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MSEM PROGRAM: FACULTY & STAFF
 Robert Hannemann, Director
The Gordon Institute of Tufts University
4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155
Email: Robert.Hannemann@tufts.edu
Robert J. Hannemann was appointed director of the Gordon Institute in
September 2007. He also holds a secondary appointment as a professor of
the practice in the department of mechanical engineering Tufts.
Hannemann also currently serves as executive vice
president of Thermal Form & Function, Inc., a startup company
focused on advanced, energy-efficient cooling of electronic
products, and as founder and principal of Atlantic Technologies,
which provides business planning and development, product strategy
and financing to fledgling enterprises. Before founding the company,
Hannemann spent a number of years in the telecommunications
industry, most recently as CEO and director of Hopkinton,
Mass.-based Lasersharp Corporation. Prior to that he rose through
the ranks of Digital Equipment Corporation in both general and
engineering management positions.
Trained as a mechanical engineer, Hannemann was part of the
engineering faculty at the University of Maryland for two years. He
is the author of numerous scientific articles and symposium papers,
as well as co-author of a book on electronic system design. Most
recently, he has been a senior lecturer in the mechanical
engineering department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Hannemann grew up in Chicago and graduated from the Illinois
Institute of Technology in 1970 with a bachelor of science in
mechanical engineering. He received his master's in mechanical
engineering from New York University and his doctorate in mechanical
engineering from MIT in 1975.
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