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ESD Reports Winter 2005

ESD Awards, Honors, Publications

September, 2004 – February, 2005

Honors

Institute Professor and MIT School of Engineering Dean Thomas L. Magnanti delivered the 4th annual Brunel Lecture on Complex Systems. The title of his presentation was Engineering Engineering Systems. For an article, please click here. To view the video on MIT World, please click here.

Earll M. Murman, Ph.D., Professor of Aeronautics and Astronuatics and Engineering Systems was elected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences as a Foreign Member of the Academy. For an article, please click here.

Awards

Daniel D. Frey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systems, was honored with an NSF CAREER Award. For an article, please click here.

John Hansman, Ph.D., Professor of Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Engineering Systems, received a 2004 Laurels Award for Commercial Air Transport for his work on Vertical Navigation Displays. The award was presented by "Aviation Week & Space Technology. For an article, please click here.

ESD Director Daniel Hastings, Ph.D., Professor of Engineering Systems and Aeronautics and Astronuatics, received the Giant in Science Award from the Quality Education for Minorities/Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Network. For an article, please click here.

Richard C. Larson, Ph.D., Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems, was named a Mitsui Professor. For an article, please click here.

Richard de Neufville, Ph.D., Dr. h.c., Professor of Engineering Systems and Civil and Environmental Engineering won the Joseph A. Martore Excellence in teaching Award. For an article, please click here.

Annalisa L.Weigel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, received the Harold L. Lobdell ’17 Distinguished Service Award. For an article, please click here.

TPP student Elizabeth (Betsy) Masiello was named a Rhodes Scholar. For an article, please click here.

LFM ’05 students Aaron M. Raphel and Vikram Sahney were named Seibel Scholars. For an article, please click here.

Publications

Valuable Disconnects in Organizational Learning Systems: Integrating Bold Visions and Harsh Realities
Authors: Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Executive Director, Engineering Systems Learning Center
Senior Research Scientist, Sloan School of Management
J. Kevin Ford
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2005).

Perspectives on Intelligent Transportation Systems
Author: Joseph Sussman, Ph.D., JR East Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems
Publisher: Springer