Faculty

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Milton Adams
Lecturer
Draper Mail Station 3F
(617) 258-3185
adamsm@draper.com

Brent Appleby
Lecturer, Informational and Control Engineering Laboratory
Draper M/S 77
(617) 258-2419
appleby@draper.com

Mauro J. Attalla
Research Affiliate
atallamj@utrc.utc.com

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Hamsa Balakrishnan
Assistant Professor
Room 33-328
(617) 253-6101
hamsa@mit.edu
Administrative assistant: Kathryn Fischer katfisch@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

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Eugene E. Covert
Professor Emeritus
Room 9-335
(617) 253-2604
eecovert@mit.edu
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
Administrative assistant: Kathi Cofield kathi@mit.edu
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Mary (Missy) L. Cummings
Assistant Professor
Room 33-305
(617) 252-1512
missyc@mit.edu
Administrative assistant: Sally Chapman sallyc@mit.edu
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David L. Darmofal
Associate Professor, Associate Department Head
Room 33-207
(617) 258-0743
darmofal@mit.edu
Computational fluid dynamics, numerical analysis, probabilistic aerothermal design, and engineering education
Administrative assistant: Robin Palazzolo robins@mit.edu
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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
Room 33-213
(617) 252-1644
deyst@mit.edu
Avionics and controls, flight guidance, cockpit instrumentation, critical systems, fault tolerance
Administrative assistant: Thea Paneth tpaneth@mit.edu
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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

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 31-261G
(781) 631-1600
ffe@mit.edu
Vibrations in High Speed Rotating Machinery (Rotordynamics), Gas Turbine Engine Design and Development

Alan H. Epstein
Professor
Room 31-265
(617) 253-2485
epstein@mit.edu
Propulsion, Turbomachinery, Engine Controls, Micro Electrical and Mechanical Systems
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Shaoul Ezekiel
Professor Emeritus
Room 26-335
(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
Administrative assistant: Kathryn Fischer katfisch@mit.edu
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Billy Fredriksson
Visiting Professor
Billy.Fredriksson@saab.se

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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 Systems
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Robert Halfman
Professor Emeritus
BobOneHalf@aol.com

Steven R. Hall
Professor
Room 33-313
(617) 253-0869
srhall@mit.edu
Automatic Control, Control of Helicopters, Control of Structures
Administrative assistant: Kathryn Fischer katfisch@mit.edu
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William D. Hall
Lecturer, ICAT
D-LABMS3F
(617) 258-2416

Norman D. Ham
Professor Emeritus
Room 9-335
(617) 253-2423
jambon@mit.edu
Vibration Control in Helicopters through Control of Rotors

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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Sir William Hawthorne
Senior Lecturer
swrh@mitgtl.mit.edu

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
Professor
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: Kathryn Fischer katfisch@mit.edu
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John Hsia
Senior Lecturer
(617) 354-5937
hsia@mit.edu
Turbine engine materials and manufacturing processes

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Karl Uno Ingard
Professor Emeritus
Room 6-108
(617) 253-4815
kuingard@mit.edu

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John Keesee
Senior Lecturer
Room 37-361
(617) 253-4438
jkeesee@mit.edu
Instructor Resource Modules, Space Systems and Space Systems Engineering
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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
Administrative assistant: Mark Prendergast markep@mit.edu
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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: Ed Gazarian eddie@mit.edu
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Robert Liebeck
Professor of the Practice
robert.h.liebeck@boeing.com

Paulo Lozano
Charles Stark Draper Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Room 37-371
(617) 258-0742
plozano@mit.edu
Electric propulsion, rocket propulsion, space mission design
Administrative assistant: Margaret Edwards margaret@mit.edu
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I. Kristina Lundqvist
Visiting Professor
Room 33-318
(617) 452-2550
kristina@mit.edu
Formal methods; hardware-software codesign; aerospace software; lifecycle support of software-enabled mission-critical systems
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Stephen J. Madden Jr.
Lecturer
Room DL 7150
(617) 258-2713
smadden@alum.mit.edu

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
Administrative assistant: Margaret Edwards margaret@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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Eytan Modiano
Associate 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: Sally Chapman sallyc@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: Mark Prendergast markep@mit.edu
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Mats Nordlund
Lecturer, Engineering Systems Division
nod@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
Administrative assistant: Thea Panth tpaneth@mit.edu
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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
Professor
Room 37-451
(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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Theodore H. H. Pian
Professor Emeritus
Room 9-335
(617) 253-2425
thhpian@mit.edu

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Raul Radovitzky
Associate Professor
Room 33-316
(617) 252-1518
rapa@mit.edu
Administrative assistant: Ed Gazarian eddie@mit.edu
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Rudrapatna Ramnath
Senior Lecturer
Room 9-335
(617) 253-0021
rramnath@mit.edu

Nicholas Roy
Assistant 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: Ed Gazarian eddie@mit.edu
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George T. Schmidt
Lecturer
33-207
gtschmidt@alum.mit.edu
Guidance, navigation, control, and dynamics

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: Holly Anderson heabders@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
Room 9-335
(617) 253-7541
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
Professor, Department Head
Room 33-207
(617) 253-0218
iaw@mit.edu
Propulsion, fluid mechanics, combustion, aeroacoustics, environmental effects, microengines
Administrative assistant: Robin Palazzolo robins@mit.edu
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Brian Wardle
Assistant Professor
Room 33-314
(617) 252-1539
wardle@mit.edu
Advanced composite materials and systems; microelectromechanical systems (mems) materials and structures; mems power devices and energy harvesting; nanocomposites; structural health monitoring (shm); active materials modeling and design, fracture, fatigue and damage mechanics; durability modeling/testing; finite-element modeling; structural response and testing; buckling mechanics; project design and management; business strategy and growth; cost modeling
Administrative assistant: Mark Prendergast markep@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: Kathi Cofield kathi@mit.edu
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Karen Willcox
Associate Professor
Room 37-447
(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
(617) 253-1678
williams@mit.edu
pace and aerial robotics, cognitive robotics, automated reasoning and artificial intelligence, automation for operations and design, hybrid control systems
Adminstrative assistant: Ed Gazarian eddie@mit.edu
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Moe Win
Assistant Professor
Room 32-D658
(617) 253-9341
moewin@mit.edu
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Joseph Yamron
Lecturer
Room 33-407
(617) 253-4926
josyam@earthlink.net

Michelle Yeh
Lecturer
Room 33-309

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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