Dr. Vikram Mittal is an Associate Professor at the United States Military Academy in the Department of Systems Engineering. Dr. Mittal earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MSc (by research) in Engineering Sciences at the University of Oxford, and a BS in Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology. Prior to working at the USMA, Dr. Mittal was a Senior Mechanical Engineer at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. His current research interests include technology road-mapping, system design, model-based systems engineering, and engine knock.