Dr. Max Li

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Max is an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with a secondary appointment in Industrial Operations Engineering. He obtained his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2021 and both his MSE and BSE degrees in Systems Engineering and Electrical Engineering, Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2018. His research interests are centered on air transportation systems, airport airline operations, urban air mobility, networked systems, and optimization control. He has been recognized for his contributions in the field with several awards including the Federal Aviation Administration RAISE Award and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Max's work emphasizes the intersection of analysis, control, and optimization of networks and networked processes, signal processing in irregular domains, and geometric/topological data analysis for societal-scale networks. He actively publishes and contributes to various professional societies such as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Research Interests

Awards

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Federal Aviation Administration RAISE Award

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National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

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Wellington Irene Loh Fellowship

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Paper Award (System Performance)

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Presentation Award

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Paper Award (Performance Analysis Metrics)

Requirements for University of Michigan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:84
GRE General
Verbal
Required:155
Verbal Percentile
Required:50
Quantitative
Required:168
Quantitative Percentile
Required:50
Analytical Writing
Required:3.6
Writing Percentile
Required:50
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics Calculus Physics
Application Checklist
  • Rackham Graduate School Application
  • Official Transcripts
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal Statement
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science