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Our faculty members are naturally adventuresome. They work beyond traditional boundaries, allowing problems and answers to develop on their own terms, unfettered by fields.

You can see a complete list of faculty listed by:

>name

>research discipline

>location

For a University-wide listing of faculty, staff, and students, please use the Harvard Online Directory.


Faculty STATS

Title FTEs
Tenured:
Assoc/Asst Professors:
Professor of the Practice:
Senior Lecturers:
Total:

Participation
Total Engineering and Applied Sciences Faculty:

Total Participating Faculty (from areas including physics, chemistry, business, and biology):

43.25
25.00
.50
.25
69.00


73


87

Area Ap. Math, Ap. Mech., and Bioeng:
Ap. Physics and Materials Sci.:
Computer Science:
Electrical Engineering:
Environ.l Sci. and Engineering:
18.00
10.00
19.00
11.5
10.5
Awards Eight members of our faculty are members of the National Academy of Engineering, and eight are members of the National Academy of Sciences (three of both). Other major honors and awards include: Harvard College Professorships (5); McArthur Genius Award; Guggenheim fellowship; and Alpha Iota Prizes for Excellence in Teaching (4).  

Impact

According to the Times Higher Education Supplement, Harvard ranked # 1 among institutions in engineering based on impact (Data from Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1997–31 October 2007): Papers: 1067 (papers); 12,788 (citations); 11.99 (citations per paper).

In terms of citation impact, Harvard ranked second nationally in the category of Engineering and Computer Science in a 2002 analysis by ISI (for 1998-2002 data).