Rate My Professor Andrew Alleyne

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Engineering Mechanical Engineering Control Systems Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Automotive Engineering Energy Technology Systems Engineering

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5.04/23/2026

Encourages students to think outside the box.

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Andrew G. Alleyne is the Ralph and Catherine V. Fisher Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received a B.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 1989, followed by an M.S.E. in 1992 and a Ph.D. in 1994 in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining UIUC, Alleyne served as Research Staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1989 to 1994. He joined the UIUC faculty in 1994 as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Science and Engineering. He advanced to Associate Professor in 2000 and Professor in 2004, while also affiliating with the Coordinated Science Laboratory. Notable administrative roles include Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering from 2008 to 2012, Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs from 2014 to 2015, and Director of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS) from 2015 to 2022.