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  • 15.762J / 1.273J / ESD.267J Supply Chain Planning (SMA 6305), Spring 2005 
    Simchi-Levi, David; Graves, Stephen (2005-06)
    15.762J focuses on effective supply chain strategies for companies that operate globally with emphasis on how to plan and integrate supply chain components into a coordinated system. Students are exposed to concepts and ...
  • 15.783J / 2.739J / ESD.32J Product Design and Development, Spring 2002 
    Eppinger, Steven D.; Whitney, Daniel E.; Kressy, Matt; Roemer, Thomas; Whitcomb, Clifford A.; Yassine, Ali (2002-06)
    Covers modern tools and methods for product design and development. The cornerstone is a project in which teams of management, engineering, and industrial design students conceive, design, and prototype a physical product. ...
  • 16.355J / ESD.355J Advanced Software Engineering, Fall 2002 
    Leveson, Nancy (2002-12)
    A reading and discussion subject on advanced topics in the engineering of software systems. Focus on software development. Topics differ but are chosen from: software process and lifecycle; requirements development, ...
  • 16.358J / ESD.358J System Safety, Spring 2003 
    Leveson, Nancy (2003-06)
    Covers important concepts and techniques in designing and operating safety-critical systems. Topics include: the nature of risk, formal accident and human error models, causes of accidents, fundamental concepts of system ...
  • 16.852J / ESD.61J Integrating The Lean Enterprise, Fall 2002 
    Nightingale, Deborah J. (2002-12)
    Addresses some of the important issues involved with the planning, development, and implementation of lean enterprises. People, technology, process, and management dimensions of an effective lean manufacturing company are ...
  • 16.885J / ESD.35J Aircraft Systems Engineering, Fall 2003 
    Hansman, Robert John; Liebeck, Robert H; Murman, Earll M., 1942-; Haggerty, Allen C (2003-12)
    Subject addresses a holistic systems engineering approach for aircraft development. Focuses on the conceptual phase of product definition during which all aspects relevant to a new or derivative aircraft must be considered. ...
  • 16.888 / ESD.77 Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization, Spring 2004 
    Willcox, Karen; de Weck, Olivier (2004-06)
    This course is mainly focused on the quantitative aspects of design and presents a unifying framework called "Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization" (MSDO). The objective of the course is to present tools and ...
  • 21W.780 Communicating in Technical Organizations, Spring 2006 
    Barrett, Edward C.; Bentley, Frank (2006-06)
    This class offers students an opportunity to experiment with various forms and practices of cellphone communication and, most importantly, to propose and develop a semester-long project using advanced A780 cellphones donated ...
  • 4.651 20th Century Art, Fall 2002 
    Jones, Caroline (2002-12)
    Critical examination of major developments in European and American art during the past century. Surveys art's engagements with modernization, radical politics, utopianism, mass culture, changing conceptions of mind and ...
  • 6.436J / 15.085J Fundamentals of Probability, Fall 2005 
    Tsitsiklis, John (2005-12)
    This is a course on the fundamentals of probability geared towards first or second-year graduate students who are interested in a rigorous development of the subject. The course covers most of the topics in MIT course 6.431 ...
  • 6.972 Game Theory and Mechanism Design, Spring 2005 
    Ozdaglar, Asu (2005-06)
    This course is offered to graduates and is an introduction to fundamentals of game theory and mechanism design with motivations drawn from various applications including distributed control of wireline and wireless ...
  • ESD.126 Energy Systems and Economic Development, Spring 2001 
    Tabors, Richard D. (2001-06)
    A team-based policy research subject focused on evaluation of energy technologies and their implementation within developing countries. Focuses on one or more specific nations, carries out a resource assessment, and develops ...
  • ESD.140 Organizational Processes, Spring 2002 
    Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel; Kochan, Thomas A. (2002-06)
    Focuses on the organization of the future, identifies its characteristics, and explores the implications for living in, managing, and leading such an organization. Also focuses on skills such as organizational diagnosis, ...
  • ESD.260J / 1.260J / 15.770J Logistics Systems, Fall 2003 
    Caplice, Christopher George, 1961-; Sheffi, Yosef, 1948- (2003-12)
    See description under subject 1.260J. This course is a survey of analytic tools, approaches, and techniques which are useful in the design and operation of logistics systems and integrated supply chains. The material is ...
  • ESD.70J / 1.145J Engineering Economy Module, Fall 2008 
    De Neufville, Richard, 1939-; Cardin, Michel-Alexandre, 1979- (2008-12)
    This intensive micro-subject provides the necessary skills in Excel spreadsheet modeling for ESD.71 – Engineering Systems Analysis for Design. Its purpose is to bring entering students up to speed on some of the advanced ...
  • ESD.801 Leadership Development, Fall 2004 
    Newman, Dava J. (2004-12)
    Presents basic concepts in group dynamics and leadership. A structured set of outdoor experiences complements classroom activities. Restricted to entering students in the Technology and Policy Program.
  • ESD.801 Leadership Development, Fall 2005 
    Newman, Dava (2005-12)
    This seminar meets six times during the semester. Students work in a seminar environment to develop leadership capabilities. An initial Outward Bound experience builds trust, teamwork and communications. Readings and ...
  • ESD.83 Doctoral Seminar in Engineering Systems, Fall 2009 
    Magee, Christopher L.; Sussman, Joseph (2009-12)
    In establishing the Engineering Systems Division, MIT has embarked on a bold experiment – bringing together diverse areas of expertise into what is designed to be a new field of study. In many respects, the full scale ...
  • ESD.84 Engineering Systems Doctoral Seminar, Fall 2002 
    Magee, Christopher; Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel (2002-12)
    Examines core theory and contextual applications of the emerging field of Engineering Systems. The focus is on doctoral-level analysis of scholarship on key concepts such as complexity, uncertainty, fragility, and robustness, ...
  • ESD.864 / ESD.936 Systems Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Spring 2010 
    Selin, Noelle (2010-06)
    This course explores how scientific information can be used to inform policy decision-making processes through the use of quantitative modeling techniques. It incorporates both hands-on analysis and practice using models ...
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