Faculty and Staff
Who We Are
The MECPS program is offered through UCI’s Center for Embedded and Cyber-physical Systems (CECS), which is an organized research unit at the University of California, Irvine. CECS faculty members come from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
Core Faculty
Mohammad Al Faruque, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Karlsruhe, 2009
Computer Science and Engineering
ECPS 202: Cyber-Physical Systems Design
Associate Professor
University of California, Los Angeles, 2003
Computer Science
ECPS 204: Embedded System Software
Professor Emeritus
University of Washington, 1998
Computer Science and Engineering
ECPS 205: Sensors, Actuators and Sensor Networks
Nikil Dutt, Ph.D.
Chancellor’s Professor
University of Illinois, 1989
Computer Science and Engineering
ECPS 202: Cyber-Physical Systems Design
Ahmed Eltawil, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Los Angeles, 2003
Integrated Circuits & Systems
ECPS 205: Sensors, Actuators and Sensor Networks
Daniel D. Gajski, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
University of Pennsylvania, 1974
Computer and Information Science
ECPS 203: Embedded System Modeling and Design
Professor
University of California, San Diego, 1997
Computer Science
ECPS 207: Security & Privacy in CPS
Faryar Jabbari, Ph.D.
Professor
University of California, Los Angeles, 1986
Mechanical Engineering
ECPS 208: Control Systems for Cyber Physical Systems
Fadi Kurdahi, Ph.D.
Director of MECPS
Professor
University of Southern California, 1987
Computer Engineering
ECPS 209: Cyber Physical Systems Case Studies
Kwei-Jay Lin, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
University of Maryland, 1985
Computer Science
ECPS 206: Real-time & Distributed Systems
Professor
Yale, 1984
Information & Computer Science
ECPS 204: Embedded System Software
Chancellor’s Professor
University of Southern California, 1991
Computer Science
ECPS 207: Security & Privacy in CPS
Affiliate Faculty
Professor
University of Cincinnati, 1997
Computer Science
ECPS 207: Security & Privacy in CPS
Professor
MIT, 2006
Computer Science and Engineering
ECPS 204: Embedded System Software
Professor
Stanford, 1985
Computer and Information Science
ECPS 209: Cyber Physical Systems Case Studies
Zak M. Kassas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The University of Texas, Austin, 2014
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECPS 209: Cyber-physical Systems Case Studies
Amir M. Rahmani, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Turku, Finland, 2012
Embedded Computer and Electronic Systems
ECPS 209: Cyber-physical Systems Case Studies
Haithem Taha, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Virginia Tech, 2013
Computer Science
ECPS 208: Control Systems for Cyber Physical Systems
Industry Advisory Board
Judit Giró Benet
Co-Founder and CEO
The Blue Box
Shaoshan Liu
Co-Founder and Chairman
PerceptIn
Rosario Cammarota
Principal Engineer
Intel Labs
Camille Rizko
Founder and CEO
Doremi Labs
Dave Garrett
Co-Founder, CTO
Fabric Cryptography
Nabil Wasily
Co-Founder and CEO
ThirdWayv, Inc.
Mia Fuji
Academic Enablement
Siemens Digital Industries Software
Pooria Yaghini
Engineer and Educator
SpaceX
Staff
Fadi Kurdahi, PhD
Faculty Director
kurdahi@uci.edu
(949) 824-8104
Halle Gonzales
Program Coordinator
halleg@uci.edu
(949) 824-9127
Rainer Doemer, PhD
Graduate Advisor
doemer@uci.edu
(949) 824-9007
Debbie Lewis
Career Counselor
debbie.lewis@uci.edu
(949) 824-1904
Amy Pham
MECPS Program Director
amy.pham@uci.edu
(949) 824-6156
Starr Ngo
Student Assistant
sgngo@uci.edu
Grace Wu
Administrator
gracewu@uci.edu
(949) 824-8919
Helena Sun
Student Assistant
gracewu@uci.edu
(949) 824-8919