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Conrad Tucker

Also known as Conrad S. Tucker

Conrad Tucker is a mechanical engineer at Carnegie Mellon University whose work applies AI to engineering design and computer vision to health care. He earned degrees at Rose-Hulman and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, joined Penn State in 2011, and moved to Carnegie Mellon in 2019. In 2021, he coauthored a graph network for learning physical dynamics; in 2025, he coauthored V-BPE, a method for estimating blood pressure from video. He served as director of Carnegie Mellon University Africa from August 2023 through December 2025. As of October 2026, he is Trustee Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon and leads the AiPEX Lab.

Works
199
Citations
3,319
h-index
32

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 27 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2004–2011

    Engineering degrees at Illinois

    His family flees conflict in Sierra Leone, takes refuge in Guinea, and moves to the United States. He earns a BS in mechanical engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2004. At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, he completes an MS in industrial and systems engineering in 2007, an MBA in 2009, and a PhD in industrial and systems engineering in 2011.

  2. 2011–2016

    Engineering design at Penn State

    He joins Penn State's faculty in 2011. By 2016, he is an assistant professor of engineering design and industrial engineering, an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and director of the Design Analysis Technology Advancement lab.

  3. 2019

    Joining Carnegie Mellon

    He joins Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2019. His research includes teaching computers to generate original design ideas and assess their feasibility, alongside work on virtual reality for engineering education.

  4. December 2021

    A graph network for physics

    With Sakthi Kumar Arul Prakash, he coauthors “Graph network for learning bi-directional physics” in December 2021. The network learns to predict particle dynamics and infer unknown physical properties, sharing learned representations across tasks.

  5. August 2023–December 2025

    Directing Carnegie Mellon Africa

    In August 2023, he becomes director of Carnegie Mellon University Africa, initially in an interim role. He serves through December 2025.

  6. September 2024

    An endowed mechanical engineering chair

    Carnegie Mellon names him Trustee Professor of Mechanical Engineering in September 2024. The appointment is one of eight new endowed chairs in the College of Engineering.

  7. January 2025

    Video estimates blood pressure

    With Ananyananda Dasari and Laszlo A. Jeni, he publishes “Video-based estimation of blood pressure” in January 2025. Their V-BPE method combines computer vision with information about each person to estimate blood pressure from videos of the face and hand.

  8. As of October 2026

    Leading the AiPEX Lab

    As of October 2026, he is Trustee Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon and leads the AiPEX Lab. The lab develops AI for engineering design, manufacturing, and autonomous systems.

Career

  1. Since 2024Carnegie Mellon UniversityTrustee Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Lab Lead
  2. 2011–2019Pennsylvania State UniversityAssistant Professor of Engineering Design and Industrial Engineering, Affiliate Faculty Member

Education

  1. 2011University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignPhD in industrial and systems engineering
  2. 2009University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMBA
  3. 2007University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMS in industrial and systems engineering
  4. 2004Rose–Hulman Institute of TechnologyBS in mechanical engineering

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Checked career sources: ime.psu.edu, meche.engineering.cmu.edu.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Alumnus Conrad Tucker Expanding Global, Technological Horizons | Rose-Hulman rose-hulman.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  2. Conrad Tucker - Mechanical Engineering meche.engineering.cmu.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  3. Tucker appointed to National Academy of Engineering advisory committee | Penn State Engineering ime.psu.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  4. Bridging the physical and digital worlds with human-machine learning - Mechanical Engineering meche.engineering.cmu.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  5. [2112.07054] Graph network for learning bi-directional physics arxiv.org. Checked 27 October 2026.
  6. Tucker named Trustee Professor of Mechanical Engineering - Carnegie Mellon University Africa africa.engineering.cmu.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  7. Video-based estimation of blood pressure | PLOS One journals.plos.org. Checked 27 October 2026.
  8. Oscar C. Schmidt Lecture by Alum Conrad Tucker | Rose-Hulman rose-hulman.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  9. AiPEX Lab aipex-lab.github.io. Checked 27 October 2026.