E. SARAH SLAUGHTER

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 1-174 Cambridge, MA 02139

Phone: 617/253-7132
fax: 617/258-7598

email: slaughte@mit.edu

Education

Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Multi-disciplinary doctorate, Departmentof Civil Engineering and Department of Management Science, 1991.
"Rapid" Innovation and Integration of Components: Comparison of User and Manufacturer Innovations Through a Study of Residential Construction.

S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology and Policy Program, Department of Civil Engineering, 1987.
A Strategy for Technology Transfer with an Example Application of the Water Resources Industry.

S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Departments of Civil Engineering and Anthropology, 1982.
The Training and Socialization of MIT Undergraduates.

Employment

1995 to Present Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

1991 to 1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University.

1991 to 1996 Faculty Associate, Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS), Lehigh University.

1993 to 1995 Faculty Associate, Management of Technology Program, College of Management and Economics, Lehigh University.

Research and Scholarship Area

Construction engineering and management;
Building system design and construction;
Construction innovation;
Computer-aided process simulation of construction activities.

Consulting

1997 to Present	Techint Construction Company, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1994	U.S. Department of Commerce. Evaluation of proposals for Advanced Technology Program (ATP) in NIST.
1989	Arthur D. Little, Formation of the technology transfer activities at the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences.

Honors and Awards


1996 to 1998	Recipient, Gilbert Winslow Career Development Chair, MIT
1995 to 1999	CAREER program award, National Science Foundation (replaces Young Investigator Award).
1988 to 1991	Fellowship, Program for Advanced Construction Technology, Center for Construction Research and Education, Department of Civil Engineering, MIT.
1980	McCormack Award, MIT.

Classes at MIT

1.40 Project Management
1.420 Innovation in Construction