The Center for Resilient Infrastructures, Systems and Processes (CRISP) was officially started in October 2017 and will run its seed grant competition for research proposals this summer. The center involves faculty members in leadership roles from multiple engineering departments. Gesualdo Scutari, the Thomas and Jane Schmidt Rising Star Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, will be the thrust lead on optimization. Two other thrust leads include Felix Lin, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, on cyber-physical systems; and Srinivas Peeta, a professor of civil engineering, on large-scale civil infrastructures.

Other leaders include director Saurabh Bagchi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering; associate directors Jitesh Panchal, a professor of mechanical engineering, and Milind Kulkarni, a professor of electrical and computer engineering. 

Read full article "New engineering center to develop scientific and engineering principles of resilient systems" (from Purdue News, June 18, 2018).