Professors
Dr. Marwan K. Khraisheh
MIST 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 MIST 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., Khraisheh, M. K., "An integrated approach to the superplastic forming of lightweight alloys: towards sustainable manufacturing", International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, In Press - to appear in 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
MIST Professor, Engineering Systems
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 MIST 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., Mezher T., Haghseta F., Baker W.R., Ortiz C., and Mistree, D. 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., Mezher, T., and Bitar, H., "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., Ajam, M., "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. Youssef Shatilla
MIST 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 MIST 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., Hejzlar, P., and Kazimi, M.S., 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. Peter Armstrong
MIST 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 MIST 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. Scott Kennedy
MIST Associate Professor, Water
and Environment
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
MIST Assistant Professor, Water and Environment
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 MIST, 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. Matteo Chiesa
MIST 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 MIST 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
A. Schmidt, 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., Melheim J., Pedersen A., Ingebrigtsen S. and Berg G " 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., Skallerud B. and Gross D., "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
MIST Assistant Professor, Information Technology
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 MIST 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.
Teaching Interests: Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes; Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials
Selected Publications
J. W. Crandall 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.
J. W. Crandall, 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.
J. W. Crandall 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
MIST 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 MIST 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
Diabat, Ali, “A Simple Approximate Multi-echelon Inventory Model,” Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society, Chicago, IL, May 2004.
Diabat, Ali & Richard, Jean-Philippe, “An Integrated Supply Chain Network Problem,” Annual Conference of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, Nashville, TN, May 2007.
Diabat, Ali & Richard, Jean-Philippe, “A Genetic Algorithm-based Heuristics Approach for Solving a Multi-echelon Joint Inventory-location Networks Design Problem,” submitted for publication, 2008.
Dr. Mahieddine Emziane
MIST 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 MIST 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., Durose K., Romeo N., Bosio A. Halliday D.P., "Efficiency improvement in thin film solar cell devices with oxygen-containing absorber layer", Applied Physics Letters 87 (2005) 261901.
Emziane M., Le Ny R., "Synthesis and properties of In2 (Se1-xTex)3thin films: A new semiconductor compound", Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing 72 (2001) 73-79.
Dr. Raed Hashaikeh
MIST 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 MIST 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
R. Hashaikeh, 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.
R. Hashaikeh, 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
MIST 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 MIST 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 and C. Ghenai, "Turbine blade analysis", International Aerospace CFD Conference, 18-19 June 2007, Paris France.
Isam Janajreh, "Coupled fluid solid interaction for tire hydroplaning", Proceedings of the Tire Science and Technology Conf. Akron Ohio Sept. 2007.
Isam Janajreh, Ali Rezqui, Vincent Estenne, Nourdine Hakimi, Charles 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. Sgouris Sgouridis
MIST 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. Davor Svetinovic
MIST Assistant Professor, Information Technology
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
Dr. Davor Svetinovic is an assistant professor at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE, and a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
Previously, he 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
"Distinction between Requirements and Their Representations", by Hermann Kaindl and Davor Svetinovic, Sixth Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER'08), Redondo Beach, USA, April 2008.
"Unified Use Case Statecharts: Case Studies", by Davor Svetinovic, Daniel M. Berry, Nancy Day, and Michael Godfrey, Requirements Engineering Journal (Springer), Volume 12, Number 4, October 2007.
"Concept Identification in Object-Oriented Domain Analysis: Why Some Students Just Don't Get It", by Davor Svetinovic, Daniel M. Berry, and Michael Godfrey, International Conference on Requirements Engineering (RE 2005), Paris, France, September 2005.
Dr. Ali Tabaei
MIST 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 MIST 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, Ali 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, Ali, Akylas, T. R. and K. Lamb, "Nonlinear effects in reflecting and colliding internal wave beams", Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2005), Vol. 526, pp 217-243.
Tabaei, Ali and T. R. Akylas, Nonlinear Internal Gravity Wave Beams, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2003), Vol. 482, pp 141-161.
Dr. I-Tsung Tsai
MIST 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 MIST 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
MIST 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
MIST Assistant Professor, Information
Technology
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 MIST 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
W.L. Woon and K.D. Wong. 2008 "String Alignment for Automated Document Versioning", (in press) Knowledge and Information Systems, Springer.
W.L. Woon, 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.
W.L. Woon and A.Cichocki, 2007 "Temporal Complexity Measures for Brain Computer Interfaces", Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, vol. 2007, Hindawi.
Dr. Hatem Zeineldin
MIST Assistant Professor, Electrical
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 MIST 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
H. Zeineldin, 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.
H. Zeineldin, and S. Kennedy, Sandia Frequency Shift Parameter Selection to Eliminate Non-detection Zones, accepted in the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2008.
H. Zeineldin, and J. Kirtley, Performance of the OVP/UVP and OFP/UFP method with Voltage and Frequency Dependent Loads, accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2008.
Dr. Marwan K. Khraisheh
Dr. Toufic Mezher
Dr. Youssef Shatilla
Dr. Peter Armstrong
Dr. Scott Kennedy
Dr. Farrukh Ahmad
Dr. Matteo Chiesa
Dr. Jacob Crandall
Dr. Ali Diabat
Dr. Mahieddine Emziane
Dr. Raed Hashaikeh
Dr. Isam Janajreh
Dr. Sgouris Sgouridis
Dr. Davor Svetinovic
Dr. Ali Tabaei
Dr. I-Tsung Tsai
Dr. Georgeta Vidican
Dr. Wei Lee Woon
Dr. Hatem Zeineldin