Massoud Amin
PopTech 2009
In his leading work on technological infrastructure and security, Dr. Massoud Amin has contributed to projects with the United States Air Force, NASA-Ames, Rockwell International, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, MEMC, ESCO, Systems & Electronics Inc. and United Van Lines. He is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and holds the Honeywell/H.W. Sweatt Chair in Technological Leadership at the University of Minnesota.
His research focuses on two areas: 1) Global transition dynamics to enhance the resilience, security, and efficiency of systems of critical national infrastructures, and 2) Technology scanning, mapping, and valuation to identify new technology-based opportunities that meet the needs and aspirations of today’s consumers and companies.
Prior to joining the University of Minnesota in 2003, Dr. Amin led strategic R&D at the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, California. In the wake of 9/11, he created and led the Infrastructure Security Initiative, an effort that continued work he’d begun in 1998 and he has pioneered R&D in the smart grid, coining the term “self-healing grid.” At Washington University, where he worked as associate director of the Center for Optimization & Semantic Control, students voted him Professor of the Year three times.