Meet Our Team

The Institute for Hierarchical Manufacturing brings together teams of experts in their respective fields from across the University of Massachusetts community to solve critical and complex problems for our program sponsors.

James Watkins

Professor – Polymer Science and Engineering & IHM Director

Amir Arbabi

Associate Professor – Electrical and Computer Engineering

Wayne Burleson

Professor – Electrical and Computer Engineering

Michael Busa

Director – Center for Human Health & Performance

Wen Chen

Associate Professor – Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Al Crosby

Professor & Department Head- Polymer Science and Engineering

Ina Fiterau

Assistant Professor – Information and Computer Sciences

Dennis Goeckel

Professor – Electrical and Computer Engineering

Peter Haas

Professor – Information and Computer Sciences

David Jensen

Professor – Information and Computer Sciences

Jae-Hwang Lee

Associate Professor – Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Beatriz Lorenzo

Assistant Professor – Electrical and Computer Engineering

Do-Hoon Kwon

Professor – Electrical and Computer Engineering

Josh Liddy

Research Assistant Professor – Kinesiology

Stephen Nonnenmann

Associate Professor – Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Uzodinma Okoroanyanwu

Research Associate Professor- Polymer Science and Engineering

Jonathan Rothstein

Professor – Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Jessica Schiffman

Professor – Chemical Engineering

David Schmidt

Professor – Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Gregory Tew

Professor – Polymer Science and Engineering

Richard Van Emmerik

Director – Motor Control Laboratory

David Waldman

Director – CUMIRP

Qiangfei Xia

Professor – Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yair Zick

Assistant Professor – Information and Computer Sciences

Shlomo Zilberstein

Professor – Information and Computer Sciences

Michael Zink

Professor – Electrical and Computer Engineering

Prior Research Partners

Faculty/Senior PersonnelDepartmentCollege
Christos DimitrakopoulosChemical EngineeringCollege of Engineering
Ian GrosseMechanical and Industrial EngineeringCollege of Engineering
Robert HyersMechanical and Industrial EngineeringCollege of Engineering
Peter BeltramoChemical EngineeringCollege of Engineering
Kevin KittilstvedChemistryCollege of Natural Sciences
Xian DuMechanical and Industrial EngineeringCollege of Engineering
Laura BradleyPolymer Science & EngineeringCollege of Natural Sciences
Thomas McCarthyPolymer Science & EngineeringCollege of Natural Sciences