Daniel Armanios
Assistant Professor, Engineering and Public Policy
Daniel Armanios is an assistant professor in Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Engineering and Public Policy. Armanios’ research lies at the intersection between entrepreneurship, institutions, and public policy. More specifically, he focuses on the local public institutions and infrastructure necessary to support high-tech innovation, sustainable development, and energy systems, with an emphasis on emerging and post-conflict countries such as China, Egypt, and Tunisia.
Improving the Productivity of Infrastructure Systems
Education
2015 Ph.D., Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University
2009 MS, Water Science, Policy and Management, University of Oxford
2008 MS, Management Research, Said Business School, University of Oxford
2007 BA, Political Science (Economics Minor), University of Pittsburgh
2007 BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Affiliations
Media mentions
CMU Engineering
Government experiments mean funding for small companies
Government funding has now become a viable option for young companies, even if the technologies they’re developing aren’t a sure thing.
CMU Engineering
Built to last?
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave US bridges a C+ grade. But what does that really mean?
Engineering and Public Policy
Armanios recognized by US Army
The US Department of the Army awarded EPP’s Daniel Armanios the Army Colonel Certificate of Appreciation for Patriotic Civilian Service on September 14, 2018.
CMU Engineering
Is more certification always a good thing?
Can Small Business Innovation Research program approval sometimes hold a company back?
The Hill
Armanios writes in The Hill on rising Chinese economic dominance
EPP’s Daniel Armanios wrote a column for The Hill in which he explicates how China’s policy of building infrastructure in foreign countries may develop influential economic ties that eschew Western investment and economic primacy.
Gulf News Journal
Armanios quoted in Gulf News Journal
EPP’s Daniel Armanios was quoted in the Gulf News Journal discussing Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy’s plan to boost the use of renewable energies in the country.