Massoud Amin

Massoud Amin (July 4, 1961) is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He holds the Honeywell/H.W. Sweatt Chair in Technological Leadership, and is the Director of the Technological Leadership Institute in Twin Cities. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016[1] for leadership in smart grids and security of critical infrastructures. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.[2]

Education and career

Amin graduated with a B.S. (cum laude) and M.S. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1982 and 1985 respectively. During those times, he was a member of the Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Societies. He then obtained his M.S. and D.Sc. degrees in systems science and mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri on 1986 and 1990 respectively. From 2001 to 2007, Amin was a member of the Board on Infrastructure and Constructed Environment at the National Academy of Engineering and a in 2006 served as Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Computational Sciences & Engineering Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Following it, he joined the Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, serving as such until 2009. From 2010 to 2012, he served as a chairman of the advisory board of the Instrumentation, Control & Intelligent Systems of Idaho National Laboratory.[3]

References
  1. "U of M Technological Leadership Institute Director Named 2016 IEEE Fellow". IEEE Fellows Directory. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  2. "The 2010-2011 ASME Fellows [Mechanical Engineering]". November 11, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  3. "Massoud Amin". University of Minnesota. Retrieved December 28, 2019.


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