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Blandine
Antoine
Academic
Background:
- 2007
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student in Engineering
Systems
- 2006
– 2007 • ENPC-L'École nationale des
ponts et chaussées, France: Master in Public
Action
- 2004
– 2005 • University of California, Berkeley:
Master in Nuclear Engineering
- 2001
– 2004 • l'Ecole Polytechnique, France:
Díplôme d'ingénieur in Mechanics
& Physics
Work
Experience:
- 2006
– 2007 • Prométhée
- 2006 • GE, Nuclear Division,
R&D Department
- Mechanical Engineer: for five months
during 2006, worked with the strainer development
team
- Fall 2005 • French Board for Nuclear Safety
& Radio-Protection (ASN)
- Junior Engineer: radioactive waste
disposal
Research
Description:
Blandine would like to study how agro-energies can be
incorporated in future energy mixes and what impacts a
global scale development of their use to fuel vehicles,
provide electricity or feed 'green chemistry' factories
will have on food, water, land, and energy resources,
rural development, and world trade conflicts. She hopes
that working with MIT's EEPA and CIRED's Imaclim-R models
will help her gain some valuable insight on this topical
question. She is eager to listen to and discuss any ideas
you would like to share on these issues.
Blandine
has previously worked in the following areas:
- 2007
• French Development Agency
- Study
of institutions promoting energy efficiency and renewable
energy in developing countries
- 2005
• University of California, Berkeley • Thermohydraulics
Lab
- Corrosion
in molten salt heat exchangers
- 2004
• Institute of Advanced Energy • Kyoto,
Japan
- Characterization
of composite ceramics for thermal fusion reactors
Personal
Website:
www.promethee-energie.org
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Mark
S. Avnet
Academic
Background:
- 2001
• MIT: S.B. in Physics, Minor in Spanish
- 2005
• The George Washington University: M.A. in Science,
Technology, & Public Policy
Work
Experience:
- NASA
Headquarters • Washington, DC
-
Program Specialist, Centennial Challenges
-
Rocket Software • Newton, MA
Working
Thesis Title:
Designing Across Boundaries: The Role of Boundary-Spanning
Activity in Multidisciplinary Design Teams
Research
Description:
The goal of Mark's research is to model the role
of communication across disciplinary boundaries in engineering
design teams. Much of this work focuses on one-week conceptual
studies of scientific spacecraft. Using a combination
of observations and interviews, the research identifies
the important issues in the conceptual design process
that are typically addressed through a cross-disciplinary
approach. From survey data on team interactions, social
networks are constructed and used to quantitatively assess
the work of boundary spanners, those team members that
facilitate interdisciplinary communication. The role of
boundary-spanning activity is then related to the technical
products of the design sessions.
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Ryan
Boas
Academic Background:
- 1997 • MIT: S.M. in Mechanical Engineering
- 1995 • Clarkson University: B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering
Work Experience:
Before entering the ESD Doctoral Program, Ryan was employed
by Applied Materials (a semiconductor capital equipment
company located in Santa Clara, CA) for over six years.
He has four years of management experience in product
development. Ryan's last role was as the system architect
for Applied's Radiance Vantage 300 system, viewed as a
benchmark product development program within the company.
In this role, he provided systems leadership spanning
across engineering, manufacturing, field service, customers
and upper management.
Research Description:
Ryan's research focuses on commonality in complex systems.
Multi-system development programs offer the potential
for commonality in parts, processes and infrastructure
in order to reduce overall costs, increase the speed of
follow-on system development and reduce development risks.
Ryan is investigating two topics within the commonality
domain that are often challenges in practice, yet not
well-addressed by the academic community. First, the relationship
between time separation in product/system variant development
and commonality decisions is being explored. Second, "design
divergence" or the reduction of commonality across a product/system
family with time is being investigated. The end goal of
this research is to provide management guidance on commonality
decisions, especially those decisions made in the front
end of development efforts.
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Yves
Boussemart
Academic
Background:
- 2006 – Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student
in Engineering Systems
- 2005 – 2006 • MIT, Aeronautics & Astronautics:
Researcher in the Embedded Systems Lab
- 2002 – 2003 • McGill: M.Eng. with the
Center for Intelligent Machines, Shared Reality Environment
Lab
- 1998 – 1998 • McGill: B.Eng. in Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Work Experience:
Yves' experience in industry, includes time spent at
Thales-Saudi Arabia in the Security group and at Infoel
S.A. in Paris.
Yves has also spent three months teaching scuba diving
as a PADI instructor in Koh Samui, Thailand.
Research Description:
Yves research focuses on collaborative, time-sensitive
targeting. His work will focus on collaboration and distributed
decision making as a critical component for network-centric
operations like those needed for first-response teams,
air traffic control, and military command and control.
While retaining high levels of automation, a major issue
is to determine what roles or sharing of roles is effective,
and how intelligent autonomy may improve or degrade time
sensitive team decisions.
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David
A. Broniatowski
Academic
Background:
- 2006 – Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student
in Technology, Management, & Policy
- 2004 – 2006 • MIT: S.M. in Aeronautics
& Astronautics
- 2004 – 2006 • MIT, ESD: S.M. in Technology
& Policy (TPP)
- 2000 – 2004 • MIT: S.B. in Aeronautics
& Astronautics
Work Experience:
- Summer 2006 • Center for Strategic & International
Studies
- Summer 2006 • XPrize Foundation
- Summer 2005 • NASA Headquarters
- Summer 2003 • Avidyne Corporation
- Summer 2002 • Center for Applied Research &
Educational Technologies, Clinical & Biomedical
Computing Unit • Cambridge, UK
- Summer 2001 • MIT Man-Vehicle Lab
Research Description:
David's research focuses on health care systems.
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Michel-Alexandre
Cardin
Academic
Background:
- 2007
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student in Technology,
Management, & Policy
- 2005
– 2007 • MIT, ESD: SM in Technology &
Policy
- Summer
2003 • International Space University: Summer
Program
- 2001
– 2003 • University of Toronto: Master of
Applied Science in Aerospace Science & Engineering
- 1998
– 2001 • McGill University: Honors B.S.
in Physics
Work
Experience:
- Summer
2007 • Far East Organization • Singapore
- Summer
Intern: Historical study of the US REIT market in
analyzing the possibility of converting private real
estate into REIT
- 2005
– 2007 • MIT, ESD
- Research
Assistant: Conceptualization and application of novel
real options analysis methods for the design of flexible
engineering systems
- Summer
2006 • University of Cambridge, Judge Business
School • United Kingdom
- Summer
Intern: Preliminary design and financial analysis
of Fusion Island, a hydrogen production facility using
nuclear fusion, through use of real options methods
- 2004
– 2005 • Sunnybrook Research Institute •
Canada
- Research
Physicist: Design and development of 3D computer-aided
interface for breast cancer surgery
- Summer
2000 & Summer 2001 • Air Canada
- Summer
1999 & City of Montreal, Canada
- 9-1-1
Call Operator & Dispatcher
Research
Description:
Michel-Alexandre's research focuses on the elaboration
of a practical methodology for defining flexible design
and development strategies for maximizing the expected
value of engineering systems. The approach considers that
it is generally computationally impractical to explore
all the possible ways in which a system might be developed
and operated, given the uncertainty surrounding its environment.
The approach involves a catalog of representative operating
plans built from particular combinations of associated
to a possible manifestation of uncertain variables affecting
the systems expected value and performance. This provides
program managers with more adequate tools to react proactively
towards uncertainty and extract additional value from
it. The approach allows designers and program managers
to remain within established framework, rules, and management
constraints. This favors transparent and realistic presentation
to senior decision-makers, and efficient application to
design and management of flexible engineering systems.
Personal
Website:
web.mit.edu/macardin/www/
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September 2007
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João
Castro
Academic
Background:
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IST-UTL • Portugal: M.Sc. in Engineering Design
(thesis pending)
- FEUP
• Portugal: Licenciatura in Electrical Engineering
& Computer Science
Work
Experience:
- Innovation
& Knowledge Society, Mission Unit, Portuguese Government
• Lisbon, Portugal
- Metro
do Porto • Porto, Portugal
- Design
of ticketing system
- Cisco
Systems • San Jose, CA
Research
Description:
João's research focuses on Complex Product Development
and how different people from different technical domains
are able to coordinate their work and understand the larger
system in which they are involved. This research aims
to help understand how actors within large complex systems
perceive their roles and impacts, and how that knowledge
can benefit the effort of coordination in complex socio-technical
systems of which product development is an example.
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Lynette
Cheah
Academic
Background:
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2007 – Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. Student
in Engineering Systems
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2005 – Present • MIT: S.M. in Mechanical
Engineering
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2002 • Stanford University: M.Sc. in Management
Science & Engineering
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2001 • Northwestern University: B.Sc. in Civil
& Environmental Engineering
Work
Experience:
- 2002
– 2005 • Agency for Science, Technology
& Research • Singapore
Research
Description:
The objective of Lynette's research is to carry out a
life cycle assesment of the energy and material use through
the US light-duty vehicle fleet over time, in order to
evaluate the potential energy and environmental benefits
of vehicle weight reduction.
Updated
October 2007
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Regina
Clewlow
Academic
Background:
Work Experience:
Research Description:
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Anthony
"Tony" Craig
Academic
Background:
- 2006 • MIT, ESD: M.Eng. in Logistics (MLOG)
- 1996 • Iowa State University; Ames, IA: B.S.
in Computer Engineering
Work Experience:
- 2006 • WR Grace • Cambridge, MA
- 2002 – 2005 • WMS Gaming • Chicago,
IL
- 1999 – 2002 • Motorola • Chandler,
AZ
Research Description:
Tony's research focuses on supply chain management.
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Timothy
Cullen
Academic
Background:
Work Experience:
Research Description:
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John Q. Dickmann, Jr.
Academic
Background:
- 1981:
B.S., Physics, U.S. Naval Academy
- 1993:
M.Eng, Engineering Management, The Catholic University
of America
Work
Experience:
- 2003
– Present • Engineering Systems Division,
Lean Aerospace Initiative
- Ph.D.
Student & Research Assistant
- 2003
• Alidade, Inc.
- Director,
Synthesis and Exploration: Conducted operational
analysis of key strategic investment issues centered
on Navy force structures. Development of methods
that apply advanced analytic concepts such as real
option and network theory to classic and emerging
concepts such as dynamic sensor allocation and viability
of modularity and utility of high speed for littoral
combatants.
- 1981
– 2002 • United States Navy
- Active
Duty Service: At sea on three nuclear powered submarines
with increasing levels of responsibility for the
supervision of maintenance and operation of nuclear
propulsion, navigation, communication and electronic
warfare systems. Shore assignments included instructor
duty teaching electrical engineering at Naval Nuclear
Power School, policy positions in International
and Interagency Affairs for the Oceanographer of
the Navy, a fellowship in Strategy and Policy at
the Center for Naval Analyses, strategic programming,
strategic futures and advanced concept development
on the Navy Staff in the Pentagon, then at Navy
Warfare Development Command and the Chief of Naval
Operations' Strategic Studies Group in Newport,
RI.
Working
Thesis Title:
Design Rules for Large Scale Engineered Systems: Implications
for Enterprise Architectures
Research
Description:
John’s research focuses on the necessity of studying
the evolution of system and enterprise architectures,
"enterprise-technical systems", to enable discovery
of underlying forces that drive short and long time scale
dynamics of these systems and to learn how enterprise
architecture generates, processes and shapes these forces.
We need to understand these dynamics in order to more
effectively design future enterprise-technical systems,
manage the ones we have, and transform the ones that require
improvement. Conducting a longitudinal examination of
enterprise architectures in the context of the technical
systems used or developed by them should reveal patterns
of evolution within the systems (if they exist), across
systems and possibly across industries. Connecting
these patterns with awareness of fundamental forces (human
and institutional) that generate the dynamics and the
structures that constrain and enable them, will help to
develop prescriptive knowledge regarding architectural
shifts and a better understanding of the dynamic relationship
between technical system architectures and enterprise
architectures. This knowledge will enable better ex ante
design decision making for future (greenfield) large scale
enterprises and improved change and transformation efforts
for existing (brownfield) enterprises. Our ultimate
goal is to enable architecting of enterprise-technical
systems that are better suited to the evolving complexities
of their operating environment than most of those we architect
today.
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Katherine
Dykes
Academic
Background:
- 2007 – Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student
in Technology, Management, & Policy
- Ohio State University: M.S. in Electrical Engineering
- Ohio State University: M.S. in Agricultural, Developmental
& Environmental Economics
- University of Pennsylvania: B.S. in Engineering
- University of Pennsylvania: B.S. in Economics
- La Universidad de Navarra, Spain: Rotary Ambassadorial
Scholar (one year)
Work Experience:
- University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Management
Department
- General Motors
- Controls Engineer for Hybrid Platforms
- Green Energy Ohio
Research Description:
Katherine has researched and worked with a variety of applications
in sustainable energy and transportation systems from both
engineering and economic perspectives. At MIT, she hopes
to develop an integrated program to look at the impact of
emerging technology on economic systems and policy.
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Dietrich
Falkenthal
Academic
Background:
- MSEE,
Stanford
- MBA
Finance, Chapman University
- BSEE,
RPI
Work
Experience:
Dietrich has worked at MITRE, Fujitsu Labs Venture
Capital, Cisco Systems, and the US Air Force.
Research
Description:
- interoperability
of security in heterogeneous IT systems
-
economics of information security
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collective choice, socio-technical alignment in complex
systems
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Wen
Feng
Academic
Background:
- 2007
– Present • MIT: Ph.D. student in Technology,
Management, & Policy
- 2007
• MIT: S.M. in Technology & Policy
- 2007
• MIT: S.M. in Civil & Environmental Engineering
- 2003
• Tsinghua University: M.S. with Honors in Thermal
Engineering
- 2000
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University: B.S. in Refrigeration
& Cryogenics Engineering, Minor in Automation
Work
Experience:
- 2006
– Present • MIT System Architecture Group
• Cambridge, MA
- 2004
– 2006 • MIT Laboratory for Energy and the
Environment • Cambridge, MA
- Kabcenell
Future Energy Fellow
- 2003
– 2004 • China National Petroleum Corporation
• Beijing, China
- 2000
– 2003 • National Key Laboratory for Clean
Combustion of Coal • Beijing, China
- 2000
• SJTU Institute of Refrigeration & Cryogenics
• Shanghai, China
Research
Description:
Wen's current research focuses on how to model and manage
the stakeholder value network, as well as how to integrate
stakeholder analysis into the design and selection of
architectures for complex engineering systems. His research
interests and experience also include broad technology,
management and policy issues in energy, environmental
and transportation areas.
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Travis
Franck
Academic
Background:
- 2005
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. Student in
Technology, Management, & Policy
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MIT: S.M. in Technology & Policy (TPP) / Civil
& Environmental Engineering
- Iowa
State University: B.S. in Environmental Science /
Computer Science / Environment Studies
Work
Experience:
- Joint
Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change
-
Ph.D. Candidate and Research Assistant
-
Apple Computer
-
Adobe Systems
Research
Description:
Travis's primary research involves uncertainty analysis
of climate change policies. Additionally, he will focus
on the dynamics of the climate change system.
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September 2005
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Daniel
Gillespie
Academic
Background:
- 2006
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. Student in
Engineering Systems
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1997 • University of Colorado at Boulder: MS
in Aerospace Engineering
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1990 • United States Air Force Academy: BS in
Aeronautical Engineering
Work
Experience:
- 1990
– Present • U.S. Air Force
-
16 years of active duty service
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2003 – 2006 • United States Air Force Academy,
CO
-
Assistant Professor of Military Strategic Studies:
Additional work in curriculum development, international
programs, department executive officer, and T-41
flying operations.
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2001 – 2003 • MacDill AFB, FL (and various
deployed locations)
-
KC-135 Pilot: Additional work in squadron leadership
positions.
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1998 – 2001 • Ramstein AB, Germany
-
C-21 Pilot: Additional work in aircrew scheduling,
flight safety, and aircrew leadership.
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1994 – 1998 • Fairchild AFB, WA (and
various deployed locations)
-
KC-135 Pilot: Additional work in aircrew training
and scheduling.
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1991 – 1994 • Eglin AFB, FL, Aero Systems
Division
-
Weapons Development Engineer
Research
Description:
Dan’s research is with the Lean Aerospace Initiative.
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June 2006
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Christopher
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Erica
Gralla
Academic
Background:
- September 2006 • MIT: S.M. in Aeronautics &
Astronautics
- June 2004 • Princeton University: B.S.E. in
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Work Experience:
- Summers 1999 – 2003 • NASA Jet Propulsion
Laboratory
- Systems Engineering Intern, Mission and Systems
Architecture Section
Research Description:
Erica's research focuses on the application of systems
methods to problems in the area of humanitarian aid and
disaster relief.
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Rhonda
Jordan
Academic
Background:
- May
2005 • Columbia University • New York, NY:
M.S. in Electrical Engineering
- May
2004 • Columbia University • New York, NY:
B.S. in Electrical Engineering
Work
Experience:
- 2004
– 2005 • Columbia University, Lightware
Research Laboratory
- Graduate
Research Assistant: Explored the advantages of DPSK
modulation format over 00K within lightwave communication
systems.
- Summer
2003 • Goldman Sachs & Co., Private Wealth
Management Division
- Summer
2002 & Summer 2001 • BAE Systems
- Information
Technology Intern: Supporting the Federal Aviation
Administration in database development
Research
Description:
Rhonda's research interests include disaster preparedness
and response as well as applying systems methods to problems/issues
in developing countries.
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September 2007
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Valerie
Karplus
Academic
Background:
Work Experience:
Research Description:
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David
Keith
Academic
Background:
Work Experience:
Research Description:
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Woei
Ling Leow
Academic
Background:
- 2007
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student in Engineering
Systems
- 2007
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst: M.S. in
Electrical Engineering
- 2002
• National University of Singapore: B.Eng. in
Electrical Engineering
Work
Experience:
- Various
research engineer and research assistant positions in
corporate and military laboratories
- Honeywell
Design for Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
Research
Description:
Woei Ling's research focuses on demand side management
and congestion pricing for electrical energy.
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September 2007
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Jijun
Lin
Academic
Background:
- January
2004 - May 2005 • University of Wisconsin –
Madison: Ph.D. study in Industrial & Systems Engineering
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January 2004 • Stanford University: M.S. in Aeronautics
& Astronautics
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July 2002 • Beijing University of Aeronautics
& Astronautics: B.E. in Mechanical Engineering
Work
Experience:
- January
2004 - May 2005 • University of Wisconsin –
Madison
-
Research Assistant working on NIST ATP-funded Stream-of-Variation
Analysis (SOVA) of Multistage Manufacturing Systems
project
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Summer 2003 • Stanford Career Development Center
- Information
Technology Assistant: developed and maintained online
information inquiring systems.
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April 2003 - September 2003 • Aerospace Robotics
Laboratory • Stanford, CA
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Independent Researcher working on Randomized Motion
Planning for Multi-Robots
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January 2002 - July 2002 • Beijing University
of Aeronautics and Astronautics • Beijing, China
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Undergraduate Research Assistant working on Internet-based
Manufacturing Information Management System.
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Summer 2001 • Shenyang Aircraft Corporation •
Shenyang, China
-
Summer Internship working on manufacturing processes
improvement of aircraft manufacturing plant.
Research
Description:
Jijun is interested in enterprise architecting and complex
systems modeling, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
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Daniel
Livengood
Academic
Background:
- May 2005 • Washington University in St. Louis:
M.S. & B.S. in Systems Science & Engineering
Work Experience:
- Summers 2004 & 2005 • Lincoln Laboratory
- 2003 • Washington University, Center for Optimization
& Semantic Control
Research Description:
Dan’s research focus is on demand response programs
for the energy grid, as a part of the Sustainable Energy
Systems group in the MIT/Portugal
program.
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David
Long
Academic
Background:
- 1997
• California State University, Northridge: M.S.
in Engineering
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1988 • North Dakota State University: B.S. in
Industrial Engineering & Management
Work
Experience:
- US
Air Force Officer:
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Acquisition Project Manager, Aircraft Systems
-
Flight Test, Aircraft Maintenance (depot and flight
line)
Research
Description:
David's research is focused on rapid product development
for the Lean Aerospace Initiative.
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Jianxi
Luo
Academic
Background:
- 2006 – Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student
in Technology, Management, & Policy
- 2006 • MIT, ESD: S.M. in Technology & Policy
(TPP)
- Tsinghua University • Beijing, China •
M.S. & B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Research Description:
Jianxi's research interests include network analysis,
system architecture, supply networks, etc.. He also researches
broad issues of economics, policy, and technology &
management in the automotive industry.
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Pedzisayi
Makumbe
Academic
Background:
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2005 – Present • MIT: Ph.D. Student in Engineering
Systems
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2005 • MIT: S.M. in Engineering Systems
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2002 • Colby College: B.A. with double major in
Physics and Economics.
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2001 • Oxford University, UK: junior year abroad
focusing in Physics
Work
Experience:
- Summer
2007 • Ford Motor Company • Dearborn, MI
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Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Engineering Intern
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September 2006 – Present • MIT, ESD
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Globally Distributed Product Development Research
Assistant
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September 2005 – September 2006 • Pratt
& Whitney • Hartford CT
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Commercial Engines Development Researcher
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September 2004 – September 2005 • NASA (in
the MIT/Draper at MIT)
-
Mars Mission Enterprise Design Research Assistant
Research
Description:
Pedzi’s research focuses on globally distributed product
development. Many companies talk about the general benefits
of globally distributed product development in terms of
cost, schedule, and performance or engineering-centered
metrics such as engineering changes, rework, etc.? What
role does product/engineering complexity play in this effectiveness
of globally distributed product development? Grounded in
the medical equipment and automobile industries, Pedzi's
work focuses on answering these questions. Updated
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Judith
Maro
Academic
Background:
Work Experience:
Research Description:
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Douglas
M. Matty
Academic
Background:
- 2007
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student in Engineering
Systems
- 1997
– 1999 • Naval Postgraduate School: M.S.
Applied Mathematics & Operations Research
- 1986
– 1990 • United States Military Academy:
B.S. in Computer Engineering
Work
Experience:
- 2004
– 2007 • US Army • Pentagon •
Washington, DC
- Senior
Analyst for Secretary of the Army
- Army
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
- 2002
– 2004 • US Army • Fort Bliss, TX
- Senior
Operations Analyst, Operational Test Command
- 1999
– 2002 • United States Military Academy
• West Point, NY
- Assistant
Professor of Mathematical Sciences
- 1990
– 1997 • US Army • Various duty stations
- US
Army Officer, positions including:
- Platoon
Leader
- Assistant
Operations Officer
- Battery
Commander
- Brigade
Adjutant
Research
Description:
LTC Matty's research allows for modeling and analysis
of complex military and security challenges and policy.
This work is sponsored by the Army's top leadership.
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September 2007
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James
McFarland
Academic
Background:
- B.S.
Chemical Engineering, Washington University
Work
Experience:
Procter
and Gamble, Cincinnati, OH (1995-2000). Paper Product
Development Organization. I worked on upstream research
in printing development as well as a new product launch
in Mexico.
Working
Thesis Title:
The Governing Dynamics of Technology Diffusion in the
Electric Power Sector: The Case of Carbon Capture and
Sequestration Technologies
Research
Description:
A multitude of energy-economy models incorporating carbon
dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technologies demonstrate
significant levels of adoption of the technology under
policies that stabilize CO2 concentrations by the end
of the century. The rates at which these technologies
diffuse have a significant impact on the costs of reducing
emissions. However, these models place ad hoc limits on
the rate of penetration of CCS technologies to portray
"realistic" rates of adoption.
My
research examines how technology characteristics, regulatory
policy, and industry and business dynamics govern the
adoption rates of carbon capture and storage technologies
in the electric power sector. The results of this analysis
have implications for the endogenous representation of
technology diffusion in energy-economy models and for
technology policies that seek to accelerate the adoption
of low carbon emitting technologies in the electric power
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Mekdeci
Academic
Background:
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2007 – Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student
in Engineering Systems
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2002 – 2005 • University of Waterloo: M.A.Sc.
in Systems Design Engineering
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1997 – 2002 • University of Waterloo: B.A.Sc.
in Systems Design Engineering
Work
Experience:
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2005 – 2007 • CDL Systems Ltd. • Calgary,
Canada
Research
Description:
Brian is interested in researching how automation and
intelligent decision support systems can improve the control
and coordination of multiple unmanned vehicles.
Personal
Website:
www.mekdeci.com
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Robert
Nicol
Academic
Background:
- MIT:
M.S. in Management
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MIT: M.S. in Chemical Engineering
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University of Houston: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Work
Experience:
- Broad
Institute (formerly Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome
Research)
- Director,
Sequencing Operations: Responsible for operations,
technology development, supply chain, and support
groups in an ultrahigh throughput DNA sequencing
facility
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1993 - 1999 • Fluor Corp.
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Project Manager: Overall technical, budget, and
contract responsibility for various $50-$100M petrochemical
projects
- Project
Engineer: Responsible for all engineering design
for major petrochemical projects including chemical,
mechanical, civil, electrical, and construction
Research
Description:
Robert's research is directed towards applying ESD methods
to healthcare with an emphasis on biotech research and
development.
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Jorge
Fradinho Oliveira
Academic
Background:
- 2006
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student in Engineering
Systems
- 2004
– 2005 • MIT, ESD: M.Eng. in Logistics (MLOG)
- 1999
– 2000 • London School of Economics &
Political Science (LSE): M.Sc. in Analysis, Design,
& Management of Information Systems
- 1996
– 1999 • University College London (UCL):
B.Sc. in Computer Science with Electronic Engineering
Work
Experience:
- 2006 – Present • MIT Lean Advancement
Initiative • Cambridge, MA
- Research & Teaching Assistant
- Summer 2007 • Oliver Wyman • Dubai, UAE
- 2005 – 2006 • Mercer Management Consulting
• Madrid & Lisbon
- Associate, Strategy & Operations
- 2000 – 2004 • Alfamicro • EU
- Consultant, IT & Business Process Reengineering
- 1996 – 1999 • OmegaMedia • London,
UK
Research Description:
Jorge's research focuses on high performing hospital enterprise
architectures.
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David
Opolon
Academic
Background:
- 2005
– Present • MIT ESD, Ph.D. Student in
Engineering Systems
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2002 – 2005 • Ecole des Mines de Paris,
France, B.Sc. & M.Sc. in Science and Executive
Engineering, concentration in Industrial Economics
Work
Experience:
- Spring
2005, The Boston Consulting Group, Paris
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Summer 2004, JP Morgan, London
- Summer
Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions (Telecom, Media
and Technology)
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Fall 2004, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
- Visiting
Research Student
Research
Area:
Supply Chain Management, Healthcare
Research
Description:
David's research focuses on finding strategies, policies
and technologies to improve the efficiency of the healthcare
supply chain, while offering an improved service to care
providers and patients.
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Brandon
Owens
Academic
Background:
- 2005
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. Student in Engineering
Systems
- 2005
• Stanford University: M.S. in Aeronautics &
Astronautics
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2003 • Purdue University: B.S. in Aeronautical
& Astronautical Engineering
Work
Experience:
- August
2005 – present • Complex Systems Research
Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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October 2003 - August 2005 • W.W. Hansen Experimental
Physics Laboratory, Stanford University
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Research Assistant, Gravity Probe B Project
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January 2002 - August 2002 • Department of Environmental
Systems, United Space Alliance, Johnson Space Center
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January 2001 - June 2001 • Department of Cargo
Operations & Flight Control, United Space Alliance,
Johnson Space Center
Research
Description:
In
his time at MIT, Brandon has worked on a System Dynamics
modeling project for NASA's Exploration Systems Mission
Directorate, a hazard analysis for a proposed NASA JPL
spacecraft mission to Europa, and the development of hazard
controllability concepts in the Systems-Theoretic Accident
Model and Processes (STAMP) framework created by his advisor,
Professor Nancy Leveson. His research interests include:
- systems
engineering
- System
Dynamics
- spacecraft
design
- spacecraft
mission planning
- complex
system hazard assessment
- complex
system operations
- technology
& policy
- control
theory
- and
human factors.
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Bryan
Palmintier
Academic
Background:
Work Experience:
Research Description:
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Jordan
Peck
Academic
Background:
Work Experience:
Research Description:
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Roberto
Perez-Franco
Academic
Background:
- 2006
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. Student in Engineering
Systems with a focus on Supply Chain Management
- 2003
– 2004 • MIT, ESD: M.Eng. in Logistics (MLOG)
- 1995
– 2001 • Panama Technological University:
B.S. in Electromechanical Engineering
Work
Experience:
- 2005 – 2006 • Garner Panama Corp.
- Operations & Logistics Manager
- 2004 – 2005 • Panama Canal Authority
- Multidisciplinary Engineer
- 2004 • Carnes de Cocle, SA
- Assistant Operations Manager
- 2000 – 2003 • Bahia Las Minas Corp.
Research Description:
Roberto's research focuses on strategic planning for long
term decisions and its application to supply chain management,
by means of scenario thinking, qualitative, quantitative
and mixed methods.
Personal Website:
English
version: http://www.rp-f.com/english.php
Spanish
version: http://alum.mit.edu/www/rpf/
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Shardul
Phadnis
Academic
Background:
- 2007
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student in Engineering
Systems
- 2007
• MIT, ESD: M.Eng. in Logistics (MLOG)
- 2002
• Ohio State University: M.S. in Industrial &
Systems Engineering
- 1997
• University of Mumbai: B.E. in Production Engineering
Work
Experience:
- 2004
– 2006 • idX • Baltimore, MD
- Director
of Continuous Improvement
- 2002
– 2004 • idX • Baltimore, MD
- Supervisor
of Lean Promotion Office
- 1997
– 1999 • Reliance Industries • India
- Assistant
Manager of Utilities Projects
Research
Description:
Shardul's research focuses on the design of structure and
operating policies of supply chain systems.
Personal Website:
web.mit.edu/shardul
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Theodore
F. Piepenbrock
Academic
Background:
- 2006 – Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. Student
in Engineering Systems
- Present • University of Oxford, Saïd Business
School: Visiting Scholar
- MIT, Leaders for Manufacturing Program (LFM): M. B.A.
with the Sloan School & S.M. in Civil & Environmental
Engineering
- Leaders for Manufacturing Fellow
- Lean Aerospace Initiative RA
- University of California at Berkeley: M.Eng. in Structural
Engineering, Mechanics & Materials
- Santa Clara University: B.S. in Engineering
Work Experience:
- Present • University of Oxford Executive Education
- Present • The Boeing Company • Seattle,
WA
- McKinsey & Company • London, UK
- Ove Arup & Partners • London, UK
Working Thesis Title:
Toward a Theory of the Evolution of Business Ecosystems:
Enterprise Architectural Forms, Structural Dynamics, Competitive
Outcomes and Industrial Co-Evolution
Research Description:
Ted's research aims to contribute to a fundamental debate
in the field of strategic management regarding the source
of long-term firm performance – namely, does it
reside within the firm, or in the firm’s environment?
The answer is hypothesized to lie neither exclusively
within the firm, nor in its environment, but in how the
firm interacts with its environment – i.e. in the
architecture of the firm’s extended enterprise.
Using concepts from the emerging field of engineering
systems taken from the intellectual domains of systems
architecture and system dynamics, a framework is developed
which traces the co-evolution of firms and their environments
using their most abstract system properties of: environment,
form, function, structure and behavior. The framework,
which is rooted in the intellectual traditions of contingency
and configuration theories, posits the evolution of "dominant
designs" in enterprise architectures throughout an
industry’s life-cycle, which oscillate deterministically
and chaotically between integral and modular states.
The research builds grounded theory based on an ongoing
five-year, multi-level, multi-method longitudinal field-based
case study of the enterprises of Boeing and Airbus, the
global duopoly in the commercial airplane industry. The
theory is further tested and generalized across a theoretical
sample of firms in manufacturing and service sectors,
with nonlinear dynamic simulation models developed to
capture the governing dynamics of long-term firm performance.
The developed framework is grounded empirically, analytically
as well as theoretically by synthesizing a broad literature
of enquiry ranging from economics to organizational theory.
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phone: (+44) 1865.798.112 (Oxford, UK)
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Lara
Pierpoint
Academic
Background:
- 2007
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student in Engineering
Systems
- 2005
– 2007 • MIT: S.M. student in Technology
& Policy and Nuclear Engineering
- 2004
• University of California, Los Angeles: B.S.
in Physics
Work
Experience:
- Summer
2006 • Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear
Energy & National Nuclear Security Administration
- June
2004 – January, 2005 • Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, Division of Nuclear Physics
- Science
Laboratory Intern
Research
Description:
Lara's research focuses on the connection between nuclear
energy and nuclear weapons. She is interested in examining
the potential global nuclear "renaissance," and working
to mitigate the expansion of nuclear weapons capabilities
that could ensue. She hopes to use system dynamics and
social research tools to find the best strategies for
strengthening the nonproliferation regime, and will look
at various technological and institutional solutions (such
as an internationally-controlled nuclear fuel bank).
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Matthew
G. Richards
Academic
Background:
- 2006
• MIT: SM in Aerospace Engineering
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2006 • MIT: SM in Technology & Policy
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2004 • MIT: SB in Aerospace Engineering
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2002 - 2003 • Cambridge-MIT Institute, United
Kingdom
Work
Experience:
- Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency
-
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Working
Thesis Title:
Systems Architecting for Lifecycle Survivability
Research
Area:
Systems
Engineering Advancement Research Initiative
Research
Description:
The primary goal of Matt's research is to develop and
test a systems architecting methodology for the development
of highly survivable engineering systems. Traditionally
specified as a requirement in military systems, survivability
is an increasingly important attribute of all systems
which must be robust to environments characterized by
frequent disturbances. While disturbances may originate
from a wide range of man-made and natural hostile environments,
a universal challenge confronting system architects is
the specification, development, procurement, operation,
and maintenance of systems with critical survivability
requirements.
His
research will answer the following two questions.
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How can survivability be quantified and used as a decision
metric in exploring tradespaces during conceptual design
of aerospace systems?
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How can acquisition of aerospace systems with critical
survivability requirements be improved?
Personal
Website:
http://web.mit.edu/mgr/www/
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Christopher
Roberts
Academic
Background:
- 2007
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student in Technology,
Management, & Policy
- 2004
• George Washington University: Graduate certificate
in Computer Security & Information Assurance
- 2001
– 2003 • MIT, ESD: S.M. in Technology &
Policy
- 1998
– 2001 • EPF-Ecole d'Ingénieurs:
Díplôme d'ingénieur in Aerospace
- 1996
– 2001 • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University:
B.S. in Engineering Physics
Work
Experience:
- 2003
– 2007 • Booz Allen Hamilton
Research
Description:
Chris's research addresses the integration of Enterprise
Architecture and Systems Engineering.
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Robert
Rudin
Academic
Background:
- 2007
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. student in Technology,
Management, & Policy
- 2005
– 2007 • MIT, ESD: S.M. in Technology &
Policy
- 1996
– 2001 • University of Rochester: B.S. in
Electrical Engineering
- additional
year spent studying philosophy, literature, &
history in the UK
Work
Experience:
- Philips
Medical Systems
- Datacube,
Inc.
Research
Description:
Bob looks at health information from technology, organization
management, and policy perspectives. He studies the value
of exchanging health information between institutions
and how this exchange can happen more effectively than
today's methods of fax, paper, and phone. He hopes that
his research will help integrate the healthcare system
so that healthcare services can be better coordinated
and so that quality can be measured more accurately and
improved.
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Sidharth
Rupani
Academic
Background:
- 2005 – Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. Student
in Engineering Systems
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute: B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering with Aerospace & Design Concentrations
Work Experience:
- Summer
2006 • Robert Bosch GmbH, Gasoline Systems &
Hybrid Technologies Division • Stuttgart, Germany
- Product
development process assessment and improvement
- Summer
2005 • Duke University, Department of Mechanical
Engineering & Material Sciences
- Research
Associate, Aeroelasticity
- Summer
2003 • DEKA Research & Development Corp.
Research
Description:
Sid's research involves studying how to design and evolve
high-performance Product Development processes. The fundamental
question is 'What is the right level of process commonality
across an enterprise, and how can it be managed?' The project
involves studying and developing process architectures to
make the tradeoff between process standardization and diversity.
The research is framed using a platform approach, where
a process platform might be an enterprise-wide standard
PD process, which can be tailored into derivative processes
to meet localized requirements or product needs. The goal
is to design these platform and derivative process architectures
to yield the efficiency and learning benefits of standardized
processes while being adaptable to different needs sets
for projects and business units within the enterprise.
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Nidhi
Santen
Academic
Background:
Work Experience:
Research Description:
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Satwiksai
Seshasai
Academic
Background:
- 2006
– Present • MIT, ESD: Ph.D. Student in Engineering
Systems
- 2005
• MIT, ESD: S.M. in Technology & Policy (TPP)
- 2002
• MIT: M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering &
Computer Science
- 2001
• MIT: S.B. in Computer Science & Engineering
- Humanities,
Arts, & Social Sciences concentration from the
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Work
Experience:
- 2002 – 2006 • International Business Machines
(IBM) Corp.
- Advisory Software Engineer and Development Manager,
Team Collaboration
- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecom and
Info Agency
- Policy Development and Analysis Intern
- 2001 – 2002 • MIT Sloan Productivity from
Information Technology Initiative
- 2001 • U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe
Center
- 2000 • EMC Corporation
- Software Development Intern
- MIT Media Laboratory
- 1998 • Prophet 21, Inc.
- Software Development Intern
Research Description:
Satwik's research focuses on the strategic, technical,
organizational and economic impact of new technologies
and organizational models which foster global collaboration.
His first Masters focused on the technical side: building
technology to share knowledge between globally distributed
stakeholders. His second Masters focused on virtual global
teams, and specific data analyses on socio-technical aspects
of these teams. His doctoral work will build on both these
efforts to develop a framework for how the system of global
work can adapt to emerging trends such as Web 2.0 collaboration
software and the services-based economy.
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Matthew
Silver
Academic
Background:
- 2005
– MIT, SM in Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineering
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2005 – MIT, SM in Technology and Policy
- 2001
– Williams College, BA in Astrophysics and Art
History
Work
Experience:
- 2006-2007:
IntAct Labs LLC
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2003-2006: MIT Space Systems Lab
- Staff
Research Scientist & Research Assistant
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2002-2003: Canadian Space Agency, Systems Engineer
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1997-2001: Jiminy Peak Ski Area
- National
Ski Patroller (winters)
Internships:
- Summer
2004: NASA Headquarters, Office of the Space Architect
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Spring 2002: European Space Agency, Washington Office
Research
Description:
Matt’s research interests include the design and
management of complex technical systems, with a focus
on the need to incorporate technical and economic change
into the design process. He has a complimentary interest
in distributed product development and the impact of standardization
on innovation.
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Jaemin
Song
Academic
Background:
- MIT:
Ph.D. Student in Engineering Systems
- MIT:
M.S. in Technology & Policy
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Seoul National University: M.S. in Civil, Urban &
Geosystem
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Seoul National University: B.S. in Civil, Urban &
Geosystem
Work
Experience:
- Joint
Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change,
MIT
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Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea
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Water Treatment Lab, Seoul National University
Research
Description:
Jaemin's research focuses on developing new international
regimes that will encourage the participation of developing
countries in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Daniel
Sturtevant
Academic
Background:
Work Experience:
Research Description:
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Nandan
Sudarsanam
Academic
Background:
- May 2005 • Oklahoma State University: M.S. in
Industrial Engineering & Management
- May 2003 • SASTRA University: B.E. in Mechanical
Engineering
Work Experience:
- 2003 – 2005 • Center for Computer Integrated
Manufacturing Enterprises (CCIME), Oklahoma State University
Research Description:
Nandan's research concerns the use of designed experiments
to study and improve engineering systems. In many industrial
settings the resources available for experimentation are
limited, and attaining high levels of statistical confidence
becomes impractical. Nandan’s research aims to develop
adaptive and speculative strategies for experimentation
that perform comparably to the more resource extensive
structured approaches.
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Zoe
Szajnfarber
Academic
Background:
Work Experience:
Research Description:
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Karen
Tapia-Ahumada
Academic
Background:
- 2005 • MIT • Cambridge, MA: S.M. in Technology
& Policy
- 1998 • Catholic University of Chile •
Santiago, Chile: M.S. & B.S. in Civil Industrial Engineering
Work Experience:
- November 2003 – Present • MIT •
Cambridge, MA
- Research Assistant, Laboratory for Energy and the
Environment
- 1999 – 2001 • Electrical utility company
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Commercial Analyst, Commercial & Planning Division
- 1997 • Catholic University of Chile •
Santiago, Chile
- Research Assistant, Electric Power Group
Research Description:
Karen's research involves the incorporation of Distributed
Generation, particularly Combined Heat and Power systems,
into the distribution networks.
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Kunal
Thaker
Academic
Background:
Work Experience:
Research Description:
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Chintan
Vaishnav
Academic
Background:
- MIT:
S.M. in TPP
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Colorado State University: M.S. in Electrical Engineering
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Bangalore University, India: B.S. in Electronics &
Communications Engineering
Work
Experience:
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September 2003 - Present • Communications Futures
Program, MIT
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Avaya Labs • Denver, CO
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Member of Technical Staff
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Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies • Denver,
CO
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Member of Technical Staff
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Asea Brown Boveries (ABB) • Bangalore, India
Research
Description:
Chintan’s research relates to the dynamics of technology,
industry structure, regulatory policy and consumer preference
in the communications sector. In a highly abstracted conceptualization,
both the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and
the Internet consist of two components: the end-devices
and the network core that connects them. Traditional telecommunications
regulation over 100 years has assumed the presence of
a network core that could be engineered to fulfill regulatory
goals as well as a vertically-integrated industry structure
that could meet regulatory obligations. Chintan’s
research argues that disruptive trends in technology are
eroding the control in the core that was traditionally
assumed. His research hypothesizes that in the environment
of eroding control in the network core (“The End
of Core”), meeting regulatory objectives will require
that future regulatory response be discontinuous from
that of the past. He uses system dynamics to model the
dynamic complexity surrounding the current VoIP regulation
and to understand policy options for preventing undesirable
outcomes. The model endogenizes the technological change
to the policy process.
Broadly,
Chintan is interested in understanding the information
and communications systems from the perspective of complex
systems. He is interested in the full spectrum of technology
and development; as an engineer creating high-end to grassroots
innovations, as an analyst observing the socioeconomic
impact, and as a systems thinker interested in the policy
implications and possible interventions. A parallel, and
inextricable, interest he has is in developing ways to
observe, measure and analyze complex, socio-technical
systems.
Personal
Website:
http://web.mit.edu/chintanv/www/
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Danielle
Wood
Academic
Background:
Work Experience:
Research Description:
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Yingxia
Yang
Academic
Background:
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September 2000 - July 2003 • Tsinghua University,
China: M.S. in Material Science
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September 1996 - July 2000 • Beijing Technology
& Business University, China: B.S. in Polymer Material
& Engineering
Work
Experience:
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2 Years with Procter & Gamble
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Scientist, Research & Development for Fabric
& Home Care
Research
Description:
Yingxia’s research focuses on the flexibility of
the autobody assembly to help the automobile manufacturing
strategy.
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