David M. Auslander Dept of Mechanical Engineering control systems, simulation, mechatronics, real time software, energy management, satellite attitude control, demand response, machine control
Masayoshi Tomizuka Dept of Mechanical Engineering robotics, mechatronics, control systems theory, digital control, dynamic systems, mechanical vibrations, adaptive and optimal control, motion control
Ali Mesbah Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering model predictive control, learning-based control, low-temperature plasma processing, machine learning and control for plasmas, semiconductor manufacturing
Francesco Borrelli Dept of Mechanical Engineering automotive control systems, distributed and robust constrained control, manufacturing control systems, energy efficient buildings, model predictive control
Homayoon Kazerooni Dept of Mechanical Engineering robotics, bioengineering, design, control systems, mechatronics, human-machine systems, exoskeleton systems
Roberto Horowitz Dept of Mechanical Engineering adaptive control, machine learning, learning and nonlinear control, control of robot manipulators, computer mechatronics systems, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), intelligent vehicle, highways systems
Grace Gu Dept of Mechanical Engineering Composites, additive manufacturing, in-situ monitoring and process control, artificial intelligence and machine learning, bioinspired materials
Liwei Lin Dept of Mechanical Engineering nanotechnology, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems), design and manufacturing of microsensors, microactuators, development of micromachining processes, silicon surface/bulk micromachining, micromolding process
Tarek Zohdi Dept of Mechanical Engineering advanced manufacturing, 3D printing systems, fire propagation and control, UAVs and swarms, ballistic fabric shielding, food-system modeling, pandemic modeling
Carl Boettiger Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management theoretical ecology, stochastic processes, optimal control, decision theory, ecoinformatics, data science, tipping points
Kameshwar Poolla Dept of Mechanical Engineering Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) modeling, control, estimation, smart grids, renewable energy, electricity markets, transportation networks, integrated circuit design and manufacturing
Hayden Taylor Dept of Mechanical Engineering manufacturing, microfabrication, nanofabrication, semiconductor manufacturing, computational mechanics, nanoimprint lithography
Koushik Sen Division of Computer Science (EECS) computer science, programming systems, software engineering, programming languages, computational logic, software testing, verification, model checking, runtime monitoring, performance evaluation
Richard Ivry Dept of Neuroscience Dept of Psychology cognitive neuroscience, behavior, cognition, brain, attention, coordination, psychology, motor and perceptual processes in normal and neurologically impaired populations, temporal processing, executive control
Armando Fox Division of Computer Science (EECS) online education, MOOC, blended learning, parallel programming, software engineering, Web development
Robert L. Taylor Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering computational mechanics, mechanics of solids, finite element methods, finite element software
Thomas M. Devine Dept of Materials Science and Engineering corrosion resistance of materials, additive manufacturing of metals
Slawomir W. Hermanowicz Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering water quality management, biofilms, membrane processes, water reuse, biological processes for water quality, physical sustainability
Maria Paz Gutierrez Dept of Architecture natural waste composites and additive manufacturing, flood resilience, multifunctional building systems, biologically inspired technologies, robotics and additive manufacturing
Claudio Hail Dept of Mechanical Engineering nanophotonics, nanoengineered optical materials, micro/nano manufacturing
Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng Dept of Materials Science and Engineering additive manufacturing, metamaterials, robotics, antenna, artificial intelligence
Jiyun Kang Dept of Materials Science and Engineering physical metallurgy, manufacturing, autonomous metal processing, correlative microscopy
Maria Laura Delle Monache Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering control, transportation, traffic flow theory and control, nonlinear partial differential equations, mathematical modeling, mixed autonomy transportation
Edward A. Lee Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) Cyber-Physical Systems, embedded software, modeling and design of systems, real-time and concurrent system, theory of current systems
James Pitman Dept of Statistics fragmentation, statistics, mathematics, Brownian motion, distribution theory, path transformations, stochastic processes, local time, excursions, random trees, random partitions, processes of coalescence