Karl W. Reid is the Executive Director of MITE²S. He graduated from MIT in 1984 with a BS in Materials Science and Engineering and received his MS in Electronic Materials in 1985. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Education on a part-time basis.

While at MIT, Karl served as National Chairperson of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). As an undergraduate student, he founded and directed the NSBE High School Ambassador Program, which exposed Boston-area 7-12 grade students to careers in engineering. Karl is a recipient of the distinguished Karl Taylor Compton Award, and was appointed to the Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society.

Karl returned to MIT in 1998 after 12 years in the software industry, where he held positions in systems engineering, systems consulting, and product marketing and management for several companies including IBM.

Professor Cardinal Warde has served as MITE²S Faculty Director since 1997. He joined the faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974, where he is presently Professor of Electrical Engineering. He graduated from the Stevens Institute of Technology (with high honor) in 1969, and received the M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in physics in 1971 and 1974, respectively, from Yale University.

Dr. Warde's current research activities are centered around the development of: (1) optoelectronic smart-pixel processors and displays, (2) photorefractive materials and devices for optical information processing, (3) membrane-mirror-based spatial light modulators for large-screen projection displays and infrared scene projectors and (4) novel all-optical approaches to high resolution adaptive wavefront phase compensation for imaging and communication. He has published over one hundred technical papers on optical materials, devices and systems, and is the holder of ten patents on spatial light modulators, displays and optical processing systems.

Dr. Warde is a fellow of the Optical Society of America, and a member of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers. He is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Optron Systems, Inc., a company engaged in the development and manufacture of helmet-mounted and large-screen projection displays. He is also on the boards of a number of companies engaged in the manufacture of portable computers, and optical instruments.

Sandra Tenorio
Administrative Assistant

Sandra Tenorio joined us in November 2002 from the Headquarters of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science where, among her countless other administrative responsibilities, she also co-ran the successful Lattice 2002 Conference this past summer. In addition, Sandy is no stranger to undergraduate and pre-college student contact. Before joining LNS, she spent four years with the Department of Athletics with responsibility for the Intramural Sports Program and the MIT Summer Day Camp. Sandy also speaks Spanish fluently, and has a reputation for her warmth, efficiency, and skill.