Dr. Marwan Khraisheh is serving as the Acting Provost for the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. 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.
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. Read More
Mr. Stephen Lee serves as Assistant
Provost for Academic Affairs for the Masdar Institute and oversees admission and
registrar activities as well as graduate student recruitment. Prior to joining the Masdar Institute, Mr. Lee was with the Malaysia University
of Science and Technology.
Governance
Cooperative Program Steering Committee
The Cooperative Program Steering Committee oversees the intellectual and strategic goals of the Program, as well as any modifications or extensions to the Agreement. The Cooperative Program Steering Committee is composed of eight individuals.
At MIT:
Martin Arnold Schmidt, Associate Provost and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Subra Suresh, Dean of the
School of Engineering
David H. Marks, Co-Director of the Cooperative Program
Fred Moavenzadeh, Co-Director of the Cooperative Program
At the Masdar Institute:
Sultan Al Jaber, CEO, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company
Khaled Awad, Director of Property
Development, Masdar Initiative
Marwan Khraisheh, Acting Provost
Joint Executive Committee (JEC) and Cooperative Program Directors
The Joint Executive Committee and the Cooperative Program Directors provide oversight for the Cooperative Program.
MIT Representatives to JEC
Charles L. Cooney, MIT Faculty Director of the Deshpande Center
for Technological Innovation
David H. Marks, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering
Systems
Fred Moavenzadeh, Director, Technology and Development Program
Patricia Vargas, Assistant Director, Technology and Development Program
Steven Griffiths (Ex Officio), Executive Director MIT/Abu Dhabi Program
Masdar Institute Representatives to JEC
Sultan Al Jaber, CEO, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company
Khaled Awad, Director of Property Development, Masdar Initiative
Marwan Khraisheh, Acting Provost
Cooperative Program Directors
MIT
David H. Marks, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems Division
Fred Moavenzadeh, Director, Technology and
Development Program
Masdar Institute
Marwan Khraisheh, Acting Provost