Dr. Paredis is an Associate Professor in the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) in 1988, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1990 and 1996, respectively. From 1996 to 2002, he was a Research Scientist at the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems at Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. Paredis has a broad, multidisciplinary background. In his research, he combines aspects of information technology, simulation, and systems theory to support the design of mechatronic systems, focusing in particular on decision making under uncertainty in conceptual design.  In these areas, he has published more that 80 refereed journal articles and conference papers.  Dr. Paredis received the 2007 CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award and the 2007 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award. In 2007-2008, he was the Chair of the ASME Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Division.