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August-December 2007
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December 18, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: MIT Portugal Program Update
Speaker: Dan Roos, Japan Steel Industry Professor of Engineering Systems and Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, MIT Portugal Program; Founding Director, MIT ESD

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Lissa Natkin


December 14, 2007
ESD Holiday Party Luncheon

Location: E40-298
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Open to: Entire ESD community
Contact: Beverly Kozol-Tattlebaum


December 13, 2006 (this event was cancelled due to snow)
ESD Holiday Party

Location: E40-298
Time: 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Open to: Entire ESD community

RSVP confirmations only to Beverly Kozol-Tattlebaum before December 6, 2007


December 13, 2007
ESD senior faculty meeting

Time: 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD senior faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Erica Peterson

Lunch will be provided


December 11, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: The ESD PhD – Report from the ad hoc committee
Speaker: Joe Sussman, JR East Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Lissa Natkin


December 10, 2007
ESD Special Seminar
Title: Towards the Design of Effective Solutions of Complex Engineering Systems
Speaker: Cesar Rego, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems and Operations Management, School of Business of the University of Mississippi and currently a Visiting Research Professor at MIT Sloan

Time: 2:30 reception; lecture at 3:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: MIT Portugal faculty, students and staff; ESD faculty; and invited
guests
Contact: Beverly Kozol Tattlebaum
Details: Click here for more details.


December 7, 2007
ESS Research Forum
Topic: Presentation and discussion on: “Reactionary system adaptation: Examples from air transportation and coastal zone management”
Speakers: Travis Franck and Aleksandra Mozdzanowska (ESD Ph.D. students)

Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: E40-217
Open to: ESD Ph.D. & M.S. students and other invited guests
Contact: Philippe Bonnefoy


December 4, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: The Nature of Engineering Systems
Speaker: Frank Field, Senior Research Associate, Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development
Associate Director of Education, Technology and Policy Program
Senior Research Engineer
Senior Lecturer in Engineering Systems

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Lissa Natkin


November 29, 2007
Special lecture – ESD.934 (Management of Infrastructure)
Topic: Networks
Speaker: Professor Joseph Sussman, JR East Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems

Time: 9:30 - 11:00 am
Location: 4-149
Open to: ESD Community


November 27, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: ESD book process
Speaker: Yossi Sheffi, Professor of Engineering Systems; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Engineering Systems Division; Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics; Director and Founder, Master of Engineering in Logistics Program

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Lissa Natkin


November 20, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: School of Engineering retreat and the SOE strategic planning process
Speaker: Yossi Sheffi, Professor of Engineering Systems; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Engineering Systems Division
Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics; Director and Founder, Master of Engineering in Logistics

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Lissa Natkin


November 16, 2007
LFM SDM Web Seminar
Title: Design-Inspired Innovation
Speaker: James M. Utterback, David J. McGrath jr (1959) Professor of Management and Innovation, Professor of Engineering Systems, MIT

Time: 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, 9:00 am Pacific
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Jon Griffith
Details: Click here for more details.

Register: Click here to register.


November 14, 2007
ESS Research Poster Session

The Engineering Systems Student Society (ESS) presents the ESD Ph.D. Students' research: a gallery-style event for the ESD Community and anyone else interested in what ESD is about.

Time: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Location: E40 2nd Floor conference rooms
Open to: MIT community
Contact: Michael Hanowsky
Details: Click here for more details.

Refreshments will be served.


November 14, 2007
ESD Ph.D. Program's Fall Open House

Time: 10:30 am - 6:00 pm
Location: E40 2nd floor
Contact/RSVP: esdgrad "at" mit.edu
Details: Click here for more details.


November 13, 2007
Celebration of Prof. Richard de Neufville

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: Entire ESD Community and friends of Richard
Contact: Elizabeth Milnes, 617.253.1182
Details: Click here for more details.

Refreshments will be served.


November 13, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: TBAs; Presentation to winner of Martore award
Speaker: Joel Moses, Institute Professor; Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Engineering Systems; Acting Director, Engineering Systems Division; Acting Director, Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Lissa Natkin


November 8, 2007
LFM/SDM Industry-Faculty Research Forum

Location: MIT Faculty Club
Open to: LFM and SDM industry partners, faculty, students
Contact: Jon Griffith
Details: Click here for more details.


November 6, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: School of Engineering and ESD visions and strategies
Speaker: Yossi Sheffi, Professor of Engineering Systems; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Incoming Director, Engineering Systems Division; Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics; Director and Founder, Master of Engineering in Logistics Program

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Lissa Natkin


November 2, 2007
LFM SDM Web Seminar
Topic: Appreciating the Value of Information in the Age of Risk Management
Speaker: Kimberly Thompson, Associate Professor of Risk Analysis and Decision Science, Department of Health Policy and Management, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health

Time: 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, 9:00 am Pacific
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Jon Griffith
Details: Click here for more details.

Register: Click here to register.


November 1, 2007
At the Crossroads: Caregiving, Dementia and the Driving Decision
Sponsored by: MIT AgeLab, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center, and the New England University Transportation Center

Please join us as distinguished guests present research on this important topic. This conference will serve as the public release of newly developed education materials for caregivers on this profoundly personal problem with public implications.

Time: 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: MIT Faculty Club
Contact: Paula Magliozzi
Details: Click here for more details.


October 30, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: School of Engineering and ESD visions and strategies
Speaker: Yossi Sheffi, Professor of Engineering Systems; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Incoming Director, Engineering Systems Division; Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics; Director and Founder, Master of Engineering in Logistics Program

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Lissa Natkin


October 30, 2007
AARP, MIT AgeLab, and the New England University Transportation Center 2020 Vision Forum
Title: Future Drive 2020: Technology, Design & Mobility for Tomorrow’s Baby Boomer

Time: 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Location: The Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan
Contact/RSVP: Toula Athas by October 25, 202-828-9769
Details: Click here for more details.


October 29, 2007
Leaders for Manufacturing Information Evening

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Reception begins at 6pm.
Location: Cambridge, MA, MIT Faculty Club
Open to: Prospective LFM applicants
Registration: submit registration
Contact: lfm "at" mit.edu, 617.253.1055
Details: Click here for more details.


October 27- 30, 2007
The 4th Annual Conference of MIT's Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC)
Title: Technology Enabled Education: A Catalyst for Positive Change

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan is the leading sponsor of this year's LINC conference, held in Amman Jordan. The focus is on sharing best practices in 'e-learning' in developing regions of the world and on using technology to support creative, compelling learning environments.

A follow-on Executive Session will be held in Dubai, U.A.E., October 31 - November 1, 2007, and is supported by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Location: Amman, Jordan and Dubai, U.A.E.
Open to: MIT Community
Contact: lincinquiries "at" mit.edu
Details: Click here for more details.


October 25, 2007
MIT Supply Chain Club Event
Title: Managing Complexity in a Global Supply Chain
Speaker: Christopher Martin, Professor of Marketing and Logistics, Cranfield School of Management

Martin Christopher is an Emeritus Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport on whose Council he sits. In 1988 he was awarded the Sir Robert Lawrence Gold Medal for his contribution to logistics education and in 1997 was given the USA Council of Logistics Management's Foundation Award.

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-364
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Yanika Daniels

Lunch provided


October 25, 2007
L.L. Bean CEO, Chris McCormick, will deliver a guest lecture in Visiting Prof. Irving Wladawsky-Berger's course, ESD.57 – Technology-based Business Transformation.

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Location: 4-237
Open to: ESD Students who have registered in advance. Space is limited and available on a first-come/first-served basis.
Registration: R.S.V.P. to Erica Peterson


October 23, 2007
Brunel Lecture on Complex Systems
Sponsors: MIT Engineering Systems Division and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Title: Process Improvement in the Rarified Environment of Academic Medicine
Speaker: Paul F. Levy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Location: E25-111
Time: 4:30 pm
Contact: Lois Slavin, 617.253.0812
Details: Click here for more details.


October 23, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: A Design Data Analysis Approach to Early Stage Design Process
Speaker: Maria C. Yang, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systems

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Lissa Natkin


October 22, 2007
Leaders for Manufacturing Information Evening

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm Reception begins at 6pm.
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Open to: Prospective LFM applicants
Registration: submit registration
Contact: lfm "at" mit.edu, 617.253.1055
Details: Click here for more details.


October 21-24, 2007
MIT-CTL @ 2007 CSCMP Conference

Location: Philadelphia, PA
Details: Click here for more details.


October 19, 2007
LFM SDM Web Seminar
Topic: Stuck! Why it can be hard to get things done, and what can be done about it.
Speaker: Rebecca Henderson, Eastman Kodak LFM Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School, MIT

Time: 12:15 pm Eastern Standard Time, 9:15 am Pacific
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Alison McCaffree
Details: Click here for more details.

Register: Click here to register.


October 19, 2007
ESD Brown Bag Seminar
Title: Redefining healthcare infrastructure. Integrating services, technologies and the built environment
Speaker: Professor James Barlow, Chair in Technology and Innovation Management, Imperial College


Time: 12:00 noon
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD community only
Contact: Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger or Professor Joel Moses
Details: Click here for more details.

Brown bag lunch. Cookies and soda will be served.


October 18–19, 2007
SDM Conference

Location: MIT Broad Auditorium
Open to: SDM alumni and students
Contact: Amy Jordan
Details: Click here for more details.


October 17, 2007
SDM Partners Meeting

Location: MIT Faculty Club
Contact: John M. Grace, 617.253.2081


October 16, 2007
SEAri Research Summit

Location: MIT Faculty Club
Contact: Donna Rhodes
Details: Click here for more details.


October 16, 2007
SDM Information Evening

Time: 6:30 pm
Location: MIT Faculty Club
Open to: Prospective SDM applicants
Contact: Amy Jordan
Details: Click here for more information.


October 16, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: ESD's Long Range Plan
Speaker: Yossi Sheffi, Professor of Engineering Systems; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Incoming Director, Engineering Systems Division; Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics; Director and Founder, Master of Engineering in Logistics Program

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Lissa Natkin


October 15, 2007
Conversation with John Barry

Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Location: Stata Center, 32-155
Open to: MIT community
Contact: Patty Eames
Details: Click here for more details.

Sponsor: Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals


October 15–19, 2007
SDM Business Trip

Location: MIT
Open to: SDM students
Contact: Amy Jordan


October 11-12, 2007
LFM 2007 Alumni Conference

Location: Seattle, WA
Open to: Members of the LFM alumni community and invited guests
Contact: Andrea Jones
Details: Click here for more details.


October 11, 2007
Bringing Renewable Power to Nicaragua
Speaker: Mathias Craig '03, Executive Director of blueEnergy

Time: 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Location: 56-114
Open to: the general public
Contact: Christopher Sequeira
Details: Click here for more details.

Event Organizer: MIT Pledge Effort


October 10, 2007
CTL Symposium
Topic: RFID Beyond Data Acquisition
Speakers: Dr. Sanjay Sarma - Assoc. Prof of Mechanical Engineering, Co-Founder of Auto-ID Center, MIT; Lukas Ruecker - Vice President, Strategy, Staples, Inc; Curt Smith - Director of Applications, Chief Technology Office, BP, United States

Time: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Location: MIT Faculty Club
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Nancy Martin
Details: Click here for more details.


October 9, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: A Design Data Analysis Approach to Early Stage Design Process
Speaker: Maria C. Yang, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systems

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Lissa Natkin


October 5, 2007
CTL Distinguished Speaker Series
Title: CTL Research: Some Highlights
Speaker: Yossi Sheffi, Professor of Engineering Systems; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics; Director and Founder, Master of Engineering in Logistics

Prof. Sheffi will discuss many of the on-going projects at CTL, including work in freight transportation, logistics and beyond.

Time: 12:00 noon
Location: Mezzanine Lounge, Stratton Student Center, W20-307
Open to: The MIT community

Lunch Provided by the Center for Transportation and Logistics.


October 2, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topics: Discussion of proposed TBA areas and SoE alumni survey results

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling


October 1, 2007
Recruiting Event
Intel Presentation with Sean Walkenhorst and other Intel representatives
There will be a short presentation and time for questions and answers.


Time: 7:00 pm
Location: MLOG Lab (E40- 3rd floor)
Open to: ESD and Supply Chain Community
Contact: Saskia Mitchell

Food will be provided.


October 1, 2007
ESD Community Luncheon to Welcome Incoming Director Yossi Sheffi
Topic: Initial thoughts about ESD
Speaker: Yossi Sheffi, Professor of Engineering Systems; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics; Director and Founder, Master of Engineering in Logistics

Time: 12:00 noon
Location: E40-298
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Ann Tremelling

Lunch will be served.


September 27, 2007
IBM Information Session – Supply Chain Strategy Group
Speakers: Joe Selle, IBM consultant and others

Time: 6:00 – 8:30 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD Students
Contact: Yanika Daniels or Jane Deutsch


September 18, 2007
The World of NASCAR Motorsports
Sponsored by: MIT Industrial Performance Center
Speaker: Andy Papathanassiou, Executive Director of the North Carolina Motorsports Association

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E51-372
Open to: MIT Community
Contact: Dr. Carlos Martinez-Vela, 617-253-7871
Details: Click here for more details.


September 18, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: Update on ESD Ph.D. Program Ad Hoc Committee Activities Since May Offsite
Speaker: Joe Sussman, JR East Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling


September 17, 2007
SDM-LFM Midstream Review

Location: MIT
Open to: ESD Community
Details/contact: Alison McCaffree


September 11, 2007
SDM Information Evening

Time: 6:30 - 9:20 pm
Location: Boston Marriott Burlington
Open to: Prospective SDM applicants
Contact: Amy Jordan
Details: Click here for more information.


September 11, 2007
ESD Faculty and Teaching Staff Luncheon
Topic: ESD Overview
Speaker: Joel Moses, Institute Professor,
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Systems
Acting Director, Engineering Systems Division
Acting Director, Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: E40-298
Open to: ESD faculty and other invited guests
Contact: Ann Tremelling


September 7, 2007
LFM SDM Web Seminar
Topic: Six Sigma Implementation in the Securities Industry
Speaker: Habs M. Moy: Director, Master Black Belt: Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation

Time: 12:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (GMT -05:00, New York), 9:00 am Pacific
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Alison McCaffree
Details: Click here for more details.

Register: Click here to register.


September 4, 2007
ESD BBQ

Don't miss the ESD BBQ on Tuesday, September 4 from 4-6pm! It's a wonderful opportunity to welcome ESD's new students, faculty, and staff; re-connect with those you already know; and enjoy some terrific – and free – food! Both BBQ and vegetarian options will be served.

Time: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Location: Outside of Johnson Athletic Center (W34)
Open to: Entire ESD Community and their loved ones.
Contact: Beth Milnes


August 31, 2007
MLOG - Final Team Project Presentations: "The Apple Question"
"Should Apple Inc. sell its MacBook and MacBookPro notebook products through general discounters in North America?"

Time: 9:00 am
Location: Stata Center 32-123
Open to: MIT Community
Contact: Saskia Michl


August 30, 2007
CTL MLOG Education Partners Presentations
By: Schwanns

Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: E40-364
Open to MIT Community
Contact: Saskia Michl


August 30, 2007
ESD Dissertation Defense – Sgouris Sgouridis
Title: Symbiotic Strategies in Enterprise Ecology: Modeling Commercial Aviation as an Enterprise of Enterprises

Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Location: E40-298
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


August 28, 2007
CTL MLOG Education Partners Presentations
By: CVS

Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: Stata Center 32-124
Open to MIT Community
Contact: Saskia Michl


August 27, 2007
ESD Dissertation Defense – Mo-Han Hsieh
Title: Standards as Interdependent Artifacts: the Case of the Internet

Time: 2:00 pm
Location: E40-298
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


August 24, 2007
CTL MLOG Education Partners Presentations
By: Cardinal Health

Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: E40-364
Open to MIT Community
Contact: Saskia Michl


August 23, 2007
CTL MLOG Education Partners Presentations
By: Unilever

Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: Stata Center 32-124
Open to MIT Community
Contact: Saskia Michl


August 21, 2007
CTL MLOG Education Partners Presentations
By: Monsanto Company

Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: Stata Center 32-124
Open to MIT Community
Contact: Saskia Michl


August 20, 2007
MLOG - Introducion to Leadership
By: Shalom Saada Saar, Sr. Fellow, Center for Public Leadership, JFK School, Harvard

Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Stata Center 32-124
Open to: MLOG Students only
Contact: Saskia Michl


August 20, 2007
CTL MLOG Education Partners Presentations
By: Pepsi Bottling Group, Shell Chemicals

Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: Stata Center 32-124
Open to MIT Community
Contact: Saskia Michl


August 18, 2007
MLOG Welcome Social

Open to: MIT Faculty and MLOG students only
RSVP: Saskia Michl by August 15


August 17, 2007
LFM SDM Web Seminar
Topic: Technology Based Business Transformation
Speaker: Irving Wladawsky-Berger; Vice President of Technology and Strategy, IBM

Time: 12:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (GMT -05:00, New York), 9:00 am Pacific
Open to: Entire ESD Community
Contact: Alison McCaffree
Details: Click here for more details.

Register: Click here to register.


August 16-17, 2007
MLOG - Supply Chain Information Systems Overview I & II
By: Dr. Richard Pibernik, Professor of Supply Chain Management, ZLC; Research Affiliate at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics

Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Stata Center 32-124
Open to: MIT Community
Contact: Saskia Michl


August 14, 2007
SDM Information Evening

Time: 6:30 pm
Location: MIT Faculty Club
Contact: Amy Jordan, 617.253.1055
Details: Click here for more details.


August 13-31, 2007
MLOG Orientation

Open to: MLOG Students only
RSVP: Saskia Michl


August 9, 2007
LFM-SDM-Sloan Fellows BBQ

Time: 6:30pm
Location: McDermott Dot (in front of Building 54)
Open to: Members of the LFM, SDM, and Sloan Fellows communities and their families
RSVP: Missy Brost


 

 

 

         
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