Richard de Neufville Bio Page Cont.
Professional Capabilities
Real Options: Uncertainty Management in the Design and Development of Engineering Systems (http://ardent.mit.edu/real_options)
Airport Systems Planning and Design for airport landside, operations and management; specific expertise on airport privatization and multi-airport systems. (http://ardent.mit.edu/airports)
Policy and Strategic Planning for public and industrial enterprises faced with economic, regulatory and technological uncertainty.
Application of Systems Analysis, the technical and economic assessment of large-scale projects. Textbooks and research in risk, decision analysis, real options and dynamic strategic planning.
Courses for Mid-Career Professionals, given worldwide and through long-distance multimedia
Languages: English and French (fluent); German and Spanish (conversational); Portuguese and Japanese (second year)
Visiting Professorships and Adjunct Appointments
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal, Professor Catedrático Convidado, 2008-
Judge Business School, Cambridge University, Sr Research Assoc, 2003–08; Fellow, 2008-
Cambridge University, Clare Hall, Life Member, 2002-present
Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Fellow, 2000-present
Oxford University, Balliol College 2001
University of Calgary, Canada --Distinguished Research Visiting Professor, 2000
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, 1986-2005
University of Bristol, UK, 1992-99
Australian Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics, 1995
Collège des Ingénieurs, Paris, 1984-94
Ecole Centrale de Paris, 1981-82
University of California, Berkeley, 1974-78
London Graduate School of Business, UK, 1973-74
Previous Positions
Founding Chairman, MIT Technology and Policy Program (1976-2000) A graduate program to educate leaders in strategic planning and implementation of major technological projects of national significance (http://tppserver.mit.edu). It inspired parallel programs at Cambridge University and the Delft University of Technology.
Director, MIT Civil Engineering Systems Laboratory, 1970-73
White House Fellow (President Johnson), 1965-66
Prizes and Honors
Doctor honoris causa, Technical University Delft (Netherlands)
Chevalier des Palmes Académiques (France)
Francis X. McKelvey Award in Aviation, US National Transportation Research Board (2009)
Australian Institution of Engineers (for Strategic Planning)
Fulbright award for Science and Technology Policy
MIT Class of 1960 Fellowship
US - Japan Leadership Fellow
White House Fellow
Guggenheim Fellow
NATO Systems Science Prize
Risk and Insurance Prize
Teaching Awards
Joe Martore Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education in the Engineering Systems Division
Irwin Sizer Award for the Most Significant Contribution to MIT Education
US Federal Aviation Award for Excellence in Teaching
MIT Effective Teaching Award
Directorships, Boards
Fundação para a Ciência e a Technologia (Portugal, National Science Foundation) Council for Basic and Engineering Sciences, 2008-
US Airport Cooperative Research Program, Oversight Committee Member Appointed by Secretary of Transportation, 2006-
Laing O’Rourke Contractors (UK) Non-executive board, 2005–2007
Visiting Committee, Instituto Superior Tecnico Technology Policy Program, 2004
Consejo del Rector, Universidad Anahuac del Sur (Mexico), 1997
Kennedy Memorial Trust, 1994-99
French-American International School of Boston, 1992-97
Visiting Committee, Netherlands National Universities, Technology Policy Depts., 1997
Visiting Committee, Department of Systems Engineering, University of Virginia, 1988-89
Startups: Geographic Data Technology, 1983-90; Urban Data Processing, 1968-80
Technical Advisory Boards
:US Army Review of Research and Development Laboratories, 2003-2009
British Columbia Leading Edge Foundation Advisory Ctee, 2003–
Alberta Heritage Fund for Science and Engineering Research (Advisory Ctee), 2000–
Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW)--Review Board for BSIK, 2002-2004
ChoiceStream (Technical Advisory Board), 2001-02
Peer Reviews of Major Airport Projects
•Greater Toronto Airport Authority, 2005
• Chicago Area Environmental Impacts Statements Peer Review (Multi-airport systems) 2003-2005
• New England Regional Airport System 2002–2006
• Atlanta East International Airport Terminal, 2001
Major Consultancies in USA
US Dept. of Defense (Annual Review of US Army Laboratories and Tech Centers)
US Federal Aviation Administration (Privatization, Multi-Airport Systems, Passenger Buildings, etc.)
Analysis Group (Evaluation of Manila Airport Terminal)
Denver International Airport (Baggage Systems)
GRA, Inc. (Airport Cooperative Research Program project)
Los Angeles International Airport
Massachusetts Port Authority
Miami Airport (Dade County)
Washington State Air Transport Commission
Major International Airport Consultancies
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Athens Airport Authority (Greece)
Australia, Federal Airports Corporation
Government of Australia
Bangkok Second International Airport (design of terminal)–PCI
Bangkok (Multi-Airport Systems)–Louis Berger Group
British Airports Authority/BAA plc
Britain, Monopolies and Merger Commission
Transport Canada
India, GMR Group (New Delhi and other airports)
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Malaysia)
Mexico, Min. of Communications and Transport (Second airport for Mexico City)
Felipe Ochoa y Asociados (Privatization study for Government)
Philippines, Review of design for International Passenger Terminal IPT3
Portugal, Asterion/Brisa (Second Airport for Lisbon)
Singapore Civil Aviation Authority (Singapore, Brunei)
Spain, Director General of Civil Aviation
Pacific Consultants International (Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Papua NG, Kenya, Philippines)
UK, Laing and O’Rourke (International Construction and Development Company)
Major Consultancies on Flexibility in Design
• Chile, Codelco (National Copper Company)
• Shell Oil Company (US and UK)
Military Service
First Lieutenant, Airborne Ranger, US Army Corps of Engineers, NDS Medal


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