Jeff Shamma

Jeff Shamma
Jeff Shamma
Professor of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
(217) 265-6210
117 Transportation Building

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Systems Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988.
  • Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1985.
  • Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1983.

Academic Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering. University of Minnesota Minneapolis, 1989-1991.
  • Assistant/Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering. University of Texas at Austin, 1992-1998.
  • Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. University of California Los Angeles, 1999-2007.
  • Professor and Julian T. Hightower Chair of Systems and Control. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-2014.
  • Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, by courtesy. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-2014.
  • Professor of Computer Science, by courtesy. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-2014.
  • Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 2014-2020.
  • Jerry S. Dobrovolny Chair in ISE, December University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020-present.
  • Department Head and Professor, Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 2020-present.
  • Professor of Aerospace Engineering, by courtesy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2020-present.

Research Areas

  • Decision and Control
  • Robotics

Recent Courses Taught

  • SE 100 - Introduction to ISE
  • SE 424 - State Space Design for Control
  • SE 498 DP (SE 498 DS) - Dynamic Prog Reinforce Learn