SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - Key Persons
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- Aarthi Subramanian Chief Digital Officer
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- Partner Emeritus, Polaris Partners
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- Director, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science J. W. Kieckhefer Professor
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- Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering JR East Professor
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- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
- Department of Chemical
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- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
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- CEO and Board Member of DigiCert
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- MIT School of Engineering MIT Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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- Co - Founder ( Retired ), Qualcomm President, Viterbi Group
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- Human Resources Administrator
- Human Resources Administrator / Department
- Human Resources Administrator in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
André Obin - Human Resources Administrator in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering - has been nominated for a Staff Spotlight by his colleagues, who state: "Over the past year, André has excelled as a Human Resources Administrator (HRA), demonstrating exceptional leadership and seamlessly growing into his responsibilities. He is a patient and trusted leader who balances support and accountability, guiding staff through challenging conversations to improve performance and foster growth. André manages a wide range of responsibilities, including personnel actions, search committees, on- and off-boarding processes, and complex transactions. He has also excelled in handling complex international HR matters, resolving sensitive employee relations cases, and leading a comprehensive overhaul of the summer hiring process for minors in DMSE. His ability to mentor and train his team has been invaluable. André's calm, objective, and empathetic leadership style has cultivated a culture of trust and respect within the HR team and across DMSE. His skill and dedication in navigating and resolving multifaceted issues and projects make him a trusted thought partner, positively impacting the broader department. André's unwavering commitment to excellence inspires those around him, making his presence in DMSE truly an asset." Congratulations, André!
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- Senior Vice President and Head of Data Sciences Institute ( DSI ), Takeda
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- Faculty Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Thomas and Gerd Perkins Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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- Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science MathWorks Professor
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- Head, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Korea Electric Power Professor of Nuclear Engineering
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- President and CEO, Softtek
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- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
- Assistant Dean for Human Resources and Administration
- SoE Dean 's Office
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- Head, Department of Biological Engineering Daniel I.C. Wang Professor of Biological Engineering
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- Department of Civil and Environmental
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- Digital Communications Specialist
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- Program Coordinator, Program for Exemplary Mentoring ( PEM )
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering
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- Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Dean
- Deputy Dean Maria Yang / Associate Dean Hamsa Balakrishnan
Anantha P. Chandrakasan is dean of MIT's School of Engineering, MIT's Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He serves as chair of the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium and the MIT AI Hardware Program, and co-chair of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, the MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology, and the Tata-MIT Alliance.
He earned his bachelor's (1989), master's (1990), and doctoral (1994) degrees in electrical engineering and computer sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the MIT faculty in 1994 and was the director of the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories from 2006 to 2011. From July 2011 through June 2017, he served as head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), a position that concluded with his appointment as dean in July 2017.
As dean of engineering since 2017, Chandrakasan has implemented various interdisciplinary programs, creating new models for how academia and industry can work together to accelerate the pace of research. This has resulted in the launch of initiatives including the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, the MIT-Takeda Program, the MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative, the MIT Mobility Initiative, the MIT Quest for Intelligence, the MIT AI Hardware Program, the MIT-Northpond Program, the MIT Faculty Founder Initiative, and the MIT-Novo Nordisk Artificial Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellows Program.
Chandrakasan has also played a role in establishing initiatives beyond the School of Engineering. He was instrumental in founding the Schwarzman College of Computing in 2018, marking the most significant structural change to MIT in nearly 70 years. He has served in leadership roles on MIT Fast Forward, an Institute-wide plan for addressing climate change; as the inaugural chair of the Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health; as the co-chair of the academic workstream for MIT's Task Force 2021; played an important role in the early committee for the creation of MIT.nano; and currently serves in an interim role overseeing the strategy and operations for MIT's Climate Project.
One of his top priorities as dean has been fostering a sense of community within MIT's largest school. He has launched several programs to give students and staff a more active role in shaping the initiatives and operations of the school, including the Staff Advice & Implementation Committee, the undergraduate Student Advisory Group, the Graduate Student Advisory Group, the Faculty Gender Equity Committee, and the MIT School of Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Engineering Excellence. Working closely with GradSage, Chandrakasan has also played a role in establishing the Daniel J. Riccio Graduate Engineering Leadership Program.
As MIT's inaugural Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, Chandrakasan collaborates with key stakeholders across MIT, as well as external partners, to launch initiatives and new collaborations in support of the Institute's strategic priorities. In this new role, he helps develop and implement plans to advance research, education, and innovation in areas that President Kornbluth has identified as her top priorities - such as climate change and sustainability, artificial intelligence, and the life sciences. To date, he has overseen the development and launch of three significant cross-Institute initiatives as part of MIT's presidential priorities: MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC), the MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS), and the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium (MGAIC). He serves as head of MIT HEALS and MGAIC, and co-chair of MITHIC
Before becoming dean in 2017, Chandrakasan served for six years as head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), MIT's largest academic department. As department head, Chandrakasan spearheaded initiatives that enabled students, postdocs, and faculty to conduct research, explore entrepreneurial projects, and engage with EECS. For students, one of these initiatives included the Advanced Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, known as "SuperUROP," a year-long independent research program launched in 2012 and expanded to the whole School of Engineering in 2015. He also created Start6, which expanded to StartMIT, an independent activities period (IAP) class that provides students and postdocs the opportunity to learn from and interact with industrial innovation leaders. Finally, he created Rising Stars in EECS, an academic career workshop that rotates amongst various universities and has become a model for similar efforts in other disciplines.
Chandrakasan leads the MIT Energy-Efficient Circuits and Systems Group, whose research projects have addressed security hardware, energy harvesting, and wireless charging for the internet of things; energy-efficient circuits and systems for multimedia processing; and platforms for ultra-low-power biomedical electronics.
He is a co-author of Low Power Digital CMOS Design (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995), Digital Integrated Circuits (Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2003, 2nd edition), and Sub-threshold Design for Ultra-Low Power Systems (Springer 2006). He was also recognized as the author with the highest number of publications in the 60-year history of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC).
Chandrakasan is the recipient of the 2019 Solid-State Circuit Society's Distinguished Service Award, the 2013 IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits, the 2009 Semiconductor Industry Association University Researcher Award, an honorary doctorate from KU Leuven in 2016 and the National Technical University of Athens in 2024, and the 2017 UC Berkeley EE Distinguished Alumni Award. He is also the recipient of the 2022 IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal.
A fellow of the IEEE, in 2015 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, in 2019 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and in 2020 he was elected as fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Chandrakasan currently serves on board of Natcast and the SMART Governing Board. He previously served on the Board of The Engine from 2016-2021, the Board of Trustees of the Perkins School for the Blind from 2018-2022, and Board of Analog Devices Inc. from 2019-2024.
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- Associate
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- Deputy Dean Maria Yang / Associate Dean Hamsa Balakrishnan
Hamsa Balakrishnan Associate Dean; William E. Leonhard (1940) Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Hamsa Balakrishnan is the William E. Leonhard (1940) Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro). As associate dean, Balakrishnan focuses on efforts to attract, retain, and support top talent across all academic levels in the School of Engineering. She helps lead and shape various faculty-focused programs and helps manage many of the school's student-facing programs and initiatives. Balakrishnan also supports both faculty and students across the school with regards to fellowships, awards, and honors. Additionally, she supports and contributes to a number of key groups within the school.
As principal investigator of the Dynamics, Infrastructure Networks, and Mobility (DINaMo) group, Balakrishnan and her team research the modeling, analysis, control, and optimization of modern infrastructure systems. They have collaborated with the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA and major airports to address challenges such as advanced air mobility, air traffic congestion, and airport operations.
Balakrishnan served as associate department head in AeroAstro from 2018-2021. In that role, she was responsible for the undergraduate and graduate education programs in the department. During her tenure as associate department head, she restructured graduate student recruiting through the use of multi-year fellowships, coordinated the mid-semester shift to remote instruction in March 2020, and introduced a first-of-its-kind provisional funding program for PhD students who wished to change research groups.
Balakrishnan also served as Director of Transportation@MIT in 2018-2019. During this time, she managed the inter-departmental graduate programs in Transportation that span the School of Engineering and the School of Architecture and Planning, focusing on improving faculty engagement and student recruiting to the program.
In addition to her roles at MIT, Balakrishnan co-founded Lumo, which uses data and analytics to predict flight delays. She currently serves as the company's chief scientist.
Over the course of her career, Balakrishnan has received numerous honors and accolades for both her research contributions and her dedication as an educator. In addition to being named an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), she has been honored with an NSF CAREER Award, the inaugural CNA Award for Operational Analysis, AIAA's Lawrence Sperry Award, and the American Automatic Control Council's Donald P. Eckman Award. She has also been recognized for her mentorship and support of students with a Committed to Caring Award, the MIT AIAA Undergraduate Teaching Award, and the MIT AIAA Undergraduate Advising Award.
Balakrishnan received her bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and her master's and doctoral degrees from Stanford University. Before joining MIT, she served as a Principal Development Engineer at the University Affiliated Research Center at UC Santa Cruz and NASA Ames Research Center's Terminal Air Traffic Management Concepts Branch.
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- Deputy Dean
- Kendall Rohsenow Professor of Mechanical
Maria Yang Deputy Dean; Kendall Rohsenow Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Maria Yang is the Kendall Rohsenow Professor of mechanical engineering, faculty director for academics in the MIT D-Lab, associate director of the Morningside Academy for Design, and founder and director of MIT's Ideation Lab. In her role as deputy dean of engineering, she is focused on bolstering undergraduate and graduate academic programming and contributing to strategic initiatives at the school and Institute levels such as design, improving student experiences, and advancing opportunities for faculty support and mentoring, work that she has already begun through past and present department and Institute appointments.
Yang graduated from MIT with a bachelor's in mechanical engineering (1991), after which she headed to Stanford University where she earned a master's (1994) and PhD (2000) from the mechanical engineering department's design division. She joined the MIT faculty in 2007.
Yang is an internationally recognized leader in design theory and design process, with a focus on the role of design representations. Her research considers early-stage processes used to create successful designs, from consumer products to complex, large-scale engineering systems. Yang has made significant advances in characterizing the relationship between design process and outcome. This work has been recognized by an NSF CAREER award, and in 2013, she was named an ASME Fellow in recognition of her engineering achievements. With a focus on teaching students how to uncover ways to improve design in the world around them, Yang created 2.00 Introduction to Design, and has taught a number of other undergraduate courses including 2.00B Toy Product Design and 2.009 Product Engineering Processes, and graduate courses 2.739/15.783 Product Design and Development, in collaboration with Sloan and the Rhode Island School of Design, and 2.729/EC.729 D-Lab: Design for Scale.
In recognition of her contributions to engineering education, Yang was named a 2017 MacVicar Faculty Fellow, in addition to being the recipient of multiple teaching awards including a 2016 Bose Award, the 2014 Ruth and Joel Spira Award, and a 2012 Earll M. Murman Award. She is the recipient of a 2014 ASEE Fred Merryfield Design Award, a 2014 Capers and Marion McDonald Mentoring Award, a 2013 ASME Design Theory and Methodology Best Paper Award, and a 2008 Robert N. Noyce Career Development Professorship.
From her days as an undergraduate to her role as a faculty member, Yang has made an indelible mark on the school of engineering and the Institute. In the department of mechanical engineering, she was the Faculty Ambassador to undergraduates until becoming Undergraduate Officer in the fall 2018. She served as mechanical engineering's Area Head for Design and Manufacturing and was the co-organizer of the Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering in 2018. She was a member of the extended committee for the New Engineering Educational Transformation (NEET) program, and a member of the Faculty Advisory Board for the Technical Leadership Program. She was the Chancellor's Designated Representative for the Committee on Undergraduate Programs and was a member of the Corporation Joint Advisory Committee on Institute-Wide Affairs. She also recently co-chaired a cross-Institute faculty committee on the future of design at MIT, and currently serves on the faculty steering committee for the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium.
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- Altarejos Fellowship and Award Administrator
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- Department of Nuclear
- Senior Leadership Giving Officer, Nuclear Science and
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- Senior Leadership Giving Officer, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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- Technical Leadership and Communications Programs
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- Department of Aeronautics
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- Founder and President, Massiah Foundation Founder and Managing Principal, Picoco
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- Assistant Events Manager at the Office of Innovation
- Event Planner / Department
Georgina Indaco, Assistant Events Manager at the Office of Innovation, has been nominated for a Staff Profile by her colleagues for always going above and beyond what is asked of her with a smile on her face! Her colleagues say she curates thoughtful and engaging events while cultivating strong relationships within the iHQ community. Georgina's attention to detail is unmatched, from ensuring the space always looks pristine to providing snacks for students. Her work often extends beyond her official responsibilities, and she approaches everything with a positive, bright, and professional attitude.
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- Deputy President and Vice Chairman, Abdul Latif Jameel
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- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
- Assistant Dean for Development
- SoE Dean 's Office
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- Human Resources Administrator / Department
- Human Resources Administrator for the Department of Biological
Irina Singh, Human Resources Administrator for the Department of Biological Engineering (BE), has been nominated for a Staff Profile by her colleagues for her expert handling of a logistically complicated employee transfer between MIT departments. Irina's hard work meant that this employee could be transferred to their new department while maintaining their vacation/sick accruals and other benefits without having to set them all up again. As her nominator explained, "She and I communicated often and Irina went above and beyond to make sure the employee had a smooth transition. She is a true and caring Human Resources professional!"
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- President and Co - Founder, MathWorks
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- Senior Leadership Giving Officer, Chemical
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- Chairman Emeritus of Consulting, Dell Services
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- Department of Aeronautics
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- Department of Civil
- Facilities Administrator / Department
According to an MIT colleague, "Jay is an absolute treasure. He is kind, thoughtful, endlessly helpful, and extremely hard working. My first positive experience in SAIC SoWell as a committee member was connecting with Jay on editing an onboarding document - during which I felt appreciated for my strengths in a way I had not in a long time. I couldn't ask for a better friend, and MIT could not ask for a more wonderful staff member." The School of Engineering congratulates Jay Matthews on this well deserved spotlight!
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- MIT Professional Education
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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- Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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- Director of Administration
- Finance
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- Communications Coordinator
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- Director of Administration
- Finance
- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
- SoE Dean 's Office
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- Head, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics H.N. Slater Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- MIT Professional Education
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- Program Manager for Postdoctoral Program for Engineering Excellence
According to a colleague at the Center for Transportation and Logistics, Karen van Nederpelt is "the embodiment of staff excellence at CTL.
She is deeply knowledgeable about MIT financial processes and protocols, has exceptional interpersonal communication capabilities, is proactive, thoughtful, attentive, and incredibly skilled at carrying out her job, and is humble and treats everyone with respect. Thanks to Karen's thoughtfulness and attentiveness, she proactively guides both MIT internal financial trajectories and uniquely complex external processes by going the distance and keeping matters on track. From what I observe, Karen is also a trusted and thoughtful mentor to the next generation of the CTL finance team." The School of Engineering congratulates Karen van Nederpelt on this well-deserved spotlight!"
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- Faculty Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professor of Electrical Engineering
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- Senior Leadership Giving Officer, Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Dean
- Project Coordinator, SRS
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- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
- Department of Civil
- Leadership Giving Officer, Civil and Environmental
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- Senior Vice President, Deputy Co - COO, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ( TSMC )
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- Head, Department of Chemical Engineering Arthur Dehon Little Professor
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- Leadership Giving Officer, MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science
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- Senior Development Communications Officer
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- Retired Environmental Appeals Judge, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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- Chief Executive Officer, Bose Corporation
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- Chairman, Walden International and Advisor & Former CEO, Cadence Design
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- Department of Materials Science and
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- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
- Assistant Dean of Finance and Administration
- SoE Dean 's Office
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- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
- Supply Chain Management
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- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
- Executive Director of Communications
- SoE Dean 's Office
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- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
- Department of Biological
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- Founder and CEO, Shift7 3rd U.S. CTO and Assistant to the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy ( 2014 - 17 )
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- Director of Human Resources
- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
- SoE Dean 's Office
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- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
- Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- SoE Dean 's Office
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- Chairman and Founder, Medical Information Technology ( Meditech )
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- Department of Aeronautics
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- Executive Assistant to the Dean
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- Senior Leadership Giving Officer, Mechanical
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- Head, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Ford Professor of Engineering Matoula S. Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
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- Co - Founder and Chairman of the Board, Analog Devices
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- Technical Leadership and Communications Programs
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- CEO and Executive Director, HCL Corporation
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- Dean
- HR Project Coordinator
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- Member of the SAIC Steering Committee
- Department of Civil
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- Faculty Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Distinguished College of Computing Professor
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- Assistant Director
- Assistant Director, Academic Program Administration / Department
- Assistant Director, Academic Program Administration, in Civil and Environmental Eng.
Sarah Smith - Assistant Director, Academic Program Administration, in Civil and Environmental Engineering - has been nominated for a Staff Spotlight by her colleagues, who say she is an invaluable partner to the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. She is quick, reliable, and consistently insightful when it comes to managing their Ph.D. student appointments. Always ready to help, she approaches every challenge with a solutions-oriented mindset. She goes above and beyond in assisting with their requests, and her work is exceptional. Congratulations Sarah!
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- Dean
- Technical Communications Associate
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- Department of Mechanical Engingeering
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- Vice Chairman, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
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- Aarthi Subramanian Chief Digital Officer
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- Interim Associate Department Head for Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering William I. Koch Professor
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- Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Tulco
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- Senior Strategic Engagements Officer
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- Senior Administrative Assistant to School of Engineering Dean Anantha Chandrakasan
Yuvie Cjapi is a senior administrative assistant to School of Engineering Dean Anantha Chandrakasan, a position she's held since 2017. Cjapi has worked at MIT since she graduated college in 2015, moving from a position as a customer representative at the credit union in Stratton Student Center, to a position in human resources, and onto
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- Department of Nuclear Science and