Meet Our Faculty

Meet Our Faculty

Across ten academic departments and institutes, MIT’s world-class engineering faculty are pioneers in their fields. They advance knowledge, create transformative technologies, and launch companies that reshape industries and improve lives around the world. As educators, they are deeply committed to inspiring and preparing the next generation of engineering leaders.

Faculty Directories

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Faculty Spotlights

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Luca Carlone

Associate Professor

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  • Title

    Boeing Career Development Professor

  • Department

    Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

  • Lab

    SPARK Lab

  • Research area

    Design of certifiable perception algorithms for high-integrity autonomous systems and the development of algorithms and systems for real-time 3D scene understanding on mobile robotics platforms operating in the real world.

Sili Deng

Associate Professor

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Ellen Roche

Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Associate Department Head for Research

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Zachary Smith

Associate Professor

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