The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Masdar City,

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was a private, higher-education and research institute active from 2007-2017. In 2017, it merged with two other institutions in Abu Dhabi, Petroleum Institute and Khalifa University, to become the multi-campus, sole-branded Khalifa University. Its previous structure, now part of Khalifa University, is now known as the "Masdar City campus". Masdar Institute was an integral part of the non-profit side of the Masdar Initiative and was the first institution to occupy Masdar City. The Technology and Development Program at the

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provided scholarly assessment and advice to Masdar Institute. , the collaborative agreement between the two institutions is still in place and currently hosts several exchange students from the legacy cohorts.

History

Masdar Institute was established on February 25, 2007. The project developer was Hip Hing Construction and the architects were Foster and Partners. , the institute employed 85 faculty members and had an enrollment of 456 students. 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, Masdar City and the Zayed Future Energy Prize. The institute's interim provost, Behjat Al Yousuf, was appointed in May 2015. She previously served as the dean of students at Masdar. In the same year, the institute completed a

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project with the Norwegian company EnergyNest AS in Abu Dhabi, which was continued for improvement until 2017. 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.

Campus

The campus, like Masdar City, was designed by architectural firm

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and the first phase of the project was managed by CH2M Hill.

Research centers

* TwinLab3 Dimensional StackedChips Research Center * Sustainable Bio-energy Research Center (SBRC) * Smart Grid and Smart Building Center of Excellence * Renewable Energy Resource Mapping and Assessment Center

Students

By 2017, 456 students were enrolled and the institute had more than 550

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Faculty and research

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. 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. 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.

References

External links

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Masdar Initiative website
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