MIT Reports to the President 1998-99

  • CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES
  • CENTER FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
  • ENERGY LABORATORY
  • FRANCIS BITTER MAGNET LABORATORY
  • HAYSTACK OBSERVATORY
  • MIT/WOODS HOLE JOINT PROGRAM IN OCEANOGRAPHY
  • NUCLEAR REACTOR LABORATORY
  • OPERATIONS RESEARCH CENTER
  • PLASMA SCIENCE AND FUSION CENTER
  • RESEARCH LABORATORY OF ELECTRONICS
  • SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM
  • TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
  • TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OFFICE

    • VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AND DEAN FOR GRADUATE EDUCATION

    The areas that report to the Vice President and Dean for Research include the Graduate Students Office (formerly the Graduate Education Office), the departments in the Whitaker College, and the interdisciplinary laboratories, centers, and programs. At the beginning of FY1999, the Division of Toxicology moved from the Whitaker College to join the Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health in the School of Engineering.

    Beginning in FY2000 the Intellectual Property Office will move from within Information Systems and will function as a separate entity reporting to the Vice President and Dean for Research. This Office will be directed by Karen Hersey, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel.

    The Office of the Vice President and Dean for Research continues to sponsor annual seminars on research practice aimed at clarifying the range of acceptable practices in conducting research. These seminars bring together faculty, professional research staff, posdocs, and graduate students to discuss topics such as mentorship, authorship, and secrecy in science. They are moderated by Dr. Stephanie Bird, Special Assistant to the Provost and participation is Institute-wide

    PERSONNEL CHANGES

    Effective July 1, 1999, Dr. Isaac Colbert, Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education will become Dean for Graduate Students and the Graduate Education Office will become the Graduate Student Office. Dr. Colbert has been associated with the Graduate School Office since 1988. In July of 1998 Professor Alan Grodzinsky became Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering. Dr. John Bernard who has been Acting Director of the Nuclear Reactor will become Director of the Reactor as of July 1, 1999.

    In the spring of 1999, the Institute lost a valued colleague with the death of Mr. Henry Bondar. Mr. Bondar had been the Administrative Officer of the Nuclear Reactor since 1978. He was respected and well liked by his colleagues. His death was a loss for all of us who knew and worked with him.

    More information about the Vice President for Research can be found on the World Wide Web at http://web.mit.edu/vpr/www/.

    J. David Litster

    MIT Reports to the President 1998-99