Dr. John Liu

Director / Principal Investigator, LEAP Group

Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT

Scientist, MIT Digital Learning Laboratory, Open Learning

johnhliu@mit.edu

Dr. John Liu is a Lecturer in MIT’s Mechanical Engineering department and a Scientist in the MIT Digital Learning Lab. He serves education and workforce development efforts for MIT’s new campus-wide Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM). He was the Director of the Principles of Manufacturing MicroMasters program, an online certificate program that has now enrolled over 160,000 learners across the globe. His research has received recognition from ASEE, ACM CHI, and IEEE DEMOCon. He is also the recipient of the MIT IS&T Infinite Mile Award and currently serves as an executive guest editor for Manufacturing Letters. Dr. Liu earned his B.S. in Applied Physics from Caltech and S.M. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, under an MIT-SUTD fellowship and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Staff

 

Dr. Daniel Braconnier
Postdoctoral Associate
Digital Learning Laboratory Fellow
danbrac@mit.edu

 

Christian Gabbianelli
Software Developer
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ctgabb@mit.edu

 

Kachina Studer
XR Technical Associate
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xkachina@mit.edu

 

Dr. Yeo Jung Yoon
Postdoctoral Associate
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yoony@mit.edu

 

Dr. Ziling Chen
Visiting Scholar
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zlchen@mit.edu

 

Dr. Licia Mastronardi
Research Scientist
liciam@mit.edu

 

Dr. Slawomir Konrad Tadeja
Postdoctoral Associate
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sktadeja@mit.edu

 

Sam Young
Administrative Assistant
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samyoung@mit.edu

 

Dr. Yibo Fan
Instructional Designer
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yibofan@mit.edu

 

Dr. Rolando Bautista Montesano
Postdoctoral Associate
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r_b_m@mit.edu

 

Dr. Meredith Thompson
Program Manager
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mtknight@mit.edu

 

Dr. Zhen Zhao
Postdoctoral Associate
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zhenzhao@mit.edu

Students

 

Dingning (Dianne) Cao
UROP
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dcao2028@mit.edu

 

Megan Huang
UROP
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megan_h@mit.edu

 

Yuhe (Claire) Xue
UROP
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xyuhe10@mit.edu

 

Kayana Coradin
UROP
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kayana@mit.edu

 

Christy Ly
UROP
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lchristy@mit.edu

 

Izzy Zhou
UROP
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zz103@wellesley.edu

 

Caroline Finn
UROP
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crfinn@mit.edu

 

Romina Cano Velasquez
UROP
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rominacv@mit.edu

Collaborator Groups

Collaborators

 

Dr. Ben Armstrong
Executive Director
Industrial Performance Center Co-Lead, Work of the Future Initiative
armst@mit.edu

 

Prof. Nick Fang
Professor of Mechanical Engineering

 

nicfang@mit.edu

 

Prof. Rohit Karnik
Tata Professor 
Assoc. Director, Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab
karnik@mit.edu

 

Prof. Gareth McKinley
School of Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation
gareth@mit.edu

 

William (Bill) Bonvillian
Lecturer
Science Technology and Society and Political Science Departments

 

bonvill@mit.edu

 

Prof. Dave Hardt
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ralph E. and Eloise F. Cross Professor in Manufacturing
hardt@mit.edu

 

Dr. Bavand Keshavarz
MIT Lecturer
Duke University Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
bavand@mit.edu

 

Dr. George Westerman
Senior Lecturer in the MIT Sloan School of Management
Principal Research Scientist, Workforce Learning in the MIT Office of Open Learning
georgew@mit.edu

 

Julie C. Diop
Program Lead
Generative AI and the Work of the Future

 

jdiop@mit.edu

 

Prof. John Hart
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Mitsui Career Development Professor of Contemporary Technology
ajhart@mit.edu

 

Prof. Pierre Lermusiaux
Nam Pyo Suh Professor

 

pierrel@mit.edu

Former Members & Alumni

Fatima Abbasi
Rafael Fernandes (‘23)
Emma Higgason
Dan Li
Hing (Isa) Lie
Tema Nwana (‘21)
Aarsh Patel
Satvik Sabarad
Dr. Dishita Turakhia
Shelly Ben-David (‘23)
Charlotte Folinus
Nathaniel Lee (‘22)
Emily Li
Dr. Rachel Mok
Daniel Nwazue
Josue Rodriguez
Francisco Sepulveda
Dr. Cigdem Uz-Bilgin
Gabrielle Enns (‘21)
Sage Gilbert-Diamond
Cong (Justin) Li (‘23)
Sandra Li (‘20)
Megan Ngo (‘23)
Gregory Osborne
Gillian Roeder
Ben Thomson
Emily Welsh