Lee Moradi

Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Professor of Practice
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, 2007, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Major Areas: Structural Mechanics
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, 2003, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Major Areas: Structural Mechanics
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, 1979, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Major Area: Civil Engineering, Structures
Expert Bio

Lee Moradi is an expert on autonomous vehicles. He is a professor in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, co-director of the WPI’s Autonomous Vehicle Mobility Institute and co-lead of the WPI Autonomous Systems Lab, which was established in 2023 with $2 million in funding from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. Moradi’s work focuses on off-road autonomous vehicles that can improve disaster response, handle difficult terrain, and help in transportation, healthcare, and manufacturing settings. Professor Moradi previously directed a center that supported research and development for NASA payloads aboard the International Space Station.

Research areas/Expertise
autonomous cars
space flight
Autonomous Vehicles
autonomy
materials engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Vehicle Dynamics
Vehicle Engineering

Professors Lee Moradi and Vladimir Vantsevich discussing autonomous off-road vehicles

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