Hamsa Balakrishnan

She/Hers
Associate Dean, MIT School of Engineering
William E. Leonhard (1940) Professor
Director, DiNaMo

Contact Info

Office Phone

617.253.6101

Email

hamsa@mit.edu

Office

33-307

Administrative Assistant

Neza Sheikh
neza12@mit.edu
617.258.6369

Financial Contact

Quentin Alexander
qla@mit.edu
617.253.6270
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Affiliated Labs

Interested in control and optimization algorithms; air traffic management; networked systems; and transportation.

Specialization and Research Interests

  • Air Traffic Control
  • Traffic Flow Management
  • Airport Operations Scheduling
  • Hybrid Systems
  • Transportation Infrastructure

Teaching Interests

Air Transportation Operations Research (16.763); Unified Engineering Signals and Systems (16.002)

Academic Degrees

B.Tech., 2000, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (India) M.S., 2002, Stanford University Ph.D., 2006, Stanford University

Positions held at MIT

Assistant Professor, January 2007-2012; Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2012-2019; Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2019-present; Associate Department Head, July 2018-June 2021

Positions held outside MIT

NASA Ames Research Center (UC Santa Cruz): Principal Development Engineer, Terminal Area ATM Research Branch (April-December 2006)

Awards & Honors

  • Vickie Kerrebrock Award, MIT AeroAstro, 2021
  • Undergraduate Teaching Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2019
  • Donald P. Eckman Award | American Automatic Control Council, 2014
  • AIAA Undergraduate Advising Award, MIT, 2014
  • Associate Fellow, AIAA, 2013