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Steven D. Eppinger General Motors Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management Science and Engineering Systems System Design and Management Faculty Co-director Dr. Eppinger received his Sc.D. degree from MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. His experience includes work as a machinist, manufacturing engineer, product designer, and consultant in both prototype and production operations. He has consulted for, or conducted research with, more than fifty firms. Dr. Eppinger served as director of CIPD, co-director of LGO-SDM, deputy dean of the Sloan School from 2004 to 2009, and interim dean of the Sloan School during 2007.  He is currently the faculty co-director of the SDM program. At the Sloan School of Management, Dr. Eppinger created an interdisciplinary product development course, in which graduate students from engineering, management, and industrial design programs collaborate to develop new products. He also teaches MIT's executive programs in the area of product development and project management. Dr. Eppinger has co-authored a best-selling textbook entitled Product Design and Development, 5th edition (2012). He has also co-authored the book Design Structure Matrix Methods and Applications (the fourth book in the MIT Press Engineering Systems Book Series, 2012). In 1993, he received both MIT’s Graduate Student Council Teaching Award and the Sloan School’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Management Education. Dr. Eppinger's research efforts are applied to improving product design and development practices. This research focuses on organizing complex design processes in order to accelerate industrial practices. This work has been applied primarily in the automotive, electronics, aerospace, and equipment industries. He received the ASME Best Paper Award in Design Theory and Methodology in 1995 and again in 2001. Books Published: Books Published by Steven D. Eppinger Selected Publications: Publications by Professor Eppinger Paper presented at the 2004 Engineering Systems Symposium: > Co-Author of Monograph Chapter "The Influence of Architecture in Engineering Systems" Related News: Steven Eppinger quoted in article about Toyota recall Design News – January 28, 2010 Prof. Steve Eppinger on best practices in lean and global product development – July 11, 2007 Eppinger named MIT Sloan interim dean – June 13, 2007 Prof. Eppinger honored as Distinguished Fellow by Product and Operations Management Society – May 26, 2006 Steve Eppinger – Still Peddling – September 21, 2005 Executive Courses taught by Professor Eppinger Steven Eppinger Receives Award for Best Paper – February 2002