Daniel Armanios
Assistant Professor, Engineering and Public Policy
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.
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
NextCity
EPP’s Daniel Armanios was quoted in NextCity on structural racism.
CMU Engineering
EPP researchers propose a way to address biases in infrastructure to ensure that future investment doesn’t benefit one group of people at the expense of another.
CMU Engineering
EPP’s Daniel Armanios has received funding through the NSF’s Rapid Response Research (RAPID) program to explore the interactions between infrastructure and the spread of COVID-19.
CMU Engineering
As households gain access to electricity, not all members use it equally. New research examines the link between energy access and gender equality in the developing world.
CMU Engineering
Changing transmission lines from alternating to direct current has been long overlooked, but it may be the cheapest way to boost capacity on our over-taxed grid.
CMU Engineering
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
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave US bridges a C+ grade. But what does that really mean?
Engineering and Public Policy
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
Can Small Business Innovation Research program approval sometimes hold a company back?
The Hill
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.
CMU Engineering
The plan must look to the future.
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.