Siamak Ghorbani Faal is with the department of Mathematical Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA. His main research focuses are on control theory, in particular systematic approaches in synthesizing nonlinear control functions, optimal control and finite element analysis. Siamak holds a doctoral degree in Robotics Engineering from WPI and earned Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in Mechatronics from Sharif University of Technology, Iran in 2009 and 2012, respectively. During his PhD studies, Siamak joined Academic and Research Computing group at WPI, where he served as an instructor and consultant for programming languages and software training and help sessions.