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Fred
Moavenzadeh
James
Mason Crafts Professor
Professor of Civil
and Environmental Engineering
and Engineering Systems
Director, Technology
and Development Program
Fred
Moavenzadeh's current interests include
technology and development with special
focus on formulation of technological
policies for socio-economic development.
He is particularly interested in institutional
structures required to develop a viable
science and technology infrastructure
that could serve the human resource
development strategy of newly industrialized
nations.
As
the director of the Center for Technology,
Policy, and Industrial Development
from October 1998 to June 2006, he
focused on developing an institutional
environment at MIT that fostered interdisciplinary
research and collaborative efforts
between academia, government, and
industry.
As
director of the Technology and Development
Program, he has led numerous collaborative
programs in science, technology, and
development and is currently assisting
with the development of the Masdar
Institute, a post-graduate, educational
and research institute in Abu Dhabi.
In addition, he continues to direct
two collaborative programs in Thailand:
King Mongkut University of Technology
and the National Science Technology
Development Agency.
Updated
June 2007
News
and announcements:
Books
Published by Fred Moavenzadeh
Prof.
Fred Moavenzadeh and the Masdar Institute
“Masdar
Institute ‘is key to knowledge-based
economy" Gulf News, UAE (November
1, 2008)
Prof.
Moavenzadeh and Khaled Awad interviewed
by CNN on Masdar Initiative in Abu
Dhabi (click on "Greening the
Desert" to view
story) (July 14, 2008)
Prof.
Fred Moavenzadeh and the Masdar Institute
in Xconomy – MIT-Supported Energy
Institute at Center of Abu Dhabi's
Dream City (July 11, 2008)
Prof.
Moavenzadeh in Tech Talk – A
Blueprint for No Carbon Footprint
(May 5, 2008)
Honors
and Awards:
| 2001 |
U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers' deFleury
Medal for Mentoring and Advancing
Engineering Education |
| 1989 |
International
Association for Housing Science
Citation in Recognition of Valuable
Contribution to Construction Research
and Education |
| 1987 |
Distinguished
Engineering Alumni Award, Purdue
University |
| 1986 |
Materials
National Society of Professional
Engineers 20th Annual Journalism
Award for a paper entitled: "Construction's
High-Technology Revolution,"
1986. |
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Sanford
E. Thompson Award for a Paper
of Outstanding Merit by the American
Society for Testing and Materials |
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