Asrat Joins UMT's Faculty Corps

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 26, 1999 - UMT Academic Dean J. Davidson Frame announces the appointment of Dr. Kinfe-Michael Asrat to the university's Faculty Corps.

Dr. Asrat is an expert in the management of large programs and projects; the interaction of budgets, schedules, and resource allocations; and success factor in mega-projects.

He has previously taught at The George Washington University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Dr. Asrat has taught management seminars for 6,000 professionals. Dr. Asrat has conducted training and consulting with major companies, including ESI, AT&T, IBM, Bellcore, Bell South, Citibank (Singapore), ABB, Nokia, Erikson, Volvo, and Scanska.

Dr. Asrat has a doctorate of science from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, The George Washington University (1986); a master's degree in Engineering Administration from GWU (1977); a master of science degree from the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute (1974); and a bachelor of science from Moscow Civil Engineering Institute (1973). He performed doctoral research at MIT's Sloan School of Management in 1985.