in Arizona. She is also a licensed Emergency Medical Technician-B (EMT-B) in Arizona and a Nationally Registered EMT-B.

 

TEACHING HISTORY

Dr. Hurlen began teaching at CGCC in Fall 2009. Prior to joining CGCC, she taught many university lectures, workshops, and short courses in the areas of bioengineering, systems biology, biomechanics, and thermodynamics.

 

COURSES TAUGHT AND DEVELOPED BY DR. HURLEN

ECE 111: Bioengineering Systems

MAT091: Introductory Algebra

MAT212: Brief Calculus

 

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Dr. Hurlen previously worked as a biomechanical engineering consultant at Exponent in Phoenix, Arizona, where she analyzed the cause of biomechanical injuries in motor vehicle accidents and sporting injuries and conducted research on human injury potential using crash test dummies. Dr. Hurlen has also worked as a bioinformatics specialist at Egea Biosciences and a software development consultant at Genomatica in San Diego, California.