Office:
Engineering 183 Telephone: (408) 924-3867 Fax: (408) 924-3995 E-mail: njmourtos@sjsu.edu E-mail: njmourtos@comcast.net
Professor, Aerospace Engineering Education Ph.D. Aeronautical & Astronautical
Engineering
(1987),
Stanford University. Dr. Mourtos joined the faculty at SJSU as a part-time instructor in 1985, while still working on his Ph.D. at Stanford. He has taught courses in both Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering in a variety of subjects such as Statics, Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Aircraft Design, and introductory courses for freshmen. His technical research interests include Aerodynamics, Modeling / Control of Vortical Flows and Aircraft Design. His educational research interests include active and cooperative learning, project / problem-based learning, teaching & learning styles, course design, and program assessment. Dr. Mourtos is married to Edith and has two daughters, Marika (1987) and Aiyana (1990). Dr. Mourtos loves to run,
swim, kayak, bike, and hike.
He has raced all distances from 100m all the way up to a 43-mile ultramarathon
(including 110m and 400m hurdles). He was the 1998 Balkan Champion in the
40-44 age group with a time of 2:09.2 in the 800 m. On the same day,
he ran the 400 m in 55.5 sec as a member of the 4 x 400 m relay team which
set a Greek Masters National Record. Dr. Mourtos has 270 hours of flying experience as a private pilot, in Cessnas 152 and 172. |
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