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NACET Mentors: Engineering


Tim Becker

Translational Research
Dr. Tim Becker provides a unique perspective on mentoring small-business startups by utilizing his experiences with product development, intellectual property submissions, startup company funding and acquisition, teaching, and laboratory research. Dr. Becker has 20 years experience in research and...

Matt Kesler

Technology & Product Development, Strategy Planning & Execution
Matt has more than twenty-five years of experience turning new technologies into unique products, and unique products into profitable businesses. Matt’s formal education was in physics and engineering, and he worked in the semiconductor industry with Motorola and Applied Materials;  in electronics...

Bryan Cooperrider

BC Engineering
Engineering Product Design
Bryan is the director of the Design4Practice program at NAU, where he teaches design classes at the freshman through senior level. He is a mechanical engineer/product designer and focuses on ideation and the design process. He has extensive experience in prototyping and manufacturing. He is also senior...

Phil Scandura

System Engineering Basics, System Health Management, System Certification, and Embedded System Design for Safety-Critical / Mission-Critical Applications
Phil has over 25 years of experience in the system definition and implementation of real-time embedded systems, for use in safety-critical and mission-critical applications. Phil has specified, designed, and tested avionics systems for use in commercial, regional, business, and commuter aircraft, as...

Beth Cooperrider

BC Engineering
Engineering mechanics
Beth is a mechanical engineer/product designer that has been helping clients bring their products from prototype to market for 14 years. She has worked with clients to turn ideas into products, refine prototypes, or update existing products. She has also consulted on a wide variety of consumer products,...