Engineering Systems DivisionFacultyOngoing InitiativesGraduate EducationUndergraduate EducationMIT Portugal ProgramMIT ESD–MITRE CollaborationFaculty NotesAlumni HonorsStudent HonorsPhD ProgramMaster of Engineering in Logistics ProgramLeaders for Manufacturing ProgramCenter for Engineering Systems FundamentalsLectures and ConferencesInternational Council on Systems EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Systems ConferenceConference on Systems Engineering Research2008 Risk Management ConferenceBrunel Lecture on Complex SystemsCharles L. Miller Lecture IBM-MIT Innovation Lecture SeriesMeeting the Entropy ChallengeMajor MeetingsESD MeetingsESD Alumni Advisory CouncilESD at IAPEmployee RecognitionLeaders for ManufacturingAcademic ProgramMarketing EffortsChina LFMLFM AlumniProseminar SpeakersPlant ToursCareer DevelopmentInternships and ResearchStudent AwardsGovernanceNew PartnersSystem Design and ManagementDistance Education DeliveryStudent StatisticsSponsoring Theses of Self-Funded System Design and Management FellowsMIT–Industry Partners System Engineering ProgramCareer Development for SDM Self-Sponsored StudentsTechnology and Policy ProgramCenter for Engineering Systems FundamentalsA New MIT Subject on Fundamentals: Continuing DevelopmentsCenter for Engineering Systems Fundamentals Research InitiativesPresidential ElectionsSocial Distancing in an Influenza PandemicHurricane Decision-Making: Example of Disaster Preparedness and ResponseThe Energy BoxMIT LINC International Conference: Dead Sea, Jordan, and DubaiOutreachCenter for Technology, Policy, and Industrial DevelopmentHighlights of the YearAwards and RecognitionFord–MIT AllianceFord–MIT Alliance Research ActivitiesFord–MIT Alliance Future DirectionsInternational Motor Vehicle ProgramIMVP LeadershipIMVP FundingIMVP Continues Relationship with World Economic ForumIMVP Research ImpactIMVP Academic ImpactThe Lean Advancement InitiativeLAI Strategic ImperativesLAI LeadershipLAI ResearchLAI’s Four Research Areas2007–2008 LAI HighlightsLAI ProductsLAI Moving ForwardLAI PublicationsJournal ArticlesBook ChaptersThesesWorking PapersMaterials Systems LaboratoryMSL’s Role in the MIT Portugal ProgramCollaborative Research Laboratory with General MotorsSustainable Materials SystemsRecycling EconomicsSustainability Metrics in DesignResource Scarcity and the FirmUncertainty and Scrap UtilizationMicrophotonics/OptoelectronicsMIT Information Quality ProgramMITIQ AccomplishmentsMITIQ FundingMITIQ PublicationsTechnology and Law ProgramTechnology and Law PublicationsContributions to BooksTechnology and Law PersonnelMIT Center for Transportation and LogisticsEducationMaster of Engineering in Logistics Alumni InteractionMaster of Engineering in Logistics at IAPSupply Chain Education Partners ProgramResearchMIT Global SCALE NetworkCenter for Latin-American Logistics Innovation/LOGyCAThe MIT–Zaragoza International Logistics ProgramResearchOutreachSupply Chain 2020MIT Efficient Healthcare Delivery Research GroupSupply Network Risk Management Demand ManagementHydrogen Supply ChainMIT–Volpe Transportation Human Factors Research ProgramNew England University Transportation CenterMIT Supply Chain Frontiers PublicationCTL Supply Chain StrategyCTL OutreachCorporate RelationsOutreach EventsReconnectCrossroadsResearch FestMIT Efficient Healthcare Delivery GroupExecutive EducationFreightLabCouncil of Supply Chain Management Professionals 2008Retailing in India Executive Workshops Other EventsCTL’s Web PresencePersonnel ChangesRecognition4–71MIT Reports to the President 2007–2008Engineering Systems DivisionMIT’s Engineering Systems Division (ESD) represents a bold educational and research initiative aimed at establishing engineering systems as a field of study and advancing theory, policy, and practice in this domain. Within MIT, ESD is an interdisciplinary academic unit spanning most departments within the School of Engineering as well as the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; the Sloan School of Management; the School of Science, and lately the School of Architecture and Planning.ESD research focuses on complex systems of national and international importance involving technology, organizations, and society. In so doing, ESD brings together students and engineering, management, and social sciences faculty interested in researching large-scale, complex engineering systems. The division focuses on four complex, technology-based domains: health care delivery, energy and the environment, extended enterprises, and critical infrastructure systems. While technology is a fundamental part of these systems, so too are issues of managerial and societal interactions. ESD faculty and students have forged novel industry-government-academic relationships in their work with hundreds of enterprises.Nearly 50 faculty members, all holding dual or joint appointments within ESD and one of the aforementioned units, are devoted to teaching and research in the emerging field of engineering systems. Approximately 370 students are enrolled in ESD’s five master’s programs, plus another 60 students in our PhD program. All are working to understand, model, and predict the behavior of technologically enabled complex systems in order to help the engineering profession address contemporary critical issues and better serve humankind. Academic year 2008 was marked by significant accomplishments.FacultyProfessor Yossi Sheffi was named ESD director on September 24, 2007, by Professor Subra Subresh, dean of MIT’s School of Engineering. Professor Sheffi—whose appointment became effective on November 15, 2007—received his BSc from Israel’s Technion in 1975, his SM from MIT in 1977, and his PhD from MIT in 1978. He holds faculty appointments in the Engineering Systems Division and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. An expert in systems optimization, risk analysis, and supply-chain management, Professor Sheffi serves as director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), a position he continues to hold as ESD director (Dr. Chris Caplice took over day-to-day responsibilities at CTL). Under his leadership, the Center has experienced substantial growth, launching many educational, research, and industry/government outreach programs.Professor Sheffi is the author of numerous research articles and two books, including the best seller The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for