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John Hansman and airline safety programs “Safety Program Stalled at 3 Airlines - FAA Chief Again Urges Carriers to Fix Conflicts” Washington Post (December 31, 2008)

Ed Crawley quoted in New York Times article on the space program “The Fight Over NASA’s Future” New York Times (December 29, 2008)

Richard Larson and queueing psychology “The Science of Waiting in Line” The Cleveland Plain Dealer (December 24, 2008)

Prof. Missy Cummings quoted in article on unmanned aerial vehicles “Are enlisted airmen next to pilot UAVs?” Air Force Times (December 23, 2008)

China LFM Faculty Learn about MIT, LFM, and More (December 23, 2008)

Transportation research in the AgeLab, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, reported by Randall Pinkston, video on site Interview with Joe Coughlin and Bryan Reimer of the AgeLab (December 22, 2008)

Michael Cusumano comments on U.S. automakers “Automakers Wait For President Bush to Jump In” National Public Radio, "Morning Edition" (December 19, 2008)

ESD Visiting Scholar David Hartzband and publication on health care organizations (December 19, 2008)

Scholarships for NECSCI Courses (December 19, 2008)

Sloan/LFM Team Places First in CMU International Operations Case Competition (December 18, 2008)

MITEI, Total announce energy research collaboration (December 18, 2008)

“Go on, shake on it” New Scientist.com, '60 Seconds' news briefs. Read the full report here. (December 17, 2008)

“Scientists hoping to create clean energy along Portuguese coast” Thaindian, (Thailand) (December 17, 2008)

David Mindell and “The Future of Human Spaceflight” report “Report urges timetable for human mission to Mars” New Scientist (December 16, 2008)

MIT Portugal and wave energy project “MIT researchers help improve wave power systems” Mass High Tech (December 16, 2008)

“MIT targets wave power for commercialization” EE Times (December 16, 2008)

“Capturing the energy in ocean waves” Energy Futures (MITEI publication), Autumn, 2008 (pp. 16-17)

“NASA Needs a New Direction, Says Independent Review Panel” Wired Science (December 15, 2008)

Dava Newman talks about the BioSuit on Studio 360 (December 15, 2008)

Student BLOSSOMS Contest During MIT's IAP (December 10, 2008)

AgeLab: women and retirement “Women, Wisdom and Wealth: What will you need, long term?” Marco News (Florida) (December 9, 2008)

Commentary on the auto industry by LFM faculty member Steven Spear “Insane Bailout: Why come to the rescue of Detroit's recidivists?” Forbes.com, commentary, by Steven J. Spear (December 9, 2008)

New Course ESD.933, Seminar in Supply Management (December 8, 2008)

Tom Allen and the Allen Curve “Creating the right space to foster a spirit of innovation” Irish Times, Ireland, by Frank Dillon (December 8, 2008)

Shai Agassi presented ESD’s Brunel Lecture on 12/4 “Shai Agassi of Better Place @ MIT” Bostonist.com (December 5, 2008)

New Course ESD.934: Engineering, Economics and Regulation of the Electric Power Sector offered Spring 2009, download course flyer and syllabus .pdf (December 5, 2008)

16.863 and ESD.863 Seminar on System Safety – course offering Spring 2009 (December 5, 2008)

Lino Ferreira of MIT Portugal wins Crioestaminal Prize (December 5, 2008)

PhD student Blandine Antoine co-author of book nominated for Le Prix Roberval (December 5, 2008)

Ernest Moniz and energy policy “Wanted: energy experience” Baltimore Sun, op-ed by John A. Bewick (December 4, 2008)

“Energy Department, change is coming” CNNMoney.com (December 4, 2008)

Senior Lecturer Steven Spear (of LFM) talks about the auto industry “Is This Detroit's Last Winter?” Time magazine (December 4, 2008)

“Clean technology - Masdar plan” The Economist (December 4, 2008)

Masdar plans “A green city blooms in the desert” Fortune magazine (images and video) (December 3, 2008)

Joe Coughlin comments on design for an aging marketplace “Home Appliances to Soothe the Aches of Aging Boomers” The Wall Street Journal (December 3, 2008)

New Course ESD.862: Modeling Risk, Dynamics, and Decisions offered Spring 2009 (December 3, 2008)

Alumni Conference, Panel, Reception Mark LFM's 20th Anniversary (December 3, 2008)

LFM '01 Sara Metcalf Publishes article in ASCE Journal (December 3, 2008)

Prof. Eric von Hippel describes escaping Mumbai hotel during attack “Stuck in Hotel During Mumbai Terrorist Attack, Prof. Escapes,” The Tech (December 2, 2008)

LFM Faculty Member Steve Spear Publishes New Book (December 2, 2008)

SDM '09 Mona Masghati Featured in Medical Design Magazine “Women engineers and execs speak out” Medical Design (December 1, 2008)

LAI researcher Ricardo Valerdi featured in Executive Brief article about cost estimation “Make or Break: Why Accurate Cost Estimation Is Key” (November 23, 2008)

John Hansman and air traffic “Holiday flights expected to be jammed” USA Today (November 23, 2008)

ESD/LFM Team is X-Prize Finalist. Please Cast Your Vote Now! (November 21, 2008)

Joe Coughlin at 2008 Enterprise Community Conference (November 21, 2008)

Michael Cusumano and the failure of U.S. automakers MIT News (November 21, 2008)

Daniel Hastings and a task force to assess college programs “Colleges Advised to Look Again at Effectiveness of Their Programs” Chronicle of Higher Education (November 20, 2008)

Richard Larson and queuing psychology “Queuing psychology: Can waiting in line be fun?” CNN.com (November 20, 2008)

“Fair play key to waiting in line” United Press International (November 20, 2008)

Thomas Kochan and effects of the economy on the workplace “'Tis Not The Season For Retail Jobs” National Public Radion, “Morning Edition” (November 19, 2008) audio on site

Ernie Moniz interviewed in story on a clean coal power plant “Touring the 'clean coal' factory” NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, "Our Planet" series (November 18, 2008) link to video

Fall 2008 issue of SDM Pulse@MIT released from the System Design and Management Program (.pdf) (Novmeber 18, 2008)

“MIT model can bring down costs of cutting carbon emissions” Thaindian, Thailand, by IANS (November 18, 2008)

Green Ink blog, Wall Street Journal, "MIT researchers argue that 'partial capture' of carbon emissions at clean coal plants makes economic sense and would make coal as clean as natural gas, in Earth2Tech." (November 18, 2008)

Team of LFM students finalists for the X-Prize/You Tube "What's Your Crazy Green Idea?" contest “MIT Sloan School Student One of Three Finalists in “Crazy Green Idea” Contest to Create Energy X Prize” Xconomy (November 17, 2008)

TPP student Ashleigh Hildebrand and carbon capture “MIT unlocking carbon capture and storage” Cleantech.com (November 17, 2008)

“Carbon Capture Lite Could Cut Costs For 'Clean Coal'” Earth2tech.com (November 17, 2008)

Joe Coughlin and redesigning nursing homes “Group imagines — and works on — a nursing home designed with the input of patients” Providence Journal (November 14, 2008)

Richard Larson and the BLOSSOMS project in Jordan MIT News Office (November 13, 2008)

Joe Coughlin honored with 2008 Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging from the Gerontological Society of America (November 12, 2008)

Richard Larson: queueing and popular trends “Can't hardly wait” The Boston Globe (November 10, 2008)

“Bay State already on path to clean, renewable energy” Boston Globe (November 6, 2008)

“List: Mass. Residents Mentioned for Obama Admin.” WBUR.org (November 6, 2008)

“Obama's Energy Department” Washington Post, "Energy Wire" blog (November 6, 2008)

“Dilemma of a downturn: to force pay cuts or slash jobs?” Financial Times (.pdf) (November 5, 2008)

Prof. Ernest Moniz and energy policy “Candidates for Obama Administration Positions” Washington Post, by Sholnn Freeman (November 5, 2008)

Women of LFM Profile: Andrea Jones' Career Spans Manufacturing, Entrepreneurship (November 3, 2008)

SDM Holds Conference on Systems Thinking for Contemporary Challenges (November 3, 2008)

CESF’s Alex Belenky on the Electoral College “Dick Cheney, the next president?” Rutland Herald (VT) column by Alex Belenky, MIT (November 2, 2008)

Prof. Thomas Kochan and effects of the current economy on the workforce “Economy Heightens Debate Over Bill to Ease Union Organizing” Wall Street Journal (November 1, 2008)

Prof. Fred Moavenzadeh and the Masdar Institute “Masdar Institute ‘is key to knowledge-based economy" Gulf News, UAE (November 1, 2008)

ESD Grad Matthew Bunn named Associate Professor at Kennedy School (October 31, 2008)

Joe Coughlin featured at Business Innovation Factory Collaborative Innovation Summit (October 31, 2008)

Nancy Leveson to be featured in new computer science book (October 31, 2008)

Eric von Hippel and user innovation “Mashing Up the Corporation” Forbes.com (October 28, 2008)

Thomas Kochan talks about the economy and the Mass. workforce “More Mass. Workers Seeking Second Jobs” Morning Edition, WBUR (October 28, 2008)

“The Public's Dangerous Misunderstanding of Climate Change” Time magazine (October 28, 2008)

John Sterman and risk communication on climate change ”Risk Communication of Climate: Mental Models and Mass Balance” Science, 322, 532-533 (October 24, 3008)

Michael Cusumano on Microsoft and innovation, InformationWeek (October 24, 2008)

Michael Cusumano and economics of the IT industry “Highs and lows” The Economist (October 23, 2008)

Is it time to scrap the Electoral College? (October 21, 2008)

Eric von Hippel and Open Source Design “Build It. Share It. Profit. Can Open Source Hardware Work?” Wired magazine (October 20, 2008)

US Department of Health & Human Services Assistant Secretary Josefina G. Carbonell leads national aging services leadership visit to AgeLab (October 19, 2008)

AgeLab Director, Joe Coughlin, spoke at the annual meeting of the Financial Planning Association (October 19, 2008)

MIT looks at the Electoral College (October 17, 2008)

Prof. Simchi-Levi on impact of higher oil pricing on transportation strategy (October 17, 2008)

ESD Releases New Strategic Plan (October 14, 2008)

Prof. Thomas Kochan quoted in USA Today article on the economy and health (October 9, 2008)

Op-Ed about the Electoral College by CESF Visiting Scholar Alexander Belenky (October 9, 2008)

MIT LFM and SJTU welcome second China LFM cohort (October 8, 2008)

Yossi Sheffi on Navigating the Energy Crunch, ON Magazine (.pdf) (October 3, 2008)

LFM Names Erdekian Industry Co-director (October 3, 2008)

Prof. Yossi Sheffi quoted in CIO magazine article about global supply chain risks (October 1, 2008)

Lean Advancement Initiative announces new partnership with the US Army (September 26, 2008)

Prof. Daniel Hastings and new MIT video “Video Argues That MIT Students Are Not All Geeks” Chronicle of Higher Education (September 22, 2008)

Prof. David Simchi-Levi co-authored Wall Street Journal article on oil prices and supply chains (Features a sidebar listing related articles by some ESD faculty) (September 22, 2008)

Joe Coughlin addresses the National Investment Center for Senior Housing & Care (September 22, 2008)

AgeLab in Hartford Courant article about women and retirement (September 18, 2008)

Prof. Richard de Neufville quoted in Greensboro News Record (NC) story about FedEx (September 18, 2008)

Prof. Yossi Sheffi received the Eccles medal for fundamental contributions to logistics education at the annual International Society of Logistics (SOLE) conference in Orlando. (He was also a keynote speaker at the conference.) (September 12, 2008)

Ph.D. student Michael Metzger and Prof. Richard Larson featured in MIT Technology Review article on hurricane evacuation (September 12, 2008)

ESD Visiting Scholar Michael Hammer remembered in The Wall Street Journal: “Michael Hammer (1948 - 2008) Champion of 'Re-Engineering' Saved Companies, Challenged Thinking” (September 12, 2008)

InformationWeek story on Michael Metzger’s hurricane preparedness software tool (September 4, 2008)

Ph.D. student Michael Metzger’s research mentioned in the Boston Business Journal (September 4, 2008)

An article on HybridCars.com features the MIT study “On the Road in 2035: Reducing Transportation's Petroleum and GHG Emissions” (September 4, 2008)

Joe Coughlin interviewed on new product design for old age in New York Times (September 4, 2008)

Michael Metzger’s hurricane preparedness and response research subject of article on Popsci.com (September 4, 2008)

Michael Metzger’s hurricane preparedness and response research on Tampa Bay’s Channel 10 News (September 4, 2008)

AgeLab mentioned in Newsday story about women and retirement (September 4, 2008)

AgeLab research cited in article in Sun Sentinel (September 4, 2008)

Michael Metzger’s hurricane preparedness and response research mentioned in WIBW story (September 4, 2008)

Prof. Thomas Kochan quoted in Boston Globe story on union membership (September 4, 2008)

Prof. Ernest Moniz included in story about coal industry and sustainability in Ethical Corporation (September 4, 2008)

ESD.55 Management of Infrastructure Systems – course offering Fall 2008 (August 29, 2008)

Michael Metzger, CESF Research Assistant and Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Center, creates software to aid emergency officials' decision-making (August 28, 2008)

Professor Richard de Neufville to receive the Francis X. McKelvey Award (August 28, 2008)

Fall Course ESD.70J Engineering Economy Module (August 28, 2008)

Revised and Revamped ESD 71: Engineering Systems Analysis for Design (August 28, 2008)

LFM Kicks Off 20th Anniversary Celebration (August 25, 2008)

Prof. Yossi Sheffi delivered the keynote address at The International Society of Logistics annual conference in Orlando, Florida (August 22, 2008)

Professor Eric von Hippel talks about community-based product design on NPR’s “Morning Edition” (August 21, 2008)

New Course ESD.934 Seminar in Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis offered Fall, 2008 (August 20, 2008)

Alumnae form Women of LFM affinity group (August 20, 2008)

MIT recommends steps to slash gasoline use by 2035 (August 20, 2008)

An article on BusinessGreen.com mentions a study predicting the US could cut fuel use in half by 2035 through the adoption of lightweight hybrid and plug in hybrid technologies (The research team behind the study included several ESD students and alumni.) (August 20, 2008)

Prof. Yossi Sheffi quoted in Wall Street Journal story, “U.S. Retools Economy, Curbing Thirst for Oil” (.pdf) (August 13, 2008)

Prof. Yossi Sheffi quoted in USA Today story about transportation costs altering world trade (August 13, 2008)

Prof. Richard Larson in a Boston Globe article on pedestrians in Boston (August 11, 2008)

ESD Students Present Research at the Technology, Management and Policy Graduate Consortium (August 8, 2008)

Hewlett Foundation Board approves the LINC initiative, BLOSSOMS (August 8, 2008)

Prof. R. John Hansman quoted in Cape Cod Times article about Barnstable plane crash (August 7, 2008)

Prof. Thomas Kochan in Workday Minnesota article: “Witnesses warn of turbulence ahead if Delta buys Northwest” (August 6, 2008)

ESD Ph.D. student Regina Clewlow in American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Prism Magazine (August 6, 2008)

Chicago Tribune article on an AgeLab survey about women and retirement (August 6, 2008)

MIT’s AgeLab in a Wall Street Journal story on women and retirement (July 30, 2008)

Senior Lecturer and AgeLab Director Joseph Coughlin in a Boston Globe article about issues facing the Boomer generation (July 30, 2008)

Steven Connors, a Research Engineer for the MIT Portugal Program and for the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, talks about alternative energy on WBUR’s “Here and Now” (July 30, 2008)

ESD Ph.D. student Blandine Antoine presented at the Google Tech Talks on the Energy World Tour. View a video of her talk here (July 30, 2008)

ESD Ph.D. student Matthew Silver on the Forbes.com Video Network talking about obtaining government grants for his technology company (July 25, 2008)

US News & World Report blog cites AgeLab research in a piece on women and retirement - U.S. News & World Report, blog by Emily Brandon (July 23, 2008)

CNN Money story mentions AgeLab research in a story about women and retirement - CNN Money, by DowJones (July 22, 2008)

Prof. Michael Cusumano on public radio’s “Marketplace” in a story on technology stocks – IBM service contracts boost profit (July 22, 2008)

Edgar Blanco of CTL talks to Forbes about the carbon footprints of supply chains (July 18, 2008)

Brian Feller Wins LFM Best Thesis Award (July 17, 2008)

Prof. Moavenzadeh and Khaled Awad interviewed by CNN on Masdar Initiative in Abu Dhabi (click on "Greening the Desert" to view story) (July 14, 2008)

Prof. Joe Sussman in Newsweek on U.S. failure to invest in high-quality rail travel – All Eyes on Amtrak (July 14, 2008)

Masdar Institute in al Watan Daily – What happens after oil? (July 11, 2008)

Prof. Fred Moavenzadeh and the Masdar Institute in Xconomy – MIT-Supported Energy Institute at Center of Abu Dhabi's Dream City (July 11, 2008)

CTL's Larry Lapide in Managing Automation – Playing the Globalization Game to Win (July 11, 2008)

Abu Dhabi Masdar Initiative on Fox News site – Desert Oasis: Oil Sheiks Plan 'Green' City, Look to Alternative Energy (July 11, 2008)

Prof. Mort Webster's climate change policy study cited in Environmental Protection magazine – Study: Short-term Climate Goals Needed (July 9, 2008)

SEAri Scholars Receive Best Paper Awards at INCOSE International Symposium 2008 (July 9,2008)

Prof. Michael Cusumano in the New York Times, on indirect vs. direct network effects – Google, Zen Master of the Market (July 7, 2008)

Prof. Thomas Kochan on Steelworkers and Unite merger (Time.com) – Big Labor Goes Global (July 3, 2008)

Prof. Mort Webster's carbon emissions study in The Economic Times – Short-term goals to be focused on to reduce carbon emissions (July 3, 2008)

Masdar Institute and Prof. Fred Moavenzadeh on CNN.com – High tech to low, world's green methods are many (July 3, 2008)

Prof. von Hippel in Seattle Times on consumer-driven design – Stepping into the shoes of a designer (July 3, 2008)

Prof. Mindell on NPR's Talk of the Nation July 3 and Discovery Channel July 7 (July 2, 2008)

PhD candidate Robb Wirthlin Nominated by the Air Force to NASA Astronaut Program (July 2, 2008)

Submission deadline for pre-proposals for BP-MIT Research Program: August 4, 2008 (July 2, 2008)

De Neufville participates in Fulbright Scholar Exchange program (July 2, 2008)

AgeLab Director Joe Coughlin Keynotes World Congress on Chronic Care and Prevention (July 2, 2008)

Prof. Mort Webster receives $750,000 NSF grant for climate change research (July 1, 2008)

Article on path-dependency, decision analysis and climate change policy by ESD Assistant Professor Mort Webster (June 2008 issue of Decision Analysis) (July 1, 2008)

Mort David Webster Joins ESD Faculty as Assistant Professor (July 1, 2008)

Boston Globe profile of Prof. Hugh Herr (MIT-Portugal's Bio-Engineering Systems) – Running Strong (June 30, 2008)

CESF's Dick Larson suggests Bostonians try motor scooters (Boston Globe) – Let's learn from Italy (June 30, 2008)

Professor de Weck Named ESD Associate Director (June 28, 2008)

Sloan Prof. Michael Cusumano on Bill Gates' Microsoft departure, in The Economist – After Bill (June 27, 2008)

Prof. Cusumano in the New York Times – Microsoft Seeks Path Beyond the Gates Legacy (June 27, 2008)

Articles by Professors de Neufville and Sussman in summer issue of The Bridge, on Airport and Intelligent Transportation Systems (June 26, 2008)

MIT World Video: The Future of Science and Technology in Europe, by Jose Mariano Gago, Portugal's Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education (June 26, 2008)

Sloan Prof. Michael Cusumano on Bill Gates' Microsoft departure – Bill Gates steps down, but not out of public eye (June 25, 2008)

Prof. Richard de Neufville in the Arizona Republic, on preference by low-cost airlines for budget terminals – Gateway Airport aims for efficiencies, low costs (June 25, 2008)

Sloan Prof. Thomas Kochan in the Hartford Courant, on Connecticut's minimum wage – Lawmakers to Take Up Rell's Wage Hike Veto (June 25, 2008)

Smaling and de Weck Win Systems Engineering's 2007 Best Paper Award (June 24, 2008)

New York Times: AgeLab Director Joe Coughlin says "the driving experience is about to become profoundly personal" – As the Roads Turn Gray, Ways to Make Driving Safer (June 23, 2008)

LFM’s Don Rosenfield family bats 1.000 at MIT commencement (June 23, 2008)

Boston Globe: Prof. Kochan on board recommending pay hikes for Mass. judges and political leaders (June 23, 2008)

AgeLab's Aware Car mentioned in Network World (June 23, 2008)

Chad Galts Takes Reins as School of Engineering Communications Director (June 23, 2008)

ESD a strong presence at INCOSE 2008 in Utrecht (.pdf) (June 20, 2008)

Yossi Sheffi on NBC Nightly News – easier for western states to expand mass transit than eastern states (June 18, 2008)

CESF Visiting Scholar Alexander S. Belenky gives UK lecture on the Electoral College, and possible improvements (June 18, 2008)

Summer 2008 issue of SDM Pulse@MIT released from the System Design and Management Program (.pdf) (June 18, 2008)

Friday, June 20 deadline for those applying to attend LAI's Enterprise Change Capabilities event, July 23-25, 2008 (June 18, 2008)

Prof. Kochan in Hartford Courant – Gas Prices Reshaping Hiring Practices (June 18, 2008)

NSF PROPOSAL DEADLINE: June 20, 2008 (June 14, 2008)

New Book on RFID Technology Co-Edited by Professor John R. Williams (June 14, 2008)

MIT Supply Chain Frontiers: The Electronic Newsletter of the MIT Global SCALE Network, May/June 2008 Issue (June 12, 2008)

David Simchi-Levi in Supply & Demand Chain – New Solution to Deal With Rising Transportation and Inventory Supply Chain Costs (June 12, 2008)

MIT-Zaragoza Program (CTL) in Financial Times – Zaragoza: In search of regeneration through water therapy (June 12, 2008)

findingDulcinea site features AgeLab's "Aware Car" – Car Kicks Bad Drivers to the Curb (June 11, 2008)

Op-ed by CESF Visiting Scholar Alexander S. Belenky – U.S. education system gets failing math grade (June 11, 2008)

Frey, de Weck receive tenure (June 10, 2008)

AgeLab on KickingTires blog – Aware Car Monitors You (June 9, 2008)

Masdar Initiative in U.S. News & World Report – Creating a Cultural Oasis in Abu Dhabi (June 9, 2008)

AgeLab on Jalopnik – MIT-Developed "Aware Car" Rats Out Older Drivers (June 9, 2008)

Richard B. Lewis II to serve as executive director of LAI as of June 23, 2008 (June 6, 2008)

Wired writes about the AgeLab's "Aware Car" and Director Joseph Coughlin (June 6, 2008)

The Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi discussed in Ethical Corporation (June 5, 2008)

CTL Principal Research Scientist Peter Belobaba in Conde Nast Porfolio, on airlines and the spike in jet fuel prices (June 5, 2008)

Prof. Thomas Kochan in the Christian Science Monitor, on a boost in the number of minorities working toward PhDs (June 5, 2008)

Prof. Dava Newman and her BioSuit prototype in the New England Journal of Aesthetic Research (June 4, 2008)

MIT AgeLab researchers creating a car that helps drivers make decisions featured in Boston Globe (June 3, 2008)

Professor Clayton M. Christensen May 13, 2008 The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution to the Healthcare Crisis lecture available for download (June 3, 2008)

ESD Faculty Summer Reading List 2008 (June 2, 2008)

Yossi Sheffi in Sunday Morning Herald, Australia: What lies beneath (May 30, 2008)

Agelab's Bryan Reimer in Boston Globe – Some drivers fear cellphone-tunnel mix (May 28, 2008)

Prof. Nicholas A. Ashford and Lecturer Charles C. Caldart co-author new book, Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Reclaiming the Environmental Agenda (May 28, 2008)

LAI’s Educational Network (EdNet) Welcomes Universidad Anáhuac de Puebla (May 27, 2008)

SDM’s Christine Bates Receives Infinite Mile Award for Sustained Excellence (May 23, 2008)

Lean Aerospace Research Agenda in IndustryWeek – Brain Drain Could Ground Aerospace Production (May 21, 2008)

Prof. Warren Seering visits CLFM (May 20, 2008)

GM Shanghai plant tour (May 20, 2008)

LFM visits CLFM counterparts on international plant trek (May 20, 2008)

Don Rosenfield in Boston Globe "Globe 100" Section – The long run - Five that survived say focus and flexibility are the keys to consistent performance (May 20, 2008)

Yossi Sheffi testifies before the full House Committee on Homeland Security (May 19, 2008)

SDM student Paul Yang is making a difference in Malawi (May 15, 2008)

Prof. Hansman in USA Today – Airline Passengers: Be sure to pack patience this summer (May 15, 2008)

TPP's Sarah Bird on Xconomy Kendall Square – Bird Flies the Coop: A Start-up Social Enterprise Heads from MIT to Pakistan (May 15, 2008)

ESD Ph.D. student Blandine Antoine and colleague Elodie Renaud create the Energy World Tour (May 15, 2008)

Engineering an award-winning TV program (May 13, 2008)

SEAri Researchers Receive RS6 Student Paper Award (May 13, 2008)

Don Rosenfield on CnetNews.com – A modest proposal to fix Dell's customer service (May 13, 2008)

ESD’s Joe Coughlin keynotes UCLA Conference on Technology and Aging (May 13, 2008)

CESF Visiting Scholar Alexander Belenky in Philadelphia Daily News – A fair plan for choosing between them (May 7, 2008)

Prof. John Sterman – Why Bad Things Happen to Good Technologies (May 7, 2008)

ESD Ph.D. Alum Anup Bandivadekar on how to slash vehicle fuel
use (May 5, 2008)

LFM and SDM Co-host Risk Management Conference (May 5, 2008)

Prof. Moavenzadeh in Tech Talk – A Blueprint for No Carbon Footprint (May 5, 2008)

Joe Coughlin delivers Massachusetts General Hospital Grand Rounds lecture on aging, technology and health systems innovation (May 5, 2008)

Portugal’s Minister of Science, Technology, Higher Ed Outlines S&T Future (May 2, 2008)

The New England University Transportation Center at MIT is now soliciting research proposals for Year 21 funding (April 28, 2008)

Thomas E. Farmer of Pratt & Whitney Becomes LAI Industry Co-Chair (April 28, 2008)

ESD Ph.D. Student and TPP Alum Lara Pierpoint in NY Times Magazine – Learn Any Number of Ways to Reduce Your Footprint (April 24, 2008)

CESF Visiting Scholar Alexander Belenky in Rutland Herald –
Electoral College System Benefits Vermont Voters (April 24, 2008)

LAI's Kirkor Bozdogan in BusinessWeek – What Airbus Learned from the Dreamliner (April 24, 2008)

ESD Visiting Scholar David Hartzband Speaks on Capital Hill about Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics (April 21, 2008)

Prof. Hansman in USA Today – Air trips slowest in past 20 years (April 18, 2008)

AgeLab Director Joe Coughlin named Hero in Home HealthCare (April 17, 2008)

SDM student on e-waste project in Mauritius (April 15, 2008)

Prof. Moniz in Boston Globe – 3 Little Numbers Haunt Big Energy Producer (April 14, 2008)

Prof. Graves Named POMS Fellow (April 14, 2008)

ESD Researchers Ross and Rhodes Receive IEEE Systems Best Paper Award (April 13, 2008)

Prof. Sterman in Boston Herald – Entrepreneurs Going Green in MIT Course (April 11, 2008)

CESF RA Michael Metzger receives DHS award for hurricane preparedness research (April 11, 2008)

Prof. de Neufville on ComputerWeekly.com – 10 Years to Sort Out Denver's Baggage IT Problems (April 10, 2008)

MIT Portugal in Financial Times – Partnership: Strategic Step with Lasting Impact and Science: Bar Raised for Home-trained Talent (April 10, 2008)

Prof. de Neufville in Boston Globe's "Your Home" Supplement (April 7, 2008)

Three honorary degrees for Widnall (April 7, 2008)

ESD Visiting Scholar Alex Belenky in Milford News – Avoid Electoral Crisis by Putting the People First (April 4, 2008)

CCNY to honor Sussman for career achievement (April 3, 2008)

Agelab's Michelle Pratt featured in Vancouver Sun (April 3, 2008)

LFM cited as model for IIM-Calcutta Post-Graduate Management Program for Executives in Visionary Leadership for Manufacturing (April 2, 2008)

Dr. Larry Lapide in Supply Chain Standard.Com – All Possible Worlds (April 2, 2008)

Dr. Chris Caplice in DC Velocity – Fill 'er Up....With Biodiesel (April 2, 2008)

Call for Papers: The XIV Latin-Ibero American Congress on Operations Research, CLAIO 2008 (.pdf) (April 2, 2008)

ESD Ph.D. student’s start-up receives awards, funding (April 1, 2008)

Prof. Simchi-Levi in Supply Chain Review – Carbon tool to embrace credits and trading advantages (April 1, 2008)

Prof. Wladawsky-Berger in NY Times – Why Old Technologies are Still Kicking (April 1, 2008)

Prof. Kochan in Washington Post – Rising Health Costs Cut into Wages (April 1, 2008)

Prof. Wladawsky-Berger on Lou Gerstner at MIT (April 1, 2008)

LFM '04 Michael Brylawski in Forbes (April 1, 2008)

Yossi Sheff on CRM Daily.com – Some Viruses Come Pre-Installed (April 1, 2008)

AgeLab in Chicago Tribune – Spouses Split Up Finance Duties (April 1, 2008)

MIT Supply Chain Frontiers: The Electronic Newsletter of the MIT Global SCALE Network, March/April 2008 Issue (April 1, 2008)

MIT-CTL Launches Global SCALE Network, a network of supply chain centers (March 27, 2008)

MIT, government of Portugal sign key energy agreement (March 26, 2008)

MIT and Cambridge University to co-sponsor CMI engineering change workshops for industry and academia (March 26, 2008)

Prof. Simchi-Levi in InfoWorld: Carbon-measuring software evolves (March 22, 2008)

SDM Pulse@MIT From the System Design and Management Program Spring 2008 (.pdf) (March 20, 2008)

LFM '08 C.Y. Lee's Internship (March 17, 2008)

Prof. Sheffi quoted in NY Times, Boston Globe, USA Today: Some viruses come pre-installed (March 14, 2008)

Prof. Larson in Salt Lake Tribune on dispatch agencies analysis (March 12, 2008)

CTL's Edgar Blanco in BusinessWeek on "carbon confusion" (March 12, 2008)

Prof. Cusamano in NY Times: Facebook is extending its network to blood donations (March 11, 2008)

First year LFMs visit partner companies on 2008 domestic plant trek (March 6, 2008)

Prof. Lloyd's Quantum Computer (March 2, 2008)

Prof. Cusamano on CRM Daily.com -- Can Microsoft learn from Oracle? (February 29, 2008)

Prof. Barnhart named president of INFORMS (February 28, 2008)

Abu Dhabi project featured in Chicago Tribune (February 22, 2008)

LINC in OR/MS Today (February 21, 2008)

AgeLab Researcher Dr. Bryan Reimer quoted in Boston Globe Cell talk is what distracts drivers (February 19, 2008)

Agelab research on Couple's Retirement Planning featured in Market Watch: Keeping the glass filled 'Divide and conquer' couples best at retirement planning (February 19, 2008)

Wall Street Journal names AgeLab's Dr. Joe Coughlin among "12 People Who are Changing the Future of Your Retirement" (February 18, 2008)

U.S. Department of Transportation appoints Prof. Sussman to chair Intelligent Transportation Systems Advisory Committee (February 18, 2008)

Prof. Seth Lloyd: Turning 'funky' quantum mysteries into computing realities (February 18, 2008)

MIT Portugal Program launches new website (February 16, 2008)

CESF's Alexander Belenky Op-ed: Massachusetts should reject National Popular Vote Plan (February 15, 2008)

Leveson Named to Federal 100 List (February 15, 2008)

Aimee Vessell, LFM ’06, takes leadership reins at Harley-Davidson (February 15, 2008)

Inaugural Newsletter from MIT Energy Initiative (.pdf) (February 12, 2008)

MIT Portugal Program on Discovery News (February 12, 2008)

Prof. von Hippel quoted in Boston Globe (February 12, 2008)

MIT AgeLab Preparing for a New Tomorrow (February 12, 2008)

CESF's Alexander Belenky Op-Ed on Counting the Votes for President (February 10, 2008)

CESF RAs Take Top Honors at Student Forum on Science, Technology, and Policy Poster Session (February 10, 2008)

MIT Supply Chain Frontiers: From the Center for Transportation & Logistics, January/February 2008 (February 8, 2008)

New Prize Information! Call for Submissions: Lean Enterprise Value Foundation, Inc. Third Annual Student Publication Prize (February 8, 2008)

Prof. Larson's "Eureka" Moment (February 7, 2008)

Prof. Moniz quoted in NY Times (February 7, 2008)

CESF Visiting Scholar Publishes Article in Michigan Law Review (February 5, 2008)

SDM brings a new class into the action (February 5, 2008)

MIT-CTL & LOGyCA Create Top Logistics Ctr. in Latin America (February 1, 2008)

Course 15.099 Special Seminar in Operations Research Readings in Optimization offered in Spring, 2008 (February 3, 2008)

Course 15.084J/6.252J Nonlinear Programming offered in Spring, 2008 (February 1, 2008)

Course 15.764 The Theory of Operations Management offered in Spring, 2008 (January 30, 2008)

AgeLab's Joe Coughlin featured in Chicago Tribune (January 29, 2008)

Balakrishnan receives NSF CAREER award (January 29, 2008)

Equi named LFM research, internship, alumni manager (January 25, 2008)

Call for Workshop Papers: Supervisory Control in Critical Systems Management (January 25, 2008)

LAI Research Highlights (January 18, 2008)

ESD Prof. Ernie Moniz on $50m funding for energy research (January 17, 2008

AgeLab's Joe Coughin quoted in NY Times: Six Decades at the Center of Attention, and Counting (January 7, 2008)

Call for Submissions: Lean Enterprise Value Foundation, Inc. Third Annual Student Publication Prize (January 4, 2008)

MIT seeks funding for Prof. Dava Newman's BioSuit (January 4, 2008)

Japan’s Keio University launches Graduate School of System Design and Management (January 3, 2008)

2007 News Archives

Course 16.72 – Air Traffic Control – for Spring 2008 (December 21, 2007)

Manufacturing in the Heart of Downtown Seattle (December 20, 2008)

LAI News (December 14, 2007)

CLFM Faculty Prepare for Program’s Future through Studies at MIT (December 14, 2007)

Elizabeth Milnes Honored with Joseph A. Martore Excellence in Education Award (December 11, 2007)

LAI's EdNet Welcomes 35th Member (December 11, 2007)

MIT World Video Process Improvement in the Rarified Environment of Academic Medicine by Paul Levy President and CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (December 11, 2007)

LAI's EdNet Director Honored by SAE/AIAA (December 10, 2007)

TPP alumnus Juan-Pablo Montero named Chile’s Economist of the Year (December 7, 2007)

MIT Supply Chain Frontiers: From the Center for Transportation & Logistics, November/December 2007 (Decmeber 6, 2007)

MIT Portugal Program Launches Distinguished Lecture Series (November 30, 2007)

LFM/MIT Sloan Team Places First in Carnegie Mellon Operations Case Competition (November 28, 2007)

When Can Operations Be Offshored? (November 19, 2007)

What Will the Car of the Future Look Like? Quotes ESD Ph.D. students and others at MIT, Wall Street Journal (November 19, 2007)

Queen of Jordan's Website Features LINC Conference (November 10, 2007)

ESD Prof. Ed Crawley and Prof. Joel Schindall to Direct Gordon Leadership Program (November 9, 2007)

Earll Murman to Present SAE/AIAA William Littlewood Memorial Lecture (November 8, 2007)

Kristina Connelly: Seeing New Opportunities at MIT SDM (November 8, 2007)

ESD Ph.D. candidate Tom Speller in GSC News (.pdf) (November 8, 2007)

Prof. Jon Hansman quoted in USA Today and New York Magazine (November 8, 2007)

Professor Newman's Spandex Space Suit One of TIME's Best Inventions Of The Year (November 8, 2007)

MIT’s Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) Widens Reach Beyond Aerospace (November 8, 2007)

Prof. Cusmano co-authors article in Wall Street Journal (November 5, 2007)

How Long Do You Trust an Alzheimer’s Relative with the Car Keys? (article based on an MIT AgeLab report) (November 5, 2007)

The Hartford Offers Caregiving Guide, based on research by a partnership including MIT AgeLab (November 5, 2007)

Seven from MIT named AAAS Fellows, including ESD/CEE Prof. Joe Sussman (November 5, 2007)

MIT, ESD, and Sloan now have a baron! (November 5, 2007)

LFM Alums Hold 14th Annual Conference (November 1, 2007)

Alums explore broad scope of systems at SDM conference (November 1, 2007)

LINC in the News: MIT offers free access to e-learning experience (.pdf) (October 30, 2007)

Sussman named AAAS Fellow (October 26, 2007)

Queen Rania to Host Massachusetts Institute of Technology Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) Conference in Jordan (October 26, 2007)

Clogged airports: A plan to cut N.Y.C. air traffic (quoting Prof. John Hansman) (October 25, 2007)

Geeking Out at Amazon: Jeff Wilke, LFM '93 (October 22, 2007)

Outsmarting the Flu (October 22, 2007)

TPP students featured in MIT Sloan S-Lab podcast (October 21, 2007)

LFM '91 alum Patrick Shanahan is Boeing's new 787 chief (October 17, 2007)

LFM '08 Ilyssa Lu named “Miss Scholastic Achievement Award” in Miss Asian America Pageant (October 17, 2007)

ESD Ph.D. candidate on runner up team in MIT 100K Elevator Pitch Contest (October 17, 2007)

Airspace where there's no room, Ideas to unclog skies over NYC divide the players Prof. Hansman quoted in Boston.com (October 15, 2007)

MIT Professors Explore Manufacturing Issues with China’s Future Manufacturing Leaders (October 12, 2007)

Meet the Next Generation of China’s Manufacturing Leadership (October 12, 2007)

McGraw-Hill publishes third edition of Simchi-Levi book (October 11, 2007)

Annalisa Weigel honored with Henry B. Kane '24 Award (October 10, 2007)

Prof. John Williams delivers keynote at Microsoft's ReMix '07 (October 10, 2007)

LFM’s Newest Cohort is Off to a Strong Start (October 5, 2007)

Prof. Dava Newman on CNET – Designing a 21st-century space suit (October 4, 2007)

Swiss Re's Centre for Global Dialogue: Dr. Joseph Coughlin on Technology and the Future of Aging (.pdf 7.4mb) (October 1, 2007)

Retiring: In Pursuit of The Future (September 28, 2007)

Geeks and Chiefs on iTunesU (September 28, 2007)

MIT Supply Chain Frontiers: From the Center for Transportation & Logistics, September/October 2007 (September 28, 2007)

Weigel elected AIAA Associate Fellow (September 27, 2007)

Major report by ESD doctoral alum Matthew Bunn details status of nuclear security efforts (September 26, 2007)

Sheffi named director of Engineering Systems Division (September 26, 2007)

MIT student to appear on Dancing with the Stars (September 25, 2007)

China LFM Faculty Prepare for September Program Launch (September 24, 2007)

In Memoriam: Morgan Stephen Burke, LFM ‘92 (September 23, 2007)

Prof. Joe Sussman appears in NECN segment on traffic congestion (September 20, 2007)

Call for Nominations: Martore Award for Contribution to ESD Education (September 20, 2007)

SpaceNet at WIRED NextFest (September 16, 2007)

How America Chooses Its Presidents, Dr. Alexander S. Belenky (CESF-sponsored lecture on MIT World) (September 14, 2007)

Prof. Balakrishnan appointed T. Wilson Career Development Professor (September 14, 2007)

New publications by Amar Gupta (September 10, 2007)

Prof. Frey Wins ASME Design Theory and Methodology Best Paper Award (September 7, 2007)

Interplanetary Logistics Paper Receives Honorable Mention (September 7, 2007)

New ESD course offered to MIT graduate students and Harvard Medical School students (September 7, 2007)

New Course – Cost Estimation and Measurement Systems – for Fall 2007 (August 31, 2007)

Barnhart named associate dean for School of Engineering (August 31, 2007)

New Subject – Management of Infrastructure Systems – to be offered in Fall 2007 (August 24, 2007)

New Course – Statistical Reasoning and Data Modeling – to be offered in Fall 2007 (August 23, 2007)

LAI Featured in June Technology Insider (August 23, 2007)

Profile in Manufacturing: LFM alum Jim Miller, Vice President of Product Operations at Cisco Systems (August 8, 2007)

"Can you spot the P.C.A.?" MIT AgeLab's Joe Coughlin weighs in on personal communication assistants (.pdf) (August 8, 2007)

Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals: The Research Commences – Second Annual Report (August 8, 2007)

Prof. Joseph Sussman to speak at China Planning Network's First Urban Transportation Congress (July 31, 2007)

MIT Supply Chain Frontiers: From the Center for Transportation & Logistics, July/August 2007 (July 31, 2007)

AgeLab Convenes Forum on Health Literacy in a Consumer-Directed World (July 31, 2007)

Profs. Ed Crawley and Joel Schindall help establish new program for engineering leaders (July 27, 2007)

Prof. Joe Sussman Named to ITS Advisory Committe (July 27, 2007)

Prof. Dava Newman, BioSuit, in USA Today (July 20, 2007)

Professor Dava Newman: One giant leap for space fashion (July 18, 2007)

Complex Systems publishes “Using Shape Grammar to Derive Cellular Automata Rule Patterns" (.pdf) co-authored by ESD Ph.D. student Tom Speller, Dr. Dan Whitney, Prof. Ed Crawley (July 11, 2007)

Prof. John Sterman on high gas prices (July 11, 2007)

Prof. Steve Eppinger on best practices in lean and global product development (July 11, 2007)

MIT Energy Initiative launches new website (July 9, 2007)

New edition of energy & environment, the newsletter of the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment (July 9, 2007)

LFM ‘07s Chang, Heiney win best thesis awards (June 29, 2007)

Profile in Manufacturing: LFM alum Jon Rennert, President & CEO, BioProcessors Corp (June 29, 2007)

Weigel appointed Hunsacker Career Development Professor (June 28, 2007)

Prof. Sussman keynotes at LNEC’s 60th anniversary symposium (June 28, 2007)

SDM Pulse@MIT: From the System Design and Management Program Summer 2007 (.pdf) (June 20, 2007)

Predicting Danger of Flu Pandemic Rests on Differences in Affected Population, Says New Operations Research O.R. Forum (June 19, 2007)

Family of three aims for 2 LFM degrees (June 19, 2007)

Prof. Nick Ashford weighs in on state ban on toxic chemicals (June 14, 2007)

Eppinger named MIT Sloan interim dean (June 13, 2007)

Prof. Sheffi receives award from President of Aragon (.wmv) (June 13, 2007)

Prof. Dick Larson – Model for tracking flu progression may reduce death toll (June 8, 2007)

Christopher Sequeira, TPP and A/A – Green ribbons signify responsibility pledge (June 8, 2007)

SDM student Nhan Chiang– S-lab stimulates sustainability at MIT Sloan (June 8, 2007)

Prof. John Sterman – Systems model shows sustained policy incentives, carbon taxes will widen alternative vehicle use (June 8, 2007)

Prof. Dave Marks – Prof sees vibrant life for environmental studies (June 8, 2007)

C.Y. Lee chosen by LFM Class of 2008 to receive Charles “Harrison” Smith III Award (June 5, 2007)

Professor Seering named engineering co-director for SDM, LFM (June 1, 2007)

New Course in Techology-based Business Transformation to be offered in Fall 2007 (June 1, 2007)

Irving Wladawsky Berger on Systems Solutions to Real World Challenges at NYPD: The Real-Time Crime Center (June 1, 2007)

ESD Visting Professor Irving Waldawsky-Berger retires from IBM (June 1, 2007)

LFM alum Mira Sahney Sets Brain Trauma Recovery in Motion (June 1, 2007)

Prof. Yossi Sheffi's Resilient Enterprise released in Spanish version (June 1, 2007)

Engineer who survived pandemic of '68 creates model to track outbreak (June 1, 2007)

MIT World Video – Geeks and Chiefs: Engineering Education @ MIT by Yossi Sheffi (May 31, 2007)

ESD Ph.D. candidate Matt Silver's op-ed in Ad Astra magazine (.pdf) (May 30, 2007)

ESD Faculty Summer Reading List 2007 (May 29, 2007)

Prof. Warren Seering honored with Frank E. Perkins Award (May 29, 2007)

Massachusetts Governor names TPP/Sloan alumna new agency head (May 28, 2007)

MIT Supply Chain Frontiers: From the Center for Transportation & Logistics, May/June 2007 (May 25, 2007)

Prof. John Collura Receives Joseph M. Sussman Leadership Award (May 18, 2007)

Don Rosenfield co-authors new book, Operations Strategy: Competing in the 21st Century (May 17, 2007)

AIAA committee presents de Weck with outstanding service award (May 17, 2007)

CIO outlines NYPD’s crime-fighting IT plan: Deputy Commissioner Jim Onalfo describes “help desk for detectives” (May 15, 2007)

LFM ‘08s win business in technology campus challenge (May 14, 2007)

MLOG Student Receives Top Honors from CSCMP (May 11, 2007)

AgeLab’s Joseph Coughlin Speaks at 2007 MIT Healthcare Industries Conference (May 11, 2007)

An SDM Student’s SWIFT Start: Giving back, and empowering women in Saudi Arabia one at a time (May 9, 2007)

ITS Oregon Luncheon with Professor Joseph Sussman (May 8, 2007)

Sheffi calls for MIT to educate geeks and chiefs: Stresses urgent need for engineering leaders to address environment, globalization, other complex issues (April 18, 2007)

Prof. Mitter wins Bellman award (April 18, 2007)

MIT World Video – Engineering Systems Solutions to Real World Challenges in Healthcare (April 15, 2007)

Draper awards research contract to Dr. Donna Rhodes (April 13, 2007)

Value chain modelling using system dynamics by ESD Ph.D. student and SDM '99 Thomas Speller, SDM '99 Luis Rabelo, and Albert Jones published in International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management (April 12, 2007)

Prof. Larson on CBS – WAITING IN LINES (April 10, 2007)

She’s Got Game – meet Nima Subramanian, LFM ’07 (April 10, 2007)

Damien Bador (AA/ESD Masters Student) wins Lean Enterprise Foundation Prize in National Competition (April 5, 2007)

LFM/SDM and the Ministry of Silly Walks: MIT GetFit Creative Exercise Contest Winners (April 3, 2007)

Irving Wladawsky-Berger on A Kind of 21st Century Digital Animation Studio (April 3, 2007)

TPP students travel to Guatemala for microfinance project (April 2, 2007)

Risk Analysis for NASA’s Constellation Program, MIT CSRL Final Report (.pdf) (March 29, 2007)

DHL to collaborate with MLOG, ZLOG (March 29, 2007)

Engineers create SpaceNet--the supply chain (March 28, 2007)

Something a little different from Prof. Joe Sussman (March 28, 2007)

LFM alum/ESD Ph.D. student Rob Nicol: Manufacturing expertise speeds up DNA advances (March 27, 2007)

MIT Supply Chain Frontiers: From the Center for Transportation & Logistics, March/April 2007 (March 22, 2007)