Dr. Nicholas Garafolo
Title: Associate Professor
Dept/Program: Mechanical Engineering
Office: ASEC 422C
Phone: 330-972-3648
Email: ngarafo@uakron.edu
Biography
As an entrepreneur, a researcher, an educator, and a commercially rated airplane pilot, Dr. Nicholas Garafolo has a multitude of applied research experience. He has led an innovative, fast paced, aerospace startup organization through inception to first flight. His expertise spans the broad area of aerospace and thermofluids: Â鶹ֱ²¥S airships, electro-kinetic flows, droplet coalescence, micro-pumps, advanced aerospace seals, turbomachinery modal analysis, fluid visualization, air vehicle design, and space flight hardware.
Research
Thermo-fluid sciences, fluid-material interaction, advanced aerospace seals, near-hermetic fluid flows
Education
- Ph.D. Â鶹ֱ²¥ of Akron 2010
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Â鶹ֱ²¥ of Akron 2006
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Applied Math, Â鶹ֱ²¥ of Akron 2005, and his