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Daniel E. Hastings , Dean for Undergraduate Education
DANIEL E. HASTINGS is Dean for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Astronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a Ph.D. and S.M. from MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1980 and 1978 respectively. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Oxford University in England in 1976. He joined the MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics faculty as an assistant professor in 1985, advancing to associate professor in 1988 and full professor in 1993. Professor Hastings served the MIT Engineering Systems Division (ESD) as Associate Director from July 2001-April 2003, Co-Director from May 2003- June 2004, and Director from July 2004 – December 2005. Previously, he served as the Director of the MIT Technology and Policy Program (TPP). His research is in the design of complex space system architectures. He has taught classes in rocket propulsion, space environments, technology and policy and space systems architecture and design.
The role of the Dean for Undergraduate Education is to support and enhance integrated student learning both inside and outside the classroom. This encompasses student-focused as well as faculty-focused educational initiatives throughout the Institute. These initiatives include partnering with faculty in developing and coordinating the undergraduate curriculum, promoting and expanding global educational opportunities, encouraging hands-on experiential learning, helping students succeed through mentors, advisors and effective learning strategies, and increasing student diversity at all educational levels.
The following offices report through the Dean for Undergraduate Education: Admissions, Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, Office of Experiential Learning (including Concourse, the Edgerton Center and Terrascope), Office of Faculty Support, Office of Minority Education, MIT Careers Office including Study Abroad, Registrar, ROTC, Student Financial Services, Teaching and Learning Laboratory, and Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming.
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