Saurabh Amin

Saurabh Amin is the Edmund K. Turner Professor in Civil Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He serves as the Director of the Henry L. Pierce Laboratory for Infrastructure Science and Engineering and the Undergraduate Officer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE). He is affiliated with the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), Operations Research Center (ORC), Institute for Data, Systems and Society (IDSS), and Center for Computational Science and Engineering (CCSE).

Education:

• B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, 2002
• M.S. in Transportation Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2004
• Ph.D. in Systems Engineering, University of California (UC) Berkeley, 2011

Research Interests focus on combining control theory, game theory, and optimization to address challenges in resilient infrastructure systems. His work emphasizes:

• Resilient Network Control for highway transportation, electric power distribution, and urban water networks
• Information Systems and Incentive Design to improve public goods under strategic entities
• Optimal Resource Allocation for restoring systems after natural disasters or attacks

He explores cyber-physical interactions in infrastructure, aiming to rigorously model vulnerabilities and develop implementable solutions for operators.

Scientific Awards include:

• Common Ground Excellence in Teaching Award (2025)
• HSCC Test-of-Time Award (2024)
• MIT CEE Distinguished Service and Leadership Award (2023)
• Samuel M. Seegal Prize (2022)
• NSF CAREER Award (2015)

His research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, Google, DoD-Science of Security Program, AFOSR, Siebel Energy Institute, and C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute.