| 词条 | Cynthia Barnhart |
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| name = Cynthia Barnhart | image = | image_size = | image_credit = | caption = | alt = | order = 6th | title = Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | predecessor = W. Eric Grimson | successor = | president = L. Rafael Reif | term_start = 2014 | term_end = | signature = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Barre, Vermont | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | nationality = US | spouse = Mark Baribeau | children = | parents = | education = University of Vermont (B.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) | institutions = | significant_projects = | significant_awards = | module = | fields = Civil engineering of transportation systems | workplaces = {{ublist|Bechtel|Georgia Institute of Technology|Massachusetts Institute of Technology}} | alma_mater = | thesis_title = A network-based primal-dual solution methodology for the multi-commodity network flow problem | thesis_url = https://search.proquest.com/docview/303742393/ | thesis_year = 1988 | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = }}Cynthia Barnhart (born 1959) is an American civil engineer and academic. She is the Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[1] the first woman to hold that position,[2] succeeding W. Eric Grimson in 2014. Barnhart's work focuses on transportation and operations research, specifically specializing in developing models, optimization methods and decision support systems for large-scale transportation problems. She also is a professor in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and is an associate dean of the School of Engineering, serving a brief tenure as interim dean of engineering from 2010 to 2011.[3] Early life and educationBarnhart was born in Barre, Vermont. She received her B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Vermont in 1981,[4] going on to earn her M. S in transportation in 1985, and civil engineering Ph.D in 1988 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3][5][6] She spent two years working at Bechtel, a firm in Washington, D.C., as a planning engineer for the city's subway system. Academic careerAfter graduation, Barnhart worked as an assistant professor at the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology before returning to MIT as an assistant professor in 1992, eventually becoming a full professor in 2002.[3] At MIT she has served as co-director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics, co-director of the Operations Research Center, and director of Transportation@MIT. She is the Ford Foundation Professor of Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, with a join appointment at the Engineering Systems Division. Barnhart was appointed as the 6th[7] Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014, succeeding W. Eric Grimson, a professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Awards
References1. ^{{Cite web |url=https://cee.mit.edu/barnhart |title=MIT - Faculty - Cynthia Barnhart |work=Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, MIT |access-date=2016-10-11}} 2. ^{{Cite news |url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/uoftgrad16-engineering-leader-cynthia-barnhart |title=#UofTGrad16: Engineering leader Cynthia Barnhart |work=University of Toronto News |access-date=2016-10-11 |date=June 8, 2016}} 3. ^1 2 {{Cite news |url=http://news.mit.edu/2014/martin-schmidt-named-provost-cynthia-barnhart-named-chancellor-0203 |title=Martin Schmidt named provost; Cynthia Barnhart named chancellor |newspaper=MIT News |access-date=2016-10-11 |date=February 3, 2014 |first=Steve |last=Bradt}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.uvm.edu/trustees/?Page=members/barnhart.html|title=Board of Trustees : University of Vermont|last=Vermont|first=University of|website=www.uvm.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-11-02}} 5. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.uvm.edu/vq/?Page=news&storyID=20171&category=vqpeople |title=Cynthia Barnhart ’81 |magazine=Vermont Quarterly |date= |publisher=University of Vermont |access-date=2016-10-11}} 6. ^{{cite thesis |url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/303742393/ |title=A network-based primal-dual solution methodology for the multi-commodity network flow problem |date=1988 |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |type=Ph.D. |last=Barnhart |first=Cynthia |via=ProQuest |subscription=yes |oclc=19948957}} 7. ^{{Cite web |url=http://libraries.mit.edu/mithistory/institute/offices/office-of-the-mit-chancellor/ |title=MIT History {{!}} Office of the MIT Chancellor |website=libraries.mit.edu |access-date=2016-10-11}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.informs.org/Explore/History-of-O.R.-Excellence/Miser-Harris-Presidential-Portrait-Gallery/Cynthia-Barnhart|title=Cynthia Barnhart|last=INFORMS|website=INFORMS|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-02}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/Franz-Edelman-Award/Franz-Edelman-Laureates2/Franz-Edelman-Laureates-Class-of-2003|title=Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 2003|last=INFORMS|website=INFORMS|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-02}} External links
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