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Nikhil Chandra Admal
Assistant Professor
Gaurav Bahl
George B. Grim Professor
Joseph Bentsman
Professor
Craig Bradshaw
Associate Professor; Executive Director, ACRC
M. Quinn Brewster
Hermia G. Soo Professor; Director, M.Eng.ME Program
Clark W. Bullard
Research Professor; Professor Emeritus
Lili Cai
Assistant Professor
Leonardo Chamorro
Professor
Mickey Clemon
he/him/his
Teaching Assistant Professor
C. Ricardo Constante-Amores
he/him/his
Assistant Professor
Geir Dullerud
he/him/his
W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor; Willett Faculty Scholar
Elif Ertekin
she/her/hers
Associate Professor; Andersen Faculty Scholar; Associate Head for Graduate Programs and Research; Director of Mechanics Programs
Randy H. Ewoldt
he/him/his
Alexander Rankin Professor
Nazanin Farjam
she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
Jie Feng
Assistant Professor
Placid Ferreira
Tungchao Julia Lu Professor
Paul Fischer
Professor
Mattia Gazzola
Associate Professor; Charles Conrad Kritzer Faculty Scholar
Nick G. Glumac
Shao Lee Soo Professor; Cannon Faculty Scholar
Tom Golecki
Teaching Assistant Professor
Robert B. Haber
Research Professor; Professor Emeritus
Varda Hagh
they/them/theirs
Assistant Professor
Kellie Halloran
Teaching Assistant Professor
Bumsoo Han
he/him/his
Professor
Jiajun He
Teaching Assistant Professor
Sascha Hilgenfeldt
Professor; Willett Faculty Scholar
Naira Hovakimyan
she/her/hers
W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor; University Scholar; Schaller Faculty Scholar
Elizabeth T. Hsiao-Wecksler
Grayce Wicall Gauthier Professor
Shelby Hutchens
Associate Professor
Anthony Jacobi
he/him/his
Department Head, Richard W. Kritzer Distinguished Professor
Iwona M. Jasiuk
Professor; Richard W. Kritzer Faculty Scholar
Blake Everett Johnson
Teaching Associate Professor; Director, Undergraduate Instructional Laboratories
Harley T. Johnson
Founder Professor; Acting Director of Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park
Gabriel Juarez
Assistant Professor
Mariana E. Kersh
she/her/hers
Associate Professor
Bill King
Ralph A. Andersen Endowed Chair; Faculty at Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Seid Koric
Research Professor; Technical Associate Director, NCSA
Herman Krier
Research Professor; Professor Emeritus
Peter Kurath
Research Professor; Professor Emeritus
Tonghun Lee
Bei Tse Chao and May Chao Professor
Callan Luetkemeyer
she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
Moshe Matalon
he/him/his
Caterpillar Distinguished Professor
Kathryn Matlack
Associate Professor; Richard W. Kritzer Faculty Scholar
Prashant Mehta
Professor
Brian S. Mercer
he/him/his
Lecturer
Nenad Miljkovic
Founder Professor; Director, ACRC
Martin Ostoja-Starzewski
Professor
Arne J. Pearlstein
Professor
Michael L. Philpott
Lecturer; Associate Professor Emeritus
Joao Ramos
Assistant Professor
M Taher A. Saif
Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor
Srinivasa M. Salapaka
Professor
Huseyin Sehitoglu
Professor; John, Alice and Sarah Nyquist Chair
Sanjiv Sinha
Professor; Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs
Kyle Smith
Associate Professor
Darrell F. Socie
Lecturer; Professor Emeritus
Petros Sofronis
James W. Bayne Professor
Kelly Stephani
Associate Professor; Kritzer Faculty Fellow
Donald Scott Stewart
Research Professor; Shao Lee Soo Professor Emeritus
Ke Tang
Teaching Assistant Professor
Sameh Tawfick
Professor; Ralph A. Andersen Faculty Scholar
Brian G. Thomas
Research Professor; C. J. Gauthier Professor Emeritus
Charles L. Tucker, III
Research Professor; Alexander D. Rankin Professor Emeritus
Alex Vakakis
he/him/his
Donald Biggar Willett Professor
Arend van der Zande
Associate Professor
Surya Pratap Vanka
Professor Emeritus
Amy Wagoner Johnson
Professor; Andersen Faculty Scholar
Kevin E. Wandke
Teaching Assistant Professor
Sophie Wang
Research Associate Professor
Matthew West
Professor; William H. Severns Faculty Scholar
Janelle Wharry
she/her/hers
Professor
Kevin Andrew Wise
Adjunct Lecturer
Siyi Xu
Assistant Professor
Justin Yim
he/him/his
Assistant Professor
L. Winston Zhang
he/him/his
Adjunct Lecturer

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