Aviation Faculty
Department Head
Kurt Barnhart
Department Head
Phone: 785-826-2972
Email: kurtb@k-state.edu
Professional Pilot
Barney King
Professional Pilot Program Lead
Professor
Phone: 785-826-2683
Email: kingb@k-state.edu
Bill Gross
Chief Pilot/Professor
Phone: 785-826-2970
Email: bgross@k-state.edu
Troy Brockway
Associate Professor
Phone 785-826-2699
Email: troyb@k-state.edu
Lowell Hinchee
Instructor
Phone: 785-826-2979
Email: lhinchee@k-state.edu
Hugh Irvin
Instructor
Phone: 785-826-2942
Email: hugh@k-state.edu
Tom Karcz
Assistant Professor
Phone: 785-826-2979
Email: tkarcz @k-state.edu
Eric Shappee
Associate Professor
Phone: 785-826-2630
Email: wjfpmd@k-state.edu
Jimmy Splichal
Associate Professor
Phone: 785-826-2986
Email: splichal@k-state.edu
Aviation Maintenance Management
Andrew Smith
Aviation Maintenance Program Lead
Associate Professor
Phone: 785-826-2682
Email: atsmith@k-state.edu
Evan Beckman
A & P Instructor
Phone: 785-826-2978
Email: ebeckman@k-state.edu
George Hiechel
A & P Instructor
Phone: 785-826-2940
Email: ghiechel@k-state.edu
Charles Sojka
A & P Instructor
Phone: 785-826-2979
Email: cksojka@k-state.edu
Avionics System Management
Raylene Alexander
Assistant Professor
Phone: 785-826-2940
Email: raylene@k-state.edu
Air Traffic Control Management / Airport Management
Kurt Barnhart
Department Head
Phone: 785-826-2972
Email: kurtb@k-state.edu
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Eric Shappee
Associate Professor
Phone: 785-826-2630
Email: wjfpmd@k-state.edu
Richard Brown
UAS Technician
Phone: 785-826-2658
Email: rabrown3@k-state.edu
Kirk Demuth
UAS Research Assistant
Phone: 785-826-7170
Email: demuth@k-state.edu
Nathan Maresch
Research Lab Technologist
Phone: 785-826-2658
Email: mareschn@k-state.edu