Martin A. Schmidt
President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Assumed office
July 1, 2022
Preceded byShirley Ann Jackson
Personal details
Born
Martin Arnold Schmidt

(1960-01-01) January 1, 1960
EducationRensselaer Polytechnic Institute (BS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)

Martin Arnold Schmidt (born January 1960) is the 19th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[1][2] Prior to this role, Schmidt was Provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 2014 to 2022.[3]

Education

Schmidt earned his BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1981 and PhD from MIT in 1988.[4] His doctoral advisor was Stephen D. Senturia and his thesis was entitled "Microsensors for the measurement of shear forces in turbulent boundary layers".[5]

Career

In 1988, Schmidt became a faculty member of the MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. From 1999 to 2006, He was the director of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories at MIT.[6] In 2016, he was named the Ray and Maria Stata Professor at MIT.[7] Schmidt became an associate provost at MIT from 2008 and assumed the role of provost in 2014.[8]

He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1991.[9] He was named as a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2004 for contributions to design and fabrication of microelectromechanical systems.[7]

His teaching and research work is in the field of micro- and nanofabrication technologies for sensors, actuators, and MEMS.[10] Schmidt has co-founded or co-invented the core technology of seven start-up companies.[3][11]

References

  1. ↑ "19th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Martin A. Schmidt, '81, Ph.D." rpi.edu. July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ Silberstein, Rachel (23 November 2021). "RPI selects next president, will succeed Shirley Ann Jackson". Times Union. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 Bradt, Steve (November 23, 2021). "Provost Martin Schmidt named president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute". MIT News. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Martin A. Schmidt: Schmidt Research Group". schmidtresearchgroup.mit.edu. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Schmidt, Martin Arnold (1988). "Microsensors for the measurement of shear forces in turbulent boundary layers". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Martin A. Schmidt". ieeexplore.ieee.org. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Martin Schmidt named Ray and Maria Stata Professor". MIT News. August 3, 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  8. ↑ Faviero, Bruno B.F.; Lin, Leon (February 4, 2014). "Martin Schmidt named MIT provost". The Tech. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Presidential Young Investigators 1991 Awardees". National Science Foundation (EHR). May 1, 1991. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Research Projects: Schmidt Research Group". schmidtresearchgroup.mit.edu. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Martin A Schmidt". European Central Bank. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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