ESD Event Archives

June 7, 2004
MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
Topic: An Overview of the Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Model
Speaker: Scott Stephens, Chief Technology Officer, Supply-Chain Council

Location: Muckley Building, E40-208
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Open to: Entire ESD Community

June 4, 2004
MLOG Graduation Reception

Location: E40-364 - The MLOG Lab
Time: 1:45 - 4:00 pm
Open to: MLOG faculty, students, staff, and family and friends
Contact: Chris Caplice

June 3, 2004
MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
Topic: Risk-Adjusted Supply Chain Management: Understanding the Role Risk Plays in a Supply Chain
Speaker: Lisa Hauser, Managing Director, Risk Consulting Practice, Marsh
Inc.

Location: Muckley Building, E40-298
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Open to: Entire ESD Community

May 27, 2004
TPSS Croquet Challenge

Location: Kresge Lawn (between Kresge and the Z-center)
Time: 4:00pm
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Sponsored by: TPSS and the GSC Funding Board

Come join fellow colleagues (students, faculty, and staff) in a relaxing afternoon game of croquet. Depending on the number of participants, we may play in teams. Some prizes will be awarded, and refreshments provided. Suitable clothing and adornments are encouraged!

May 24-25, 2004
Creating and Leveraging Supply Chain Flexibility (sponsored by CTL)

Location: MIT Faculty Club
Details: Click here for more details

May 24-25, 2004
ESD Faculty Offsite

Open to: ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff, ESD Administrative Core

May 24, 2004
MLOG Reunion

Location: MIT Faculty Club
Open to: MLOG alums
Details: Click here for more details

May 20, 2004
MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
Topic: Mastering Complexity in Global Manufacturing
Speaker: Doug Engel, Partner, Director of the US Manufacturing Practice, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Location: Muckley Building, E40-298
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 am

May 14-28, 2004
SDM International Business Trip

Location and times: Click here for a detailed schedule
Open to: SDM students
Contact: Ted Hoppe, 617.252.1167

May 14, 2004
CIPD Seminar Series
Topic: Information Scoring of Opinions and a case study when combined with conjoint analysis
Speakers: Ellen Kugelberg, Industrial Management student from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden and Drazen Prelec, Professor of Management Science at MIT's Sloan School of Management

Location: E60-225
Time: 12:00 noon
Contact: Susan Macphee
Details: Click here for more details
Lunch provided

May 14, 2004
ESD Lecture Presentation
Topic: CITRIS: Center for IT Research in the Interests of Society -- A Public/Private Partnership
Speaker: Professor Shankar Sastry, Chairman, Department of EECS; NEC Distinguished Professor; Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and Bioengineering; University of California, Berkeley

Location: E40-298
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Contact: Fran Marrone
Details: Click here for more details

May 12, 2004
SDM Information Evening

Location: MIT Faculty Club
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Contact: Cara Barber, 617.253.1055
Details: Click here for more details

May 12, 2004
LAI Research Seminar
Topic: The Dell Operating Model
Speaker: Blaine Paxton

Location: 41-218
Time: 4:15-5:30 pm
Contact: Juliet Perdichizzi, 617.258.7628
Light refreshments served

May 11, 2004
LFM ProSeminars
Topic: TBD
Speaker: Todd Jackson, Boston Scientific, VP of Operations

Location: E40-325
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm

May 11, 2004
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: ESD Undergrad Footprint
Speaker: Joseph Sussman

CTPID's Su Chung and CTL's Mary Gibson will be honored from their recent receipt of MIT's Infinite Mile Award.
Location: E40-298
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Contact: Fran Marrone

May 7, 2004
CIPD Seminar
Topic: Synopia's Successes and Challenges Developing Software Applications for use in Product Definition
Speakers: Francois Gossieaux, CEO and John Pflueger, Director of Product Management Synopia, Inc.

Location: E60-225
Time: 12:00 noon
Contact: Kathy Sullivan
Details: Click here for more details
Lunch provided

May 7, 2004
Final Project Presentation for the Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization Class (16.888)

Location: 33-116
Time: 9:00 - 11:00am
Presentations will be roughly 20 minutes in length. Please click on the link below to see a complete schedule, including project titles, presenter names, and exact times. http://web.mit.edu/deweck/www/Presentation%20Schedule.pdf

May 6, 2004
Dan Whitney's Book Signing Reception

In honor of the recent publication of Dan Whitney's book, Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development, ESD invites you to attend a tea and book signing reception.

Dan will be on hand to personally autograph his new book. We encourage you to arrive early as there are a limited number of copies available.

Please join us in celebrating Dan's work.

Location: E40-262
Time: 3:30 pm
Light refreshments served

May 6, 2004
ESD/ME Faculty Candidate Seminar Lecture
Presented by Dr. James Morgan, Director, Lean Product Creation, Ford Motor Company
Topic: “High Performance Product Development: A Systems Approach To Lean Product Development”

Location: 1-350
Time: 2:00 pm (refreshments at 1:50 pm)
Contact: Beverly Kozol-Tattlebaum, 617.253.9756
Details: Click here for more details
Open to: ESD and ME Community

May 5, 2004
LAI Research Seminar
Topic: IT Management in the Aerospace Industry
Speaker: Gregoire Ferre

Location: 41-218
Time: 4:15-5:30 pm
Contact: Juliet Perdichizzi, 617.258.7628
Light refreshments served

May 5, 2004
ESD Staff Meeting

Location: E40-298
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm
Open to: ESD Staff
Contact: Ann Tremelling

May 4, 2004
LFM ProSeminars
Topic: TBD
Speaker: Bill Dalton, PA Consulting

Location: E40-325
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm

May 4, 2004
ESD Seminar Series
Title: Market Driven Design Process for a Flexible Product Platform
Speaker: Eun Suk Suh

Location: E40-298
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Details: Click here fore more details
Contact: Heidi Davidz - 617.258.7984

May 4, 2004
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: ESD/ORC Comm
Speaker: Richard Larson

Location: E40-298
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Contact: Fran Marrone

April 30, 2004
CIPD Friday Seminar Series
Title: Product Development Education: Hand's on Learning at the MIT Center for Sports Innovation
Speaker: Dr. Kim B. Blair, Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Location: E60-225
Time: Noon - 1:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Kathleen Sullivan
Lunch will be served

April 29, 2004
Technology and Policy Student Society Lunch Talk
Title: Searching for Sustainability: No Quick Fix
Speaker: Dr. John Ehrenfeld

Location: E40-380 (TPP Lounge)
Time: Noon - 1:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details
A light lunch will be served

April 28, 2004
LAI Research Seminar
Topic: The 21st Century Aerospace Workforce: Research Update from the Labor Aerospace, Research Agenda (LARA)
Speaker: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld et al

Location: 41-218
Time: 4:15-5:30 pm
Contact: Juliet Perdichizzi, 617.258.7628
Light refreshments served

April 28, 2004
ESD/EECS Dual Faculty Candidate Lecture Presentation by Dr. Massimo Franceschetti
Title: Towards a Theory of Large Scale Networks

Location: E40-298
Time: 9:30am
Open to: ESD and EECS Community
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Fran Marrone

**Please note: if you are unable to attend Wednesday's presentation, Dr. Franceschetti will also present his lecture on Thursday, April 29, at 1:30 PM (refreshments 1:15), Bush Room, 10-105.

April 27, 2004
LFM ProSeminars
Topic: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: The Window of Opportunity
Speaker: Professor GK Raju, Executive Director, MIT Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Initiative

Location: E40-325
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Contact: Matt Vokoun

April 27, 2004
ESD Senior Faculty Luncheon

Location: E40-298
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Contact: Fran Marrone

April 26, 2004
The Annual Charles L. Miller Lecture
Topic: Engineering Systems: Past Perspectives and Future Visions
Speaker: Professor Daniel Roos, Japan Steel Industry Professor of Engineering, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems, Associate Dean for Engineering Systems, Co-Director, Engineering Systems Division

Location: MIT, Room 1-390
Time: 4:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details and here to view promotional poster
Contact: Beverly Kozol-Tattlebaum

April 26, 2004
ESD/ME Dual Faculty Candidate Seminar Lecture Presentation by Dr. Yong-Suk Kim
Title: A Decomposition-based Approach to Integrate Product Design and Manufacturing System Design

Location: 1-350
Time: 9:00 - 10:00am
Open to: ESD and ME Community
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Beverly Kozol-Tattlebaum - 617.253.9756

April 23, 2004
MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, Distinguished Speaker Series
Title: Transportation for Smart Growth
Speaker: Douglas Foy, Secretary, Office for Commonwealth Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Location: W20-407
Time: 12:00 - 2:00pm
Details: Click here for more details
Lunch Provided by the Center for Transportation and Logistics

April 23, 2004
CIPD Seminar
Title: Design of Experiments, Strategies in Robust Engineering
Speaker: Ion Freeman, Graduate Student, SDM program

Location: E60-225
Time: 12:00 - 1:-00pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Kathleen Sullivan
Lunch will be provided

April 22, 2004
LFM ProSeminars
Topic: TBD
Speaker: Jan Paul, PTRM

Location: E40-325
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm

April 22, 2004
ESD/EECS Faculty Search Candidate Seminar Lecture Presentation by Mr. Amin Saberi
Title: Algorithmic Game Theory and Networked Systems

Location: E40-298
Time: 10:00 am
Open to: ESD and EECS Community
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Fran Marrone

April 21, 2004
LAI Research Seminar
Topic: AMR's 'House of Productivity' Lean, Six Sigma and SCOR Initiatives
Speaker: Bob Parker

Location: 41-218
Time: 4:15-5:30 pm
Contact: Juliet Perdichizzi, 617.258.7628
Light refreshments served

April 21, 2004
ESD Staff Meeting
Topics/Speakers: General ESD/Dan Hastings; TPP Overview/Frank Field

Location: E40-298
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Open to: ESD Staff
Contact: Ann Tremelling

April 21, 2004
ESD Community Tea

Location: E40-204
Time: 3:30 pm
Join fellow members of the ESD Community for coffee, tea, sweets, and conversation.

April 20, 2004
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: Making Robust Design Fast and Frugal
Speaker: Daniel Frey

Location: E40-298
Time: noon - 1:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Fran Marrone

April 16, 2004
CIPD Seminar
Title: Improving Organizational Decisions Using Robust Engineering Methods
Speakers: Victor Tang, Professor Warren Seering, Dept.of MechE

Location: E60-225
Time: 12:00 - 1:-00pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Kathleen Sullivan
Lunch will be provided

April 14, 2004
LAI Research Seminar
Topic: Lean Product Development Flow
Speaker: Bo Oppenheim

Location: 41-218
Time: 4:15-5:30 pm
Contact: Juliet Perdichizzi, 617.258.7628
Light refreshments served

April 14, 2004
LAI Research Seminar
Topic: Lean Product Development Flow
Speaker: Bo Oppenheim

Location: 41-218
Time: 4:15-5:30 pm
Contact: Juliet Perdichizzi, 617.258.7628
Light refreshments served

April 13, 2004
LFM ProSeminars
Topic: TBD
Speaker: Rod Copes, LFM '93, General Manager, Tomahawk Operations, Harley-Davidson Motor Company

Location: E40-325
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Contact: Lane Ballard

April 13, 2004
TPP Tuesday Talks
Title: Spacecraft Lifetime: Implications for the Entire Space Industry
Speakers: Juan-Pablo Torres

Location: TPP Lounge E40
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm

April 13, 2004
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: Symposium Debrief
Speakers: Joel Moses and Tom Allen

Location: E40-298
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Contact: Fran Marrone

April 12, 2004
Fourth Annual Symposium of the Technology and Policy Program
A Full-day Workshop at MIT
Emerging Technologies: Recognizing Uncertainty and Assessing Implications

Location: MIT Faculty Club, 6th Floor, MIT Building E52
Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Sarah Anderson

April 9, 2004
CTL Friday Seminar Series
Title: A Process for Viewing the US Transportation Enterprise: A System of Interdependent Systems
Speaker: Sam Bonasso

Location: Mezzanine Lounge, Stratton Student Center (W20-307)
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm

April 9, 2004
MIT Supply Chain Management Club
Topic: Impact of Lean Manufacturing on Product Development
Speaker: Professor Daniel Roos

Location: E51-315
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Contact: Becky Schneck, 617.324.MLOG (6564)
Lunch will be provided

April 9, 2004
CIPD Seminar
Title: Listening In to Find and Explore New Combinations of Customer Needs
Speakers: John Hauser and Glen Urban

Location: E60-225
Time: 12:00 - 1:-00pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Kathleen Sullivan
Lunch will be provided

April 7 , 2004
ESD /EECS Dual Faculty Search Candidate Presentation, Mr. Devavrat Shah of Stanford Univ.
Title: Algorithms for Large Networks of Wireless Sensors

Location: E40-298
Time: 9:00 am
Open to: ESD and EECS Community
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Fran Marrone

April 6, 2004
ESD Seminar Series
Title: Flexible Transportation Systems Using Intelligent Transportation Systems Capabilities
Speaker: Josh McConnell

Location: E40-298
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Heidi Davidz - 617.258.7984

April 6 , 2004
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: From the Moon to Antarctica: Two Projects in Control Systems
Speaker: David Mindell

Location: E40-298
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Contact: Fran Marrone

April 5 , 2004
ESD/ME Faculty Search Candidate Assistant Professor Charlene Yauch
Title: Manufacturing Agility: Success in a Turbulent Environment

Location: E40-496
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Beverly Kozol-Tattlebaum - 617.253.9756

April 2, 2004
CIPD Seminar Series
Title: A Quantitative Multi-Attribute Model for Product Value Assessment
Speaker: Troy Downen, ESD, SoE

Location: E60-225
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Kathy Sullivan

April 2, 2004
ESD Open House and Reception

Location: E40 and The Warehouse
Time: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Details: Click here for Open House details and here for Reception Details
Contact: Eda Daniel, 617.253.1182

April 1, 2004
CIPD Special Seminar
Title: Innovation at Bang & Olufsen: Enabling Technical Knowledge Workers in the Innovation Process
Speaker: Karsten Zakarias, Visiting Student from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Location: E60-225
Time: 10:30-11:30 am
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Kathy Sullivan

March 30, 2004
LFM ProSeminars
Topic: TBD
Speakers: Brett Bissel, LFM '96 and Mike McNamara, COO, Flextronics

Location: E40-325
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Contact: Aaron Raphel

March 29-31, 2004
Engineering Systems Symposium

Location: Tang Auditorium
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Daniel Roos, 617.253.1661

March 23-26, 2004
2nd Annual International MIT LINC Symposium & Workshop
Symposium: Tuesday and Wednesday, March 23-24, 2004
Workshop: Thursday and Friday, March 25-26, 2004

Location: MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Richard C. Larson, 617.253.3604

March 19, 2004
CIPD Seminar
Title: Infrastructures for Innovation: A Preliminary Comparison of Open Source Software and Toyota
Presenter: Paul R. Carlile, Sloan School of Managment

Location: E60-255
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm

March 15-19, 2004
SDM Spring Business Trip (all students on campus)

Location and times: TBD
Open to: SDM students
Contact: Ted Hoppe, 617.252.1167

March 18, 2004
ESD Community Tea

Location: E40-204
Time: 3:30 pm

Join fellow members of the ESD Community for coffee, tea, sweets, and conversation every Thursday at 3:30 pm!

March 16, 2004
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: Research Talk
Speaker: Olivier de Weck

Location: E40-298
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Fran Marrone

March 15, 2004
MIT SCM Club Speaker Event
Speaker: Jose A. Mejia, President Supply Chain Networks, Lucent

Location: MIT Faculty Club, Dining Room 5
Time: 3:00-5:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Jared Schrieber, VP of Speakers, MIT SCM Club

March 12, 2004
MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
Distinguished Speaker Series
Focus on Transportation
Title: Financing Intermodal Transportation
Speaker: William D. Ankner, Ph.D., Founder, Transportation Solutions, Former Director, Rhode Island Department of Transportation

Location: Stratton Student Center, Mezzanine Lounge (3rd Floor) W20-307
Time: 12:00-2:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details

March 12, 2004
CIPD Seminar Talk
Title: A Language for System Architecting
Speaker: Benjamin Koo, Edward Crawley, Dov Dori, Engineeering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Location: E60-225
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details

March 12, 2004
MIT Supply Chain Club
Topic:Engineered Solutions to the Application of RFID in Distribution Operations
Speaker: Jeffrey Dixon, Practice Lead, Management Consulting Services for Siemens Supply Chain Solutions

Location: E51-325
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Jared Schrieber, VP of Speakers, MIT SCM Club

March 11, 2004
ESD Community Tea

Location: E40-204
Time: 3:30 pm

Join fellow members of the ESD Community for coffee, tea, sweets, and conversation every Thursday at 3:30 pm!

March 10, 2004
eBusiness Research Seminars
Topic: Managing Uncertainty and Risk in the Supply Chain using Financial Engineering Instruments
Speaker: David Simchi-Levi, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems

Location: NE20-336 (3 Cambridge Center)
Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Details: Click here fore more details

March 9, 2004
LFM ProSeminars
Topic: TBD
Speaker: Mark Lundstrom, LFM '93, CEO, BioScale, Inc.

Location: E40-325
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Contact: Aaron Raphel

March 9, 2004
ESD Seminar Series
Title: TBD
Speaker: Debbie Nightingale

Location: E40-298
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Contact: Heidi Davidz - 617.258.7984

March 9, 2004
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: Symposium Review
Speakers: Joel Moses and Tom Allen

Location: E40-298
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Contact: Fran Marrone

March 5, 2004
MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
Distinguished Speaker Series
Focus on Logistics
Topic: The MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program: Putting a University Inside a Laboratory
Speaker: Yosef Sheffi, Director, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics

Location: E51-376
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details

March 4, 2004
ESD Community Tea

Location: E40-204
Time: 3:30 pm
Join fellow members of the ESD Community for coffee, tea, sweets, and conversation every Thursday at 3:30 pm!

March 3 , 2004
ESD Town Meeting

Location: E40-298
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm
Open to: ESD Staff
Contact: Ann Tremelling

March 2, 2004
LFM ProSeminars
Topic: Managing Technology/Leading Change
Speaker: Professor George Stephanopoulos, Department of Chemical Engineering, Former CTO, Mitsubishi Chemical

Location: E40-325
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Contact: Lane Ballard

March 2, 2004
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: Ph.D. Student Research
Speaker: Heidi Davidz

Location: E40-298
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Contact: Fran Marrone

February 27, 2004
MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Guest Speaker
Topic: The "New Normalcy" of International Trade: Legal and Regulatory Issues and Trade Security
Speaker: Philip W. Spayd, Director, Global Trade System Location: E56-270

Time: 12:00-1:30 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Lunch will be provided

February 26, 2004
ESS/TPP/STS/MLOG Joint Funk Party

Come hear LIVE MUSIC in the Muddy
Our first joint social event with TPP, STS and MLOG students! Bring your friends and let's have some fun! Snacking food will be provided, beer is cheap, and the company is great. You've got everything to gain!!!

Location: Muddy Charles Pub
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm

February 26, 2004
ESD Community Tea

Location: E40-204
Time: 3:30 pm

Join fellow members of the ESD Community for coffee, tea, sweets, and conversation every Thursday at 3:30 pm!

February 24, 2004
Reception for ESD Ph.D. students

Location: E40-298
Time: 5:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Eda Daniel

February 24, 2004
LFM ProSeminars
Topic: Structure & Strategy in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Speaker: Professor Charles Cooney, MIT Chemical Engineering Professor

Location: E40-325
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Contact: Matt Voukon

February 24, 2004
ESD Seminar Series
Title: Engaging Stakeholders in Engineering Systems Representation and Modeling
Speaker: Ali Mostashari

Location: E40-298
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Contact: Heidi Davidz - 617.258.7984

February 24, 2004
Please join us in celebrating Professor Joe Sussman's "2003 CUTC/TRB Award for Distinguished Contribution to University Transportation Research and Education". This TRB award is given annually by the Council of University Transportation Centers to honor an individual "who has a long history of significant and outstanding contribution to university education and research, resulting in a lasting contribution to transportation".

In addition to his outstanding committment to transportation education and research, please come to congratulate him and indulge his other passions -- chocolate and coffee.

Location: Spofford Room
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

February 24, 2004
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: SMA-II LISA
Speaker: Stuart Madnick

Location: E40-298
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Contact: Fran Marrone

February 20, 2004
MIT Supply Chain Management Club Speaker Event
Topic: Lean Product Creation
Speaker: Chris Theodore, Vice President of Advanced Product Creation, Ford Motor Company

Location: E52-175
Time: 2:30-4:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Jared Schrieber, VP of Speakers, MIT SCM Club

February 20, 2004
MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
Distinguished Speaker Series
Focus on Security and International Trade
Topic: The "New Normalcy" of International Trade: Legal and Regulatory Issues and Trade Security
Speaker: Philip W. Spayd, Director, Global Trade Systems

Location: 51-376
Time: 12:00-2:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details

February 20, 2004
CIPD Luncheon
Topic: Lean Product Creation
Speaker: Chris Theodore, Vice President of Advanced Product Creation, Ford Motor Company

Location: E60-225
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details

February 19, 2004
ESD Community Tea

Location: E40-204
Time: 3:30 pm
Join fellow members of the ESD Community for coffee, tea, sweets, and conversation every Thursday at 3:30 pm!

February 17, 2004
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: ESD 5 Year Review
Speakers: Daniel Roos and Daniel Hastings

Location: E40-298
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Contact: Fran Marrone

February 13, 2004
MIT Supply Chain Management Club Speaker Series
Title: Supply Chain Consulting: Strategies and Solutions
Speaker: Chris Holt, Vice President, UPS Consulting

Location: E51-325
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Jared Schrieber, 617.577.5887

February 13, 2004
CIPD Seminar Series
Title: Effective Innovation
Speaker: Dr. Donald Clausing

Location: E60-225
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details

February 12, 2004
ESD Community Tea

Location: E40-204
Time: 3:30 pm

Join fellow members of the ESD Community for coffee, tea, sweets, and conversation every Thursday at 3:30 pm!

February 10, 2004
LFM ProSeminars
Speaker: Penny Carver, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Carver will be speaking on the following topics:

Brief background - what is IHI, why was it formed, how other
industries might benefit from such an organization
A specific example of re-engineering the health care delivery process
that has improved quality and cost effectiveness (operations focus)
A specific example of a program IHI has successfully developed and
deployed worldwide called the Breakthru series. (leadership & change

Q&A to follow.

Location: E40-325
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm

February 10, 2004
ESD Seminar Series
Title: The CLIOS Process: Toward Understanding Socio-Technical Systems
Speaker: Professor Joseph Sussman

Location: E40-298
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Details: Click here for more details
Contact: Heidi Davidz - 617.258.7984

February 10, 2004
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: MIT Presidental Search (tentative)
Speaker: MIT Committee

Location: E40-298
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Contact: Fran Marrone

February 6, 2004
Title: Sampling Techniques for Robust Design with Computer Models
Speaker: Daniel Frey, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systems

Location: E60-255
Details: Click here for more details
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm

February 4, 2004
ESD Town Meeting

Location: E40-298
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm
Open to: ESD Staff
Contact: Ann Tremelling

February 4, 2004
ESD Community Tea

Loc