Resources | ESD Working Paper Series

Introduction

This note introduces the Engineering Systems Division (ESD) Working Paper Series, composed of contributions by MIT faculty and staff. This is an informal series. Papers should be "relevant" to ESD, but our definition of "relevant" is broad.

This working paper series includes:

1. Papers contributing to a constructive debate on the ESD mission, the definition of engineering systems, visions for the future, and so forth.
2. Pre-publication versions of papers the faculty and staff are working on as the author seeks constructive criticism before making final submission to a journal.
3. Annotated lists of engineering systems references, drawn from the experience of the faculty and staff.
4. Compendiums of short sections from engineering systems texts, papers, etc.
5. Lists of definitions of terms in the engineering systems field.

The overall goal of this is to promote constructive discussion about engineering systems, ESD and its future, provide a knowledge base for that discussion, and work toward an understanding of the engineering systems field.

I hope this working paper series will be a useful contribution to what I think is ESD's most fundamental task – defining an intellectual agenda.

Sincerely yours,

Joseph M. Sussman
JR East Professor of Engineering Systems
and Civil and Environmental Engineering