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2007

2006

˜ Around Christmas time (2006), I was featured in Episode 5 ( “High Tide”) of a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio program entitled “Gilbert Reid’s Italy”.

˜ In the Spring of 2006, I was short-listed for a tenure-track faculty position in Urban Technology and Information Systems at MIT (DUSP).

˜ The University of Architecture of Venice (IUAV) has petitioned the Ministry of University for a four-year position for me as part of the “brain-drain” program.

˜ WPI and I were repeatedly mentioned in the September 23, 2005 issue of the magazine Science, in an article entitled “A sinking city yields some secrets”.

2005

˜ On June 3, 2005, I walked in the official commencement ceremony at MIT (even though I completed my Ph.D. in September).

˜ On June 2, 2005, my PhD Dissertation was recognized with an honorable mention for the best dissertation of the year award in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT.

˜ On January 27, 2005, I received the University Ambassador Award which recognizes excellence in representing WPI to the outside world.

2004 or earlier

˜ Previously, I had also received several President’s IQP Awards and the WPI John Boynton Young Alumni award for noteworthy service to WPI.

˜ In September 2004, I completed my PhD Dissertation at MIT and I became officially a Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Information Systems and Planning.

˜ The National Geographic Video dedicated to my work in Venice still airs from time to time around the world (click here for a streaming sample).

˜ In the past few years, I have also been interviewed by BBC radio and featured in articles in Wired magazine, Smithsonian and New Scientist.

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