Rita Lane and Norma Fries Assistant Professor 

• Electrical and Computer Engineering

philpare@purdue.edu 

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Mathematical modeling of dynamic networked systems, e.g. epidemiological, biological, economic systems, infrastructure networks, social networks, etc.; stability analysis, control, and identifiability of such systems; model reduction of dynamic systems and clustering; biological applications of control theory 

NSF Career Award, 2023

IFAC Young Author Awards (finalist), 2022

Purdue University Societal Impact Fellow, 2021

IEEE Control Systems Letters Outstanding Reviewer, 2020

Recipient of the 2017-2018 Robert T. Chien Memorial Award for excellence in research

Winner of the Best Talk Award in the Decision and Control Session of the 13th CSL Student Conference, sponsored and judged by Honeywell

2017-2018 Mavis Future Faculty Fellow

University of Illinois List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Students, with Outstanding Ratings, for Fall 2017.

UIUC Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL):

Certificate in Foundations of Teaching

Certificate in Technology-Enhanced Teaching 

I am an Assistant Professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University. I am a member of the Center for Innovation in Control, Optimization, and Networks (ICON) and am affiliated with the Integrative Data Science Initiative (IDSI) and the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS). I am also a member of the PIECE (Project for Inclusion in ECE) Committee.