Dr. Monat teaches courses in Risk Management and Decision Analysis, Systems Thinking, System Optimization, and Business Practices. He has both management and teaching experience in the medical device, separations, food & beverage, business consulting, and environmental industries, having served as President of Harvard Clinical Technology, President and Founder of Business Growth Specialists, Inc., as Sr. Vice-President of Pall Corporation, and in a variety of executive positions for Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. He has taught at WPI since 2004.

Dr. Monat’s current research interests include applications of systems thinking, business applications of logistic regression, self-organization and emergence in natural systems, self-awareness in both living and non-living systems, and risk analysis. 

I hope that my students earn good grades; that they thoroughly enjoy my classes; and that they increase their earnings as a result of attending them. But most of all, I hope that they are able to use what they learn in both their professional and personal lives. I prefer to make my points using experiments, case studies, and demonstrations as opposed to lectures. I love teaching and am happiest when in front of a live class.