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Faculty

Department Head: Jaime Peraire
Associate Department Head: Karen Willcox

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Hamsa Balakrishnan
Assistant Professor
Room 33-328
(617) 253-6101
hamsa@mit.edu
Administrative assistant: Quentin Alexander qla@mit.edu
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Steven R.H. Barrett
Assistant Professor
Room 33-406
(617) 452-2550
sbarrett@mit.edu
Aviation and ground transportation climate and air quality impacts, geoengineering, low-emissions propulsion, contaminant dispersion
Administrative assistant: Melanie Burliss mburliss@mit.edu
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Richard H. Battin
Senior Lecturer
Room 9-335
(617) 253-7298
rhbattin@mit.edu
Astrodynamics: Guidance, Navigation and Control

Peter Belobaba
Principal Research Scientist
Program Manager - MIT Global Airline Industry Program
Room 33-215
(617) 253-7573
belobaba@mit.edu
Air transportation economics and operations analysis, airline pricing and revenue management, airline and aerospace industry analysis
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Kerri Cahoy
Assistant Professor
Room 37-371
kcahoy@mit.edu
Planetary atmospheres. Exoplanet atmospheres with optical direct imaging instruments (coronagraphs) onboard spacecraft. Solar System planets with spacecraft radio occultation. Earth with GNSS radio occultation.
Administrative assistant: Marilyn Good megood@mit.edu
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Eugene E. Covert
Professor Emeritus
Room 9-335
(617) 253-2604
emcovert@aol.com
Boundary layers; steady and unsteady aerodynamics; aircraft power plant integration; three-dimensional flow; wind tunnel

Jennifer Lynn Craig
Lecturer
33-406
(617) 452-3841
jcraig@mit.edu
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Edward F. Crawley
Professor
Room 33-413
(617) 253-7510
crawley@mit.edu
Systems architecture; spacecraft design; structural dynamics; aeroelasticity; controlled structures
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Mary (Missy) L. Cummings
Associate Professor
Room 33-311
(617) 252-1512
missyc@mit.edu
Administrative assistant: Sally Chapman sallyc@mit.edu
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David L. Darmofal
Professor
Room 37-451
(617) 258-0743
darmofal@mit.edu
Computational fluid dynamics, numerical analysis, probabilistic aerothermal design, and engineering education
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Olivier de Weck
Associate Professor
Room 33-410
(617) 253-0255
deweck@mit.edu
Systems engineering for changeability and commonality, space exploration logistics
Administrative assistant: Julie Finn jmfinn@mit.edu
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John J. Deyst Jr.
Professor Emeritus
Room 9-335
(617) 252-1644
deyst@mit.edu
Avionics and controls, flight guidance, cockpit instrumentation, critical systems, fault tolerance
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Mark Drela
Terry J. Kohler Professor of Fluid Dynamics
Room 37-475
(617) 253-0067
drela@mit.edu
Boundary layers, computational fluid dynamics transonic aerodynamics, low-speed aerodynamics, design methodology
Administrative assistant: Jean Sofranas jeans@mit.edu
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Steven Dubowsky
Professor
Room: 3-469a
(617) 253-214
dubowsky@mit.edu
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John Dugundji
Professor Emeritus
Room 9-335
(617) 253-3758
dugundji@mit.edu
Aeroelasticity, Structural Dynamics, Composite Materials

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Fredric Ehrich
Senior Lecturer
Room 31-261C
(781) 631-1600
ffe@mit.edu
Vibrations in high speed rotating machinery (rotordynamics), gas turbine engine design and development

Alan H. Epstein
Professor Emeritus
Room 31-265
(617) 253-2485
epstein@mit.edu
Propulsion, turbomachinery, engine controls, micro lectrical and mechanical systems
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Shaoul Ezekiel
Professor Emeritus
Room 26-357
(617) 253-3783
sezekiel@mit.edu
Optical gyroscopes; laser clocks; interaction of lasers with matter
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Emilio Frazzoli
Associate Professor
Room 33-332
(617) 253-0305
frazzoli@mit.edu
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Edward M. Greitzer
H.N. Slater Professor
Room 31-266
(617) 253-2128
greitzer@mit.edu
Gas Turbine Engines, Turbomachinery, Silent Aircraft Initiative, Robust Turbine Engine Design, Propulsion, Active Control of Aeromechanical System
Administrative assistant: Robin Courchesne rsato@mit.edu
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Steven R. Hall
Professor
Room 33-313
(617) 253-0869
srhall@mit.edu
Automatic Control, Control of Helicopters, Control of Structures
Administrative assistant: Quentin Alexander qla@mit.edu
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R. John Hansman
Professor
Room 33-303
(617) 253-2271
rjhans@mit.edu
Aviation Safety, Aircraft/Atmospheric Interaction, Cockpit Human Factors and Information Management, Air Traffic Control, Airline Operations, Instrumentation
Administrative assistant: Sally Chapman sallyc@mit.edu
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Daniel E. Hastings
Dean for Undergraduate Education
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems
Room 7 -133
(617) 253-0906
hastings@mit.edu
Plasma Physics, Spacecraft-Environmental Interactions, Power Generation in Space, Space Systems, Space Policy
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Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Professor of the Practice
Room 37-227
617-452-2353
jhoffma1@mit.edu
Space Flight Operations, Extravehicular Activity, Space Systems Architecture
Administrative assistant: Elizabeth Zotos zotos@mit.edu
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Walter M. Hollister
Professor Emeritus
Room 9-335
(617) 253-2264
wmhollis@mit.edu
Air Traffic Control, Aircraft Operations, Cockpit Displays, Flight Guidance, Navigation Systems

Jonathan P. How
Richard Cockburn Maclaurin Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Room 33-326
(617) 253-3267
jhow@mit.edu
Navigation and Control: GPS Sensing for Navigation and Control of Formation Flying Spacecraft; Experimental and Theoretical Robust Control; Activity Coordination and Trajectory Optimization of Multiple UAVs
Administrative assistant: Quentin Alexander qla@mit.edu
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Karl Uno Ingard
Professor Emeritus
Room 6-108
(617) 253-4815
kuingard@mit.edu

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Jack L. Kerrebrock
Professor Emeritus
Room 31-161G
(617) 253-2486
kerbrock@mit.edu
Aircraft Engines, Compressors, Turbine Cooling

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Paul A. Lagace
Professor
Room 33-310
(617) 253-3628
pal@mit.edu
Composite materials, fracture and fatigue (longevity), damage tolerance, manufacturing technology, system engineering, management issues
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Nancy G. Leveson
Professor
Room 33-334
(617) 258-0505
Software engineering, safety of software controlled systems, system engineering, system safety engineering, human computer interaction
Administrative assistant: Sophia Hasenfus shasen@mit.edu
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Robert Liebeck
Professor of the Practice
robert.h.liebeck@boeing.com

Paulo Lozano
H.N. Slater Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Room 37-401
(617) 258-0742
plozano@mit.edu
Electric propulsion, rocket propulsion, space mission design
Administative assistant: Marilyn Good megood@mit.edu
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Winston R. Markey
Professor Emeritus
Room 9-335
(617) 253-2923
wrmarkey@mit.edu
Automatic control systems, automatic geometric measurements

Manuel Martinez-Sanchez
Professor
Room 37-341
(617) 253-5613
mmart@mit.edu
Rocket propulsion, space power, space tethers, dynamics of turbomachinery
Administative assistant: Marilyn Good megood@mit.edu
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Youssef M. Marzouk
Boeing Assistant Professor
Room 33-305
(617) 253-1337
ymarz@mit.edu
Energy conversion and propulsion, reacting flow, uncertainty quantification, data assimilation, statistical inference
Administrative assistant: Sophia Hasenfus shasen@mit.edu
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David Miller
Professor
Room 37-327
(617) 253-3288
millerd@mit.edu
Distributed satellite systems, precision telescope structures, formation flying satellites
Administative assistant: Marilyn Good megood@mit.edu
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David Mindell
Professor
Room E51-185F
(617) 253-0221
mindell@mit.edu
Human-machine interaction, deep ocean robotics, archaeology in the deep ocean, history of aviation and spaceflight, social implications of engineering
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Eytan Modiano
Professor
Room 33-412A
(617) 452-3414
modiano@mit.edu
Communication networks and protocols, satellite and hybrid networks, high-speed networks
Administrative assistant: Julie Finn jmfinn@mit.edu
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Earll M. Murman
Professor Emeritus
murman@mit.edu
Aircraft systems engineering, product development, Lean Six Sigma processes, engineering education

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Dava J. Newman
Professor; Director, Technology and Policy Program
Room 33-307
(617) 258-8799
dnewman@mit.edu
Aerospace biomedical engineering: biomechanics and energetics, control, and dynamics; astronaut adaptation; advanced spacesuit design; human factors; engineering systems and design; space policy
Administrative assistant: Quentin Alexander qla@mit.edu
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Deborah J. Nightingale
Professor of the Practice
Room 33 -312
(617) 253-7339
dnight@mit.edu
Lean enterprise integration, enterprise transformation and architecting, systems sngineering
Administrative assistant: Sally Chapman sallyc@mit.edu
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Amedeo R. Odoni
Professor
Room 33-217
(617) 253-7439
odoni@mit.edu
Airport planning and design, air traffic control, applied probability theory, operations research, transportation systems analysis
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Charles M. Oman
Senior Research Engineer, Senior Lecturer
Room 37-211
(617) 253-7508
cmo@space.mit.edu
Aerospace physiology and human factors, human planetary exploration mission design, cockpit displays and flight simulation, human orientation and navigation in real and virtual environments

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Jaime Peraire
Department Head, Professor
Room 33-207
(617) 253-1981
peraire@mit.edu
Aerodynamics, computational fluid mechanics, numerical analysis, parallel computing
Administrative assistant: Jean Sofronas jeans@mit.edu
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Raul Radovitzky
Associate Professor
Room 33-316
(617) 252-1518
rapa@mit.edu
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Rudrapatna Ramnath
Senior Lecturer
Room 9-335
(617) 253-0021
rramnath@mit.edu

Nicholas Roy
Associate Professor
Room 33-315
(617) 253-2517
nickroy@mit.edu
Mobile robotics, autonomous systems, human-computer interaction, decision-making under uncertainty, machine learning
Administrative assistant: Sophia Hasenfus shasen@mit.edu
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Julie Shah
Boeing Assistant Professor
Room 33-408
julie_a_shah@csail.mit.edu
Autonomous systems, human-robot collaboration, AI planning and scheduling, interactive robotics for aerospace, medical, and manufacturing.
Administrative assistant: Julie Finn jmfinn@mit.edu
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Thomas B. Sheridan
Professor Emeritus
Room 3-435
(617) 253-2228
sheridan@mit.edu
Humans and Automation, Cognitive Engineering, Teleoperation and Virtual Reality

Robert Simpson
Professor Emeritus
Room 9-335
(617) 253-3584
simpson@mit.edu

Zoltan S. Spakovszky
Associate Professor; Director, Gas Turbine Lab
Room 31-265
(617) 253-2196
zolti@mit.edu
Turbomachinery, propulsion systems and control, aeroengine dynamic system modeling, silent aircraft initiative
Administrative assistant: Robin Courchesne rsato@mit.edu
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Leon Trilling
Professor Emeritus
Room E51-093
(617) 253-7481
trilling@mit.edu
Gas Surface Interactions, Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Science, Technology and Society

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Wallace E. VanderVelde
Professor Emeritus
wallyvv@mit.edu
Automatic Control, Estimation, Inertial Systems, Navigation, Fault-Tolerant Systems

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Harold Y. Wachman
Professor Emeritus
Room 9-335
(617) 253-3584
wachman@mit.edu
low density gas behavior, low gravity combustion, ice nucleation

Ian A. Waitz
Dean of the School of Engineering
Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MacVicar Faculty Fellow
Room 1-206
(617) 253-0218
iaw@mit.edu
Propulsion, fluid mechanics, combustion, aeroacoustics, environmental effects, microengines
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QiQi Wang
Assistant Professor
Room 37-447
(617) 253-0921
qiqi@mit.edu
Aerodynamics, control and optimization, uncertainty quantification, numerical analysis
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Brian Wardle
Associate Professor
Room 33-314
(617) 252-1539
wardle@mit.edu
Advanced composites, nano-engineered composites, composite and layered materials; hybrid nanocomposite systems; mems power devices and energy harvesting; structural health monitoring systems; active materials and devices; finite-element modeling; structural response and testing; buckling mechanics
Administrative assistant: Sally Chapman sallyc@mit.edu
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Annalisa Weigel
Assistant Professor
Room 33-404
(617) 253-1207
alweigel@mit.edu
Complex systems architecture and design, space systems, systems engineering, systems-of-systems analysis, air and space policy, finance and markets
Administrative assistant: Julie Finn jmfinn@mit.edu
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Sheila E. Widnall
Institute Professor
Room 33-411
(617) 253-3595
sheila@mit.edu
Fluid dynamics, space and aeronautical systems, acquisition reform, defense aerospace management
Administrative assistant: Julie Finn jmfinn@mit.edu
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Karen Willcox
Associate Department Head, Associate Professor
Room 33-207
(617) 253-3503
kwillcox@mit.edu
Model reduction, multidisciplinary design optimization, environmental and economic impacts of aviation, computational fluid dynamics
Administrative assistant: Jean Sofronas jeans@mit.edu
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Brian Williams
Professor
Room 33-330, 32-276
(617) 253-1678
williams@mit.edu
Space and aerial robotics, cognitive robotics, automated reasoning and artificial intelligence, automation for operations and design, hybrid control systems, robot coordination, energy management
Administrative assistant: Sophia Hasenfus shasen@mit.edu
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Moe Win
Charles Stark Draper Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Room 32-D658
(617) 253-9341
moewin@mit.edu
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Laurence R. Young
Professor
Room 37-219
(617) 253-7759
lry@mit.edu
Human factors, bioastronautics, ski safety
Administrative assistant: Elizabeth Zotos zotos@mit.edu
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