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