Jay Apt
Faculty Emeritus – Professor, Tepper School of Business
Tepper School of Business
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- Faculty Emeritus – Professor, Tepper School of BusinessTepper School of Business
- 412-268-3003
- 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
BIO
Jay Apt is an emeritus Professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business and in the CMU Department of Engineering and Public Policy. He was the Co-Director (with Granger Morgan) of the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center and Director of the RenewElec (renewable electricity) project. He has authored over 125 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He has published op-ed pieces in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the Washington Post. Professor Apt received an A.B. in physics from Harvard College in 1971 and a Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1997 and the Metcalf Lifetime Achievement Award for significant contributions to engineering in 2002.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Professor EmeritusCarnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jul 2022 - present
- ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Buisness, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 2010 - 1 Jul 2022
- Associate Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States1 Jan 2003 - 1 Jan 2010
- Distinguished Service ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States1 Jan 2000 - 1 Jan 2010
- DirectorCarnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States1 Jan 1997 - 1 Jan 2000
- Assistant Director, Division of Applied SciencesHarvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States1978 - 1980
- StaffHarvard University, Center for Earth and Planetary Physics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States1 Jan 1976 - 1 Jan 1980
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Managing Director/Chief Technology OfficeriNetworks, LLC Venture Capital, Pennsyvlania, United States2000 - 2003
- AstronautNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington D.C., United States1985 - 1997
- Chief of Mission Support BranchNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington D.C., United States1995 - 1996
- Flight ControllerNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mission Control Center, Washington D.C., United States1982 - 1985
- Science Manager of Optical FacilitiesCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States1980 - 1982
DEGREES
- Ph D, Experimental Atomic PhysicsMassachusetts Institute of Technology, United States1976
- A.B. Magna Cum Laude, PhysicsHarvard College, United States1971
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Post-Doctoral FellowMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States1976 - 1976
CAMPUS
- Pittsburgh
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
- 13 Climate Action
- 15 Life on Land