Guru Madhavan

Advisory Committee Member

Advisory Committee Member, The Maintainers

Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and senior director of programs of the National Academy of Engineering where he leads and oversees activities of broad scope and complexity focused on engineering practice, education, research, communication, and policies. A systems engineer by background, he received his M.S. and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering and an M.B.A. from the State University of New York. He has served as a technical adviser to the E.U. Malaria Fund and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and has previously worked in the medical device industry. His books include the nonfiction Applied Minds: How Engineers Think (W.W. Norton) that has been translated into many languages. For his books and lectures, he has received the American Society of Engineering Education Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Meritorious Award and the IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding and the Advancement of the Engineering Profession. He is an elected fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.

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