Dr. Andy Pfahnl has taught various classes and labs as an adjunct instructor for the University of St. Thomas School of Engineering since 2009. Undergraduate level: CAD Lab, Heat Transfer Lecture, Fluids Lab, and most recently Mechanics Lab. Graduate level: Convective Heat and Mass Transfer Lecture.He will be looking at teaching an Aviation and Aeronautics class in the future.
Dr. Pfahnl has over 20 years of experience in commercializing technologies and leading business operations starting in semiconductor test, then electronics components for the telecom/networking industry, and the last nine years in the medical device industry. He has held executive and leadership positions at Devicix/Nortech, Amphenol and Teradyne. Prior to moving to Minnesota he was an adjunct faculty at the University of Massachusetts . He in entrepreneur and has founded several startup ventures.