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 Profile | Spiro N. Pollalis | Professor of Design Technology and Management 

Spiro N. Pollalis is Professor of Design Technology and Management at the Harvard Design School. 

He received his first engineering degree from the National Technical University of Athens and his Master’s and PhD from MIT. His MBA in high technology is from Northeastern University. His honorary Master’s degree in Architecture is from Harvard.

Prof. Pollalis's design area is signature bridges, central to urban and regional development. He also specializes in project management of high-profile projects, and in the applications of information technology to facilitate the process and management of such projects.

Prof. Pollalis is the founder (1997) and director of the Center for Design Informatics (CDI), dedicated to the exploration of Internet and technology in the design, real estate and construction fields.  He has conducted research for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the General Sercices Administartion (GSA) and has been visiting professor at the ETH-Zurich and at the TU-Delf. 

Prof. Pollalis has applied information technology to enable his teaching since the mid 90s, has received grants for the research of IT-based local and remote teaching, has served as a member of the Harvard Academic Computing Committee (HACC), has co-chaired the Harvard-wide Internet and Society conference in 2000, and was the head of ETH-World Center at ETH-Zurich during his sabbatical year 2001-2002.

Prof. Pollalis is the author of numerous papers and several books including: Concept and Implementation of the new Boston Bridge (forthcoming), The Making of Bilbao Guggenheim Museum (forthcoming), Stretching Time and Space (2001), Remote Teaching (2000), What is a Bridge? (1999, 2002), Build-Operate-Transfer (1996), Case Studies on Management and Technology (1993), and Computer-Aided Project Management (1993); the editor of Uncertainty and Risk in International Construction Markets (1996) and the co-inventor of the patented Task Management (1991).

Prof. Pollalis is the academic advisor in the area of Project Management at the Master in Design Studies program. He also served as the Director of the Doctor of Design and Master in Design Studies programs for the period 1995-2002.

Harvard's Gazette's links:
Prof. Pollalis's contribution to the Zakim bridge in Boston: Harvard's help spans Charles River.
Green buidlings: Pushing the Envelope, Building Envelopes.
Designer's work and the Internet: The revolution.
Remote synchronous education: In a class by herself.

Contact Information:

Prof. Dr. Spiro N. Pollalis 
48 Quincy Street 
Cambridge, MA 02138

voice mail: (617) 495-9939