University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Applied Research Institute

Our People

Leadership

Jennifer Bernhard
Director of Applied Research Institute
Magdi Naim Azer
Associate Director for Manufacturing Science
Jess Dalhaus
Assistant Director for Research
Heather Rose Filippini
Principal Research Scientist
Paul W. Francisco
Associate Director for Building Science
Nicole Johnson
Managing Director
Ann-Perry Witmer
Senior Research Scientist

Our People

Fitsum Abebe
Online Instructional Designer
Mohamed Aboukhatwa
Senior Research Scientist
Pamela Bedient
Office Administrator
Eliezer Colina Morles
Senior Research Engineer
Gary E. Duden
Weatherization Technician & Trainer
David Ehrhardt
Senior Research Engineer
Omar Mohamed Elabd
Senior Software Engineer
Maryam Eslami
Staff Research Scientist
James Fallaw
Senior Software Engineer
Kiel Gilleade
Research Engineer
Mike Hunter
Weatherization Technician & Trainer
VaShawn Johnson
Weatherization Technician & Trainer
Daniel Vincent Krogstad
Senior Research Scientist
Ana Lucic
Staff Research Scientist
Zachary Mahler Merrin
Senior Research Engineer
Ngoc Nguyen
Staff Research Scientist
Michal Ondrejcek
Senior Software Engineer
Mary Pietrowicz
Senior Research Scientist
Nathaniel A. Price
Senior Weatherization Technician & Trainer
William B. Rose
Senior Research Architect
Chaitanya Shiromany
Staff Software Engineer
Lori Ann Shupe
Manager for Education Research and Training
Yigang Sun
Senior Research Scientist
Alexandra Timmons
Staff Research Engineer
John Wolff
Senior Software Engineer