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Engineering Systems Division
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Envisioning the future of water for 900 million people
Research from an MIT Tata Center team led by Professor James Wescoat is making strategic planning of India's rural water systems possible for the first time.
November 20, 2015 -
Designing for flexibility
Richard de Neufville teaches and practices flexible engineering design for infrastructure projects that meet the challenges of the future.
July 20, 2015 -
Can phone data detect real-time unemployment?
Study: Usage patterns vary when people are not working.
June 15, 2015 -
Improving prevention of and responses to flu outbreaks
New research suggests ways to reduce the likelihood that individuals and groups will become infected with influenza.
June 10, 2015 -
Professor Joseph Sussman inducted into ITS America Hall of Fame
May 7, 2015 -
Book launch: "System Architecture: Strategy and Product Development for Complex Systems"
New book from MIT faculty and alumni provides a summary of the field of system architecture.
May 4, 2015 -
3 Questions: Amanda Giang on controlling mercury pollution in India and China
MIT graduate student studies how a new U.N. treaty could affect mercury emissions from coal power plants in Asia.
April 17, 2015 -
Patents forecast technological change
New method uses patent data to estimate a technology’s future rate of improvement.
April 15, 2015 -
MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation launches manufacturing innovation consortium
Forum also honors Ravi Kumar, executive vice president of Infosys, with expanded role on its Technology Advisory Board.
April 6, 2015 -
Satellite imagery can aid development projects
New image-analysis methods can automate identification of cost-effective sites for grants or microgrids.
March 23, 2015 -
Call for 2015-2016 MIT Portugal Program PhDs and advanced courses
March 3, 2015 -
Tackling global change during IAP
MIT graduate students brush up on the fundamentals of climate science and policy.
February 11, 2015 -
Connecting Morocco’s artisans with the world
A crowdsourced digital bazaar will directly bridge the gap between local craftsmen and global consumers.
January 27, 2015 -
Life in better light
EGG Energy brings solar-powered electricity to rural Tanzania, improving quality of life and the environment.
December 17, 2014 -
New leadership for sociotechnical systems
Ali Jadbabaie from the University of Pennsylvania named interim director of SSRC
October 24, 2014 -
Visual thinking for engineers
Associate professor Maria Yang studies the importance of early-stage design.
September 10, 2014 -
The connector
Munther Dahleh’s expertise in mathematical modeling gives him profound insight into people, and MIT.
September 3, 2014 -
Study: Cutting emissions pays for itself
Savings from healthier air can make up for some or all of the cost of carbon-reduction policies.
August 24, 2014 -
Sanofi joins MIT Forum’s manufacturing advisory board
One of world’s largest global health care companies will collaborate on industry challenges and opportunities.
July 17, 2014 -
MIT researchers win 2014 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Practice Award
June 20, 2014