Faculty Stories

Tracy Brandenburg and Sirietta Simoncini Senior Lecturers in Systems Engineering, Breaking rules to see things differently 

Lance Collins Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering, Breaking rules to see things differently

Craig Fennie Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics, Breaking rules to advance engineering science   

Julius Lucks Professor of Chemical Engineering, Breaking rules to advance engineering science

Darrell Schlom Chair of Materials Science and Engineering Dept., Breaking rules to rethink research hypotheses 

David Schneider Lecturer in Systems Engineering, Breaking rules to apply theories to immediate problems

Robert Shepherd Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Breaking rules to push the limits of imagination

Julie Nucci Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Breaking rules to improve K-12 education

Ulrich (Uli) Wiesner Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Breaking rules to fight cancer

Michael King Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Breaking rules to fight cancer in new ways

Ankur Singh Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Breaking rules to engineer the human immune system

Bruce Land Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,  Breaking rules to help students make great things happen

Katie Keranen Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Breaking rules to inject science into policy debates

Christopher Batten Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sweating the details to make it right

Damian Helbling Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,  Changing the way we look at water

Greg McLaskey Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,  Breaking rules (and rocks) to understand earthquakes

David Hysell Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,  Unraveling the mysteries of the ionosphere

Patrick Reed Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Systems Engineering,  Questioning the status quo to explore new ideas

Matthew Pritchard Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,  Seeing the Earth differently to improve volcano forecasting

Toby Ault Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,  Testing climate models to make them better

Linda Nozick Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,   Using math to explain the unexplainable

Tobias Hanrath Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,  Breaking down boundaries between academics and industry

Ricardo Daziano Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,  Breaking rules to expand the field of civil engineering

Ruth Richardson Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Befriending microbes to make a cleaner environment 

Sara C. Pryor Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,   Using data to create actionable climate projections

John Thompson Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,  Breaking rules to bring people together in the 'radical middle' 

Matt DeLisa Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,  Breaking rules to revolutionize vaccine production

Jan Lammerding Professor of Biomedical Engineering,  Breaking rules to collaborate across disciplines and fight disease

Nozomi Nishimura Professor of Biomedical Engineering,   Inventing new ways to see inside living tissue

Chris Xu Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics,  Shattering expectations to learn about the brain

Roseanna N. Zia Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,  Breaking new ground to explain the behavior of complex fluids

Lena Kourkoutis Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics,  Breaking rules to see below (and at) the surface

Jonathan Butcher Professor of Biomedical Engineering,  Understanding the heart's microenvironment to engineer healthy cardiovascular tissue

Claudia Fischbach Professor of Biomedical Engineering,  Breaking down barriers to learn more about cancer

Gregory Fuchs Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics,  Controlling electrons in a whole new way

Shane Henderson Professor of Operations Research and Information Engineering,  Using math to improve life

Frank Wise Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics,   Following his curiosity and improving medical technology

Joel Brock Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics,  Director of CHESS,  Using x-rays to understand the world

Jack Muckstadt Professor of Operations Research and Information Engineering,   Breaking rules to solve problems

Peter Frazier Professor of Operations Research and Information Engineering,  Creating models to help people make better choices

Andreea Minca Professor of Operations Research and Information Engineering,  Asking questions to manage risk

David Shmoys Professor of Operations Research and Information Engineering,   Embracing complexity to solve difficult problems

Daniel Selva Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,  Combining humans and computers to make better systems

Peter Diamessis Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,   Breaking rules to see deeper

Abe Stroock Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,   Using plants to learn more about water and human tissue engineering

Christopher Kemper Ober Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,   Creating new materials to make a better future

Rick Johnson Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Breaking rules to create a new field of study

Susan Daniel Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Breaking rules to see things more clearly

Jose Martinez Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,  Breaking rules to reimagine computer architecture

Chris Alabi Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,   Breaking rules to improve drug discovery and delivery

Joe Skovira Senior Lecturer in Electrical and Computer Engineering,  Embedding systems to make things work better

Christoph Studer Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,  Doing things differently to improve wireless communications

Paulette Clancy Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,  Taking risks and solving real-world problems

Lynden Archer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,  Challenging conventional thought to make better batteries

Matthew Paszek Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,  Breaking rules to learn more about cancer cells

Terry Jordan Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,  Breaking barriers to learn more about shale

Natalie Mahowald  Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences    Breaking new ground to model the atmosphere

Susan Riha Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences  Modeling plant-soil-atmosphere interactions to solve global problems

Geoff Abers Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,   Seeing the invisible to better understand volcanoes and earthquakes

Matthew Reid Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,   Engineering ecosystems to protect water quality

John Albertson Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,   Building a bridge from raw data to decision makers

David Kammer Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,   Taking a closer look at friction

Samitha Samaranayake Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,   Using data to create transportation solutions

Rowena Lohman Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,   Developing new ways to see under the surface

Frances Vanek Senior Lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering,   Returning home, to focus on sustainability

Iwijn de Vlaminck Professor of Biomedical Engineering,   Breaking rules to create new diagnostic tools

Guillaume Lambert Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics,   Pushing boundaries to better understand complex bacterial behaviors

Steven Adie Professor of Biomedical Engineering,  Breaking rules to create unique imaging capabilities

Ilana Brito Professor of Biomedical Engineering,   Breaking rules to help create a new field

Fengqi You Professor of Systems Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,   Breaking rules to solve complex problems

Craig Fennie Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics,  Asking new questions to learn more about superconductors

Jeffrey Moses Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics,  Breaking rules to slow down time