Faculty Directory
Arthur Gerstenfeld
Professor
Director, Wall Street Project Center
Office: Washburn Shops, 212
Phone: +1-508-831-5471
Fax: +1-508-831-5720
ag@wpi.edu
Related Information
Educational Background
- B.M.E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1950
- M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967
Research & Teaching Interests
Production and operations management; management of innovation; international issues in Latin America, Africa, Japan
IQP Advising Interests
Air pollution; water pollution; soil pollution; natural resource management; technology and environment including fish; fire safety and industrial safety; conservation; solar energy; energy policy; impact of new technologies; transportation planning; resource management; effect of technology on social systems; international comparisons; impact of technical change on job & business; safety analysis; hazard assessment; safety management; occupational safety & health; economics in developing countries; technological transfer; appropriate technology; computers & education
Recent Publications
Honors & Awards
- First Place IQP Award, WPI, "Improved living for shack dwellers in Namibia", December 2004 (with Prof. Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld)
- Second Place IQP Award, WPI, "Communal Water for Settlement Villages in Africa", December 2004 (with Prof. Susan Vernon Gerstenfeld)
- First Place IQP Award, WPI, "Aquaculture for the Developing World," Costa Rica, Summer 2003 (with Prof. Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld)
- Second Place IQP Award, WPI, "GIS: An Aid for Firefighting", Summer 2000 (with Prof. Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld)
- Second Place IQP Award, WPI, "A Study of Marketing Possibilities at Lancaster", Summer 1999 (with Prof. Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld)
- Major Qualifying Project Award, WPI, "RPS, Inc. Switcher Simulation", 1997 (with Prof. Sharon Johnson)
- Best Paper of the Year Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1980
- United States Department of Commerce, Certificate of Appreciation, Advisory Committee on Industrial Innovation, 1979
Patents
- Direct Entry Air Traffic Control Systems for Accident Analysis and Training, 1992.
- Air Traffic Control System, 1990.
- Expert Systems for Air Traffic Control and Controller Training, 1989
- Site-Selectable Air Traffic Control System, 1988
Funded Reserach Projects (Grants)
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"Africa: A focus on the Southern Cone"
Value: $170,000
Dates: June 2003 - September 2005 -
"Leadership Higher Education" - USAID
Value: $124,957
Dates: April 2003 - December 2004 -
"Africa: A Focus on the Southern Cone," Department of Education,
Business & International Education Program,
Value: $176,000
Dates: September 2001 - August 2003 -
"Global Business Perspective Program," U.S. Department of Education,
Business & International Education Program,
Value: $164,000
Dates: September 1999 - August 2001 -
"International Business and Industrial Education," Department of Education,
Business & International Education Program,
Value: $168,806
Dates: June 1996 - May 1998 -
"Entrepreneurship" Coleman Foundation Grant for study on entrepreneurship
Co-director with Donald Beth
Value: $25,000
Dates: 1995 -
Interface Disciplines Grant, WPI, Study on entrepreneurship
Co-director with Donald Berth
Value: $30,000
Dates: 1993 -
"The Engineering Management Interface," National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant for study on engineering/management interface
Value: $55,000
Dates: 1992 - 1993 -
National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant Principal Investigator on Project
An Industry/University Center for Research on the Management of Advance Automation Technology (MAAT)
Value: $100,000/year
Dates: 1980 - 1988 -
Founder and co-director of MEAC, WPI (Manufacturing Engineer Application Center
Value: $50,000
Dates: 1980 - 1981 -
Japan Foundation, Principal Investigator for a study on Innovation Factors in Japan
Value: $60,000
Dates: 1980
