SDM Pulse

SDM Pulse, Spring 2013

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SDM Pulse, Fall 2012

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• Help for small ISR companies struggling with credit crunches and slow payments
• Using systems engineering tools to design a safe Smart Energy Box
• Keeping up with the shift from products to services: the Lean Effectiveness Model for servicing existing systems
• SDMs host first Annual Intercollegiate Mixer For Entrepreneurs (AIM4E)
• Relationships—a language spoken in Senegal
• Prize-winning SDM project promises affordable solar power for rural India
• Class competition puts SDM students through product development paces

SDM Pulse, Spring 2012

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• Applying visualization to classroom seating habits
• SDM Tech Trek Report
• Integrating radiology into electronic health records promises cost and care benefits
• WiSDM Update
• SDM 2010-2011 Employment Report
• SDM Class of 2012 Snapshot
• Business cycle tracking method spots downturns

SDM Pulse, Fall 2011

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• SDM Thesis Roundup
• Developing Product Requirements Criteria at bioMérieux
• Reflecting on 15 Years of System Design and Management
• SDM Timeline
• Addressing Blindness via Cell Phones

SDM Pulse, Summer 2011

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• Alumni reflect on long-term benefits of SDM experience
• Human Side of Technology class gives SDM cohort practical insight
• All-a-Board team comes out a cut above in PDD competition
• SDM foundation course introduces product design and development
• Sponsoring SDM thesis pays off
• System tools applied to enterprise transformation at Bank of America
• Honeywell VP Bob Smith, SDM '97, offers insight on innovation
• Conference to highlight systems thinking, honor SDM's 15th year
• SDM thesis asks: Starbucks cup—trash or treasure?

SDM Pulse, Spring 2011

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• SDM students launch MIT chapter of INCOSE
• Joan Rubin appointed SDM industry codirector
• Webinar series offers insight into applied systems thinking
• Keynote speakers announced for systems thinking conference
• SDMs launch MIT Social Media Club
• SDM welcomes talented, diverse 2011 cohort
• Employers recognize value of hiring SDM graduates
• MIT SEAri and TUM collaborate on research on uncertainties in product platforms
• SDM alumni entrepreneurs use systems thinking to drive success
• SDM alum explains need for negotiation in software architecture
• Faculty member outlines value of software system architecture
• SDM course helps students build a leadership roadmap
• SDM Best Thesis analyzes costs of software system complexity

SDM Pulse, Fall 2010

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• Systems engineering class tackles complex real-world design issues
• 2 from MIT receive Outstanding Paper Award from Systems Engineering
• INCOSE at 20-new domains, new promises, new people
• SDM thesis roundup
• Conference sponsors share views on the value of systems thinking
• Alumnus applies SDM lessons to aerospace industry
• SDM student juggles coursework, company, speaker series
• Capstone project for SDM centers on improving defense systems
• SDM demystifies multidisciplinary system design optimization
• SDM thesis to focus on the dynamics of seasonal labor migration
• SDM student helps DOE evaluate investment trade-offs
• SDM teams address Hawaii's clean energy challenges
• SDM aids Instrumentation Lab's health-care mission
• SDM helps student take on global development challenges

SDM Pulse, Summer 2010

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• Employers hire SDM grads for leadership, systems thinking skills
• SDM broadens thinking on technology strategy
• SDM thesis addresses obsolescence mitigation in complex systems
• Student committee forges links between SDM, industry
• Doctor finds multidimensional opportunities at SDM
• New and established companies reap benefits of SLaM Lab
• PDD team sharpens skills designing chef's tool
• SDM students learn what it takes to market successful products
• SDM certificate project evaluates in-vitro diagnostics market
• SDM helps EMC build bridge to innovation

SDM Pulse, Spring 2010

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• SEAri addresses challenge of 'epochs' within system's lifespan
• New SDM cohort reflects diversity needed for complex challenges
• SDM alumnus applies interdisciplinary skills at Vonage
• Entrepreneur employs SDM lessons in business launch
• SDM grad reaps benefits from program's leadership training
• NRC nominee who teaches SDM students praises program
• SDM puts new cohort straight to work on real-world projects
• SDM students puts lessons to work in wake of Merck merger
• Bridging the gap: A look at the Industrial Relations Committee
• SDM thesis explores disruptive technology in cloud computing
• SDM Best Thesis Prize awarded for grid-scale energy storage research
• Sending employees to SDM program pays off for John Deere
• New SLaM Lab helps SDM put systems thinking into action

SDM Pulse, Fall 2009

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• Annual conference addresses health care, energy, environment
• Three from ESD win Best Journal Paper Award
• SDM culture embraces broad view of diversity
• SEAri summit to highlight latest research
• SDM portfolio evolves to serve global business
• Integration project puts SDM lessons to work
• SDM provides common language, practice space, feedback
• Applying polymorphism in systems Engineering
• Mobile phone industry calls for systems thinking
• Certificate student offers systems analysis of power grid
• SDM has Rx for MD seeking health systems perspective

SDM Pulse, Summer 2009

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SDM Pulse, Spring 2009

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SDM Pulse, Fall 2008

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SDM Pulse, Summer 2008

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SDM Pulse, Spring 2008

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SDM Pulse, Fall 2007

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SDM Pulse, Summer 2007

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SDM Pulse, Spring 2007

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SDM Pulse, Fall 2006

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