July
24, 2006
ESD Dissertation Defense – Nicholas
A. McKenna
Title: The Micro-foundations of Alignment Among
Sponsors and Contractors on Large Engineering
Projects
Location:
E40-298
Time: 10:00 am
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
Details: Click
here for more details.
The
abstract can be found under details and a draft
of the dissertation is available in E40-249.
July
20, 2006
ESD Dissertation Defense – Alexis
Stanke
Title: Creating High Performance Enterprises
Location:
E40-298
Time: 3:00 pm
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
Details: Click
here for more details.
The
abstract can be found under details and a draft
of the dissertation is available in E40-249.
June
9, 2006
MIT Technology and Policy Program's 30th Anniversary
Dinner and Keynote Speaker
Time:
Friday evening
Open to: Registered Attendees
Contact: Yoko
Urano
Details: Click
here for more details.
June
9, 2006
MLOG Reception
Time:
immediately following the Commencement ceremony
Location: MLOG Lab, E40-364
Open to: MLOG students and their families/guests
& faculty
Contact: Jessica
Rosekrans
June
9, 2006
LFM Commencement Party
Time:
3:30 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: By invitation only
Contact: Nancy
Young-Wearly
June
9, 2006
SDM Commencement Celebration
Time:
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Residence Inn - Marriott
Open to: By invitation only
Contact: Ted
Hoppe
Light
Luncheon Buffet & Champagne Toast
June
9, 2006
Post-Commencement Reception for TPP SM and ESD
/ TMP Ph.D. Graduates
Time:
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Location: TPP Lounge, E40-380
Open to: TPP and Ph.D. Graduates, Friends and
Families, Faculty, Advisors & Staff
Contact: Sydney
MIller
June
8, 2006
6th Annual TPP Symposium
Title: Leadership for 2050: Technology, Policy,
and Education
Speakers: Sheila Widnall, Jessica Stern, Granger
Morgan, and others
Time:
1:00 - 5:00 pm, reception following
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Renee
Robins
Details: Click
here for more details.
May
26, 2006
LFM-SDM Webseminar
Topic: Six Sigma in Total Product Developement
Speaker: Reza Eskandari, Member of the Six Sigma
Academy
Time:
9:00 am PST / 12:00 noon EST
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Alison McCaffree
Details: Click
here for more details.
May
24, 2006
Energy Policy-A UK Perspective
Speakers: Dr. Phil Ruffles, Chair of the Royal
Academy of Engineering Policy Committee and
of the Study of Energy in the UK; former Engineering
and Technology Director of Rolls Royce plc
Time:
4:00 pm
Location: E40-496
Open to: MIT Community
Contact: Marie
Tangney
Details: Click
here for more details.
May
24-26 2006
ESD General Exams Schedule, Oral portion, for
Spring, 2006
Attendance limited to ESD Faculty, Examinees
and their Committees
For
schedule information: Elizabeth
Milnes, ESD Academic Office
For information on General Exams click here.
May
23, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: Update on a new core social science methods
subject
Speaker: John Carroll, Professor of Behavioral
and Policy Sciences and Engineering Systems;
Co-Director, Lean Aerospace Initiative
Time:
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
May
23, 2006
ESD Dissertation Defense – Konstantinos
Kalligeros
Title: Platforms and Flexibility in Large-Scale
Engineering Systems
Time:
9:00 am
Location: E40-298
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
Details: Click
here for more details.
The
abstract is attached and a draft of the dissertation
is available in E40-246.
May
19, 2006
LFM-SDM Webseminar
Topic: Data Mining and Pattern Analysis
Speaker: Rajesh Jugulum, Researcher, MIT
Time:
9:00 am PST / 12:00 noon EST
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Alison McCaffree
Details: Click
here for more details.
May
18, 2006
TPP Students Banquet
Time:
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Boston Beer Works, 112 Canal Street,
Boston, MA 02114
Open to: TPP students, faculty, advisors, alum
& guests
Contact: RSVP to Matthew
James Dorfman
Refreshments
will be served.
May
17, 2006
ESD Dissertation Defense – Erica Fuchs
Title: The Impact of Manufacturing Offshore
on Technology Development Paths in the Automotive
and Optoelectronics Industries
Time:
4:00 pm
Location: E40-496
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
Details: Click
here for more details.
The
abstract is attached and a draft of the dissertation
is available in E40-246.
May
16, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: Update on discussions of core methods
subject on probability and
statistics
Speaker: Richard Larson, Mitsui Professor of
Engineering Systems and Civil and Environmental
Engineering and Director of Center for Engineerng
Systems Fundamentals
Time:
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
May
15, 2006
TPP Thesis Signing Party
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: E40-380, TPP Lounge
Open to: TPP students, faculty and advisors.
Contact: Yoko
Urano
Light
refreshments provided.
May
12, 2006
TPP Lecture Series on Internet Policy Issues:
Today and Tomorrow (second lecture)
Title: Internet Regulation and Design: A View
from the Front Lines
Speaker: Alan Davidson, Washington Policy Counsel,
Google Inc.
Time:
3:30 - 5:00 pm, reception following
Location: Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Renee
Robins
Details: Click
here for more details.
May
12, 2006
ESD Dissertation Defense – Adam Ross
Title: Managing Unarticulated Value: Changeability
in Multi-Attribute Tradespace Exploration
Time:
2:30 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
Details: Click
here for more details.
The
abstract is attached and a draft of the dissertation
is available in E40-246.
May
11, 2006
Engineering Ethics Seminar
Title: Narrative Ethics
Speakers: Taft
Broome, PI, Howard University & MIT
MLK jr. Visiting Professor; Segun
Gbadegesin, Co-PI, Howard University; and
Cynthia Winston,
Howard University & Visiting Scholar at
University of Michigan
Time:
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
Location: E51-151
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Taft
Broome
Details: Click
here for more details.
May
10, 2006
CTL Speaker
Title: Winning the Olympic Bid: Inside London's
Successful Bid for 2012
Speaker: Dennis Luckett, BT, Programme Director
Join
BT's Dennis Luckett for a candid and humorous
'behind the scenes' look at the lead up to the
final presentation and the nail-biting vote
for the 2012 Olympic bid.
BT was one of the five 'Premier Partners' of
the bid to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to London.
In addition to financial support, BT provided
people, IT and office facilities around the
world, including the final vote in Singapore
in July 2005. Dennis is BT's Programme
Director and a key member of the team that helped
win the bid.
Time:
3:00 pm
Location: Room E51-151
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Becky
Schneck Allen
Refreshments
will be served.
May
10, 2006
ESD Dissertation Defense – Christine Ng
Title: Shaping the Terms of Competition: Environmental
Regulation and Corporate Strategies to Reduce
Diesel Vehicle Emissions
Time:
10:00 am
Location: E40-298
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
Details: Click
here for more details.
The
abstract is attached and a draft of the dissertation
is available in E40-246.
May
8 - 11, 2006
ESD General Exams Schedule, Written portion,
for Spring, 2006
Attendance limited to ESD Faculty, Examinees
and their Committees
For
schedule information: Elizabeth
Milnes, ESD Academic Office
For information on General Exams click here.
May
5, 2006
Title: Enabling Supply Chain Collaboration –
Best Practices
Speaker: Mike Romeri, Director, PRTM
Time:
8:00 am
Location: Room 1-390
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: David
Simchi-Levi
This
is part of the Supply Chain course taught by
Professors David Simchi-Levi and Steve Graves.
May
1-4, 2006
47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural
Dynamics, and Materials Conference
Title: Structures and Materials for the Next
Generation of Aerospace Vehicles – Evolution
or Revolution?
Location:
Hyatt Regency Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
Details: Click
here for more details.
May
1, 2006
ESD Seminar Series
Title: The Dynamic Role of Knowledge Relatedness
at Industry Birth: The Evolution of the Automotive
Airbag Industry
Speaker: Professor
Sebastian Fixson, Assistant Professor, Industrial
& Operations Engineering, University of
Michigan
Time:
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-496
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Randolph
Kirchain
Details: Click
here for more details.
Pizza
will be served at 11:45.
April
27-28, 2006
2006 MIT Manufacturing Summit: Manufacturing
Research and Education in the Global Economy
Location:
Bartos
Theater, MIT
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Details: Click
here for more details.
April
25, 2006
LFM-SDM Speaker Series
Title: LFM at Amazon.com: Applying manufacturing
principles in e-commerce
Speaker: Jeff Wilke, Senior Vice President,
Worldwide Operations, Amazon.com, LFM ‘93
Time:
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: Wong
Auditorium, Tang Center (E51)
Open to: Entire MIT Community and visitors from
outside of the Institute
Contact: Lois
Slavin
Details: Click
here for more details.
April
25, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: ESD Five Year Review process
Speaker: Institute Professor Joel Moses, Acting
Director, ESD
Time:
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
April
24, 2006
TPP Guest Speaker Series
Title: A Discussion with Dr. Scott Pace
Speaker: Dr. Scott Pace, NASA Associate Administrator
for Program Analysis and Evaluation
Location:
E40-380, TPP Lounge
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Open to: TPP/TMP students and Aero/Astro students
Contact: Yoko
Urano
Details: Click
here for more details.
Refreshments
will be provided.
April
24, 2006
Special ESD/ME Seminar
Title: Affective Computing: Transforming the
Relationships Between Products, Environments,
and User Experience
Speaker: Winslow Burleson, MIT Media Lab
Location:
E25-111
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Beverly
Kozol-Tattlebaum
Details: Click
here for more details.
April
24, 2006
ESD Dissertation Defense – Victor Tang
Title: Corporate Decision Analysis: An Engineering
Approach
Time:
9:30 am
Location: E40-298
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
Details: Click
here for more details.
The
abstract is attached and a draft of the dissertation
is available in E40-246.
April
21, 2006
TPP Lecture Series on Internet Policy Issues:
Today and Tomorrow (first lecture)
Title: Conceiving a Network for Tomorrow: Design
for Tussle
Speaker: David Clark, MIT Computer Science and
Artificial Intelligence Lab
Time:
3:30 - 5:00 pm, reception following
Location: Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Renee
Robins
Details: Click
here for more details.
April
21, 2006
CTL Distinguished Speaker Series
Title: The Politics of Setting up a New Transit
System: The Lessons Learned from Tren Urbano
Speaker: Fred Salvucci, former Secretary of
Transportation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
and current Senior Lecturer and Senior Research
Associate, Center for Transportation & Logistics
Time:
12:00 noon - 2:00 pm
Location: Student Center (Bldg W20) Mezzanine
Lounge
Open to: ESD Community
Contact: Ritesh
Warade
Lunch
Provided by the Center
for Transportation and Logistics.
April
21, 2006
Topic: The Rising Impact of Supply Management
on the Enterprise
Speaker: Avner Schneur, CEO Emptoris
Time:
8:00 am
Location: 1-390
Open to: Entire ESD community
Contact: Prof.
David Simchi-Levi
April
18, 2006
Title: The Trials, Tribulations and Rewards
of Marrying Technology and Business, with particular
discussion of his experiences as CEO of Loral
and Globalstar
Speaker: Bernard L. Schwartz, retired Chairman
and CEO, Loral Space and Communications
Time:
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: Entire MIT community
Contact: Joel
Schindall, 617.253.3934
Details: Click
here for more details.
Light
refreshments from 3:30 - 4:00 p.m.
April
18, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: Update on assessment of Portugal agreement
Speaker: Dan Roos, CEE/ESD
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
April
12, 2006
eBusiness Research Seminar
Title: Modeling Next-Generation Fiber to the
Home Networks
Speaker: Dr. Richard Roth, Associate Researcher,
Center for Technology, Policy, & Industrial
Departments, MIT Sloan of Management
Time:
11:45 am- 1:00 pm
Location: NE20-336 (3 Cambridge Center)
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact/RSVP: Carlene
Doucette
Details: Click
here for more details.
Lunch
Provided.
April
11, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: TBA
Speaker: Irving Wladawsky-Berger, IBM VP and
Visiting Professor
in ESD
Time:
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
April
11, 2006
Center for Transportation and Logistics Symposium
Topic: At the Crossroads of Supply Chain and
Strategy: Simulating Disruption to Business
Recovery
The
MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
is hosting its second annual Crossroads event
entitled "At the Crossroads of Supply Chain
and Strategy: Simulating Disruption to Business
Recovery."
As part of the daylong conference, the Center
will stage a real-time simulation of an avian
flu outbreak to show how global supply chains
are severely disrupted by such emergencies.
The simulation will involve a hypothetical outbreak
of avian flu that shuts down a fictional manufacturing
facility. A panel of executives will respond
in real-time to the unfolding emergency, which
will be shaped by prompts and pre-scripted news
bulletins.
Time:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Open to: Registered Attendees
Cost: $495.00
Contact: Those interested in attending MUST
register by contacting CTL's Nancy
Martin, 617.253.1547
Details: Click
here for more details.
April
10, 2006
Title: Applications of Operational Modeling
and Machine Learning in Large Manufacturing
Systems
Speaker: Devadas Pillai, Intel Fellow &
Director, Enabling Technology and Solutions
Time:
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E51-335
Contact: Jason
Trujillo
Details: Click
here for more details.
April
10, 2006
Special ESD/ME Seminar
Topic: The collective potential: Understanding
the role of interdependence
in the design of complex systems
Speaker: Dr. Jesse Olson, Carnegie Mellon University
The design of an organization is, perhaps, one
of the most influential ingredients determining
an organization's problem-solving effectiveness.
Dramatically different behaviors (organizationally
and individually) may result from changes in
the structure and flow of an organization's
available knowledge and resources. The
design of these ties affects the diffusion and
availability of information, and the speed and
quality of organizational decisions. It
likewise affects the perception of important
relationships and behaviors in the problem space
(again, organizationally and individually),
as well as influencing what operators are applied
to navigate it. Unfortunately, knowing
how to best structure the flow of knowledge
and resources is a non-simple matter.
This is especially so in the design of complex
systems, as both the organization and the solution
space will often exhibit nonlinear, dynamical
behaviors emerging from the ongoing interaction
and interdependence between their constituents.
In this presentation, I will briefly discuss
emerging perspectives on the role of these underlying
networks and their relation to the characteristics
of the problem being addressed.
Following this, I will present two initial studies
that investigate the nature of this relationship
between organizational ties and problem-solving
performance. These studies touch, in turn,
on both the potential of increasing organizational
complexity and, alternatively, insights for
the simplification of organizational ties.
Time:
11:00 am - 12:00 noon
Location: E40-496
Contact: Beverly
Kozol-Tattlebaum
April
7, 2006
CTL Distinguished Speaker Series
Title: TBA
Speaker: Frank Kruesi, President, Chicago Transit
Authority
Time:
12:00 noon - 2:00 pm
Location: 1-390
Open to: ESD Community
Contact: Ritesh
Warade
Details: Click
here for more details.
Lunch
Provided by the Center
for Transportation and Logistics.
April
7, 2006
LFM-SDM Webseminar
Topic: Lean Engineering: Doing the Right Thing
Right
Speaker: Earll
M. Murman, Professor of Aeronautics and
Astronautics and Engineering Systems
Time:
9:00 am PST / 12:00 noon EST
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Alison
McCaffree
Details: Click
here for more details.
April
6, 2006
CTPID and ESD Perspectives on Critical Infrastructure
Systems Lecture Series
Title: Critical Infrastructure Challenges: Managing
the Electricity Enterprise
Speaker: Ted Marston, Electric Power Research
Institute
Time:
4:00 - 5:00 pm (reception at 3:30 pm)
Location: E40-298
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Susan
Cass
Details: Click
here for more details.
April
5, 2006
SDM Information Evening
Time:
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Location: MIT Faculty Club
Open to: Prospective SDM applicants
Contact: Ted
Hoppe
Details: Click
here for more details.
April
5, 2006
Research Lunch Seminar
Title: House of Security: Stakeholder Perceptions
of Security Assessment and Importance
Speakers: Stuart Madnick, Professor of
Information Technologyand Engineering Systems
and Michael Siegel, Principal Research Scientist
Time: 11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Location: NE20-336, the Center for eBusiness
Contact/RSVP: Please RSVP no later than Monday,
April 3rd to Carlene
Doucette
Details: Click
here for more details.
April
4, 2006
The Annual Charles L. Miller Lecture
Title: The World Turned Upside Down: The Impact
of the Return of India and China to their Historical
Global Weight
Speaker: Clyde Prestowitz, President, Economic
Strategy Institute
Time:
4:00 pm
Location: Bush Room 10-105
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Beverly
Kozol-Tattlebaum
Details: Click
here for more details.
April
4, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: Lateral Alignment in Complex Systems:
How to enable systems change when no single
stakeholder is in charge
Speaker: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, MIT Sloan/Engineering
Systems Learning Center/ESD
Time:
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
April
3, 2006
ESD Faculty-Student Mixer
Appetizers & cash bar
Time:
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Location: R&D Pub, 4th Floor, Stata Center
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Alexis
Stanke
Hosted
by ESD Student Society and Graduate Student
Life Grants
April
3, 2006
Operations Management Group Seminar
Title: Supply Chain Coordination and Influenza
Vaccination
Speaker: David
Simchi-Levi, MIT
Time:
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Contact: Laura
Taranto
Details: Click
here for more details.
Bag
lunch will be provided
March
30 - April 2, 2006
MIT ESD at the National Society of Black Engineers
Annual Convention
Career
Fair – March 30-31
Graduate School Fair – April 1
Various speakers and events
Contact: Lois
Slavin
Details: Click
here for more information on ESD's scheduled
activities.
March
28, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: Algorithms for Networked Dynamical Systems
Presentation by: Dr. Hamsa Balakrishnan, Department
of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
Location:
E40-298
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
March
28, 2006
Special Seminar
Title: Surveillance, Scheduling and Slot Allocation:
Challenges in the National Airspace System
Speaker: Dr. Hamsa Balakrishnan, Department
of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
Location:
E40 - 298
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 noon
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Ann Tremelling
Details: Click
here for more details.
March
21, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Presentation by: Dr. David Alderson: Control
and Dynamical Systems Lab, Cal Tech
Location:
E40-298
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
March
21, 2006
Special Seminar
Title: The Structure and Function of the Router-Level
Internet: A Case Study in Complex Network Systems
Speaker: Dr. David Alderson: Control and Dynamical
Systems Lab, Cal Tech
Location:
33- 206
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 noon
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Ann Tremelling
Details: Click
here for more details.
March
20, 2006
Title: Advancing Technology in a Globally Competitive
Industry
Speaker: Gary Cowger, Group Vice President for
Global Manufacturing, General Motors
Location:
E51-345
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Don
Rosenfield
Details: Click
here for more details.
March
17, 2006
LFM-SDM Webseminar
Topic: Lean Six Sigma Project Clockspeed
Speaker: Ben Goss, LFM Fellow Class of 2000,
BAE Systems
Time:
9:00 am PST / 12:00 noon EST
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Alison
McCaffree
To
participate:
Dial: 866.242.7949 (International number: 770.790.2305)
Conference Code: 3407751002
March
15, 2006
CTPID and ESD Perspectives on Critical Infrastructure
Systems Lecture Series
Title: Critical Infrastructure Challenges: Impacts
of Global and Cross-Sector Trends and Driving
Forces
Speaker: Ralph Peterson, CH2M
Location:
E40-496
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm (reception at 3:30 pm)
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Susan
Cass
Details: Click
here for more details.
March
14, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: Portugal Project
Speaker: Dan Roos, CEE/ESD
Location:
E40-298
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
March
8, 2006
Supply Chain Club Speaker Series
Topic: The Expanding Role of Supply Chain Management
in Organizations
Speaker: Rick Blasgen, CEO and President of
The Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals
Supply
Chain Management is taking center stage in companies
around the world. Recognizing its vital
importance, many organizations are incorporating
SCM into their core business strategies and
placing executives in key positions to lead
this effort. Logistics and SCM professionals
must possess the communications skills
to take the message to the C-Level leaders and
ensure the value of an effective supply chain
is understood.
Rick spent
23 years in the CPG/Food industry. Most of this
time was spent leading SCM and learning
how to take the message to the company
leaders explaining how SCM can positively
impact the bottom line. In his role at
CSCMP, Rick spends much of his time advocating
SCM as an ambassador for our field.
Location:
E51-376
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Contact: Mike
Mulqueen
Light
Snacks Provided
March
7, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: AgeLab and aging as a systems issue
Speaker: Joe Coughlin, CTL/ESD
Location:
E40-298
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
March
3, 2006
LFM-SDM Webseminar
Topic: The Outside-In Corporation
Speaker: Dr. Barbara Bund, MIT Senior Lecturer,
MIT Entrepreneurship Center
Dr.
Bund focuses on in-depth understanding of customers
as the basis for developing successful marketing
strategies. She stresses that understanding
and analysis of customers provide the best foundation
for the design of marketing strategies and then
for the successful (and profitable) implementation
of those strategies.
Time: 9:00 am PST / 12:00 noon EST
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Alison
McCaffree
To
participate:
Dial: 866.242.7949 (International number: 770.790.2305)
Conference Code: 3407751002
March
2, 2006
Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic
Systems (LEES) Colloquium
Title: Globalstar, Iridium and other Satellite-Based
Mobile Phone Systems: How Do they Work and Where
Did They Go Wrong?
Location:
32-155
Time: 4:00 pm
Contact: Joel
Schindall
Details: Click
here for more details.
February
28, 2006
CTPID and ESD Perspectives on Critical Infrastructure
Systems Lecture Series
Title: Regulatory Perspectives on U.S. Nuclear
Power Infrastructure - Current or Future
Speaker: Peter Lyons, Commissioner, Nuclear
Regulatory Commission
Location:
E40-298
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm (reception at 3:30 pm)
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Susan
Cass
Details: Click
here for more details.
February
28, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: Re-architecting the Internet
Speaker: Dave Clark, MS/ESD
Location:
E40-298
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
February
27, 2006
Energy Colloquium
Title: Winning the Oil Endgame
Speaker: Amory Lovins, Founder and CEO of Rocky
Mountain Institute
Location:
Wong Auditorium, E51, Tang Center
Time: 4:00 pm
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Contact: Marie
Tangney
Details: Click
here for more details.
February
23, 2006
MIT Supply Chain Club Meeting
Speaker: Major General Charles W. (Charlie)
Fletcher, Jr. - Commander, Military Surface
Deployment and Distribution Command
Presentation
Overview: Providing logistics support in a normal
supply chain in the private sector is very complicated.
Providing logistics support to a changing number
of organizations across the globe in a dynamic
wartime environment is an entirely different
animal. MG Charles Fletcher, Commander,
Surface Deployment and Distribution Command,
will discuss the unique challenges that his
organization faces by having to provide logistics
support for the US military.
Location:
E51-372
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 am
Contact: Please RSVP Mike
Mulqueen
Lite breakfast to be provided.
February
22, 2006
TPP Alum Talk & Recruiting Event - Sempra
Energy
Location:
E51-149
Time: 6:15 - 7:15 pm
Open to: All MIT students
Contact: Mike
Berlinski
Light
refreshments provided.
February
22, 2006
Sempra Energy Interviews
Location:
E40-370
Time: 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Open to: All MIT students
Contact: Mike
Berlinski
Signup
sheet outside door of room E40-370
February
22, 2006
TPP Alum Talk & Recruiting Event - Sempra
Energy
Location:
TPP Lounge (E40-380)
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Open to: TPP/TMP students only
Contact: Mike
Berlinski
Light
refreshments provided.
February
22, 2006
ESD Dissertation Defense – Ralph P. Hall
Title: Understanding and Applying the Concept
of Sustainable Development to Transportation
Planning and Decision-Making in the U.S.
Location:
E40-298
Time: 10:30 am
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
Details: Click
here for more details.
The
abstract is attached and a draft of the dissertation
is available in E40-246.
February
21, 2006
Foresight Seminar
Title: Technology Foresight as a Policy Tool
for Sustainable Development in the Knowledge
Society: The case of Greece 2001-2021
Speaker: Emmanuel G. Koukios, Professor, National
Technical University of Athens, Greece, National
Foresight Coordinator; Visiting Scholar, CTPID,
MIT
Location:
E40-298
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Open to: Entire MIT Community
Details: Click
here for more details.
February
21, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: TBA
Speaker: Randy Kirchain, MS/ESD
Location:
E40-298
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
February
17, 2006
Supply Chain Club Meeting
Speakers: Paul Matthews, SVP Supply Chain, Limited
Brands, Inc.; Gabi Ladesma, Sr Manager, Capgeminie
Location:
E51-376
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Contact: Mike
Mulqueen with questions and to RSVP
Details: Click
here for more details.
Lunch
will be provided.
February
17, 2006
LFM-SDM Webseminar
Topic: Strategic Alignment across Stakeholders
in Complex Systems
Speaker: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, MIT Senior
Research Scientist, Behavioral Policy Science
Time:
9:00 am PST / 12:00 noon EST
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Alison
McCaffree
Details: Click
here for more details.
To
participate:
Dial: 866.242.7949 (International number: 770.790.2305)
Conference Code: 3407751002
February
16, 2006
The SHPE-Boston
Professional Chapter, Networking Event at Jillian's
FREE
APPETIZERS and POOL!
Come
join us for our 2006 Networking Event @ Jillian's
Boston. SHPE-Boston is partnering with Raytheon
Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Advancement
(HOLA) in bringing you this event.
Perfectly
ok to bring a friend! Dress is casual and appetizers
will be served.
Location:
Jillian's Boston, 145 Ispwitch Street, Boston
Time: 7:30 - 10:30 pm
Please RSVP by Wednesday, 2/15 administrative.lead
"at" shpeboston.org
February
14, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: Overview of Current Research Activities
Speaker: Devavrat Shah, EECS/ESD
Location:
E40-298
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
February
9, 2006
ESD Oral Exams
Student: Nick
McKenna
Location:
E40-496
Time: 1:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
February
8, 2006
ESD Oral Exams
Student: Yishai
Boasson
Location:
E40-496
Time: 1:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
February
8, 2006
ESD Oral Exams
Student: Alex
Mozdzanowska
Location:
E40-496
Time: 11:00 am
Open to: ESD faculty
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
February
8, 2006
ESD Oral Exams
Student: Kate
Martin
Location:
E40-496
Time: 9:00 am
Open to: ESD faculty
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
February
7, 2006
ESD Oral Exams
Student: Mike
Rogol
Location:
E40-298
Time: 3:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
February
7, 2006
ESD Oral Exams
Student: Chris
Glazner
Location:
E40-496
Time: 1:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
February
7, 2006
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Title: Overview of ESD Issues, Spring Term 2006
Speaker: Institute Professor Joel Moses, Acting
Director, ESD
Location:
E40-298
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling
February
6, 2006
ESD Oral Exams
Student: Jason
Bartolomei
Location:
E40-298
Time: 2:00 pm
Open to: ESD faculty
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
February
2-3, 2006
LFM-SDM
Knowledge Review
On
February 2 and 3, LFM-SDM will be hosting its
annual LFM-SDM Knowledge Review. The Knowledge
Review is the event during the year in which
the second-year LFM students just returned from
their internships and the soon-to-be graduated
SDM students present their findings from their
internship and thesis projects. It's a great
opportunity for you to learn about the outcomes
of these projects that are focused on applying
the LFM and SDM knowledge and principles to
industry challenges.
Location:
Tang Building, E51
Open to: LFM-SDM Communities, Alumni are invited
to attend
Contact: Jon Griffith
Details: Click
here for more details.
February
1-28, 2006
Daffodil Days at MIT
Daffodil
Days is celebrated during the month of February.
The Daffodil Bouquets will be delivered on Wednesday,
22 March, the week before Spring Break. There
are 3 types of participation:
- Bouquets
cost $7.00 each.
- Gift
of Hope for $20. This generous contribution
will enable us to send a vase of daffodils
to patients who are at Mount Auburn Hospital
and MGH being treated for cancer. It is a
way of letting them know they are not alone
in their fight against this disease. The vase
of flowers will be delivered with a message
that says someone from MIT has made a contribution
to the fight against cancer and is sending
them these daffodils, in the hope they will
win their fight against cancer.
- Byrne
Bear & bouquet of Daffodils for $25, added
this year by the American Cancer Society.
Make
your check payable to the American Cancer Society,
due Tuesday, 28 February.
Thank
you for participating!
Location:
E40-231 (sign-up sheet); you may also call-in
or e-mail your selection/s
Open to: The MIT community
Contact: Carol
Sardo, 617.324.0377
January
31, 2006
Call for Papers Deadline for the 2006 European-U.S.
Multi-Disciplinary Optimization Colloquium,
held May 16-19, 2006 in Goettingen, Germany
Contact:
Oli de Weck
and Dr.
Jaroslaw Sobieski if you have any questions
about the event
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
31, 2006
IAP Seminar Series – System Design and
Operations Under Uncertainty
Jointly sponsored by: Operations
Research Center (ORC) and the Engineering
Systems Division
Title: The Weakest Link
By: Professor Aharon Ben-Tal, MINERVA Optimization
Center, TECHNION
Location:
E40-298
Time: 12:00 noon
Contact: Philemon
Sakamoto, Premal
Shah, or Margret
Bjarnadottir by email or by calling 617.253.7412.
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
31, 2006
IAP Seminar Series – Issues in Technology
and Policy
Sponsor: Technology
and Policy Program
Title: MyAmazon.Com? Personalization and Privacy
in the Marketplace
By: Frank Field, Senior Research Scientist,
Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial
Development
Location:
E51-149
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Contact: Renee
Robins, E40-381, 617.253.7662
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
27, 2006
LFM-SDM Webseminar
Topic: State of manufacturing in US, Mexico,
China, how political environment affects it,
and what it means for US suppliers
Speaker: Daniel T. Crocker, LFM Fellow Class
of 1997, Commercial Consul, U.S. Consulate General,
Monterrey, Mexico
Time:
9:00 am PST / 12:00 noon EST
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Alison
McCaffree
To
participate:
Dial: 866.242.7949 (International number: 770.790.2305)
Conference Code: 3407751002
January
26, 2006
ESD Dissertation Defense – Heidi L. Davidz
Title: Enabling Systems Thinking to Accelerate
the Development of Senior Systems Engineers
Location:
E51-372
Time: 1:00 pm
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Elizabeth
Milnes
Details: Click
here for more details.
The
abstract is attached and a draft of the dissertation
is available in E40-246.
January
25, 2006
IAP Seminar Series – Issues in Technology
and Policy
Sponsor: Technology
and Policy Program
Title: International Space Cooperation? Visions
of the Future
By: Dava Newman, Professor of Aeronautics and
Astronautics and Director, Technology and Policy
Program
Location:
E51-149
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Contact: Renee
Robins, E40-381, 617.253.7662
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
24, 2006
IAP Seminar Series – System Design and
Operations Under Uncertainty
Jointly sponsored by: Operations
Research Center (ORC) and the Engineering
Systems Division
Title: Strategic Engineering: Designing Systems
for an Uncertain Future
By: Professor Olivier de Weck
Location:
E40-298
Time: 12:00 noon
Contact: Philemon
Sakamoto, Premal
Shah, or Margret
Bjarnadottir by email or by calling 617.253.7412.
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
23-27, 2006
MIT Humans and Technology Symposium
Location:
MIT
Contact: If you any questions about the Humans
and Technology Symposium, please contact any
member of organizing committee.
Prof. Missy
Cummings, 617.252.1512
Dr. Enlie Wang,
617.452.3038
Dr. Stacey
Scott, 617.258.5046
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
23, 2006
IAP Course 2006
Sponsor: Leaders
for Manufacturing
Title:
The Role of Operations in Corporate and National
Competitiveness
By: Donald Rosenfield
Location:
E51-361
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Contact: Donald
Rosenfield, E40-319, 617.253.1064
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
20, 2006
LFM-SDM Webseminar
Topic: Difficult Decision Problems in Extending
the Supply Chain
Speaker: Karl
Kempf, Intel Research Fellow
Time:
9:00 am PST / 12:00 noon EST
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Alison
McCaffree
Details: Click
here for more details.
To
participate:
Dial: 866.242.7949 (International number: 770.790.2305)
Conference Code: 3407751002
January
18-19, 2006
IAP Course 2006
Sponsor: Sloan School of Management
Title: Sports as a Vehicle for Change and Opportunity
By: Thomas Allen and Bryant McBride
Location:
E51-372
Time: 10:30 am - 3:00 pm
Contact: Erin
Lewis, 617.253.8515
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
18, 2006
IAP Seminar Series – Issues in Technology
and Policy
Sponsor: Technology
and Policy Program
Title: Electric Power Networks: Challenges and
Opportunities
By: Marija Ilic, Visiting Professor from Carnegie
Mellon, Engineering Systems Division
Location:
E51-149
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Contact: Renee
Robins, E40-381, 617.253.7662
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
18, 2006
IAP Course 2006
Sponsor: Master
of Engineering in Logistics
Title: The Resilient Enterprise
By: Prof. Yossi Sheffi
Location:
E51-325
Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 noon
Contact: Chris
Caplice, E40-365, 617.258.7975
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
18, 2006
CESF Faculty Meeting
Topic: CESF - progress report and new initiatives
Speaker: Prof. Richard Larson
Inaugural
CESF faculty meeting to discuss the progress
of agenda items below and to discuss how CESF
can impact diverse faculty research interests,
especially in areas such as system architecture,
enterprise and policy.
Agenda:
outreach, publications, students, research,
meetings, multi-year planning, white paper,
education, symposia, and new items suggested
by participants.
Time:
9:00 - 11:00 am
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD Faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Prof.
Richard Larson or Carol
Sardo
January
17, 2006
IAP Seminar Series – System Design and
Operations Under Uncertainty
Jointly sponsored by: Operations
Research Center (ORC) and the Engineering
Systems Division
Title: An OR approach to financial planning
By: Dr. Gina Mourtzinou, Portfolio Manager,
RiverSource Investments
Location:
E40-298
Time: 12:00 noon
Contact: Philemon
Sakamoto, Premal
Shah, or Margret
Bjarnadottir by email or by calling 617.253.7412.
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
11, 2006
IAP Course 2006
Sponsor: Master
of Engineering in Logistics
Title: Creating and Evolving a Corporate Culture
By: Ray Archer, VP Operations, Dell
Location:
E51-325
Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 noon
Contact: Chris
Caplice, E40-365, 617.258.7975
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
11, 2006
IAP Course 2006
Sponsor: Master
of Engineering in Logistics
Title: Leadership versus Management
By: Ray Archer, VP Operations, Dell
Location:
E51-325
Time: 8:30 - 10:00 am
Contact: Chris
Caplice, E40-365, 617.258.7975
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
10-11, 2006
IAP Seminar Series – Issues in Technology
and Policy
Sponsor: Technology
and Policy Program
Title: An Introduction to Complexity
By: William Nuttall, Cambridge University
Location:
E51-149
Time: 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm
Contact: Renee
Robins, E40-381, 617.253.7662
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
10, 2006
IAP Seminar Series – System Design and
Operations Under Uncertainty
Jointly sponsored by: Operations
Research Center (ORC) and the Engineering
Systems Division
Title: Adaptive Experimentation, Expected Value
of Improvement, and Robust Design
By: Professor Daniel Frey
Location:
E40-496
Time: 12:00 noon
Contact: Philemon
Sakamoto, Premal
Shah, or Margret
Bjarnadottir by email or by calling 617.253.7412.
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
9-12, 2006
IAP Course 2006
Sponsor: Engineering Systems Division
Title: Uncovering the Leader in You
By: Partha Ghosh
Location:
E51-376 (Tang Center)
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Contact: Susan MacPhee, 617.324.4005
Details: Click
here for more details.
January
6-7, 2006
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Conference
January
6: Dr. Chris Caplice, Executive Director of
MLOG, to speak on the emerging field of
Engineering Systems, ESD academic programs,
and careers in supply chain and logistics
January
7: ESD will be exhibiting in booth #939
Location:
Coronado Springs, Florida
Contact: Lois
Slavin, 617.253.0812
Details: Click
here for more details.
