Our team

Northeastern University Faculty:

Ozlem Ergun, PI

COE Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Global Resilience Institute

Disciplines:
Collaborative transportation and logistics, public sector operations

David Kaeli, Co-PI

COE Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Program Director, Data Science
Affiliated Faculty, Bioengineering
Affiliated Faculty, Khoury College of Computer Sciences


Disciplines:
Computer arch, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and analytics

Alicia Modestino, Co-PI

Associate Professor, Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Research Director, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy


Disciplines:
Labor economics including changing skill requirements; Health economics including assessment of new medical intervention

Yakov Bart, Core Faculty

Associate Professor, Marketing
Joseph G. Riesman Research Professor, D’Amore-McKim School of Business




Disciplines:
Business/marketing implications of digital tech and social media

Babak Heydari, Core Faculty

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Co-Program Director, Engineering Management  
Affiliated Faculty, School for Public Policy and Urban Affairs  
Affiliated Faculty, Network Science Institute


Disciplines:
Multi-agent systems, network science, comp. social sciences

Saiph Savage, Core Faculty

Assistant Professor, Khoury College of Computer Sciences



Disciplines:
Digital labor platforms, gig work, disinformation

Jennie Stephens, Core Faculty

Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy and Director, School for Public for Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Affiliated Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering 



Disciplines:
Energy system change, climate change, sustainability, resilience

Matthew Eckelman, Core Faculty

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs 



Disciplines:
Lifecycle assessment, energy effic, emissions modeling

Michael Kane, Core Faculty

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering



Disciplines:
Human-in-the-loop control of civil infrastructure

John Basl, Core Faculty

Associate Professor, Philosophy





Disciplines:
Philosophy, Religion, Ethics

Haris Koutsopoulos, Core Faculty

Professor and Associate Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering



Disciplines:
Public transport, urban mobility, travel behavior

Daniel O’Brien, Core Faculty

Associate Professor, Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Associate Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice




Disciplines:
Urban Informatics, policy & practice

Hilary Robinson, Core Faculty

Associate Professor, Law and Sociology




Disciplines:
Tech-law interaction in construction of social order

Ronald Sandler, Core Faculty

Professor, Philosophy
Director, Ethics Institute



Disciplines:
Director Ethics Institute, ethics and emerging tech

Hampton University:

Joyce Shirazi, Co-PI

Dean, School of Engineering and Technology



Disciplines:
Engineering and Technology

Yohannes Bekele, Core Faculty

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering



Disciplines:
Engineering and Computing

University of Houston:

Gino Lim, Co-PI

Professor, Industrial Engineering
Chair of the Department, Industrial Engineering



Disciplines:
Resilience, Energy, Healthcare, Transportation

Yisha Xiang, Core Faculty

Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering


Disciplines:
Data-driven decision-making under uncertainty, Statistical machine learning, Manufacturing system control, Energy, Healthcare

Matthew Hu, Core Faculty

Lecturer; Engineering Management Program Director


Disciplines:
Artificial Intelligence, Robust Engineering/Quality Engineering, Smart Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management

Evaluator:

Russell Faux

Evaluator



Disciplines:
Evaluation Specialist

Program Coordinator:

Amanda Foley

Program Coordinator, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering





Disciplines:
Coordinator Specialist