Masdar Institute

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Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
معهد مصدر للعلوم والتكنولوجيا
Masdar institute logo.jpg
MottoLearning to change the world
Type Private not-for-profit
Active2007 (2007)–2017 (2017) (merged) [1]
Academic affiliation
 Khalifa University
Provost Behjat Al Yousuf (2015) [2]
Academic staff
85 (2017) [3]
Postgraduates 456 (2017) [3]
Location
Masdar City
,
Abu Dhabi
,
United Arab Emirates

24°25′57″N54°37′07″E / 24.43250°N 54.61861°E / 24.43250; 54.61861
Colours Light Blue and White   
Masdar Institute

The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, was a private, higher-education and research institute active from 2007 to 2017, when it merged with two other institutions, namely Petroleum Institute and Khalifa University, to become the multi-campus, sole-branded Khalifa University. Its previous structure, now part of Khalifa University, is now known as the Masdar City campus.

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The Masdar Institute was an integral part of the nonprofit side of the Masdar Initiative [4] and was the first institution to occupy Masdar City. The Technology and Development Program at MIT provided scholarly assessment and advice to the Masdar Institute. [5]

History

The Masdar Institute, established on 25 February 2007, [6] was developed by Hip Hing Construction, with the architectural firm Foster and Partners. [7] [8] The first phase of the project was managed by CH2M Hill. [9] As of 2017, it employed 85 faculty members and had an enrollment of 456 students. [3] Its establishment was part of a resource diversification policy for Abu Dhabi, along with Masdar City and the Zayed Future Energy Prize. [10]

The same year, the institute completed a thermal energy storage project with the Norwegian company EnergyNest AS in Abu Dhabi, which was continued for improvement until 2017. [11]

In 2017, Masdar merged with the Petroleum Institute and Khalifa University, to become the multi-campus and sole-branded Khalifa University. [1]

Students

By 2017, 456 students were enrolled, [3] and the institute had more than 550 alumni. [12]

Faculty and research

Masdar Institute commenced teaching in September 2009. Its academics conducted research individually and in collaboration with several top-ranked universities, notably MIT, on subjects including water environment and health, advanced energy systems and microsystems, and advanced materials. [13] By 2018, through the MI-MIT collaboration, 8 projects were completed and 11 one-to-one research and 3 flagship projects (larger research teams) were being executed. [14] The collaboration had a scientific outreach that included 201 scientific peer-reviewed journal and book publications and 217 conference papers and presentations by April 2018. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 Agency, Emirates News (20 February 2017). "Khalifa bin Zayed issues Decree to establish Khalifa University of Science and Technology". Emirates News Agency. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Office of the Provost". Masdar Institute. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Masdar Institute Fast Facts" (PDF). Masdar Institute. 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "About Masdar". Masdar Initiative. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "MIT-TDP – Technology and Development Program – Projects". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  6. ↑ ADFEC signs a cooperative agreement with The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Archived 10 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ FirmStudio (www.firmstudio.com). "Projects". hiphing.com.hk. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Foster + Partners Masdar City project website". Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
  9. ↑ Masdar selects CH2M Hill to manage the development of the world's first fully sustainable 'Green Community' Archived 4 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Opening address of the World Future Energy Summit by H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the U.A.E. Armed Forces. Available at: WFES presentations
  11. ↑ "Masdar Institute and EnergyNest Agree to Further Intensify Research Activities at MISP's Thermal Energy Storage Pilot Facility". ZAWYA. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Merger of three universities in Abu Dhabi to create new synergies". Oxford Business Group. 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Masdar Institute and MIT Collaborative Program". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Active Flagship Projects". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "Publications by MIT and Masdar Institute Coauthors, and MIT Authors". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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