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sdm pulse

• SDM Pulse, Fall 2009
• SDM Pulse, Summer 2009
• SDM Pulse, Spring 2009
• SDM Pulse, Fall 2008
• SDM Pulse, Summer 2008
• SDM Pulse, Spring 2008
• SDM Pulse, Fall 2007
• SDM Pulse, Summer 2007
• SDM Pulse, Spring 2007
• SDM Pulse, Fall 2006

articles

2009

• Annual Systems Thinking Conference Addresses Energy, Environment, Health Care -- 11/04/09
• The Novartis Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Experience -- 10/30/09
• The Way to SDM -- 10/22/09
• Simchi-Levi and co-author win prize for three papers -- 10/20/09
• Video: MIT Graduate Certificate Program in Systems Engineering -- 10/19/09
• SDM alum Eric Cahill to lead $10M X Prize competition -- 07/07/09
• Davicia Neves Receives Infinite Mile Award -- 06/18/09
• Seeing a New Way -- 04/28/09
• Video: 2008 SDM Best Thesis -- Generation Gaps in Engineering -- 04/08/09
• SDM’s Chris Bates is Co-Recipient of MIT Excellence Award -- 03/26/09
• SDM Welcomes Class of 2009 -- 02/26/09
• Prof. Simchi-Levi Referenced in World Trade Magazine Article -- 02/10/09
• Pat Hale on Systems Engineering Careers -- 01/13/09

2008

• LFM-SDM Co-director Tom Allen Featured in Irish Times -- 12/26/08
• SDM 09 Mona Masghati Featured in Medical Design Magazine -- 12/26/08
• SDM Student John Baker Named CIO of InVivo Therapeutics -- 12/23/08
• Capgemini VP Discusses Why Companies Fail or Succeed in Managing Change -- 12/22/08
• SDM holds conference on systems thinking for contemporary challenges -- 10/30/08
• Video: Prof. Simchi-Levi on impact of higher oil pricing on transportation strategy -- 10/16/08
• 2007-2008 SDM Employment Report -- 10/14/08
• Prof. David Simchi-Levi co-authors WSJ article, Crude Calculations -- 09/22/08
• SDM Alum Wirthlin Nominated to NASA Astronaut Program -- 07/03/08
• SDM-ESD alum Smaling and Prof. de Weck Receive 2007 Best Paper Award from Systems Engineering -- 06/25/08
• Prof. Nicholas A. Ashford and Lecturer Charles C. Caldart co-author new book -- 05/28/08
• Christine Bates Receives Infinite Mile Award for Sustained Excellence -- 05/22/08
• LFM and SDM Co-host Risk Management Conference -- 05/16/08
• SDM student Paul Yang is making a difference in Malawi -- 05/15/07
• SDM student on e-waste project in Mauritius -- 04/14/08
• SDM brings a new class into the action -- 02/01/08
• Japan’s Keio University launches Graduate School of System Design and Management -- 01/03/08

2007

• Kristina Connelly: Seeing New Opportunities at MIT SDM -- 11/05/07
• Alums explore broad scope of systems at SDM conference -- 10/31/07
• McGraw-Hill publishes third edition of Simchi-Levi book -- 10/12/07
• Sheffi named director of MIT’s Engineering Systems Division -- 09/24/07
• 2006-2007 SDM Employment Report -- 08/14/07
• 2007 SDM Grads Commence to New Opportunities -- 06/01/07
• Prof. Warren Seering honored with Frank E. Perkins Award -- 06/01/07
• Prof. Seering named new SDM and LFM co-director -- 05/31/07
• SDM Product Design and Development Final Presentations and Awards Friday, 5/11/2007 -- 05/09/07
• An SDM Student’s SWIFT Start -- 05/04/07
• Welcome SDM Class of 2007 -- 03/09/07
• SDMs get VIP tour of Kennedy Space Center -- 02/09/07
• Nathan Minami SDM ’06: A Soldier’s Journey to MIT -- 01/30/07
• New SDM student Safwan Zaheer quoted in recent article on International 450 Association -- 01/12/07

2006

• SDM Employment Report 2005-2006 -- 11/07/06
• First edition of SDM students’ newsletter: The SDM Pulse@MIT -- 10/26/06
• Overseer of SDM Certificate Program -- 10/18/06
• Hale the SDM Chief -- 09/19/06
• Former Ford LFM Operating Committee Member Hossein Nivi becomes Dean at University of Detroit Mercy -- 07/28/06
• MIT ESD tackles interplanetary transportation of supplies, equipment, and humans -- 07/12/06
• SDM Graduate Wins McGovern Award -- 05/12/06
• Professor David Simchi-Levi featured in Forbes -- 05/01/06
• SDM runs in BC MBA 5K Challenge -- 04/13/06
• SDM remains strong at 10 years -- 03/21/06
• SDM '06 runs for charity -- 03/21/06
• A 'Giant' Star Among Us -- 03/13/06
• Keeping Pace with Tom Allen -- 03/13/06
• SDM Alum receives honor at IPC Awards -- 03/09/06
• New SDM student receives national award from Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers -- 03/06/06

2005

• Massimo Usan Wins SDM's First Best Thesis Award -- 12/16/05
• SDM Team Makes Final Round in Innovation Challenge -- 12/14/05
• Pat Hale Named President-Elect of INCOSE -- 12/02/05
• Fostering Innovation at SDM's Alumni Conference -- 11/29/05
• SDM Employment Report 2004-2005 (PDF format) -- 09/26/05
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• Steve Eppinger - Still Peddling -- 09/21/05
• SDM Students Wins Open Source Scholarship -- 09/21/05
• Amazing Race for SDM certificate program -- 09/12/05
• LFM and SDM Alumni to Hold Annual Conferences in October -- 08/29/05
• NASA Press Release on SDM Alum Freddie Douglas III -- 05/17/05
• SDM and LFM Take on GM -- 05/13/05
• LFM-SDM Co-director and ESD Professor Receive NASA Funding for Interplanetary Supply Chain -- 05/12/05
• John M. Grace Appointed SDM Industry Co-Director -- 04/29/05
• Brand New Day for SDM -- 01/28/05
• SDM alum and LFM student represent ESD at SHPE Conference -- 01/28/05

2004

• Sloan Lecturer Janice Klein Conducts Web Seminar on True Change: How Outsiders on the Inside Implement Change in Organizations -- 11/17/04
• SDM Alumni Conference Explores Product, System Development -- 11/05/04
• Second Edition of "The Logic of Logistics" Published by SDM Co-Director Simchi-Levi -- 10/27/04
• Article by SDM Alumni Included in New Book -- 10/27/04
• SDM Graduate presents at INCOSE/ICSE Conference on September 17 -- 09/17/04
• Varun Parmar, SDM '04, Receives Cisco Achievement Program (CAP) Award -- 09/13/04
• Twenty-seven SDM Certificate Program Students Receive Certificates -- 08/27/04
• Sun Microsystem's Steve Klosterman, SDM '98, featured in Electronics Supply & Manufacturing article on design-for-manufacturability -- 08/25/04
• MassHighway's Bill Bent Describes Transportation Logistics for the DNC -- 05/27/04
• Cisco VP/LFM Alum Says Need for Interdisciplinary Engineers is Critical -- 05/27/04
• LFM, SDM Students on Winning, Finalist 50K Teams -- 05/27/04
• New Book Published: Handbook of Quantitative Supply Chain Analysis: Modeling in the E-Business Era, David Simchi-Levi et al editors -- 05/21/04
• LFM, SDM Alumni Hear UTC VP Patrick Gnazzo Speak on Compliance, Ethics -- 04/09/04
• SDM Students are Semi-Finalists in 50K Competition -- 04/02/04
• SDM '03 Ion Freeman appears with MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players -- 04/02/04
• SDM Alum Tom Pelland Named Pratt & Whitney Director -- 04/02/04
• SDM Alum Freddie Douglas III Featured on NASA Web Site -- 03/18/04
• SDM Design Challenge: Engineering an End to Poverty -- 02/27/04
• UTC Employees Receive System Engineering Certificates -- 02/27/04
• Complex Systems Research Lab Created -- 02/03/04
• ESD Student Society Formed -- 01/29/04
• Kenneth Oye Joins ESD Faculty -- 01/29/04
• New Associate to Head MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program -- 01/29/04
• New ESD Courses for Spring 2004 -- 01/29/04
• The Engineering Systems Symposium -- March 29-31, 2004 -- 01/29/04
• "Breakthrough Management": A New Book by Shoji Shiba -- 01/28/04
• Computer Research Association Names ESD Professor Nancy Leveson as Distinguished Professor -- 01/13/04
• Professor Joseph Sussman Receives CUTC Award -- 01/13/04

2003

• ESD Participates in NSBE's Regional Conference Held in Boston -- 11/24/03
• Past, Present, Future SDMers Convene for Fall Business Trip, Open House, and Alumni Conference -- 11/13/03
• SDM: NASA's Next Frontier -- 11/07/03
• ESD/LFM-SDM Participate in SWE 2003 Conference -- 10/31/03
• Lean Aerospace Initiative Wins IAA Award -- 10/31/03
• Plasmatron could cut oil consumption, emissions -- 10/22/03
• UTC Starts New Tradition with LFM and SDM Alumni Dinner -- 10/02/03
• LFM and SDM Alumni to Hold Conferences on Oct. 23-24, 2003 -- 08/18/03
• Keynote Speaker from Pratt & Whitney, Intel Plant Tour Highlighted SDM Summer '03 Business Trip -- 07/31/03
• David Simchi-Levi Named Editor-in-Chief of Naval Research Logistics -- 07/30/03
• SDM Fellows Visit European Companies on Annual International Business Trip -- 06/27/03
• LFM, SDM, and RISD students collaborate for Eppinger's course -- 06/12/03
• Professor Lotte Bailyn Speaks to LFM-SDM Staff on Work-Family Integration -- 06/4/03
• Web seminar: Jan Klein on Globally Dispersed Teams -- 06/02/03
• LFM-SDM Co-Director Bill Hanson Receives Sizer Award -- 05/19/03
• SDM's "Go-To Guy" Ted Hoppe Receives Infinite Mile Award -- 05/19/03
• Noam Chomsky Speaks to LFM-SDM Students on Globalization -- 05/01/03
• LFM, SDM, and RISD Students Create Accessory Products for the Chevy SSR -- 04/27/03
• Clayton Christensen and George Mueller discuss The Innovator's Dilemma -- 03/11/03
• Dan Crocker, LFM '97, Discusses Trade and Globalization at the LFM-SDM Webcast -- 02/11/03
• Whitney Elected IEEE Fellow -- 02/05/03
• SDM Master's Thesis Featured in Professional CLUBMAKERS' Society Journal -- 02/04/03

2002

• Corporate Execs Speak to LFM and SDM Students -- 12/20/02
• Eppinger Provides Hands-on Demonstration for Lifelong Learning Seminar -- 12/17/02
• LFM-SDM Co-Director Bill Hanson Shares Life-Changing Experiences at Lifelong Learning Seminar -- 12/03/02
• NASA Provides SDM with Positive Feedback on Virtual Collaboration -- 11/22/02
• SDM Alums Hold First Conference -- 11/02/02
• Professor Tom Kochan Speaks at Lifelong Learning Seminar -- 11/01/02
• Jeff Shao, LFM-SDM Finance Director, Receives Excellence Award -- 10/28/02
• Michael Dell Visits MIT; Speaks to Sloan Community -- 10/18/02
• Shoji Shiba Honored with Deming Prize -- 10/15/02
• What's Cool about LFM-SDM and Outward Bound -- 10/04/02
• Professor David Simchi-Levi Shares His Thoughts on Push-Pull Strategy -- 09/06/02
• UTC Design Challenge Rings in New Cohort -- 08/29/02
• LFM-SDM Initiates Lifelong Learning Seminar Series for Support Staff -- 08/26/02
• SDM Summer Business Trip '02 -- 07/26/02
• Ford's Middle Eastern Community Group Raises Consciousness, Serves Community -- 06/30/02
• Photo Gallery: SDM Graduation Reception -- 06/21/02
• MIT Report: SDM Grads Lead in Engineering -- June 2002
• SDMers Help Stage eBusiness Awards -- 05/17/02
• LFM, SDM, RISD and UTC Certificate Students Invent Products -- 05/11/02
• SoE's Infinite Mile Award Goes to Three in ESD -- 05/09/02
• SDM Hosts Spring Business Trip for SDM '02s -- 04/22/02
• LFM and SDM Students Give Presentations at Knowledge Review -- 02/25/02
• Whitcomb Named Learning Director for SDM-UTC Certificate Program -- 02/06/02
• SDM Envisions Mars at Design Challenge -- 01/18/02

2001

• Webcast Featured Professor Steve Eppinger's Discussion on Product Development Interaction Patterns -- 12/28/01
• SDM Students Hear Presentation on Oxygen Project -- 12/27/01
• A Tribute to Steve Graves -- New Chair of the MIT Faculty -- 11/30/01
• SDM Student Teams Tied for First in 2.810 Car Race -- 12/19/01
• Eppinger Receives ASME Award -- 10/09/01
• Professor John Sterman Talks About Process Improvement in Online Seminar -- 09/27/01
• Leadership and LEGOs: MIT Hosts UTC Design Challenge -- 09/10/01
• Full Text of Bill Hanson Interview on Leadership for MIT's OpenDoor Alumni Web Site -- 08/20/01
• Izzy Gesell Talks About Humor at Work -- 08/13/01
• Paul Lagace Named World Fellow of Composites by ICCM -- 08/13/01
• Bill Hanson Honored with MIT's First Infinite Mile Award -- 06/04/01
• SDMers Tour Media Lab -- 04/25/01
• Graves Elected Chair of the Faculty; Eppinger Becomes New LFM-SDM Co-Director -- 04/20/01
• Online Seminars Connect LFM-SDM Community, Near and Far -- 03/28/01
• eRelationships: Mainspring's Dan Greenberg Gives Online Seminar to LFM-SDM Alumni -- 03/16/01

2000

• Institute Professor Speaks on Pyramids -- 10/30/00
• NASA Administrator Gives SDM Distinguished Lecture on Complex Systems -- 10/25/00
• Editorial: The "Aha" of Assets - -05/16/00
• Peter Senge: Managerial Effectiveness and Leadership -- 05/16/00
• Professor Paul Lagace Elected AIAA Fellow -- 04/18/00

1999

• LFM and SDM Form New Partnership -- 10/19/99
• NASA's Gary Kitmacher Speaks on Engineering the Space Station -- 07/30/99
• Dr. James Womack Speaks on Lean Thinking -- 07/30/99
• Professor Rebecca Henderson Speaks on Technology Strategy -- 07/30/99
• Professor Dan Roos Speaks on MIT/Industry Initiatives -- 07/30/99
• Naval Captain Joseph Delpino Speaks on the GBS Joint Program -- 07/30/99

the value of sdm to my career

• John Fallu, Ford -- 09/23/03
• Kelly Zechel and Kathleen Blackmore, Ford -- 03/31/03
• Steve Klosterman, Sun Microsystems -- 03/31/03
• John Grace, VP of Engineering and Technology at ArvinMeritor -- 12/12/02
• Venu Siddapureddy, Ford -- 11/01/02
• Eric Cahill, The Boeing Company -- 07/10/02
• David Bancroft, Naval Undersea Warfare Center -- 05/22/02
• Christine Miyachi, Xerox -- 04/02/02
• Dave Tonaszuck, Investors Bank and Trust -- 02/26/02
• Anil Sahai, Ezyte, Inc. -- 02/06/02