PeopleCore Faculty
Brenna Argall
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Research Areas: Robotics and Autonomy, Biosystems and Health, AI and Design
Oluwaseyi Balogun
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Micro/Nanoengineering, Biosystems and Health, Energy and Sustainability
Jian Cao
Associate Vice President for Research
Cardiss Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) Civil and Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, and Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation (NIMSI)
Research Areas: Advanced Manufacturing, Computational Engineering, AI and Design, Robotics and Autonomy
Wei Chen
Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Wilson-Cook Professor in Engineering Design
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and Materials Science and Engineering (by courtesy)
Research Areas: AI and Design, Computational Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing, Micro/Nanoengineering
J. Edward Colgate
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, NSF Engineering Research Center on Human AugmentatioN via Dexterity (HAND)
Research Areas: Robotics and Autonomy, AI and Design, Advanced Manufacturing
Gianluca Cusatis
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and (by courtesy) Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Computational Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing, Energy and Sustainability
Jennifer Dunn
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and (by courtesy) Mechanical Engineering
Director, Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience
Associate Director, Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering
Kornel Ehmann
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Advanced Manufacturing, AI and Design, Micro/Nanoengineering
Horacio Espinosa
James N. and Nancy J. Farley Professor in Manufacturing & Entrepreneurship
Director, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Program
Director of the Institute for Cellular Engineering Technologies
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) Biomedical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Areas: Micro/Nanoengineering, Biosystems and Health, AI and Design, Computational Engineering
Steven Gard
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy)
Research Areas: Biosystems and Health; Prosthesis/orthosis design and evaluation; Gait biomechanics
Elizabeth Gerber
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) Computer Science
Professor of Communication Studies
Co-Director, Center for Human Computer Interaction + Design
Research Areas: AI and Design
Sandip Ghosal
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Research Areas: Micro/Nanoengineering, Computational Engineering, Energy and Sustainability
Ping Guo
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Advanced Manufacturing, Micro/Nanoengineering, Robotics and Autonomy
Mitra Hartmann
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy)
Research Areas: Robotics and Autonomy, Biosystems and Health, AI and Design
Yonggang Huang
Jan and Marcia Achenbach Professorship in Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and (by courtesy) Materials Science and Engineering
Research Areas: Computational Engineering, Biosystems and Health, Micro/Nanoengineering
Sinan Keten
Jerome B. Cohen Professor of Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering and (by courtesy) Biomedical Engineering
Associate Chair of Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Computational Engineering, Micro/Nanoengineering, AI and Design, Biosystems and Health
Junsoo Kim
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Sam Kriegman
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Sridhar Krishnaswamy
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director of Center for Smart Structures and Materials
Research Areas: Micro/Nanoengineering, Advanced Manufacturing, AI and Design, Computational Engineering
Manohar Kulkarni
Clinical Full Professor and Assistant Chairperson of Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate Program Chair; MS and BS/MS Program Director
Research Areas: Energy Optimal Control of Thermal Systems; Thermal Systems Design and Analyses; Energy Management; Energy and Sustainability
Seth Lichter
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Micro/Nanoengineering, Energy and Sustainability, Computational Engineering
Wing Liu
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Civil and Environmental Engineering and (by courtesy) Materials Science and Engineering
Research Areas: Computational Engineering, AI and Design, Advanced Manufacturing
Richard Lueptow
Professor of Mechanical Engineering (and by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering
Senior Associate Dean
Research Areas: Energy and Sustainability, Micro/Nanoengineering
Kevin Lynch
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Center for Robotics and Biosystems
Research Areas: Robotics and Autonomy, Biosystems and Health, AI and Design, Advanced Manufacturing
Malcolm MacIver
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Robotics and Autonomy, Biosystems and Health, AI and Design
Matthew J. Major
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Biomedical Engineering
and (by courtesy) Mechanical Engineering
Director of the Masters in Prosthetics and Orthotics Research Program
Todd Murphey
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director of the Master of Science in Robotics Program
Director of Transformative Research
Research Areas: Robotics and Autonomy, Biosystems and Health, AI and Design
Julio Ottino
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and (by courtesy) Mechanical Engineering
Distinguished Robert R. McCormick Institute Professor
Professor of Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management
Research Areas: Computational Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing, AI and Design, Energy and Sustainability
K.-C. Kenneth Park
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Neelesh Patankar
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Director, NAISE
Michael Peshkin
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Allen K. and Johnnie Cordell Breed Senior Professor in Design
Research Areas: Robotics and Autonomy, AI and Design, Biosystems and Health
John Rogers
Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery (and by courtesy Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry and Dermatology)
Director, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics
Research Areas: Biosystems and Health, Micro/Nanoengineering, Advanced Manufacturing, Robotics and Autonomy
Michael Rubenstein
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Robotics and Autonomy, AI and Design, Advanced Manufacturing, Micro/Nanoengineering
John Rudnicki
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Energy and Sustainability, Computational Engineering
Cheng Sun
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Advanced Manufacturing, Micro/Nanoengineering, Biosystems and Health, AI and Design
Tao Sun
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Advanced Manufacturing, AI and Design, Micro/Nanoengineering,Computational Engineering
Ryan Truby
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
June and Donald Brewer Junior Professor
Research Areas: Robotics and Autonomy, Advanced Manufacturing, AI and Design, Biosystems and Health
Petia Vlahovska
Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics and (by courtesy) Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Micro/Nanoengineering, Biosystems and Health, Robotics and Autonomy, Advanced Manufacturing
Gregory Wagner
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director of Graduate Studies for Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas: Computational Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing, Biosystems and Health
Q. Jane Wang
Joseph Cummings Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Executive Director, Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology
Research Areas: Energy and Sustainability, Computational Engineering, Micro/Nanoengineering, AI and Design