WORK EXPERIENCE

Teaching Positions

• 2017-now，Assistant Professor，Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering，Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, a part of the Khalifa University of Science and Technology.
• 2008-2017, Assistant Professor，Department of Engineering Systems and Management， Masdar Institute of Science and Technology.
• 2007-2008，Post-doctoral Research Associate, Civil & Environmental Engineering, MIT.
• 2006，Visiting Lecturer, Institute for Financial Management & Research, Chennai, India.

Consulting and Management Activities

• 2015-2017 Member of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Carbon Collection and Storage Policy Expert Panel
• 2014 United Nations Economic Development Organization for West Asia (UN ESCWA) assisted in the formulation of Saudi Arabia's 10th National Development Plan consultant
• 2013 United Nations Economic Development Organization for West Asia (UN ESCWA) Carbon Capture and Storage Policy Advisor

International Experience

• Jul,2015-Jul.,2015, Management Study Seminar, University of Cambridge.

RESEARCH FIELD

• Energy and environmental policy, and resource system analysis

RESEARCH

Sponsored Research Projects

• 2016.9-2018.6, Yahsat-Masdar Space Program, co-project host (responsible for engineering interactive system), sponsor: Yahsat company.
• 2011.6-2011.7, Abu Dhabi CCS Policy Development, project host, sponsor: Masdar carbon.
• 2010.1-2013.7, Masdar Premium: the Economic and Social Benefits of Low Carbon Cities, project host, sponsor: Masdar City.
• 2008.6-2010.5, Impact of Climate Change on Human Mortality, participation, sponsor: MIT-MI joint research project.

Books

• Tsai I. “Political Economy of Energy Policy Reforms in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Implications of a Paradigm Change in the Rentier Social Contract” Energy Research and Social Science, forthcoming, 2018.(SSCI)
• Kaya A., Choucri N., Tsai I., Mezher T. ”Energy consumption and transition dynamics to a sustainable future under a rentier economy: The case of the GCC states.” in Sustainability in the Gulf: Challenges and Opportunities, 2017, Taylor & Francis.
• Almazrouei M., Asad A., Abu Zahra M., Mezher T., Tsai I. “CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery System Optimization for Contract-Based versus Integrated Operation” Energy Procedia, 2017, 105:4357-4362(EI).
• Kumar N., Kapsalyamova Z., Tsai I. “Low carbon cities and the development of cleantech innovation clusters in oil-rich economics: a case study on Masdar City.” Chapter 15 of Sustainable Energy in Kazakhstan-Moving to cleaner energy in a resource-rich country, 2017, Routledge

Publications (2015 – 2019)

• Tsai I., Ghazal S. “Urban Geometry, Building Energy Consumption and Pedestrian Mobility: An Integrated Modeling Approach”, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering, Sep 1-3, 2017, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore:335-339(IEEExplore, EI).
• Ef rd B., Griffths S., Mollet P., Al-Mubarak I., Sgouridis., Tsai I. “The Political Feasibility of Policy Options for the UAE’s Energy Transition.” The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, technical report, 2017, KS-2017-DP22(KAPSARC).
• Wang Y., Almazrooei S., Kapsalyamova Z., Diabat A., Tsai I. “Utility subsidy reform in Abu Dhabi: A review and a Computable General Equilibrium analysis.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, 2016, 55:1352-1362(SCI, EI, IF=8.050)
• Kaya A., Tsai I. “Inclusive Economic Institutions in the Gulf Cooperative Council Monarchies: Current Status and Theoretical Implications.” Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 2016, 12(2):139-173(EconI, IF=0.95).
• Tsai I., Kaya A. “Economic Diversification and the Emergence of Inclusive Economic Institution in the Gulf Cooperation Council States.” Chapter 5 of “Institutions, Citizens and the State: Convergence and Divergence in the GCC”, 2016 IB Tauris.
• Kaya A., Mezher T. Choucri N., Tsai I. “Energy Consumption and Transition Dynamics under a Rentier Economy: Case of the GCC States” Gulf Research Meeting, Aug 16-19, 2016, University of Cambridge, UK.
• Sooriyaarachchi T., Tsai I., EI Khatib S., Fabrid A., Mezher T. “Job Creation Potentials and Skill Requirements in PV, CSP, Wind, Waste-to-energy and Energy Efficiency Value Chains.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, 2015, 52:653-668.(SCI, EI, IF=8.050)
• Halperin J., Tsai I. “Carbon Tax and Renewable Energy Diffusion in the Deregulated Texas Electricity Market: An Agent-Based Analysis.” Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 2015, 3:384-393(SciL it, IF=0.92).
• Tsai I. “Strengthening The Legal and Regulatory Framework in The Gulf Cooperation Council Countries to Promote the Development of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage.” United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia Working Paper: E/ESCWA/SDPD/2015/WP.1 (United Nations).
• Zambotti S., Tsai I. “Urban Evolution: A Framework Process for Regional Variation and the Implications for Urban Sustainability, 8th Global Studies Conference, Jul 20-21, 2015, Imperical College London.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• Executive Director, Society of Management Science of China.

HONORS

• Co-supervisor of the 2017 Masdar Institute Best Thesis Award of Engineering Systems and Management
• Supervisor of the 2016 Masdar Institute Best Thesis Award of Engineering Systems and Management
• Supervisor of the 2015 Masdar Institute Best Thesis Award of Engineering Systems and Management
• 2006 Tucker-Voss Award, MIT
• 2005-2007 Louis Berger Fellowship, MIT
• 1997-1999 Transportation Engineering Fellowship, Taiwan Highway Bureau