Andrew G. Alleyne

Andrew Alleyne is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Alleyne's research centers on autonomous systems and AI, control theory and applications, data science and systems, electric transportation, and robotics.

Alleyne was previously at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where he was the Ralph M. and Catherine V. Fisher Professor in Engineering and director of a multi-university research center sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

His areas of research include developing innovative systems and tools for energy and power systems, manufacturing systems, and transportation systems. He led the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center on Power Optimization of Electro Thermal Systems (POETS), an ambitious multidisciplinary center based at UIUC in partnership with three other U.S. universities, two international institutions, and many industry and government partners. Bringing together electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, materials scientists, and physicists, the center’s focus is developing new ways to control the flow of energy in the mobile electrified systems needed for cars, ships, and planes—ultimately to make transportation more efficient and environmentally sustainable. 

Among many collaborations with industry, academic, and government partners, Alleyne was appointed as an inaugural member of the United States Department of the Navy Science and Technology Board. He served for eight years on the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, including as the science and technology chair. He also served on National Academy of Engineering boards in support of the Army and the Air Force.

He is an IEEE Fellow, as well as a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the National Fluid Power Association.

Alleyne received a B.S.E in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and an M.S.E and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.