NJIT

David Mendonça

Associate Professor
Information Systems

Phone: (973) 596-5212
Fax: (973) 596-5777

Postal Address:
Information Systems Dept., GITC 4106
College of Computing Sciences
New Jersey Institute of Technology
323 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Newark, NJ 07102

E-mail: mendonca@njit.edu

Current Curriculum Vitae (as of October 2009).

 

Brief Bio

David Mendonça is an Associate Professor in the Information Systems Department of the College of Computing Sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ. He has a Ph.D. in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.A. from University of Massachusetts/Amherst.

Research Interests and Activities

Prof. Mendonça's primary research interests are in modeling and supporting decision making during emergency situations. This work has principally involved research on (1) improvisation, (2) the management of critical infrastructure systems and (3) multicriteria decision making and knowledge management. Information is available elsewhere on this site on his research, publications and grants.

Honors and Awards

  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2005–2010.
  • Doctoral Consortium Fellow, International Conference on Information Systems, Queensland, Australia, 7-9 December 2000.
  • Rensselaer Scholar Fellow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1995–96.
  • Chauncey and Doris Starr Fellow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1995–96.
  • W.W. Cooper Merit Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University, 1992–94.
  • Member, Alpha Pi Mu, the Industrial Engineering Honor Society.