Engineering Experts

Jonathan S. Dordick

Institute Professor, Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biological SciencesRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Applies biological principles to advance bioengineering and biomanufacturing, stem cell engineering, and drug discovery

Elizabeth Taylor

DirectorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Elizabeth Taylor is director of the STEM outreach and K-12 education programs.

Carmel Majidi

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Carmel Majidi’s mission is to discover materials and methods that allow robots and machines to behave like soft biological organisms.

Xi (Charlie) Ren

Associate Professor, Biomedical EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University

Vandana (Ana) Mangal, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Information Systems and Business AnalyticsLoyola Marymount University

Academic Co-Director, MSBA

Reza Azarderakhsh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, I-SENSE Fellow, Founder of PQSecureFlorida Atlantic University

Reza Azarderakhsh's primary research interests are in cryptography and security.

Robert (B.J.) Johnson

Clinical Associate Professor of Computer ScienceLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Marsha Lovett

Teaching Professor and Vice ProvostCarnegie Mellon University

Lovett and team help instructors apply learning science and educational technology to create effective courses (in-person + online).

Paulina Jaramillo

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Paulina Jaramillo is currently involved in research to understand the social, economic and environmental implications of energy consumption.

DeAnna Leitzke, P.E., Ph.D.

Chair, Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management DepartmentMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. DeAnna Leitzke is an expert in higher ed leadership and focuses her work on academic program partnerships and program innovations.