John Allison’s primary research focuses on understanding the interrelationships between processing, alloying, microstructure, and properties in metallic materials. He aims to incorporate this knowledge into computational tools that can be used in research, education, and engineering. John Allison is the William F. Hosford Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Mark S. Daskin, Clyde W. Johnson Professor Emeritus in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, is surrounded in his office by the books he has authored. Daskin’s research focuses on supply chain network design, with a particular emphasis on facility location models. He is currently studying reliability in supply chain design, as well as sustainability issues related to supply chains. Additionally, Daskin is exploring problems in health care operations research, with a focus on transplantation issues and the assignment of residents and interns to patients.

Pallab Bhattacharya inspects his advanced lab equipment. His teaching and research interests lie in the areas of compound semiconductors, low-dimensional quantum confined systems, nanophotonics, spintronics, and optoelectronic integrated circuits. He is currently focused on high-speed quantum dot lasers, nitride-based visible quantum dot lasers and LEDs, nanowire heterostructures, cavity quantum electrodynamics, and polariton lasers. Pallab Bhattacharya is the Charles M. Vest Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as the James R. Mellor Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan.

Ellen Marie Arruda is renowned for her research on the mechanical properties of polymers and tissue engineering. Her work has led to applications such as the design of advanced football helmets, artificial tooth enamel capable of withstanding high-shock and high-vibration environments, and nanolayered composite materials that are lightweight, as strong as steel, and transparent. She is the Maria Comninou Collegiate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Tim Manganello/BorgWarner Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan.

Kamal Sarabandi holds radar calibration targets in the anechoic chamber of his lab. These targets have known radar cross-section values. The anechoic chamber is used to characterize antennas and measure the radar cross-section of various targets. It is designed to simulate a free-space environment, where signals radiated from sources within are absorbed by the foam materials lining the walls. Kamal Sarabandi (Persian: کمال سرابندی) is an Iranian-American scientist and the Fawwaz T. Ulaby Distinguished University Professor of EECS, as well as the Rufus S. Teesdale Endowed Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan.

Daniel E. Atkins is the Emeritus W.K. Kellogg Professor of Information and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. The first phase of his career focused on computer architecture, including high-speed arithmetic methods now widely used in modern computers, as well as the design and construction of application-specific experimental machines. In the second phase of his career, Atkins pioneered interdisciplinary research on cyber-enabled distributed knowledge communities, including collaboratories and digital libraries, with applications in both scientific research and education. He has served as Dean of Engineering, Founding Dean of the School of Information, and Associate VP for Research at the University of Michigan, as well as the inaugural director of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure at the National Science Foundation (NSF). In retirement, Dan Atkins enjoys playing guitar and singing, with much more time to dedicate to his musical pursuits.

Ronald G. Larson is the George G. Brown Professor of Chemical Engineering and Alfred H. White Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan, where he holds joint appointments in Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. He is internationally recognized for his research in polymer physics and complex fluid rheology, particularly for his contributions to the development of theory and computational simulations. Notably, Larson and his collaborators discovered new types of viscoelastic instabilities in polymer molecules and developed predictive theories for their flow behavior. He has authored numerous scientific papers and two books on these topics, including the 1998 textbook The Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids.