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1, No. 2, Summer 2005
 Welcome
to the second edition of ESD Reports, the online
newsletter of MIT’s Engineering Systems Division.
Designed
to supplement the weekly news posted on the ESD web site,
ESD Reports is a three-times-yearly publication
devoted to critical topics within ESD and the world of engineering
at-large. This edition is devoted to highlighting ESD research.
Because
of the complex social, political, environmental, and industrial
challenges in today’s world there is a growing imperative
for interdisciplinary research in Engineering Systems. ESD
faculty, researchers, and students are engaged in exciting
and important research in several of these areas.
This
edition of ESD Reports includes articles on Engineering
Systems fundamentals, such as modularity and the question
of how Design of Experiments as it has been practiced can
be applied successfully to Engineering Systems. You’ll
also find articles from MIT’s Laboratory for Energy
and the Environment, which is headed by David Marks, Morton
and Claire Goulder Family Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and Engineering Systems. These articles address
a wide range of issues, including how soon new vehicle technologies
can make a difference to our environment; solar power; climate
change; and closer to home, ways that MIT might reduce its
hazardous chemical wastes.
The
third and last edition for 2005 will focus on diversity.
Both within ESD and engineering systems itself. We welcome
your contributions! Please check the schedule
for information on editorial submissions and deadlines.
As always,
we hope you find this edition of ESD Reports of
interest and of value. We look forward to receiving your
feedback.
Best
wishes,
Daniel
Hastings
Director, MIT Engineering Systems Division
P.S.
Save the date! On October 14, 2005, the Brunel Lecture on
Complex Systems will be delivered by Dr. A. Richard Newton,
Dean of the School of Engineering at University of California
at Berkeley. For details, click here.
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