In 2026, MIT granted tenure to 10 faculty members across the School of Engineering. This year's tenured engineers hold appointments in the departments of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and Mechanical Engineering, as well as within the Institute for Medical Engineering and Sciences (IMES). Dean Paula T. Hammond expressed her excitement, stating, "I’m delighted to congratulate the 10 newest tenured faculty members in the School of Engineering. This major career milestone reflects not only their impact and excellence in research, but their deep commitment to education and mentoring the next generation of engineers."
The newly tenured faculty members include:
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Jacob Andreas: Associate professor in EECS, affiliated with the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), focused on natural language processing and AI, aiming to understand the computational foundations of language learning and to build intelligent systems that can learn from human guidance.
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Zachary Cordero: Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics, and associate director of the MIT Gas Turbine Laboratory, researching advanced materials, manufacturing, and structures for frontier aviation and space platforms, particularly in high-temperature systems.
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Christina Delimitrou: KDD Career Development Professor in Communications and Technology, associate professor in EECS, focusing on the intersection of computer architecture and systems, being one of the first to apply machine learning techniques to design and management problems in the cloud.
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Sili Deng: Doherty Career Development Professor in Ocean Utilization and associate professor in Mechanical Engineering, developing scientific machine learning and experimental approaches to understand, predict, and engineer chemically reacting systems for sustainable energy and climate-resilient technologies.
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David Des Marais: Amgen Career Development Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, leading the Des Marais Lab to understand plant-environment interactions using molecular, quantitative, and population genetics tools.
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Carmen Guerra-Garcia: Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics, director of the Aerospace Plasma Group, addressing aviation challenges such as emissions reduction and next-generation aircraft safety through the fundamental science of electrical discharges in flowing gases.
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Laura Lewis: Athinoula A. Martinos Associate Professor in EECS and IMES, working on methods to analyze multi-modal neuroimaging data to measure previously undetectable aspects of brain function.
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Tami Lieberman: Hermann L. F. von Helmholtz Career Development Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and IMES, studying how ecology and evolution shape personalized human microbiome communities and their impact on health.
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Kevin O’Brien: Associate professor in EECS, leading the Quantum Coherent Electronics Group, focusing on developing tools and devices to enhance the measurement of quantum systems, notably superconducting quantum computers.
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Wim van Rees: Associate professor in Mechanical Engineering and Leonardo Career Development Professor, advancing high-order, high-fidelity numerical methods for efficiently simulating fluid flow interactions with moving or deforming bodies.