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Masdar Institute
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Masdar Institute was established on February 25, 2007.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The project developer was <a href="/facts/Hip_Hing_Construction/mu1G739G">Hip Hing Construction</a> and the architects were <a href="/facts/Foster_and_Partners/MmrXRynn">Foster and Partners</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> As of 2017<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Masdar_Institute&action=edit">[update]</a>, the institute employed 85 faculty members and had an enrollment of 456 students.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The establishment of Masdar Institute was part of a resource diversification policy for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi's leadership views research and education in alternative energy as a keystone for the future development of the emirate and expressed their commitment through the establishment of Masdar Initiative, <a href="/facts/Masdar_City/AaC26a4A">Masdar City</a> and the <a href="/facts/Zayed_Future_Energy_Prize/J8Nrzc6j">Zayed Future Energy Prize</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>The institute's interim provost, Behjat Al Yousuf, was appointed in May 2015. She previously served as the dean of students at Masdar.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>In the same year, the institute completed a <a href="/facts/Thermal_energy_storage/t7qMtkeo">thermal energy storage</a> project with the Norwegian company <a href="/facts/EnergyNest/EDW8KAGL">EnergyNest AS</a> in Abu Dhabi, which was continued for improvement until 2017.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>In 2017, it merged with two other institutions in Abu Dhabi, Petroleum Institute and Khalifa University, to become the multi-campus and sole-branded Khalifa University.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="campus">Campus</h2> <p>The campus, like <a href="/facts/Masdar_City/AaC26a4A">Masdar City</a>, was designed by architectural firm <a href="/facts/Foster_%2B_Partners/MmrXRynn">Foster + Partners</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> and the first phase of the project was managed by <a href="/facts/CH2M_Hill/dyQExUU7">CH2M Hill</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="research-centers">Research centers</h2> <ul><li>TwinLab3 Dimensional StackedChips Research Center</li> <li>Sustainable Bio-energy Research Center (SBRC)</li> <li>Smart Grid and Smart Building Center of Excellence</li> <li>Renewable Energy Resource Mapping and Assessment Center</li></ul> <h2 id="students">Students</h2> <p>By 2017, 456 students were enrolled<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> and the institute had more than 550 <a href="/facts/Alumni/yJTHYD3y">alumni</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="faculty-and-research">Faculty and research</h2> <p>Masdar Institute commenced teaching in September 2009. Its academics conducted research individually and in collaboration with several top ranked universities, notably MIT, on topics including water environment and health, advanced energy systems and microsystems, and advanced materials.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul> <li>United Arab Emirates portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="http://www2.masdar.ac.ae">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090402002753/http://masdarcity.com/">Masdar Initiative website</a></li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Masdar_Institute¶ms=24_25_57_N_54_37_07_E_region:SA_source:kolossus-arwiki">24°25′57″N 54°37′07″E / 24.43250°N 54.61861°E / 24.43250; 54.61861</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"About Masdar". Masdar Initiative. Retrieved April 15, 2018. <a href="http://www.masdar.ae/en/masdar/our-story" target="_blank">http://www.masdar.ae/en/masdar/our-story</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"MIT-TDP - Technology and Development Program - Projects". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved August 6, 2015. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/mit-tdp/www/" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/mit-tdp/www/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Masdar Institute and MIT Collaborative Program". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved April 15, 2018. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/mit-mi-cp/" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/mit-mi-cp/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>ADFEC signs a cooperative agreement with The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Archived February 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.ameinfo.com/111720.html" target="_blank">http://www.ameinfo.com/111720.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>FirmStudio (www.firmstudio.com). "Projects". www.hiphing.com.hk. Retrieved 2024-01-12. <a href="https://www.hiphing.com.hk/en/projects/details.php?id=89" target="_blank">https://www.hiphing.com.hk/en/projects/details.php?id=89</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Masdar Insstitute Fast Facts" (PDF). Masdar Institute. 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2018. <a href="https://www2.masdar.ac.ae/images/pdf/Masdar-Institute-Fast-Facts-2017-En.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.masdar.ac.ae/images/pdf/Masdar-Institute-Fast-Facts-2017-En.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan" target="_blank">/wiki/Mohamed_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Office of the Provost". Masdar Institute. Retrieved April 16, 2018. <a href="https://www2.masdar.ac.ae/aboutus/management/office-of-the-provost" target="_blank">https://www2.masdar.ac.ae/aboutus/management/office-of-the-provost</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Masdar Institute and EnergyNest Agree to Further Intensify Research Activities at MISP's Thermal Energy Storage Pilot Facility". ZAWYA. February 24, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2023. <a href="https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/masdar-institute-and-energynest-agree-to-further-intensify-research-activities-at-misps-thermal-energy-storage-sywfjft3" target="_blank">https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/masdar-institute-and-energynest-agree-to-further-intensify-research-activities-at-misps-thermal-energy-storage-sywfjft3</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Khalifa bin Zayed issues Decree to establish Khalifa University of Science and Technology". Emirates News Agency. February 20, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2018. <a href="http://wam.ae/en/details/1395302598855" target="_blank">http://wam.ae/en/details/1395302598855</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Foster + Partners Masdar City project website". Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2008-02-19. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130114232614/http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1515/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130114232614/http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1515/Default.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Masdar selects CH2M Hill to manage the development of the world's first fully sustainable 'Green Community' Archived October 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.ameinfo.com/135070.html" target="_blank">http://www.ameinfo.com/135070.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Masdar Insstitute Fast Facts" (PDF). Masdar Institute. 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2018. <a href="https://www2.masdar.ac.ae/images/pdf/Masdar-Institute-Fast-Facts-2017-En.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.masdar.ac.ae/images/pdf/Masdar-Institute-Fast-Facts-2017-En.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Merger of three universities in Abu Dhabi to create new synergies". Oxford Business Group. 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2018. <a href="https://oxfordbusinessgroup.com/analysis/pushing-forward-new-merger-should-unlock-potential-and-encourage-more-emiratis-consider-private" target="_blank">https://oxfordbusinessgroup.com/analysis/pushing-forward-new-merger-should-unlock-potential-and-encourage-more-emiratis-consider-private</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"Masdar Institute and MIT Collaborative Program". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved April 15, 2018. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/mit-mi-cp/" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/mit-mi-cp/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"Active Flagship Projects". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved April 15, 2018. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/mit-mi-cp/research/flagship.html" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/mit-mi-cp/research/flagship.html</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"Publications by MIT and Masdar Institute Coauthors, and MIT Authors". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved April 15, 2018. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/mit-mi-cp/research/publications.html" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/mit-mi-cp/research/publications.html</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>