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2017 Masdar Institute Overview

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Independent, private, non-profit and established in collaboration with MIT

Graduate level (MSc & PhD)

Focused primarily on advanced energy and sustainability

Dedicated to capacity development:

• Human capital: manpower for economic development

• Intellectual capital: knowledge and technology development and transfer

Delivering Innovative Research

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MIT contributes to the development of

Masdar Institute degree programs and

curriculum

Masdar Institute issues a

certificate jointly signed by Masdar

Institute and MIT

Collaborative research by MIT and

Masdar Institute faculty

MIT faculty serve on student Research

Supervisory Committees (RSC)

Masdar Institute PhD students may

spend a semester at MIT

MIT Collaboration A Partnership in Development

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Masdar Institute (MI) The cornerstone of the Masdar Initiative

SUSTAINABLE REAL

ESTATES

SUSTAINABILITY

& BRAND

HUMAN CAPITAL

& SERVICES

FINANCE &

PORTFOLIO

MANAGEMENT

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Creating a Knowledge Hub

Students may enroll in one of our nine academic programs within four departments or our interdisciplinary PhD program.

Department of Chemical and Environmental

Engineering (CEE)

• MSc in Water & Environmental Engineering

• MSc in Chemical Engineering

• PhD in Interdisciplinary Engineering

Department of Mechanical and Materials

Engineering (MME)

• MSc in Mechanical Engineering

• MSc in Materials Science & Engineering

• PhD in Interdisciplinary Engineering

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Creating a Knowledge Hub

Department of Engineering Systems and

Management (ESM)

• MSc in Engineering Systems & Management

• MSc in Sustainable Critical Infrastructure

• PhD in Interdisciplinary Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering and

Computer Science (EECS)

• MSc in Microsystems

• MSc in Electrical Power Engineering

• MSc in Computing & Information Sciences

• PhD in Interdisciplinary Engineering

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Creating a Knowledge Hub

All qualified full-time students receive a full scholarship, including:

100% tuition fee

Textbooks and laptops

Housing

Health Insurance

Monthly stipend

Annual return ticket

GRE/TOEFL fees reimbursement

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MI Faculty – Dedicated and Distinguished

• 92 world-class faculty from over 20 countries

• PhD graduates from top international universities

– 85 faculty (78%) obtained their PhD from the top 500 universities (Shanghai List 2015)

• > 960 published articles in peer reviewed journals as of July 2016

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Faculty Numbers

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Students Contribute to Diversified Knowledge Hub

52% UAE

12% MENA

15% Asia

7% Europe

6% Americas

8% Africa

307 MSc Students 149 PhD Students

MENA 12%

Europe 7% Americas

6%

Africa 8%

UAE 52%

Asia 15%

51% Females

49% Males 456 students in 2016

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Alumni Placement

Employment at respected local and international organizations

PhDs at globally recognized universities

547 in total: creating a knowledge hub

Employed 42%

Pursuing PhDs 49%

Other 9%

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Mission

• To establish and continually evolve interdisciplinary, collaborative research and development

capabilities in advanced energy and sustainable technologies

• To achieve global research impact through excellence in areas of regional importance

Targeted Outcomes

• Development of trained manpower, knowledge and technologies in areas of the greatest strategic

importance to the UAE and both public and private sector partners

Approach

• Build on a strong academic foundation

• Pursue scientific and technological advancements that are inspired by practical application

• Build strong partnerships with leading universities as well as public and private sector organizations

• Translate discoveries and inventions into innovations that create commercial value

MI Research Strategy Mission and Means

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MI Research Strategy Mission and Means

Grand Challenges

•Control material processes at the level of electrons

•Design and perfect atom- and energy-efficient synthesis of new forms of matter with tailored properties

•Understand how properties of matter emerge from atomic and electronic constituents and control these properties

•Master energy and information on the nanoscale to create new technologies with capabilities rivaling those of living things

•Characterize and control matter very far away from equilibrium

Discovery Science

• Engage in fundamental research to achieve new understanding of materials or systems that may revolutionize and transform today’s technologies

• Develop new tools, techniques, and capabilities, including advanced modeling and computation

Use-Inspired Fundamental

Research

• Engage in research with the goal of addressing showstoppers on real-world technology applications

Applied Research

• Engage in research with the goal of meeting technical milestones, with emphasis on the development, performance, cost reduction, and durability of materials and components or on efficient processes

• Develop advanced proof-of-technology concepts

Technology Maturation and

Deployment

• Perform scale-up development

• Invest in at-scale demonstration

• Seek cost reduction

• Engage in manufacturing R&D

• Provide deployment support

University Core Competencies

Industry Core Competencies Adapted from U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science: Grand Challenges and Science for Energy Technology

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Renewable and Clean Energy

Transportation

Water

Space

Technology

Health

Education

The UAE will become one of the most innovative countries globally by 2021

Innovation priority sectors

Human Capital, R&D and Innovation Infrastructure: build a first-rate education system, promote research and development across sectors, incentivize innovation incubators to sponsor and assist innovators

Masdar Institute Impact

NIS priority sectors for Masdar Institute Research:

NIS sectors of secondary Masdar Institute focus: (Space and healthcare applications are relevant to core

Masdar Institute research domains but not a focus)

National Innovation Strategy (NIS) Vision

MI Research Focus Sectors Based on UAE National Innovation Strategy

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MI Research Focus Aligned with the UAE’s Economic Advancement

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Purpose of Research Centers

Provide large-scale, cross-disciplinary research units to address strategic

research priorities set by the Institute

Build upon the Institute’s core intellectual platform of integrated technology, policy, and systems research

Serve as key interfaces to industry, government and academic partners and become the focal points for research partnerships

Types of Research Centers

Institute Research Centers (iCenters) - permanent homes to MI research and support the evolution of MI’s research capabilities and priorities in vertical application domains

Sponsored centers - mission focused and address the needs of industry and government partners interested in sponsoring large-scale and focused research activities at MI for defined periods of time

MI Research Delivery Model Research Centers are the Core of Activity

Sponsored Research Centers

Institute Research Centers

Technology

Policy Systems

MI

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MI Research Structure Research Centers are the Core of MI’s Research Agenda

Energy and water are core, enabled by materials and smart systems

Energy [iEnergy] • Institute Center for Energy

– Energy research

Water and Environment [iWater] • Institute Center for Water and Environment

– Water and environmental research

Materials and Microsystems [iMicro] • Institute Center for Microsystems & Advanced Materials

– Materials and microsystems research

Smart Engineering Systems [iSmart] • Institute Center for Smart and Sustainable Systems

– Information science and systems analysis

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MI Research Model Research Focus Areas

– Institute Center for Water and Environment

– Research Areas • Desalination [membrane technologies; hybrid technologies;

pre and post treatment]

• Waste treatment and utilization [wastewater; carbon capture

and utilization; waste transformation]

• Environmental resource management [hydrology and

hydroclimatology; environmental sensing and modeling]

– Institute Center for Energy

– Research Areas • Clean energy production [solar PV; solar CSP; solar

fuels]

• Electrical power transmission and distribution [smart

grid; microgrid]

• Energy storage [electrochemical; chemical; thermal]

• Energy efficient cities and buildings [energy efficient

urban design; smart buildings; cooling systems]

– Institute Center for Microsystems and Advanced Materials

– Research Areas • Enhanced material systems [nanomaterials and

nanocomposites, multifunctional materials, smart/meta materials]

• Computational materials engineering • Electronics, photonics and sensors

– Institute Center for Smart and Sustainable Systems

– Research Areas • Information science [data mining; machine learning;

statistics; artificial intelligence applications]

• Systems analysis [optimization; systems modeling; forecasting

and simulation; engineering and policy applications]

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MI Research Model Research Laboratories

Core Labs

• Micro/Nano Fabrication • Electron Microscopy • MI Solar Platform • Solar and Device Characterization • Analytical Chemistry and Biochemistry • Machine Shop • 3D Printing

Faculty Labs

Faculty Labs

Faculty Labs

Faculty Labs

Micro/Nano

Fabrication Electron

Microscopy

MI Solar

Platform

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- Water desalination membranes - Waste water treatment

- Energy storage: battery, super-capacitor - Renewable energy: solar, wind - Oil and gas exploration - Catalyst engineering

Convergence

MI Research Laboratories A Platform for Sustainable Innovation

- Sensors - Flexible electronics - 3D electronics/packaging

- 3D manufacturing - Smart city technologies

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MI Research Strategy Sponsored Centers

• Energy – Research Center for Renewable Energy Mapping and Assessment

(ReCREMA) • Sponsors: UAE MoFA, EAD, DSCE, IRENA • Focus: development of solar and wind resource mapping tools for the

UAE and the region and research in the areas of solar resource assessment, solar technologies and remote sensing

• Water – Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC)

• Sponsors: Boeing, Etihad, UOP-Honeywell, Takreer, GE, Safran • Focus: development of an economically viable bioenergy platform that

leverages non-potable water and non-food crops for production of a sustainable aviation biofuel

Sponsored centers are mission focused and address the needs of industry and government partners interested in sponsoring large-scale and focused research activities at MI for defined periods of time

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MI Research Strategy Sponsored Centers

• Microsystems

– ATIC-SRC Center of Excellence for Energy-Efficient Electronic Systems (ACE4S)

• Collaboration with Khalifa University of Science Technology and Research (KUSTAR) for center operation

• Research collaboration with KUSTAR, UAE University, American University of Sharjah (AUS), NYU Abu Dhabi

• Sponsors: Mubadala Technology, SRC • Focus: development of extremely low power electronic systems through

innovation in energy scavenging, power management, sensor technologies and communications networks

– TwinLab Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)

• Collaboration with the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and GLOBALFOUNDRIES

• Sponsors: Mubadala Technology, Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB)

• Focus: development of MEMS devices, design methods and process platforms with focus on MEMS energy harvesting, inertial measurement units (IMU), opto-MEMS sensors, ultrasonic MEMS sensors and MEMS simulation, modeling and computer-aided design

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Research Partners

Masdar Institute Partners (Non-Exhaustive)

Government Industry Academic

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Technology transfer

Intellectual property development and exploitation via licensing and company/joint venture pathways

Translational research programs focused priority research areas

Funding for promising yet still-unproven research with a potentially large commercial impact

MI-MIT Innovation Program (MMIP) joint with MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation

Innovation and entrepreneurship education

Academic concentrations for Technology Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (“TMIE”) within Engineering Systems and Management

Technopreneurship Boot Camps to provide faculty and students with experience, insights, training for technology innovation

Innovation Scholarships for MSc students who may establish startup companies before graduation

Innovation outreach

Industry-university partnerships for technology innovation

Seminars and Forums on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Moving Research Towards Commercial Value Technology Transfer

WMS Metal Industries and MI interactive recycling bin

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Moving Research Towards Commercial Value Technology Transfer

Pre-Spin Offs 5 pre-spin-offs

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Invention disclosures US Patent Applications Issued* Patents POC / Prototypes^ Pre-SpinOffs

2016 (est) 2015 2014

• Invention Disclosures 25+ 45 10 • Patent Applications 27+ 16 10 • US Issued + Assigned 8 3 0

Invention Disclosure 142 Disclosures

Innovation Idea, Concept, or Discovery

US Patent Applications 92 applications

Issued / Assigned Patents 14 Patents

Pre-Spin Offs 7 pre-spin-offs

POC / Prototypes 12 Development

Invention Protection

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Masdar Institute Key Figures

14 US Patents Issued

90+ US Patents Filed

140+ Invention Disclosures

5.2 Published Articles per

Faculty in Peer-Reviewed Journals

#14 In US News and World Report Arab Region Universities 2016

#1 Engineering School in UAE

As per US News and World Report Arab Region Universities 2016

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Masdar Institute Key Figures

92 Faculty Members

149 PhD Students

307 MSc Students

52% UAE National Students

$78m Sponsored Research Funds

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