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

Brian Aufderheide, Core Faculty

Chair and Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Disciplines:
Teaching pedagogy

Karen Maxwell, Core Faculty

Chair and Associate Professor, Business Management and Management Information Systems

Disciplines:
Teaching pedagogy; entrepreneurship/design

Travell Travis, Core Faculty

Assistant Dean, School of Business
Assistant Professor, School of Business

Disciplines:
Teaching pedagogy; entrepreneurship/design

University of Houston:

Gino Lim, Co-PI

Professor, Industrial Engineering
Chair of the Department, Industrial Engineering

Disciplines:
Resilience, Energy, Healthcare, Transportation

May Feng, Core Faculty

Professor, Industrial Engineering
Faculty Fellow, Industrial Engineering
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering

Disciplines:
Reliability and advanced manufacturing