Chris Paredis

Current

• Associate Professor at Georgia Tech

Past

• Research Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Université de Liège

• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

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Connections

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Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Chris Paredis’s Summary

Assistant professor in the CAE/Design group of the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. Broad research background in mechatronic systems design, design theory and methodology, computational methods for design, modeling and simulation, and robotics.
Director of the Systems Realization Laboratory (http://www.srl.gatech.edu)
Associate Director of the Product and Systems Lifecycle Management Center (http://www.pslm.gatech.edu)
Chair of the ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division (http://divisions.asme.org/cie)
Faculty advisor to the RoboJackets (http://www.robojackets.org)

Chris Paredis’s Specialties:

Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Systems Modeling Language (OMG SysML), decision making in design, Multi-Attribute Utility Theory, uncertainty analysis, continuous dynamics simulation (Modelica), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), information and knowledge management.

Chris Paredis’s Experience

• Associate Professor

  Georgia Tech

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2002 — Present (6 years)

  Research focus: Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), decision making in design, uncertainty analysis, continuous dynamics simulations (Modelica), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), information and knowledge management.
  Graduate course: ME6105 Modeling and Simulation in Design (http://www.srl.gatech.edu/education/ME6105)

• Research Scientist

  Carnegie Mellon University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 1996 — July 2002 (6 years)

  Research faculty in the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems working on robotics and design projects.

Chris Paredis’s Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

  PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1992 — 1996

  Ph.D. Thesis: An Agent-Based Approach to the Design of Rapidly Deployable Fault Tolerant Manipulators
  Advisor: Prof. Pradeep Khosla

• Carnegie Mellon University

  MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1989 — 1990

• Université de Liège

  Dipl. Compl., Business Administration, 1988 — 1989

• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

  BS/MS, Mechanical Engineering, 1983 — 1988

Additional Information

Chris Paredis’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Chris Paredis’s Interests:

squash (http://www.squash.gatech.edu)

Chris Paredis’s Groups:

ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division,
Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power,
Systems Realization Laboratory at Georgia Tech,
Product and Systems Lifecycle Management Center at Georgia Tech

•    Carnegie Mellon Alumni member
•    Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society member
•    Model Driven Architecture member
•    ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) member
•    PLM Group member

Chris Paredis’s Honors:

Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation BAEF (1989-1990),
2007 CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award,
Society of Automotive Engineer's 2007 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award,
2007 SAE Excellence in Oral Presentation Award