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27 associate professors named

The Executive Commitee of the MIT Corporation has approved the promotions of 27 assistant professors to associate professor without tenure, effective July 1. They are:

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING

Media Arts and Sciences: Justine Cassell, Joseph Jacobson, John Maeda

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Aeronautics and Astronautics: James Kuchar, David Miller
Bioengineering and Environmental Health: Ram Sasisekharan
Chemical Engineering: Paula T. Hammond
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: Rajeev Ram, Martin Rinard
Materials Science and Engineering: Caroline Ross, Chris Scott
Mechanical Engineering: Taiqing Qiu, Sanjay Sarma, Peter So
Ocean Engineering: John Leonard, Nicholas Makris

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

History: Lora Wildenthal
Linguistics and Philosophy: Edward Hall, Cheryl Zoll
Political Science: David Woodruff
Science, Technology, and Society: David Mindell

SLOAN SCHOOL

Andrea Schultz, Nader Tavasoli

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE

Biology: David Bartel
Brain and Cognitive Sciences: Barton Anderson
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences: Kelin Whipple
Physics: Takashi Imai

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on May 10, 2000.

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