Faculty

Research Areas

  • Structural Engineering
  • Wind Engineering
  • Resilience and Risk Analysis
  • Smart Cities (Infrastructure)
  • Sustainable Infrastructure
  • Robotics and Automation
  • Dynamics and Vibrations
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Dynamic Behavior of Structures
  • Structural Health Monitoring

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Chair of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 2010 - 2013
    • Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 2002 - present
    • Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 1996 - 2002
    • Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 1991 - 1996
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE)
    • International Association of Structural Control and Monitoring (IASCM)
  • Honors & Awards
    • National Young Investigator Award, NSF, 1994
    • Research Award for Foreign Specialists, PWRI, Japan, 1997

Additional Information

  • Research Areas
    • Bioelectronics
    • Biomaterials
    • Biomedical Imaging
    • Drug Delivery
    • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technology
    • Personalized Medicine and Patient-specific Modeling
    • Point-of-Care Diagnostics
    • Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology
    • Wearable Devices

Research Areas

  • Project Delivery Systems
  • Financing Decisions
  • Public-Private Partnerships

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Sr. Lecturer in Discipline, Columbia University, 2010 - present
    • NY|NJ Project Controls Lead, HDR, Inc., 2013 - present
    • Risk Analyst, STV, Inc., 2010 - 2013
    • Principal Structural Engineer, MTA Bridges and Tunnels (TBTA), 1998 - 2010
    • Senior Structural Engineer, Parsons Brinckerhoff, 1992 - 1998
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Honors & Awards
    • Columbia Engineering Alumni Association (CEAA) Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, 2017
  • Education
    • EngScD, Civil Engineering, Columbia University
    • MS and Mastere, Energy Management and Policy, University of Pennsylvania and Institut Francais du Petrole
    • MS, Civil Engineering, Columbia University
    • BS, Civil Engineering, Columbia University

Additional Information

  • Research Areas
    • Building Design and Energy Conservation
    • Human-Centered Design
    • Human-Centered Robotics
    • Real Estate Technology
    • Urban Logistics
    • Design for Behavior Change
  • Professional Experience
    • Professor of Practice, Columbia University, 2019 – present
    • Principal, Invisible Design, 2019 – present
    • CEO, frog, 2015-2018
    • Senior Partner, Prophet, 2013 – 2015
    • CEO Continuum, 2009 – 2013
    • VP of Strategy, Continuum, 1994 – 2009
    • Associate Professor, MIT, 1992 – 1994
    • Assistant Professor, MIT, 1986 - 1992
  • Education
    • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, MIT
    • SM, Technology and Policy, MIT
    • BA, Engineering, Cambridge University
  • Honors and Awards
    • IDSA Design of the Decade - Silver, 2010
      Design Thinking's Contribution to Business – Swiffer
    • IDSA Research - Gold, 2005
      Moen Revolution Showerhead
    • 2003 IDSA Design Explorations - Bronze
      Syracuse Synergy Laboratory
    • IDSA Consumer Products - Gold, 2002
      Master Lock Titanium Series Padlocks
    • ID Magazine Annual Design Review – Design Distinction, 2002
      MasterLock Titanium Series Padlock Line
    • IDSA Design Explorations - Bronze, 2001
      Andersen Windows Research
    • IDSA Transportation - Bronze, 2001
      MasterLock Steering Wheel & Airbag Lock
    • Museum of Modern Art, New York, Permanent Collection, 1997
      Design Continuum, Inc., Master Lock Company Titanium Series Padlock

Research Areas

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Computational Science and Engineering
  • Computational Imaging
  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Scientific Machine Learning
  • Optimal Control
  • Control Theory
  • Real and Complex Analysis
  • Harmonic Analysis
  • Approximation Theory
  • Functional Analysis and Operator Theory
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Computational (Mathematical) Biology
  • Data Science
  • Network Science
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Novel Wave Phenomena in Heterogeneous, Nonlinear, and Random Media
  • Quantum Computing
  • Image Reconstruction

Additional Information

  • Education
    • PhD, Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
    • MS, School of Physics, Peking University
    • BS, Nanjing University

Research Areas

  • Neuroengineering
  • Bioelectronics
  • Bioinstrumentation
  • Biomedical Imaging
  • Medical Devices and Systems
  • Brain-Machine Interfaces
  • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technology
  • Point-of-Care Diagnostics
  • Wearable Devices
  • Analog Devices
  • Communications
  • Computer Architecture
  • Digital Devices
  • Embedded Systems
  • Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Nanoelectronics
  • Photonics
  • Power Systems
  • Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)
  • Sensor Systems
  • Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Wearable Electronics (Technology)

Research Areas

  • Networks and Distributed Systems
  • Edge Computing
  • Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0
  • Networked and Distributed Systems
  • Wireless, Embedded & Sensor Systems
  • Communications
  • Networking
  • Power Systems
  • Smart Electric Energy (Smart Grids)
  • Wireless Communication
  • Networking
  • Internet of Things (IoT)

Additional Information

  • Honors & Awards
    • Knesset (Israeli Parliament) award for distinguished students
    • Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship, 2014-2016
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2010
    • DTRA Young Investigator Award, 2009
    • Fulbright Fellowship, 2004-2005

Research Areas

  • Applied and Theoretical Machine Learning
  • Algorithms & Complexity Theory

Additional Information

  • Honors & Awards
    • Machtey Award for Best Student Paper at FOCS 2019
    • Best Student Paper Award at CCC 2019
    • European Association of TCS Distinguished Dissertation Award, 2019
    • George M. Sprowls Award for outstanding PhD theses in Computer Science at MIT, 2019
  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Computer Science, 2026-
    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2021-2025
    • Michael O. Rabin Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2019-2021

Research Areas

  • Neuroengineering
  • Neuromorphic Computing
  • Computing with Brain Circuits
  • Molecular Architecture and the Functional Logic of the Brain of Model Organisms
  • NeuroInformation Processing Machines

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Co-Director of the Center for Neural Engineering and Computation, 2013-
    • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xbind, Inc., 1998-2001
    • Chair of electrical engineering, Columbia University, 1997-1998
    • Professor of electrical engineering, Columbia University, 1988-
    • Associate professor of electrical engineering, Columbia University, 1984–1988
    • Assistant professor of electrical engineering, Columbia University, 1980–1984
  • Professional Affiliations
    • IEEE
    • Society for Neuroscience
  • Honors & Awards
    • Fellow of the IEEE, 1993
    • IFIP/IEEE Dan Stokesberry Memorial Award for Distinguished Technical Contributions to the Growth of the Field of Network Management, 2003

Research Areas

  • Plasma Physics (Controlled Fusion)
  • Energy Science

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2020-2022
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics
  • Honors & Awards
    • Department of Energy Early Career Research Award, 2023
    • Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, American Physical Society, 2021
    • ARCS Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2019
  • Education
    • PhD, Physics, University of Maryland
    • AB, Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

Research Areas

  • Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment and Mitigation
  • Safety & Reliability
  • Structural Engineering
  • Advanced Materials
  • Resilience and Risk Analysis
  • Sustainable Infrastructure
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Robotics and Automation
  • Computational Mechanics
  • AI for Science

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor (with tenure), Columbia University, 2020-current ​
    • UPS Foundation Visiting Professor, Stanford University, 2022-2023
    • Assistant Professor, Columbia University. 2014-2020
    • Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, 2013-2014
    • Postdoctoral Appointee, Sandia National Laboratories, 2011-2013
    • Visiting Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 2010-2011
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Engineering Mechanics Institute
    • American Society of Civil Engineers
    • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    • International Society of Porous Media
    • Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik
    • American Geophysical Union
    • Sigma Xi the scientific research society
    • California Lambda Chapter, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
    • Golden Key International Honor Society
  • Honors & Awards
    • ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023
    • IACM John Argyris Award, International Association for Computational Mechanics, 2020
    • NSF CAREER award, National Science Foundation, 2019
    • ASCE EMI da Vinci Award, Engineering Mechanics Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018
    • Zienkiewicz Numerical Methods in Engineering Prize, Institution of Civil Engineers, 2017
    • AFOSR Young Investigator Program Award, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 2016
    • Dresden Junior Fellowship, Technische Universität Dresden, 2016
    • ARO Young Investigator Program Award, Army Research Office, 2015
    • Caterpillar Best Paper Prize, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014
  • Education
    • Ph.D., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Northwestern University, 2011
    • M.A., Civil Engineering, Princeton University, 2008
    • M.Sc., Civil Engineering (Geomechanics), Stanford University, 2007
    • B.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2005