James J. Duderstadt

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Nonresident Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

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Dr. James J. Duderstadt is a nonresident senior fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program. He is also president emeritus and university professor of science and engineering at the University of Michigan. A graduate of Yale University and the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Duderstadt’s teaching, research, and service activities include nuclear science and engineering, applied physics, computer simulation, science policy, and higher education. | View Full Bio

Experience

Current Positions

  • President Emeritus, University of Michigan
    University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
    Director, Millennium Project, University of Michigan
    Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
    Co-Chair, Glion Colloquium, (Joint European-American University Presidents’ Council)
    Chair, Brookings Institution, Next Energy Project
    Board of Directors, Unisys Corporation
    Committee Member, Olin College President’s Council
    Committee Member, Detroit University Preparatory Academy for Science and Mathematics
    Committee Member, National Depression Center, University of Michigan
    Committee Member, Caltech Division of Engineering and Applied Science

Education

  • Ph.D., Engineering Science & Physics, California Institute Technology, 1967
    M.S., Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, 1965
    B. Eng., Electrical Engineering, Yale University, 1964

Contact

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