Professors
Dr. Marwan K. Khraisheh
Professor, Materials Science
and Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering,
Washington
State University, 1996
M.S., Mechanical Engineering,
Washington State University, 1992
Teaching Interests: Fabrication and Manufacturing Technologies; Materials Processing; Deformation Processes
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Khraisheh was the Secat - J. Morris Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Kentucky. His research interests include materials processing and sustainable manufacturing. He currently focuses on developing innovative concepts and techniques for processing and fabrication of advanced materials including lightweight alloys.
Dr. Khraisheh is a recipient of a number of significant awards including the prestigious US National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the 2004 Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Eugene Merchant Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, the 2003 North American Manufacturing Research Institute (NAMRI) Outstanding Paper Award and the 2005 Henry Mason Lutes Award for Excellence in Engineering Education. He serves on the Editorial Board of Journal of Materials Processing Technology (Elsevier) and is a member of a number of international technical committees from ASME, ASM and TMS. Dr. Khraisheh has edited a proceeding book for ASME and has more than 110 publications including refereed journal papers, refereed conference papers and presentations.
Selected Publications
Abu-Farha, F., M.K. Khraisheh, "An Integrated Approach to the Superplastic Forming of Lightweight Alloys:Towards Sustainable Manufacturing", International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, 2008.
Darras B. and Khraisheh, M. K., "Analytical modeling of strain rate distribution during friction stir processing", Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 17 (2), pp. 168-177, 2008.
Khraisheh M. K., Abu-Farha F. and Weinmann K., "Investigation of Post-Superplastic Forming Properties of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy", Annals of CIRP- Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 56 (1), pp. 289-292, 2007.
Dr. Toufic Mezher
Professor, Engineering Systems
and Management
Sc.D., Artificial Intelligence
and Human Factors, George Washington University, 1992
M.S., Engineering Administration, George Washington University, 1987
Teaching Interests: System Dynamics for Business Policy; Technology Strategy
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Mezher was a Professor of Engineering Management at the American University of Beirut from 1992 to 2007. His government experience includes work for the National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Department of Education) and the Institute for Artificial Intelligence. His research interests include sustainable development, energy management and policy, and knowledge management.
Selected Publications
Choucri, N., T. Mezher, F. Haghseta, W.R. Baker, C. Ortiz, and D. Mistree, Mapping Sustainability: Knowledge e-Networking and the Value Chain, Alliance for Global Sustainability Book series, Vol. 11, 2007, ISBN: 978-1-4020-6070-0, Springer.
Jamali, D., T, Mezher, and H. Bitar, "Corporate Social Responsibility and the Challenge of Triple Bottom Line Integration: Insights from the Lebanese Context," International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development (IJESD), v5, n4, pp. 395 — 414, 2006.
Mezher, T., M. Ajam, "Integrating Quality, Environmental, and Supply Chain Management Systems into the Learning Organization ", in Greening the Supply Chain, Editors: J. Sarkis and P. Rao, Springer Publishing, 2006, pp. 67-85.
Dr. Mohamed Sassi
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1990
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1987
Teaching Interests: Dr. Sassi’s fascination with the microscopic and the macroscopic phenomena involved in chemical and mechanical engineering processes, and especially as applied to thermo-chemical reactors, combustion and plasma devices, and air pollution control has allowed him to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in three departments (Chemical, Mechanical, and Petroleum Engineering) in statics, strength of materials, materials science and engineering, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, optical and laser diagnostics, combustion, plasma physics and applications, air pollution control, chemical engineering unit-operations, turbo-machinery design, analysis and simulation, and especially chemical engineering process-design, simulation, and economical analysis.
Dr. Sassi has a long record of academic and industrial experience in chemical/mechanical engineering, teaching, research and service. After his studies and a post-doc in the USA, he moved to The Electric Company of France in Paris, where he worked for six years in their research division on gas turbine combustion and air pollution control among other projects related to numerical modeling and optical and laser diagnostics of plasma torches, electrical circuit breakers, and electrical-arc-driven furnaces. These interests have continued through his teaching and research activities in Tunisia for eight years, and lately as a Professor of chemical engineering at the Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi.
Dr. Sassi’s current research interests include:CO2 reduction, capture, and storage for carbon management; thermal fluid sciences, combustion, and plasma in theory and practice; optical and laser diagnostics for combustion and electrical plasma devices; flame versus flameless gas turbine combustion for energy savings and air pollution control;microwave Induced plasma for hydrogen production and sulfur recovery from sour gas; and chemical engineering process-design, simulation, and economical analysis
Selected Publications
Hamdi, M., H. Benticha, and M. Sassi, "Numerical Modeling of the Effects of Fuel Dilution and Strain Rate on Reaction Zone Structure and NOx Formation in Flameless Combustion", Combustion Science and Technology,181:8,1078 — 1091(2009).
Ghabi, C., H. Benticha, and M. Sassi, "Two-Dimensional Computational Modeling and Simulation of Wood Particles Pyrolysis in a Fixed Bed Reactor," Combustion Science and Technology (2008), 180(5), 833-853.
Elaissi S, M. Yousfi, H. Helali, S. Kazziz, K. Charrada, M. Sassi, "Radio-Frequency Electronegative Gas Discharge Behavior in a Parallel-plate Reactor for Material Processing, Plasma Devices and Operations, Volume 14, Number 1, pp. 27-45, 2006.
Dr. Tariq Shamim
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1997
M.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1996
Teaching Interests:Sustainable Energy Systems; Fuel Cell Systems; Combustion and Emissions Control
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute, Dr. Shamim was a tenured faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, where he worked since 1997. During his sabbatical and summer leaves from the University, Dr. Shamim also held visiting faculty appointments at the National University of Singapore, American University of Sharjah, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Ford Motor Company.
Dr. Shamim specializes in the broad area of thermal sciences. His main expertise is in the fields of energy systems, fuel cells, combustion, and emission control. His research and consulting work has been supported by more than two million dollars of external grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, and the automotive companies. He has been actively involved in many professional organizations including ASME, SAE and Combustion Institute. He is currently serving on the editorial board of three journals.
Dr. Shamim’s current research interests include: modeling of combustion and reacting flow; advanced energy systems - fuel cells; emissions control; CO2 capture; hydrogen production; sustainable mobility
Selected Publications
Shamim, T., “Effect of Oxygen Storage Capacity on the Dynamic Characteristics of an Automotive Catalytic Converter”, Energy Conversion & Management, Vol. 49(11), pp. 3292 -3300, 2008.
Vorobev, A., O. Zikanov, and T. Shamim, “A Computational Model of a PEM Fuel Cell with Finite Vapor Absorption Rate”, Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 166, pp. 92-103, 2007.
Shamim, T., C. Xia, and P. Mohanty, “Modeling and Analysis of Combustion Assisted Thermal Spray Processes”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 46(8), pp.755-767, 2007.
Dr. Youssef Shatilla
Professor, Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
D.Sc., Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992
M.Sc., Nuclear Engineering, Alexandria University, 1988
Teaching Interests: Nuclear Physics; Nuclear Reactor Physics; and Sustainable Energy
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Shatilla's academic appointments included: Visiting Professor in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, Associate Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, and Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Alexandria University. Dr. Shatilla's industry experience includes working as a Principal Engineer in the Core Engineering Department of Westinghouse Electric Company where he developed methods and software for nuclear reactor design applications.
Dr. Shatilla's research interests are computational reactor physics, in-core nuclear fuel management optimization, advanced reactor design, application of nuclear systems for water desalination and hydrogen production.
Selected Publications
Shatilla, Y.A., "A Pressure-tube Advanced Burner Test Reactor," Intl. J. of Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 238, No. 1, 102, 2008.
Shatilla, Y.A., "A Very High Temperature Reactor Self-sustainable Oasis Concept," Int. J. of Nucl. Desalination, Vol. 2, No. 2, 193, 2006.
Shatilla, Y., P. Hejzlar, and M. S. Kazimi, A PWR Self-Contained Actinide Transmutation System, MIT-NFC-TR-088, Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA, September 2006.
Associate Professors
Dr. Hassan Arafat
Associate Professor,Water and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2000
Teaching Interests: Membrane Desalination; Solid Waste Management; Pollution Prevention; Separation Processes
Prior to joining Masdar Institute, Dr. Arafat worked (2000-2003) at Argonne National Laboratory (Illinois, USA) as a researcher and project manager for the United States Department of Energy. Between 2003 and 2010, Dr. Arafat was a faculty member at the Chemical Engineering Department at An-Najah University (Nablus, Palestine) and served as the director of the Water Technologies Research Unit there. He is also an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Biological Engineering at Utah State University (Utah, USA) since 2009. The focus areas of Dr. Arafat's most recent research projects are in the development of fouling-resistant RO and MD membranes for seawater desalination, the separation of algae from wastewater lagoons for biodiesel generation, and the development of sustainable solid waste management strategies. He is the recipient of many research grants and several international research fellowships. He has more than 50 peer-reviewed publications. He is also the winner of several prestigious awards.
Dr. Arafat’s current research interests include: membrane desalination;solid-waste management; separation processes (adsorption, solvent extraction, membranes); water and wastewater processes
Selected Publications
Arafat, H.A,, S.B. Aase, A.J. Bakel, D.L. Bowers, A.V. Gelis, M.C. Regalbuto, and G.F. Vandegrift, “The Application of In-Situ Formed Mixed Iron Oxides in the Removal of Strontium and Actinides from Nuclear Tank Waste”, AIChE J., in Press 2010.
Khatib, I. and H.A. Arafat, “A Review of Residential Solid Waste Management in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: A Window for Improvement?”, Waste Management and Research, Vol. 28, pp. 481–488, 2010.
Abu Tarboush, B. J., D. Rana, T. Matsuura, H.A. Arafat, and R.M. Narbaitz, “Preparation of Thin-Film-Composite Polyamide Membranes for Desalination Using Novel Hydrophilic Surface Modifying Macromolecules”, J. Membrane Science, Vol. 325(1), pp. 166-175, 2008.
Dr. Peter Armstrong
Associate Professor, Mechanical
Engineering
Ph.D., Building Technology, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 2004
M.S., Mechanical Engineering,
Colorado
State University, 1980
Teaching Interests: Applications of Technology in Energy and the Environment; General Thermodynamics; Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer.
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Armstrong was a senior research engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where he worked on miniature devices, such as a man-portable heatpump and a hypothermic implant, efficiency retrofits for domestic and Russian buildings, alternative cooling, and other new end-use and combined heat and power technologies. Dr. Armstrong's current research interests include:
- Fault modeling and detection in motors, pumps, compressors, and refrigeration equipment;
- Advanced efficient cooling and heat pump technologies, controls and systems
- Controls for motor, power and thermofluid systems; model-based control, sensor systems; and
- Infiltration, ventilation, contaminant transport and dispersion modeling
Active in numerous professional associations, Dr. Armstrong has received the following awards: Fostering Diversity Awards (1996, 1998); Key Contributor Award (anisotropic micro-channel recuperator and fabrication method 2002); Top Thirty Inventor of Energy Technology Division (invention disclosures 2000-2004); Outstanding Performance Award (advanced HVAC technology field monitoring/analysis 2005).
Selected Publications
Armstrong, P.R., L.K. Norford, S.B. Leeb. "Control with Building Mass— Part I: Thermal Response Model Identification and Part II: Simulation", ASHRAE Transactions, 112(1), 2006.
Armstrong, P.R., C.R. Laughman , S.B. Leeb , L.K. Norford. "Detection of roof-top cooling unit faults based on electrical measurements", Int'l J HVAC&R Research, 12(1):151-175, 2006.
Armstrong, P.R., D.L. Hadley, R.D. Stenner, M.C. Janus. "Whole-building airflow network characterization by a many-pressure-states (MPS) technique", ASHRAE Transactions, 107(2), 2001.
Dr. Imtinan Elahi
Associate Professor, Microelectronic Devices and Circuits
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2005
M.S.E., Electrical Engineering: Systems, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 1992
Teaching Interests: Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits; Discrete-time Signal Processing; Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design
Dr. Elahi has extensive experience of mixed-signal, software-assisted, transceiver design. He has participated in various stages of CMOS design cycle for complex SoCs, including system-level architecture definition, lineup analysis, behavioral modeling, addressing issues with RF and analog circuits using digital techniques, design of digital data paths and their RTL implementation and verification. Prior to joining Masdar Institute in May 2010, he worked for Samsung Telecommunications America (STA), Richardson, TX, where he designed circuits and systems for next generation wireless transceivers. From 2002 to 2009, he was with Texas Instruments (TI), Dallas, TX. He was one of the core designers of TI’s digital RF processors (DRP) for GSM and EDGE applications that have been successfully deployed in hundreds of millions of mobile phones across the globe. Later, he also worked as a lead systems architect for a transceiver SoC for UMTS. Prior to joining TI, he had almost ten years of industrial design experience and one year of teaching experience. He is a senior member of the IEEE.
Dr. Elahi’s current research interests include application of signal processing and control theoretic techniques to: analyze/model complex systems; design architectures with judicious partitioning between RF/analog/discrete-time and digital domains (including hardware and software); and translate architectures to low-power circuits.
Selected Publications
Elahi, I., K. Muhammad, and P.T.Balsara, “Parallel Correction and Adaptation Engines for I/Q Mismatch Compensation”, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems Part—II: Express Briefs, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 86 – 90, Jan. 2009.
Elahi, I., K. Muhammad, “IIP2 Calibration by Injecting DC Offset at the Mixer in a Wireless Receiver”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part—II: Express Briefs, Volume 54, No. 12, pp. 1135 – 1139, Dec. 2007.
Elahi, I., K. Muhammad, and P.T. Balsara, “I/Q Mismatch Compensation using Adaptive Decorrelation in a low-IF Receiver in 90 nm CMOS Process,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 41, Issue 2, pp. 395-404, Feb. 2006.
Dr. Hosni Ghedira
Associate Professor, Water and Environmental
Engineering
Ph.D., Water Sciences, INRS-Eau, University of Quebec, 2002
M.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Sherbrooke QC, Canada
Teaching Interests: Water and Wastewater Engineering; Mathematical and Statistical Modeling; Environmental Remote Sensing and Satellite Image Processing.
Prior to joining Masdar Institute, Dr. Ghedira was with the American University in Dubai as Associate Professor of Civil Engineering. He also served as Senior Scientist at the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science & Technology (EIAST), Space Program and Visiting Researcher at NOAA-CREST Center in New York. Before moving to the UAE, Dr Ghedira spent six years at the City University of New York as assistant professor and research associate professor. He also acted as director of the Environmental Remote Sensing and Image Processing Laboratory at the NOAA Cooperative Remote Sensing Science & Technology Center (NOAA-CREST) in New York for more than four years.
Recently, Dr. Ghedira has been actively involved in several research projects with EIAST focusing on developing new satellite-based tools to forecast detect and monitor different environmental hazards in the UAE and the Gulf region. Currently, Dr Ghedira is supervising a team of four researchers and graduate students working on four different research projects at EIAST: water quality monitoring, dust and sand storms monitoring, fog forecasting and monitoring, and air quality monitoring.
Dr. Ghedira’s current research interests include: Application of Remote Sensing in Environmental Monitoring; Water Resources Management in Water-Scarce Regions; Satellite Image Processing; and Remote Sensing Algorithm Development
Selected Publications
Ghedira, H., A. Al-Rais and A. Al-Suwaidi, “Developing a New Automated Tool for Detecting and Monitoring Dust and Sand Storms Using MODIS and METEOSAT SEVIRI-MSG Data” IEEE GRSS Proceedings, 2009(IV), pp. 905-908, 2009. ISBN: 978-1-4244-3395-7.
Azar, A. E., H. Ghedira, P. Romanov, S. Mahani, M. Tedesco, and R. Khanbilvardi, “Application of Satellite Microwave Images in Estimating Snow Water Equivalent”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 44(6), pp. 1347-1362, 2008. DOI: 10.1111 ⁄ j.1752-1688.2008.00227.x
Lakhankar, T., H. Ghedira, M. Temimi, R. Khanbilvardi, M. Sengipt, and R. Blake, “Non-parametric Methods for Soil Moisture Retrieval from Satellite Remote Sensing Data”. Remote Sensing Journal, 1(1), pp. 3-21, 2009. doi:10.3390/rs1010003.
Dr. Scott Kennedy
Associate Professor, Water
and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., Engineering Science, Harvard University, 2003
S.M., Applied Math, Harvard University, 2003
Teaching Interests: Global Climate Change; Economics, Science and Policy; Industrial Ecology
Dr. Kennedy's current research interests focus on integrating renewable energy sources into power networks, with an emphasis on the interactions between power markets and power system operations. He has worked on various research and consultancy projects in urban air quality management, energy resource planning, urban transportation planning, and other issues related to sustainable energy and development. He received the John and Fannie Hertz Fellow award in 1998.
Selected Publications
Kennedy, S. and F. Ahamad (2007) "Estimating the Impact of Engine Modification Costs on the Demand for Biofuels in Malaysia", Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume XI, No.3, pp. 67-76
Kennedy, S. (2005) "Wind Power Planning: Assessing Long-term Costs and Benefits", Energy Policy, Vol. 33, Issue 13, 1661-1675.
Kennedy, S. and P. Rogers (2003) "A Probabilistic Model for Simulating Long-term Wind power Output", Wind Engineering, Vol. 27, #3.
Assistant Professors
Dr. Farrukh Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Water and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., Environmental Science and Engineering, Rice University, 2001
M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, 1994
Registered Professional Chemical and Environmental Engineer
Teaching Interests: Contaminant Fate and Transport;
Water and Wastewater Treatment;
Groundwater Hydrology; Environmental Risk Assessment; Remediation Engineering.
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute, Dr. Ahmad was Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston and Sr. Environmental Engineer with the environmental risk management firm, GSI Environmental. Dr. Ahmad’s areas of expertise include the design and testing of innovative water treatment technologies and the development of novel environmental site characterization methods. In both of these areas, he has led multi-disciplinary and multi-institution teams in the U.S. under Federal research grants to address environmental contamination problems. His past experience has also included serving as a technical expert in the field of Environmental Forensics. Work in this area has involved age-dating and source-identification of petroleum, solvent, and brine releases in the environment using chemical biomarkers, stable isotope methods, and salinity markers.
Dr. Ahmad’s current research interests include the use of renewable materials for water treatment and energy generation, development and testing of water treatment technologies, contaminant fate and transport in environmental media and environmental risk assessment.
Selected Publications
Ahmad, F., S. P. Schnitker, and C. J. Newell. "Remediation of RDX- and HMX-contaminated Groundwater Using Organic Mulch Permeable Reactive Barriers”, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Vol. 90, Issues 1-2, pp. 1-20, 2007.
Ahmad, F., J. B. Hughes, and G. N. Bennett. “Biodegradation of Hazardous Materials by Clostridia,” In: Handbook of Clostridia, P. Durre (Ed.), Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2005.
McHugh, T. E., J. A. Connor, and F. Ahmad. "An Empirical Analysis of the Groundwater-to-indoor-air Exposure Pathway: The Role of Background Concentrations in Indoor Air,” Environmental Forensics, Vol. 5, pp. 33-44, March 2004.
Dr. Zeyar Aung
Assistant Professor,Computing and Information Science
Ph.D., National University of Singapore, 2006
Teaching Interests: Data Mining, Machine Learning, Database Management, Information Retrieval, Algorithms
Dr. Aung has experience working in mining of scientific data and indexing and retrieval of large scientific databases. Dr. Aung’s areas of expertise include data mining, machine learning, database management, bioinformatics, and chemoinformatics. His past experience has also included serving as a research fellow in Institute for Infocomm Research, A*Star (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore from 2006 to 2010. He is a professional member of International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB).
Dr. Aung’s current research interests include data mining and database management systems for renewable energy and sustainability.
Selected Publications
Aung, Z., S. H. Tan, S.K. Ng, and K.L. Tan, "PPiClust: Efficient Clustering of 3-D Protein-protein Interaction Interfaces", Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Vol. 6 (3), pp. 415–433, 2008.
Aung, Z. and K.L. Tan, "MatAlign: Precise Protein Structure Comparison by Matrix Alignment", Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Vol. 4 (6), pp. 1197-1216, 2006.
Aung, Z. and K. L. Tan, "Rapid 3D Protein Structure Database Searching Using Information Retrieval Techniques", Bioinformatics, Vol. 20 (7), pp. 1045-1052, 2004.
Dr. Matteo Chiesa
Assistant Professor, Materials
Science, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering,
Norwegian University of Science
and Technology, 2001
M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering,
Norwegian University of Science
and Technology, 1997
Teaching Interests: Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes; Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Chiesa was a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at MIT where he investigated the properties of nano-engineered insulating material that may play a key role in addressing the technological challenges faced by the oil industry in enhancing oil recovery while minimizing its environmental impact. This research was performed in close collaboration with the R&D department at Aibel (former ABB Offshore System) for which he previously served as a technical advisor. He was also employed at SINTEF Petroleum and Energy, one of the largest European research institutions.
Dr. Chiesa's research focuses on the development of solar thermoelectric energy conversion technologies. This research employs picosecond ultrasonics based on optical generation and detection of acoustic phonons to characterize transport and structural properties of novel materials and nanostructures. Such properties are needed to design energy conversion technologies. Dr. Chiesa currently works on a hybrid system that combines photovoltaic (PV) with thermoelectric (TE) modules.
Selected Publications
Schmidt, A., M. Chiesa, D. Torchinsky, J. Johnson, K. Nelson, G. Chen "Thermal Conductivity of Nanoparticle Suspensions in Insulating Media Measured with a Transient Optical Grating and a Hotwire" Accepted in Journal of Applied Physics, 2008.
Chiesa M., J. Melheim, A. Pedersen, S. Ingebrigtsen and B. Berg " Forces Acting on Two Water Droplets in Oil under the Influence of an Electric Field: Numerical Predictions versus Experimental Observations". European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids, Vol. 24 , 717-732, 2005.
Chiesa M., B. Skallerud and D. Gross, "Closed Form Line Spring Yield Surface for Deep and Shallow Cracks: Formulation and Numerical Performance". Int. J. Computers & Structures, Vol. 80, 533-545, 2002.
Dr. Jacob Crandall
Assistant Professor, Computing and Information Science
Ph.D., Computer Science, Brigham Young University, 2006
M.S., Computer Science, Brigham Young University, 2004
Teaching Interests: Robotics; Human-machine Interaction; Artificial Intelligence; Multi-agent Systems
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Crandall was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he performed research on modeling human, multi-robot teams. His dissertation at Brigham Young University was in the area of multi-agent learning. His current research interests include robotics, human-machine systems, interactive artificial learning, and multi-agent systems.
Selected Publications
CrandallJ. W. and M. L. Cummings. " Identifying Predictive Metrics for Supervisory Control of Multiple Robots," IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 23, No. 5, pages 942-951, Oct 2007.
Crandall, J. W., M. A. Goodrich, D. R. Olsen, Jr., and C. W. Nielsen. "Validating Human-Robot Interaction Schemes in Multi-Tasking Environments." IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics -- Part-A, Vol. 35, No. 4, pages 438-449, July 2005.
Crandall, J. W. and M. A. Goodrich. " Learning to Compete, Compromise, and Cooperate in Repeated General-Sum Games." In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Machine Learning, pages 161-168, Bonn, Germany, 2005.
Dr. Ali Diabat
Assistant Professor, Engineering Systems and Management
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 2008.
M.S., Operations Research, North Carolina University, 2003.
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science & Technology, 2001.
Teaching Interests: Systems Optimization; Supply Chain Networks Design; Logistics; Production Planning and Inventory Management; and Operations Research.
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Diabat worked as a graduate instructor at Purdue University for four years where he received a number of academic recognitions, including an outstanding graduate student (GPA: 4.00/4.00); an outstanding graduate instructor award; and an excellence in teaching award. Dr. Diabat’s industry experience includes working as business analyst in the transportation industry and as operations research analyst in the banking and beverages industries.
Dr. Diabat's current research focuses on Sustainable Transportation and Logistics Systems Optimization; Capacity Expansion and Resources Allocation; Production Planning and Scheduling;and Renewable Energy Optimization Models.
Selected Publications
Alrefaei, M., A. Diabat (2009), "A Simulated Annealing Technique for Multi-Objective Simulation Optimization," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol 215, pp. 3029-3035.
Diabat, A., T. Aouam, L. Ozsen (2009), ‘An Evolutionary Programming Approach for Solving the Capacitated Facility Location Problem with Risk Pooling’, Int. J. Applied Decision Sciences, Vol 2, No. 4, pp.389-405.
Diabat, A., D. Simchi-Levi (2009), ‘A Carbon-Capped Supply Chain Network Problem’, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEE, pp. 523-527.
Dr. Clara Dimas
Assistant Professor, Materials Science
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2009.
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2006.
Teaching Interests: Quantum Confined Structures; Photonic Materials and Devices; Micro and Nanofabrication Processing.
Dr. Dimas’s areas of expertise are light emitting devices based on nanostructures, microelectromechanical systems and semiconductor processing. Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, she conducted research at the Center for Optical Technologies on the design and fabrication of broadband quantum dot/dash light sources for interferometric sensing systems. In addition, she also previously worked at a startup on the product research and development of micromirrors for adaptive optics imaging and free-space communications.
Dr. Dimas has contributed to 30 publications including refereed journals, conference proceedings, invited talks and a US patent. Other honors include : Journal of Applied Physics Reviewer (2008), Newport Spectra-Physics Award (2009) , SPIE Educational Scholarship (2006).
Dr. Dimas’s current research interest is in developing nanostructured material and hybrid device platforms to provide energy efficient high performing solid state lighting solutions.
Selected Publications
Dimas, C. E., C. L. Tan, H. S. Djie, A. McAulay, and B. S. Ooi, "A temporal coherence study of quantum dot/dash broadband lasers and superluminescent diodes", IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., Vol. 21, No. 11, pp. 694-696, 2009.
Tan, C.L. , H.S. Djie, Y. Wang, C.E. Dimas, V. Hongpinyo, Y. H. Ding, and B.S. Ooi, "Wavelength tuning and emission width widening of ultrabroad quantum dash interband laser", Applied Physics Letter, Vol. 93, No. 111101, September 2008.
Dimas,C.E., H.S. Djie and B.S. Ooi, "Superluminescent Diodes Using Quantum Dots Superlattice", Journal of Crystal Growth, 288 (1), pp.153-156, 2006.
Dr. Mahieddine Emziane
Assistant Professor, Materials
Science
Ph.D., Materials Physics,
University of Nantes,
France, 1998.
Diplôme des Etudes Approfondies
(DEA), Materials Physics,
University of Nantes, France, 1995.
M.S., Physics,
University of Reims,
France, 1992.
Teaching Interests: Photovoltaics and Related Technologies; Electrical, Optical, Magnetic and Mechanical Properties of Materials; Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials.
Prior to joining the Masdar Institue faculty, Dr. Emziane spent the past 13 years working in the area of semiconductor materials and devices, with an emphasis on thin-film photovoltaics (PV) where he has extensive experience in experimental, design and modeling. Most recently Dr. Emziane was a researcher at Oxford University where he worked on III-V cells for PV and TPV applications. Prior to Oxford , Dr. Emziane was at Durham University investigating the impurities in CdTe PV devices. He also worked at the Universities of Sheffield and Liverpool, and as a Guest Scientist at Infineon Technologies in Germany.
Dr. Emziane has authored over 30 refereed publications, and made more than 25 contributions to international conferences. He is a reviewer for many international journals, and has been a member of the international scientific committee of SCELL 2004 Conference. He is member of IoP, MRS, IEEE and EDS.
Selected Publications
Emziane, M., Nicholas R.J., "Double-junction three-terminal photovoltaic devices: A modeling approach", Journal of Applied Physics, 102 (2007) 074508.
Emziane, M., K. Durose, N. Romeo, A. Bosio, D.P. Halliday, "Efficiency Improvement in Thin Film Solar Cell Devices with Oxygen-containing Absorber Layer", Applied Physics Letters 87 (2005) 261901.
Emziane, M., R. Le Ny, "Synthesis and Properties of In2 (Se1-xTex)3Thin Films: A New Semiconductor Compound", Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing 72 (2001) 73-79.
Dr. Amro Farid
Assistant Professor, Engineering Systems and Management
Ph.D., Industrial Control Systems Engineering, University of Cambridge, 2006
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002
Teaching Interests: Product Design & Development; Systems Architecting; Systems Behavior Modelling & Analysis; Project Management; Operations & Management
Prior to joining the Masdar Institue faculty, Dr. Farid worked as an environment and greenhouse gases specialist at Air Liquide Group where he fulfilled a number of roles for the European Union Emission Trading Scheme and the identification of best available techniques for design and operation hydrogen production facilities.
Dr. Farid's research interests center around the systems engineering of large scale complex systems as it may be applied to conception, design, operation, and reconfiguration of energy systems. This specifically entails: integration of industrial automation and control systems into energy systems; design, operation, and upgrade of intelligent power grids; systems engineering & requirements analysis for sustainable & dynamic energy systems; integration of energy storage systems; demand response of large scale facilities.
Selected Publications
Farid, A.M. "Product Degrees of Freedom as Reconfiguration Potential Measures." ITSSSA: International Transaction on Systems Science and Applications. (2008)
Farid, A.M. and D. C. McFarlane. "Production Degrees of Freedom as Reconfiguration Potential Measures." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture.
222(10):1301-1314. (2008)
Farid, A.M. "Modularity as Reconfiguration Ease Measures." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture. 222(10):1275-1288. (2008)
Dr. Raed Hashaikeh
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and
Engineering
Ph.D., Materials Engineering, McGill University, 2005
M.Eng, Materials Engineering, McGill University, 2001
Teaching Interests: Structure and Properties of Polymers; Materials for Energy Conversion and Environmental Protection.
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Hashaikeh worked as a scientist (NSERC Industrial research and development fellow) at FPInnovations (Paprican division), Canada.
Dr. Hashaikeh's current research interests include bioethanol production from lignocellulosic materials, supercritical water gasification of biomass to hydrogen and nanocrystalline cellulose extraction and utilization in polymeric composite materials.
Selected Publications
Hashaikeh, R., Z. Fang, I. S. Butler, J. Hawari, and J. A. Kozinski, “Hydrothermal Dissolution of Willow in Hot Compressed Water as a Model for Biomass Conversion,” Fuel (2007) 86, 1614–1622.
Hashaikeh, R, I.S. Butler, J.A. Kozinski, “Thin-film Ruthenium Dioxide (RuO2) Coatings via Ozone-mediated Chemical Vapor Deposition,” Thin Solid Films (2006), 515 (4), 1918-1921.
R. Hashaikeh, I.S. Butler, J.A. Kozinski, “Selective Promotion of Catalytic Reactions during Biomass Gasification to Hydrogen,” Energy & Fuels (2006), 20 (6), 2743-2747.
Dr. Isam Janajreh
Assistant Professor, Mechanical
Engineering
Ph.D., Engineering Science and
Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic, 1998
M.S., Engineering Science and
Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic, 1994
M.S., Mechanical Engineering,
Virginia Polytechnic, 1992
Teaching Interests: Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer; Fundamentals and Applications of Combustion; Fundamental of Advanced Energy Conversion
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Janajreh gained extensive teaching experience at Virginia Polytechnic, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland , University of Maryland Baltimore County, and Florida Atlantic University. His industry experience includes work at Michelin R&D in the U.S. analyzing tire traction, vehicle dynamics, rubber material modeling and work at Michelin France heading the Tire Hydroplaning Modeling project. Most recently he worked for Parametric Solutions Inc.(PSI) as Fluid/Solid Interaction Analyst. He has also worked on several U.S. government-sponsored projects in the R&D aerospace area.
Dr. Janajreh's research interests include: waste to energy, waste incineration, and tire combustion/gasification and pyrolysis, and combustion of biofuels and biomass gasification.
Selected Publications
Janajreh, I. and C. Ghenai, "Turbine Blade Analysis", International Aerospace CFD Conference, 18-19 June 2007, Paris France.
Janajreh, I. "Coupled Fluid Solid Interaction for Tire Hydroplaning", Proceedings of the Tire Science and Technology Conf. Akron Ohio Sept. 2007.
Janajreh, I., A. Rezqui, V. Estenne, N. Hakimi, C. Hirsch, "Towards Free Surface Hydroplaning Over a Loaded Tire", First MIT conference on computational fluid and solid Mechanics, June 8-12 2001. Computer and Structure J. July 2002.
Dr. Vinod Khadkikar
Assistant Professor, Electrical Power Engineering
Ph.D., Engineering, École de technologie supérieure, Montréal, Canada, 2008
M.Tech., Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Drives, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India, 2002
Teaching Interests:Power Electronics; Electric Power Quality; and Electric Machines
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute, Dr. Khadkikar worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of Western Ontario, London (ON), Canada. He worked on several industrial collaborated research projects. He received a number of scholarships including MHRD (Government of India), Ministry of Education of Quebec (Canada), scholarship awarded by École de technologie supérieure, IEEE Industrial Electronics travel grant.
Dr. Khadkikar’s current research interests include application of power electronics in renewable energy systems, grid interconnection issues, electric power quality, active power filters and static reactive power compensation.
Selected Publications
Khadkikar, V., A. Chandra, and B. N. Singh, “Generalized Single-Phase p-q Theory for Active Power Filtering: Simulation and DSP based Experimental Investigation”, IET Power Electronics, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 67 -78, January 2009.
Khadkikar, V. and A. Chandra, “A Novel Structure for Three-Phase Four-Wire Distribution System Utilizing Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC)”, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.45, no.5, pp. 1897-1902, Sept.-Oct. 2009.
Dr. Inas Khayal
Assistant Professor, Engineering Systems and Management
Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco, 2009 and University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Management of Technology Program, 2007
Teaching Interests :Healthcare and Sustainability, Entrepreneurship
Dr. Khayal’s experience has been in translational research utilizing non-invasive acquisition to computationally visualize, model and analyze biological data as it affects human health. Her past experience was in utilizing diffusion imaging as a non-invasive marker in the management of brain tumor treatment. She has consulted for multiple startups and holds two U.S. and international patents.
Dr. Khayal’s current research interests include sustainable healthy living; using ubiquitous technology for non-invasive early warning markers and health monitoring of chronic disease.
Selected Publications
Khayal I.S., MY.C. Polley, L. Jalbert, A. Elkhaled, S.M. Chang, S. Cha, N.A. Butowski and S.J. Nelson, “Evaluation of Diffusion Parameters as Early Biomarkers of Disease Progression in Glioblastoma Multiforme”, Neuro-Oncology, 2010
Khayal I.S. and S. J. Nelson, Characterization of Low-grade Gliomas Using RGB Color Maps Derived Histograms”, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 30 (1), pp. 209-213, 2009
Khayal I.S., F.W. Crawford, S. Saraswathy, K.R. Lamborn, S.M. Chang, S. Cha, T.R. McKnight and S.J. Nelson S.J., “Relationship between Choline and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Patients With Gliomas”, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 27, pp. 718-725, 2008
Dr. Ammar Nayfeh
Assistant Professor, Microelectronics Devices and Circuits
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2006
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2003
Teaching Interests: Integrated Microelectronic Devices, Physics of Microfabrication: Front End Processing, Micro/Nano Processing Technology
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute, Dr. Nayfeh was with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) as a researcher working on Ultra Thin Body (UTB) SOI Devices for 22nm and beyond in joint project with IBM. Most recently, Dr. Nayfeh was employed at Innovative Silicon (ISi), a Silicon Valley startup that licenses Z-RAM Technology, a DRAM replacement. In addition, he was a part time professor at San Jose State University.
Dr. Nayfeh’s current research interests include thin film solar cells, low power nano-electronics, high-performance nano-electronics, nano-photonics and nano-memory technologies. He is currently working at the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) at MIT on thin film tandem multi-junction crystalline solar cells with SiGe/Ge and Si for improved efficiency.
Selected Publications
Nayfeh, A., C.O. Chu, T. Yonehara, and K. Saraswat "Fabrication of High-quality p-MOSFET in Ge Grown Heteroepitaxially on Si" Electron Device Letters (EDL) Vol. 26, pp. 311-313, May 2005.
Nayfeh, A. and V. Koldyaev “Experimental Evidence of Long-Range Point Defect-Phosphorous Pair Diffusion in Silicon”, MRS Proceedings Symposium C Spring 2009.
Okyay, A.K., A. M. Nayfeh, K. C. Saraswat, T. Yonehara, A. Marshall, and P. C. McIntyre, "High-efficiency Metal-semiconductor-metal Photodetectors on Heteroepitaxially Grown Ge on Si," Opt. Lett. 31, 2565-2567, 2006.
Dr. Iyad Rahwan
Assistant Professor, Computing and Information Science
Ph.D., Information Systems, University of Melbourne, 2005
M.S., Information Technology, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia, 2000
Teaching Interests: Intelligence, Multi-agent Systems, Algorithms, Logic for Computer Science
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute, Dr. Rahwan was a founding faculty member at the British University in Dubai. His research deals with various aspects of collective intelligence in technical and socio-technical systems. He is a founding Editor of the journal of Argument and Computation, Associate Editor of the Knowledge Engineering Review and the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (JAAMAS), and has been an invited editor of special issues of JAAMAS and IEEE Intelligent Systems. In 2007, he won the "Best Technical Paper Award" at the International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC).
Dr. Rahwan’s current research interests include multi-agent resources optimization (e.g. of energy usage), the use of social computing to improve people’s behavior, and creating models of collective decision-making and argumentation.
Selected Publications
Rahwan I., M.I. Madakkatel, J. F. Bonnefon, R.N. Awan, and S. Abdallah, “Behavioural Experiments for Assessing the Abstract Argumentation Semantics of Reinstatement”, Cognitive Science, in press
Rahwan, I., F. Zablith and C. Reed, “Laying the Foundations for a World Wide Argument Web”, Artificial Intelligence, Vol 171(10-15), pp. 897-921, 2007
Alshamsi A., S. Abdallah and I. Rahwan, “Multiagent Self-Organization for a Taxi Dispatch System”, In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Inustry Track, Budapest, Hungary, 2009
Dr. Sgouris Sgouridis
Assistant Professor, Engineering
Systems Management
Ph.D., Engineering Systems, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 2007
M.S., Technology and Policy,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
M.S., Transportation, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 2005
Teaching Interests: Sustainable Energy; Management for Engineers
Dr. Sgouridis has experience working at governmental and private organizations including the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Port Authority of Thessaloniki, and the Hellenic Army -- Army Corps of Engineers. His research interests include commercial aviation, sustainability, optimization, dynamics of large scale systems, and environmental impacts of transport. Dr. Sgouridis is the recipient of the Martin Fellowship for Sustainability (2004-2005) and the Award for Excellence in Academic Performance from the Chambers of Engineers (1998 and 1999).
Selected Publications
Dikos, G., S. Sgouridis "On the optimal timing of the oil pollution act: Is there more value in waiting than acting?." Int. J. Ocean Systems Management (pending).
Sussman, J., S. Sgouridis, and J. Ward. "New Approach to Transportation Planning for the 21st Century: Regional Strategic Transportation Planning as a CLIOS Process," Transportation Research Record 1931 (2005), National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Sgouridis, S., D. Makris, and D. Angelides. "Simulation analysis for midterm yard planning in container terminal." Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Vol. 129, No. 4, July/August 2003.
Dr. Marco Stefancich
Assistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering
Ph.D., Physics, University of North Texas, 1998
Teaching Interests: Quantum Theory, Statistical Mechanics and Electromagnetic Theory, Optics and Optical Engineering, Physics and Technology of Solar Systems, Concentrator Photovoltaic. Other teaching interests are in the field of Numerical Simulation and Computer Based Modeling
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute, Dr. Stefancich was a researcher at the Italian National Research Institute (CNR). He has been working for many years on photovoltaic conversion of concentrated sunlight with an emphasis on the system related aspect and prototypes realization.
He co-founded a spin-off company for the production of a new concept of photovoltaic system in Italy.
He is currently working on a high efficiency approach based on the color separation in the concentrated beam and the simultaneous use of different color-specific high efficiency cells.
At the same time he is considering the possible synergy between concentration photovoltaic and desalinization processes or space cooling as well as the possibility for (concentrated) light driven chemical reactions for energy storage.
Selected Publications
Vincenzi, D., A. Busato, M. Stefancich, G. Martinelli. “Concentrating PV Systems Based on Spectral Separation of Solar Radiation” Phys. Status Solidi A, 206 375-378 (2009).
Antonini, A., M. A. Butturi, P. Di Benedetto, D. Uderzo, P. Zurru, E. Milan, M. Stefancich, M. Armani, A. Parretta, N. Baggio, “Rondine PV Concentrators: Field Results and Developments”, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, (2009).
Parretta, A., A. Antonini, E. Milan, M. Stefancich, G. Martinelli, and M. Armani, "Optical Efficiency of Solar Concentrators by a Reverse Optical Path Method," Opt. Lett. 33, 2044-2046 (2008).
Dr. Davor Svetinovic
Assistant Professor, Computing and Information Science
Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2006.
MMath, Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2002.
Teaching Interests: Requirements Engineering; Software Architecture; Software Engineering
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute, Dr. Sveinovic worked at Lero – the Irish Software Engineering Center, Ireland, and Vienna University of Technology, Austria. He received his doctorate degree in computer science and his master of mathematics degree from University of Waterloo, Canada. His main research interests are requirements engineering, systems architecture, and software development processes.
He received a number of academic recognitions, including top Canadian research scholarships and teaching excellence awards.
Selected Publications
Kaindl, H. and D. Svetinovic"Distinction between Requirements and Their Representations", Sixth Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER'08), Redondo Beach, USA, April 2008.
Svetinovic, D., D. M. Berry, N. Day, and M. Godfrey "Unified Use Case Statecharts: Case Studies", Requirements Engineering Journal (Springer), Volume 12, Number 4, October 2007.
Svetinovic, D., D.M. Berry, and M. Godfrey "Concept Identification in Object-Oriented Domain Analysis: Why Some Students Just Don't Get It", International Conference on Requirements Engineering (RE 2005), Paris, France, September 2005.
Dr. Ali Tabaei
Assistant Professor, Mechanical
Engineering
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
M.S, Structural Engineering, University of Tehran, 1999
Teaching Interests: Mathematical Methods for Engineers; Advanced Fluid Mechanics
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Tabaei was a visiting scholar at MIT's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department where his current research was primarily focused on hydrodynamics of ocean wave-power extraction. During his Ph.D. and later as postdoctoral researcher at MIT's Mechanical Engineering Department he studied internal gravity waves, a fascinating kind of wave that propagates in density-stratified fluids like oceans and the atmosphere. In his Ph.D. thesis he employed perturbation theory and asymptotic methods to examine the role that nonlinearity plays in propagation, reflection, and collision of internal wave beams.
Selected Publications
Tabaei, A. and T. R. Akylas, "Resonant Long—Short Wave Interactions in an Unbounded Rotating Stratified Fluid", Studies in Applied Mathematics (2007), Vol. 119(3), pp 271-296.
Tabaei, A., T. R. Akylas, and K. Lamb, "Nonlinear Effects in Reflecting and Colliding Internal Wave Beams", Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2005), Vol. 526, pp 217-243.
Tabaei, A. and T. R. Akylas, "Nonlinear Internal Gravity Wave Beams," Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2003), Vol. 482, pp 141-161.
Dr. I-Tsung Tsai
Assistant Professor, Engineering
Systems Management
Ph.D., Risk Management, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 2007
M.S., Construction Management,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002
M.S. in Transportation Engineering,
National Cheng-Kung
University, Taiwan, 1999
Teaching Interests: System Project Management; Systems Optimization
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Tsai served as a water strategy consultant for the Singapore government and was a visiting scholar to the Institute of Financial Research and Management, India in 2006. His research interests include carbon management, carbon finance, infrastructure policy, and information economics. His current research estimates the effect of emission allowances on human health. Previously, he studied the implicit incentive mechanism embedded in financial contracts, and the effect of asymmetric information in the online auction markets.
Publication
Tsai, I. "Default and Renegotiation — Financial Structure and Incentive in Public-Private Partnership Contracts", MIT Ph.D. dissertation, 2007.
Dr. Georgeta Vidican
Assistant Professor, Engineering
Systems Management
Ph.D., International Development,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
M.A., Urban and Regional Planning,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004
M.A., Applied Sociology,
University
of
Massachusetts Boston, 2002
Teaching Interests: Principles of Microeconomics; Environmental Policy and Economics; Sustainable Economic Development
Dr. Vidican's dissertation focused on the socio-economic and institutional analysis of regional differences in the management of land resources during transition in Eastern Europe. Her main research interests lie in the area of sustainable development with emphasis on the institutional synergies between governments, private sector and academic and non-governmental agencies, and on the process of technological innovation. She conducted research on industrialization, technological development and productivity growth in Europe and East Asia, the role of foreign direct investment in economic and social development, and property rights reforms.
Selected Publications
Vidican, G. "From Workers to Owners: The Impact of Property Rights Reforms on Investment and Sustainable Productivity Growth in Romania "(with Annette Kim). William Davidson Institute Working Paper #905. University of Michigan, February 2008.
Vidican, G. "Institutional Arrangements and Land Reallocation During Transition: A Regional Analysis of Small Farms in Romania ". Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, International Development Group, MIT, February 2008.
Vidican, G. "Productivity Growth in Agriculture: Regional Evidence From Romania " (with Anamaria Aldea). Journal of Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research 3-4(41), December 2007.
Dr. Wei Lee Woon
Assistant Professor, Computing and Information Science
Ph.D., Neural Computing, Aston University, U.K. , 2002
Teaching Interests: Integrating Information Systems: Technical, Strategic, and Organizational Factors; Foundations of Software Engineering.
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Woon was on the faculty of the Malaysia University of Science and Technology as an assistant professor, where he served until 2007. Dr. Woon's research interests are focused on the analysis of large data sets. Recent examples include technology forecasting, text mining and biomedical signal analysis. Dr. Woon has authored over 20 academic papers.
Selected Publications
Woon, W.L. and K.D. Wong. 2008 "String Alignment for Automated Document Versioning", (in press) Knowledge and Information Systems, Springer.
Woon, W.L., A. Cichocki, F. Vialatte and T. Musha 2007 "Techniques for early detection of Alzheimer's Disease using spontaneous EEG recordings", Physiological Measurement, 28:335-347, Institute of Physics.
Woon, W.L. and A.Cichocki, 2007 "Temporal Complexity Measures for Brain Computer Interfaces", Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, vol. 2007, Hindawi.
Dr. Weidong Michael Xiao
Assistant Professor, Electrical Power
Engineering
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2007
M.A.Sc, Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2003
Teaching Interests: Power Electronics; Computer Aided Design of Power Electronics; and Dynamic Control Systems.
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Xiao worked with MSR Innovations Incorporation as a R&D engineering manager focusing on projects related to integration, research, optimization and design of photovoltaic systems.
Dr. Xiao's current research interests include power electronics, advanced control, and photovoltaic power systems.
Selected Publications
Xiao, W., W. G. Dunford, P.R. Palmer, and A. Capel, "Application of Centered Differentiation and Steepest Descent to Maximum Power Point Tracking ", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Volume 54, Issue 5, pp. 2539 – 2549, 2007.
Xiao, W., N. Ozog, and W.G. Dunford, "Topology Study of Photovoltaic Interface for Maximum Power Point Tracking", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Volume 54, Issue 3, pp. 1696 – 1704, 2007.
Xiao, W., W.G. Dunford, P.R. Palmer, and A. Capel, "Regulation of Photovoltaic Voltage", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Volume 54, Issue 3, pp. 1365 – 1374, 2007.
Dr. Jerald Yoo
Assistant Professor, Microelectronic Devices and Circuits
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 2010
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 2007
Teaching Interests: Microelectronic Circuits and Systems Design; VLSI Design; Application-driven System-on-Chip Implementation
As a chief researcher at the Semiconductor System Laboratory in KAIST, Dr. Yoo developed low-energy Body Area Network (BAN) transceivers and wirelessly powered wearable sensors. His extensive research on Planar-Fabric Circuit Board (P-FCB) and the related circuits has opened the door for wearable, continuous health monitoring system. He also developed an embedded processor for Phase-Change Random Access Memory (PRAM). Dr. Yoo’s areas of expertise include advanced low energy circuit technology for wearable bio signal sensors, SoC design to system realization for wearable healthcare applications and energy-efficient circuit techniques and its chip implementation.
Dr. Yoo’s current research interests include low energy wearable body area network applications and its transceiver, wireless power transmission, low-power biomedical microsystem.
Selected Publications
Yoo, J., L. Yan, S. Lee, Y. Kim, and H.-J. Yoo, “A 5.2 mW Self-Configured Wearable Body Sensor Network Controller and a 12 μW Wirelessly Powered Sensor for a Continuous Health Monitoring System”, IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 178-188, 2010.
Yoo, J., S. Lee, and H.-J. Yoo, “A 1.12 pJ/b Inductive Transceiver with a Fault-Tolerant Network Switch for Multi-Layer Wearable Body Area Network Applications,” IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 44, No.11, pp. 2999-3010, 2009.
Yoo, J., L. Yan, S. Lee, H. Kim, and H.-J. Yoo, “A Wearable ECG Acquisition System with Compact Planar-Fashionable Circuit Board Based Shirt,” IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (TITB), Vol.13, No.6, pp. 897-902, 2009.
Dr. Hatem Zeineldin
Assistant Professor, Electrical
Power Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2006
M.S., Electrical Power &
Machines Engineering,
Cairo University, Egypt, 2002
Teaching Interests: Probability and Statistics in Engineering; Introduction to Numerical Analysis; Mathematical Methods for Materials Scientists, Engineers; Distributed Generation; and Power System Analysis
Prior to joining the Masdar Institute faculty, Dr. Zeineldin was a visiting professor and lecturer at MIT after having worked as a part time lecturer at the University of Waterloo. He worked for Qualsys Engco Inc. as a research engineer focusing on projects related to protection coordination planning with distributed generation. Following his work at Qualsys Engco Inc. he joined Smith and Andersen Electrical Engineering Inc. where he was involved with projects involving distribution system design, protection and distributed generation. His current research interests include power system protection, distributed generation, electricity markets and micro-grids.
Selected Publications
Zeineldin,H., E. El-Saadany, and M. Salama, Impact of DG Interface Control on Islanding Detection and Nondetective Zones, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume 21, Issue 3, July 2006 Page(s):1515 - 1523.
Zeineldin, H. and S. Kennedy, "Sandia Frequency Shift Parameter Selection to Eliminate Non-detection Zones," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2008.
Zeineldin, H. and J. Kirtley, Performance of the OVP/UVP and OFP/UFP method with Voltage and Frequency Dependent Loads, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2008.
Dr. Marwan K. Khraisheh
Dr. Toufic Mezher
Dr. Mohamed Sassi
Dr. Tariq Shamim
Dr. Youssef Shatilla
Dr. Hassan Arafat
Dr. Peter Armstrong
Dr. Imtinan Elahi
Dr. Hosni Ghedira
Dr. Scott Kennedy
Dr. Zeyar Aung
Dr. Farrukh Ahmad
Dr. Matteo Chiesa
Dr. Jacob Crandall
Dr. Ali Diabat
Dr. Clara Dimas
Dr. Mahieddine Emziane
Dr. Amro Farid
Dr. Raed Hashaikeh
Dr. Isam Janajreh
Dr. Vinod Khadkikar
Dr. Inas Khayal
Dr. Ammar Nayfeh
Dr. Iyad Rahwan
Dr. Sgouris Sgouridis
Dr. Marco Stefancich
Dr. Davor Svetinovic
Dr. Ali Tabaei
Dr. I-Tsung Tsai
Dr. Georgeta Vidican
Dr. Wei Lee Woon
Dr. Weidong Xiao
Dr. Jerald Yoo
Dr. Hatem Zeineldin