Max Cohen, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Max Cohen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State University. Max earned the B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida in 2018, the M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University in 2022, and the Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University in 2023. Prior to joining NC State in the fall of 2025, Max served as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the California Institute of Technology from 2023-2025. Notable awards received include a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2019), an Outstanding Dissertation in Mechanical Engineering award from Boston University (2023), and the best paper award at the Conference on Learning for Dynamics and Control (2025).

Contact: mhcohen2@ncsu.edu