Paul Griffioen is a PhD Advisor and Associate Professor in the Engineering Department at Dordt University, where he also served as Assistant Professor from 2024 to 2026. He earned his PhD and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, co-advised by Bruno Sinopoli and Bruce H. Krogh, and his BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with honors, from Calvin University.
Before joining Dordt, Paul completed a postdoctoral appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, working with Professor Murat Arcak. His research spans machine learning, data-driven control, IoT security, and resilient cyber-physical systems, and he has authored more than a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers on topics including controlled invariant sets, reachability analysis for Gaussian process models, and defending networked control systems against adversarial attacks. He is a member of IEEE, IEEE-HKN, the IEEE Control Systems Society, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and the ACM Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence.
Paul brings the same rigor he applies to his own research to advising students pursuing competitive PhD programs in engineering and the sciences, drawing on his own path from an undergraduate engineering degree through a top doctoral program and into a faculty career. He also writes and presents on the relationship between faith and engineering practice, and is currently pursuing an MA in Theological Studies at Westminster Theological Seminary. As a PhD Advisor, he helps students connect their technical interests to a clear, well-argued research narrative.
