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Sanjay Sarma is the Fred Fort Flowers (1941) and Daniel Fort Flowers (1941) Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has held several key leadership roles, including President and CEO of the Asian School of Business and formerly Vice President of Open Learning at MIT. As a co-founder of the Auto-ID Center at MIT, he played a pivotal role in developing technologies for electronic product codes and RFID standards that are now widely used internationally. Additionally, he founded OATSystems, a company acquired by Checkpoint Systems in 2008. Sarma has authored over 100 academic papers focused on computational geometry, sensing, RFID, and automation in CAD. His contributions have earned him numerous prestigious awards, including the MacVicar Fellowship and the Innovators Influencers Award from InformationWeek. He has been involved in advising global companies and national governments on technology and education advancements. Sarma holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University, respectively, and he earned his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, Massachusetts
Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, focusing on RFID and IoT technologies.
Open Learning • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Oversaw and expanded Open Learning initiatives, promoting digital education.
Asian School of Business • Mumbai, India
Led the institution in developing business education and cross-cultural training.
Patent for a tool path generator used in computer-aided manufacturing.
Patent related to collision detection in haptic systems.
Involves methods for detecting and correcting penetration in objects.
Patent for routing data in automatic identification systems.
Patent concerning an object naming system.