Academics and industry

This company is part of Executive’s Top 20 in science and technology. Read more stories of our special report on entrepreneurship in Lebanon, as they’re published here.   E2   Daniel Asmar Industry: System Integration and robotics Project launch: 2014 Founders: Daniel Asmar, Elie Shammas, Ghassan Deeb Employees: None Board: No   E2 is a partnership of academics at the American University of Beirut that began to delve into bidding for engineering projects in early 2014. Initial projects included a robotic device required by a professor in Saudi Arabia for use in research and an industrial grader for agricultural producers in Lebanon. A third project under preparation is an energy monitoring device and service for which E2 sees a huge need in Lebanese institutions such as hospitals. The scientific insights and engineering skills of the founders are the venture’s intellectual capital and the budding academic entrepreneurs