People

We are a network of faculty and professionals who strive to:  

We provide a framework for students to:

Core faculty

Yuhan Ding


Associate Teaching Professor of Applied Mathematics, Program Director of Master of Data Science

Robert Ellis


Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics

Cynthia Hood


Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Associate Chair Computer Science 

Hemanshu Kaul


Associate Professor Applied Mathematics, Co-Director, M.S. in Computational Decision Science and Operations Research (CDSOR)

Carly Kocurek


Professor of Digital Humanities and Media Studies, Director of Graduate Studies

Chun Liu


Professor of Applied Mathematics, Chair Applied Mathematics

Michael
Pelsmajer


Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics

Sonja Petrović


Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics

Gorjana Popović


Associate Teaching Professor, Applied Mathematics 

Hannah Ringler


Assistant Teaching Professor & Director of Communication Across the Curriculum

Despina Stasi


Associate Teaching Professor of Statistics, Applied Mathematics 

María A. Villalobos H.


Associate Professor of Architecture, Coordinator of the third year of the Master on Landscape Architecture and Urbanism

Affiliated faculty

Matthew Bauer


Senior Lecturer of Computer Science

Mustafa Bilgic


Associate Professor of Computer Science, Program Director Master of Artificial Intelligence

Matthew Dixon


Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics

Jacek Dzikowski


Senior Lecturer of Computer Science

Mohamed El Marzouki


Assistant Professor of Communication, Humanities

Elisabeth Hildt

Professor of Philosophy, Director, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions


Ivan Mutis


Assistant Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering

Kai Shu


Assistant Professor of Computer science

Brent Stephens


Professor of Architectural Engineering, Director of ArchEng, Director of Environmental Engineering

Fouad Teymour


S.C. Jonhson Professor of Chemical Engineering, Director of the Center for Complex Systems and Dynamics 

Irmak Turan


Assistant Professor of Architecture

Students 

Fellows work on their proposed solo or team projects, sometimes collaboratively. 

Looking for the list of current and past Fellows? Check this page

Associate Fellows work in collaboration with one of the main projects listed above, offering an interdisciplinary lens critical to expanding the project impact. 

We are always looking to add more people to the team - reach out & connect!

Advisors

Weslynne Ashton


Associate Professor at the Stuart School of Business and the Institute of Design, Illinois Tech

A. Jean-Luc Ayitou


Associate Professor of Chemistry, UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Illinois Tech's Department of Chemistry

Alicia Bunton


Director of Community Affairs, Illinois Tech

Nik Rokkop


Coleman Foundation Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Stuart School of Business; Director, Master of Technological Entrepreneurship, Illinois Tech

Charles Uth


Senior Engineering Librarian, Paul V. Galvin Library, Illinois Tech

Former faculty who helped the program in the early stages

Mar Hicks


Mar was an Associate Professor of History at Illinois Tech until Fall 2023. They were a critical member of SoReMo in the first two years of the program. 

Christopher Rudd


Instructor and Lead, Chicago Design Lab, Institute of Design, Lead Activator, ChiByDesign

Laura Forlano


Laura was an Associate Professor, Institute of Design. She led the application for llinois Tech to join the Public Interest Technology University Network in 2022.  
This could be you! 

Want to join the collaboration? Reach out & connect!