Hao “Will” Li is a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCF. He earned his doctoral and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2023 and 2015, and his bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and computational and applied mathematics from Rice University in 2012. Prior to joining UCF, he served as a lecturer in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. His teaching interests include numerical computation, mechanics of materials, and measurement and instrumentation. His research interests include engineering education and problem solving. A common theme in his work is simple, but descriptive, mathematical models to analyze human-centered problems.

• Li, H. (February 4, 2025). Problem Solving With Multiple Solution Methods. SIAM News, https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/problem-solving-with-multiple-solution-methods/.


•  Li, H., Hosoi, A. E. (June 2023). An Approach to Understanding Problem Solving using Multiple Solution Methods. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Baltimore, MD.


•  Li, H., Hosoi, A. E. (June 2019). Initial Approaches for Starting Open-Ended Problems in Mechanical Engineering. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Tampa, FL.


• Li, H., Hosoi, A. E. (October 2018). Starting Problems in Mechanical Engineering. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Jose, CA.


• Getty, D., Li, H., Yano, M., Gao, C., Hosoi, A. E. (2018). Luck and the Law: Quantifying Chance in Fantasy Sports and Other Contests. SIAM Review, 60(4), 869-887.