Steve Skerlos
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Steve Skerlos is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering (2000) and his B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering with highest honors (1994), both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan since 2000. Professor Skerlos is known as a scholar in the field of sustainable design focusing on applications of technology in product design, manufacturing, and water He is also known as a serial entrepreneur having successfully started several companies based on his laboratory research.. He co-founded the Center for Socially Engaged Engineering and Design in 2014 and serves as its Faculty Director.
