David Mindell

Specialization and Research Interests

Human-machine interaction, deep ocean robotics, archaeology in the deep ocean, history of aviation and spaceflight, social implications of engineering

Teaching Interests

Engineering Apollo, Introduction to the History of Technology (STS. 340), 16.445, “Entrepreneurship in Aerospace and Mobility Systems”

Academic Degrees

B.S. 1988 Electrical Engineering, Yale University; B.A. 1988 Literature, Yale University; Ph.D. 1996 The History of Technology, MIT

Society Memberships

Associate Fellow, AIAA; Senior Member, IEEE; Fellow, Explorers Club; Fellow, Massachusetts Historical Society; Society for the History of Technology

Positions Held at MIT

Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing (Assistant Professor 1996-99, Associate Professor 2000 2005); Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society; Professor of Engineering Systems; Housemaster, MIT Edgerton House; Chair, MIT 150th Anniversary Steering Committee (2011)

Positions Held outside MIT

Founder and Executive Chairman, Humatics Corporation; Operating Partner, Blackhorn Ventures; Visiting Scientist, Deep Submergence Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Member, NASA Historical Advisory Committee; Member, IEEE Spectrum Editorial Board; Member, Deep Submergence Science Committee