REALM - Key Persons
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- Draper Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Consultant
- T. Wilson Professor Emeritus
Amedeo Rodolfo Odoni is the T. Wilson Professor Emeritus in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT. He specializes in Operations Research with research interests in applied probability theory, stochastic processes and decision-making under uncertainty. His principal application domains are airport planning and operations, air traffic management, urban service systems, and urban transportation. He has served in many leadership positions including: Co-Director of MIT's Operations Research Center (1985-91); Head, Systems Division, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1992-95); National Co-Director of NEXTOR, the FAA's National Center of Excellence in Aviation Operations Research (1996-2002); Co-Director of the Global Airline Industry Center at MIT (1999-2009); and Lead Principal Investigator and Principal Investigator of the Future Urban Mobility Program under SMART, the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (2009-15).
Professor Odoni is co-author and/or co-editor of twelve books, three of which are leading international textbooks, and author or co-author of more than 100 professional publications. He served as editor-in-chief of Transportation Science from 1985 to 1991, and is a current or past member of the editorial boards of many professional journals.
His distinctions and honors include: elected Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), "for contributions and global leadership in air traffic control and airport systems" [2011]; Fellow, Inst. for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) [2004]; Robert F. Herman Lifetime Achievement Award, "for contributions to Transportation Science", INFORMS [2001]; Robert Horonjeff Award, "for contributions to Air Transport Engineering", American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) [2017]; T. Wilson Chair Professor, MIT [1996]; Honorary Dean, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics [2017]; Honorary Ph.D. (Doctorate honoris causa), Athens University of Economics and Business [2006]; U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, National Award for Excellence in Aviation Education [1995]; Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising, MIT School of Engineering [2007]; Maseeh Excellence-in-Teaching Award, MIT Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering [2007]; Best Published Paper (2014-2016) Award, Transportation and Logistics Section of INFORMS (with A. Jacquillat) [2017]; Best Published Paper (2011-2013) Award, Transportation and Logistics Section of INFORMS (with D. Bertsimas and G. Lulli) [2014]; Martin Kunz Lecturer, European Aviation Conference [2017]; MIT Graduate Student Council Award for Excellence in Teaching [1985, 1996]; Member, National Council for Research and Technology of Greece [2011-2014]; Honorary Member of AGIFORS (one of four inaugural Honorary Members) [1991]; Fulbright Scholar [1972].
He has supervised 43 Ph.D. students and has been a member of the Ph.D. thesis committees of about 100 others. The PhD students he has supervised have won major prizes for their research and dissertations including: the INFORMS George B. Dantzig Best Dissertation Award [2015]; the Dissertation Award of the Transportation Science and Logistics Section of INFORMS [1976, 1978, 1984, 1988, 2015], as well as two honorable mentions [1999, 2005]; the US DOT Student of the Year Award [1999]; and the Council of University Transportation Centers Milton Pikarsky Award in Science & Technology [2015].
Dr. Odoni has served as consultant to many national and international organizations, including a large number of the busiest airports in the world, on projects related to practically every aspect of airport planning and design, and to air traffic management.
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- Fellow, Zonta International
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- Infrastructure Manager
- Manager of Infrastructure
- Manager of Infrastructure for AeroAstro
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- Student Services Assistant
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- Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Director
- Founder
- Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics / Director, Necstlab and Nano - Engineered Composite Aerospace Structures Consortium
Prof. Wardle is the Founder and Director of the necstlab research group and MIT's Nano-Engineered Composite aerospace STructures (NECST) industry Consortium. Prof. Wardle is active in the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN), MIT Materials Research Laboratory (MRL), and the Microsystems Technology Laboratory (MTL), and MIT.nano communities at MIT. His research focuses on bulk nanostructured materials, particularly nanoengineered hierarchical advanced composites with enhanced mechanical properties, with recent extensions towards multiple types of multifunctionality. Highlights from recent work include conception and fabrication of aligned carbon nanotubes (CNT) nanoengineered composite laminate architectures, development and realization of a nanostructured aerovehicle ice protection system, discovery of a new class of oxide catalysts for carbon nanotube (CNT) synthesis, creation of novel carbon matrix nanocomposites, and co-invention of out-of-oven manufacturing of advanced composite laminates. Past work includes nonlinear design and operation of thermomechanically stable ultra-thin fuel cells operating in the postbuckling regime, and development and experimental verification of a design tool for optimal-power MEMS energy harvesters. Prof. Wardle has authored over 100 journal articles, given more than 80 invited talks, holds 25 patents with 50 others pending that have been licensed by small and large companies, and was the principal and technical Founder of n12 Technologies. Professor Wardle's educational activities cover experimentation and modeling of materials and structures.
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- Director of Administration
- Finance
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- Atlantic Richfield Career Development Professor in Energy Studies / Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Assistant Professor
- Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Professor and Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Fast and Guaranteed Safe Controller Synthesis for Nonlinear Vehicle Models International Conference on Computer Aided Verification ( 2020 )
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- Financial Coordinator
- Financial Coordinator / Research
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- Associate
- Institute Community and Equity Officer ( Interim ) Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement ( Interim )
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- Director of MIT Media Lab
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- Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Head, Computing Sector / Director of Digital Learning
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- Research Affiliate / Research
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- Ford Professor of Engineering / Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Professor of Engineering at MIT
Edward Crawley is the Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT. From 2011 to 2016 he served as the founding president of the Skolkovo Insitute of Science and Technology, Moscow, a new university focused on science and innovation. Prior to that he served as the Director of the Bernard M. Gordon - MIT Engineering Leadership Program, an effort to significantly strengthen the quality of engineering leadership education for competitiveness and innovation. From 2003 to 2006 he served as the Executive Director of the Cambridge - MIT Institute, a joint venture with Cambridge University, funded by the British government and industry, with a mission to understand and generalize how universities act as engines of innovation and economic growth. In this capacity he was in close consultation with the British Government on issues of science and innovation policy. For the previous seven years, he served as the Department Head of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, leading the strategic realignment of the department.
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- Graduate Program Administrator
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- Human Resources Administrator
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- Professors
- Richard Cockburn Maclaurin Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Exec Director, Aerospace Climate & Susta / Research
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- Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Edward M. Greitzer is the H. N. Slater Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, where he has been Director, Gas Turbine Laboratory and Interim Department Head. He received BA, SM and PhD degrees from Harvard University. Prior to joining MIT he was with United Technologies Corporation (UTC), at Pratt & Whitney, and, more recently, Director, Aeromechanical, Chemical, and Fluid Systems at UTRC. His research includes gas turbines, turbomachinery, propulsion system-airframe integration, active control of fluid systems, vortex flows, and industry-university collaboration. He was the MIT lead on the Cambridge-MIT Silent Aircraft Initiative, the Principal Investigator for the NASA sponsored D8 "double-bubble" aircraft project, and the MIT Founding Head of the Engineering Product Development Pillar at Singapore University of Technology and Design, a new university developed collaboratively by MIT and Singapore.
Dr. Greitzer is a four-time recipient of the ASME Gas Turbine Award and a recipient of the ASME Freeman Scholar Award in Fluids Engineering, the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) Scholar Award, and publication awards from AIAA and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He has received the IGTI Aircraft Engine Technology Award, the Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Award, the AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award, the ASME R. Tom Sawyer Award, MIT's Everett Moore Baker Award for undergraduate teaching, and (twice) his departmental undergraduate teaching award. Dr. Greitzer has authored approximately 90 papers and is lead author of the book Internal Flow: Concepts and Applications (Cambridge University Press). He has been a Visiting Fellow of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science and twice an Overseas Fellow at Cambridge University and is an AIAA Honorary Fellow, an ASME Fellow, a National Academy of Engineering member, an Honorary Professor, Beihang University, and an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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- MIT Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate and Graduate Education
- Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate and Graduate
Ian A. Waitz is the Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate and Graduate Education and Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
As Vice Chancellor, he is dedicated to enhancing the undergraduate and graduate student academic experience at MIT.
Reporting to the Chancellor, Waitz also works closely with the Vice President and Dean for Student Life, the Dean for Digital Learning, and School and Department leadership.
He has been on the faculty at MIT since 1991, serving as the department head of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 2008 to early 2011, and as dean of the School of Engineering from 2011 until June 2017.
While dean of engineering, he introduced policy changes to increase effectiveness, transparency, and collaboration in the hiring and promotion of faculty, the management of finances and resources, and the efficacy of teaching and research. He also promoted novel models and opportunities in residential education, such as co-launching the MIT Beaver Works Center. The center supports collaborative efforts between Lincoln Laboratory and MIT's Cambridge campus, enabling both institutions to make a greater impact on pressing global problems through research and education. Waitz was a supporter and early participant in MITx and edX, which offer free online courses, available worldwide, that harness the power of technology to improve education and drive systemic change.
He strengthened several key MIT-wide co-curricular programs, including the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program, the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, and the programs of the Office of Engineering Outreach. In addition, he championed flexible engineering degree programs and increased support for teaching in the School of Engineering as a whole by over 30 percent.
Waitz helped spark new programs and spaces for innovation and entrepreneurship, including the creation of the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund, which provides all MIT students with an opportunity to move innovative ideas forward. Under his leadership, the School of Engineering advanced a proposal that helped catalyze the MIT Innovation Initiative. He also successfully articulated the need for expanded maker spaces on campus and lobbied on behalf of the School of Engineering for the creation of MIT.nano, which will be a hub for accelerating nanoscale research when it opens in 2018.
Waitz is, at heart, a problem-solver, and that trait defines his leadership, motivates his research, and inspires his actions. To help power the people, education, and innovation he values, he has established resource development personnel in all departments, which led to a nearly threefold increase in yearly giving to the School during his tenure. He has also strengthened partnerships with alumni, industry, and donors by highlighting the benefits of engaging with MIT broadly.
In his own research, his desire for answers has led to advances in gas turbine engines, fluid mechanics, combustion, and acoustics. His most recent focus has been the modeling and evaluation of climate, air quality, and noise impacts of aviation, and the assessment of technological, operational, and policy options for mitigating these impacts. These efforts have led to more rigorous and rational evaluations of environmental policy and technology. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and has been recognized by multiple awards for teaching and research, including a MacVicar Fellowship from MIT.
Finally, Waitz recognizes that attracting and retaining the most talented people in the world is crucial to continued success at MIT. He is committed to expanding pathways for engagement; opening more opportunities within MIT and beyond; and providing an exceptional, inclusive, and fun learning and research environment for all students, faculty, and staff.
He received his BS in 1986 from the Pennsylvania State University, his MS in 1988 from George Washington University, and his PhD in 1991 from the California Institute of Technology.
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- Professor of the Practice of Aerospace Engineering Director, Human Systems Lab / Director, Massachusetts Space Grant
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- Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- Infrastructure Assistant
- Infrastructure Assistant / Research
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- Senior Leadership Giving Officer
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- Financial Assistant
- Financial Officer
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- Associate Department Head
- Associate Department Head / Chair, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Leonardo Career Development Professor in Engineering / Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics / Principal Investigator, Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems ( LIDS )
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- Research Scientist / Research
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- Academic Program Administrator
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- Research Engineer / Research
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- Postdoctoral Fellow for Engineering Excellence
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- Visiting Scholar / Research
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- Visiting Associate Professor
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- Financial Coordinator
- Financial Coordinator / Research
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- Graduate Program Administrator
- Graduate Program Administrator - Admissions and Outreach
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- Chairman of Graduate Committee
- Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Richard Cockburn Maclaurin Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Senior Administrative Assistant
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- Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Research Engineer / Research
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- Department Head
- Department Head / Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Postdoctoral Fellow for Engineering Excellence
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- Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Professor in Aeronautics
- Professor in Aeronautics, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Senior Technical Instructor
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- Visiting Assistant Professor
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- Chairman, Undergraduate Committee / Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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- Head, Air Sector / Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics