Faculty Support

Samuel Johnson 🔗

Johnson Samuel’s Research Interests Lie At The Confluence Of Advanced Material Systems And Micro/nano-scale Manufacturing Processes. His Areas Of Work Include: Personalized Bone Surgery Techniques, Graphene-based Lubricants For Micro-machining, 3D Printing Of Hierarchical Fiber-reinforced Soft Composites, Novel 3D Printier For Surgeon Training, Ultrasonically-assisted Micro-machining Processes

Agung Julius 🔗

Professor Julius has sponsored Applications of Robotics: Path Finding Algorithms presentation and hands-on activity to help a pre-college audience understand the importance of mathematical concepts in today's technological world.

Fotios Kopsaftopoulos 🔗

Kopsaftopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) working on novel ideas related to the generic area of intelligent aerospace and mechanical systems.

Kristen Mills 🔗

Mills' research group hopes to resolve the contributions of cell- and tissue-scale mechanics and protein dysregulation in tumor initiation, growth, and metastasis. Their lab consists of an interdisciplinary team of mechanical, manufacturing, materials, and biomedical engineers as well as biophysicists and biologists. Together, they study the mechanical properties of soft biomaterials and tissues, which informs their engineering of in vitro three-dimensional matrix models. In particular, they use the models to investigate cell-matrix interactions and the biomechanics of tumor growth.

Sandipan Mishra 🔗

Sandipan Mishra is the principle investigator of the Intelligent Systems, Automation and Control reearch group. Their research focuses on advanced modeling, identification, and control design for a broad range of applications, including micro/nanoscale additive manufacturing, adaptive optics, smart lighting systems, and intelligent buildings.

Santiago Paternain 🔗

Paternain is an Assistant Professor at the Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Univerisity of Pennsylvania where he also received his Ph.D. in Electrical in Systems Engineering under the supervision of Alejandro Ribeiro. His research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning and the control of dynamic systems.

Jennifer Pazour 🔗

Dr. Jennifer Pazour’s research and teaching interests focus on the development and use of analytical models to guide decision making for supply chain and logistics challenges. Her research has made contributions to military logistics, distribution and transportation systems, healthcare logistics, on-demand supply chains, and peer-to-peer resource sharing systems.