Faculty

Hamsa Balakrishnan

Associate Dean, MIT School of Engineering; William E. Leonhard (1940) Professor

Research Areas: Transportation & Exploration; Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making; Systems Design & Engineering

Andreea Bobu

Boeing Career Development Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Areas: Human-System Collaboration; Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making

Kerri Cahoy

Director, Small Satellite Collaborative; Sheila Evans Widnall (1960) Professor

Research Areas: Earth & Space Sciences; Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making

Luca Carlone

Boeing Career Development Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Area: Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making

Zachary Cordero

Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor

Research Area: Vehicle Design & Engineering

Edward F. Crawley

Ford Professor of Engineering, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Post Tenure

Research Areas: Systems Design & Engineering; Earth & Space Sciences

David L. Darmofal

MIT Vice Chancellor for undergraduate and graduate education, Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor

Research Areas: Computational Science & Engineering; Vehicle Design & Engineering

Olivier L. de Weck

Associate Department Head; Apollo Program Professor

Research Areas: Systems Design & Engineering; Transportation & Exploration; Earth & Space Sciences

Mark Drela

Terry J. Kohler Professor; Director, Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel

Research Areas: Computational Science & Engineering; Vehicle Design & Engineering

Eric Evans

Professor of the Practice, AeroAstro and the Security Studies Program

Research Areas: Earth & Space Sciences; Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making

Chuchu Fan

Leonardo Career Development Professor in Engineering

Research Areas: Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making; Human-System Collaboration; Systems Design & Engineering

Masha Folk

Charles Stark Draper Career Development Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Areas: Earth and Space Sciences; Vehicle Design & Engineering; Transportation & Exploration

Edward M. Greitzer

H. N. Slater Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Area: Vehicle Design & Engineering

Carmen Guerra-Garcia

Charles Stark Draper Career Development Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Areas: Vehicle Design & Engineering; Earth & Space Sciences

Steven R. Hall

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Area: Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making

R. John Hansman

T. Wilson (1953) Professor In Aeronautics

Research Area: Transportation & Exploration

Wesley L. Harris

Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Area: Vehicle Design & Engineering

Daniel E. Hastings

Cecil (1923) and Ida Green Professor in Education

Research Areas: Systems Design & Engineering; Vehicle Design & Engineering; Earth & Space Sciences

Jeffrey A. Hoffman

Professor of the Practice of Aerospace Engineering

Research Areas: Transportation & Exploration; Human-System Collaboration

Jonathan P. How

Richard Cockburn Maclaurin Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Area: Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making

Sertac Karaman

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Areas: Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making; Computational Design & Engineering

Nancy Leveson

Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor

Research Areas: Systems Design & Engineering; Human-Systems Collaboration

Robert Liebeck

Professor of the Practice

Research Area: Vehicle Design & Engineering

Richard Linares

Rockwell International Career Development Professor

Research Area: Earth & Space Sciences

Paulo Lozano

Miguel Alemán Velasco Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Areas: Vehicle Design & Engineering; Earth & Space Sciences

Adrián Lozano-Durán

Draper Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Area: Computational Science & Engineering

Youssef M. Marzouk

Breene M. Kerr (1951) Professor

Research Area: Computational Science & Engineering

David Miller

Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor, Post Tenure

Research Area: Systems Design & Engineering

David Mindell

Frances and David Dibner Professor in the History of Engineering and Manufacturing

Research Areas: Human-System Collaboration; Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making; Transportation & Exploration

Eytan H. Modiano

Richard Cockburn Maclaurin Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Area: Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making

Donna Nelson

MLK Visiting Professor, 2024–2025

Dava J. Newman

Director, MIT Media Lab; Apollo Program Professor

Research Areas: Human-System Collaboration; Systems Design & Engineering

Jaime Peraire

H.N. Slater Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Area: Computational Science & Engineering

Lonnie Petersen

Samuel A. Goldblith Career Development Professor of Applied Biology

Research Area: Human-System Collaboration

Raúl Radovitzky

Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor

Research Areas: Computational Science & Engineering; Vehicle Design & Engineering

Nicholas Roy

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Areas: Autonomous Systems & Engineering; Human-System Collaboration

Sara Seager

Class of 1941 Professor of Planetary Science, Joint with Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Research Area: Earth & Space Sciences

Julie Shah

Department Head, H.N. Slater Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Areas: Human-System Collaboration; Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making

Zoltán Spakovszky

T. Wilson (1953) Professor in Aeronautics

Research Areas: Vehicle Design & Engineering; Transportation & Exploration; Earth & Space Sciences

Russell Tedrake

Toyota Professor, Joint with Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research Areas: Computational Science & Engineering; Vehicle Design & Engineering

Daniel Varon

Boeing Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Areas: Earth & Space Sciences; Computational Science & Engineering

Ian A. Waitz

MIT Vice President for Research, Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor

Research Area: Vehicle Design & Engineering

Qiqi Wang

Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Areas: Computational Science & Engineering; Vehicle Design & Engineering

Brian L. Wardle

Apollo Program Professor

Research Area: Vehicle Design & Engineering

Brian C. Williams

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Area: Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making

Moe Z. Win

Robert R. Taylor Professor

Research Area: Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making

Danielle Wood

Benesse Career Development Professor of Research in Education, Joint with MIT Media Lab

Research Area: Systems Design & Engineering