Ioannis Miaoulis

Originally from Greece, Ioannis (Yannis) N. Miaoulis, Ph.D., is president and director of the Museum of Science, one of the world's largest science centers and New England's most-attended cultural institutions. He came to the Museum in 2003 from Tufts University, where he was dean of the School of Engineering. In 2004, Miaoulis launched the Museum's National Center for Technological Literacy (NCTL) to enhance knowledge of engineering for all and inspire future engineers and scientists. In 2015 the NCTL received the National Science Board's Public Service Award. NCTL curricula have reached an estimated 99,700 teachers and 9.4 million students. In 2011, to transform itself for the 21st century, the Museum launched a campaign to raise $250 million by 2015 and has reached $288 million. Other honors include the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) President’s Award (jointly with the NCTL), the 2011 ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Ralph Coats Roe Medal, NASA's Exceptional Public Service Medal in 2009, the 2003 Tufts University Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Award, the William P. Desmond Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Education, the Allan MacLeod Cormack Award for Excellence in Collaborative Research, and the Presidential Young Investigator Award. Testifying before U.S. Senate and House committees, Miaoulis also built support for the first Engineering Education for Innovation Act in 2010 and 2011, and for the Educating Tomorrow's Engineers Act in 2013 and 2015. A former Wellesley College and WGBH Trustee, Miaoulis has co-chaired the Mass. Technology/Engineering Education Advisory Board. He has also served on the NASA Advisory Council, the NASA Education and Public Outreach Committee, and the National Museum and Library Services Board from 2006 to 2012. A member of Mass. Governor Deval Patrick's Commonwealth Readiness Project Leadership Council, he also serves on the Tufts University Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee of Gov. Patrick's Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Advisory Council, the American Association for the Advancement of Science Committee on Science and Technology Engagement, and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) Board. Miaoulis earned bachelor's and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering and a master's in economics at Tufts, receiving a master's in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has published over 100 research papers and holds two patents.