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![Steven Derocher, a tall white man with red hair, a beard, and glasses, receives an award from Anantha Chandrakasan, a slightly shorter man with brown skin and white hair. They are standing in front of a banner for the MIT School of Engineering.](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Derocher-IMA-trimmed-600x350.jpg)
Steven Derocher, senior IT manager for the LGO and SDM programs, has received an Infinite Mile Award from the School of Engineering. This award, given annually, recognizes
![Industry leaders share experiences in Systems Forum series](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/themes/sdm-mit-child/images/placeholder-image-rpthumb.jpg)
[Note: This piece was compiled from observations and reports by Abhay Chauhan, Rita Uganden-Teryila, and Sai Prasad Balla.] SDM launched a new series of events this spring that
![Headshot of Michael Case](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Michael-Case-headshot-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
Michael Case is the 2023 recipient of the MIT SDM Student Award for Leadership, Innovation, and Systems Thinking. Mike’s humble and service-oriented leadership stood out to
![Megan Mitchell and J. Robert Wirthlin watch as Robert Plummer gestures while speaking.](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Systems-Night-2023-head-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
“There is an art to being able to suss out the real needs” of an organization, according to Robert Plummer, chair of the Systems Engineering Board at Lawrence
![Headshot of Meredith Biechele](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/meredith-biechele-headshot-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
Meredith Biechele, SDM Certificate ’22, has won the 2023 Rising Technical Contributor award from the Society of Women Engineers. Meredith is an Advanced R&D Engineer at
![Students and staff gathered in front of an office building holding a banner reading "MIT x Japan Innovation Discovery Japan"](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IDJ-2023-Capcom-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
by IDJ ’23 Organizers Ayako Yukawa, Kentaro Numa, Koji Takahashi, Kosuke Nakajima, Naofumi Aoshima, Yosuke Fujii, and Yutaro Watanabe Overview of IDJ ’23 Innovation
![A 3d printer making a large gear-shaped object.](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/printer-edited-600x350.jpeg)
System Design and Management students spend the spring semester applying the systems principles and tools they’ve learned in the classroom on real-world problems. These
![Portrait of Divya Iyer](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Divya-headshot-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
by Stefanie Koperniak The MIT Creative Arts Competition, which seeks to encourage and fund arts-focused startups, brought in a record number of participants for the 2022-23
![Three men interact with a museum exhibit.](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Japan-visitors-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
System Design and Management welcomed visitors from Hiroshima and Tokyo’s startup community to the MIT Museum on February 14 for a discussion of innovation ecosystems. The
![Headshot of Will Schwab](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/schwab-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
William Schwab is the 2022 recipient of the MIT SDM Student Award for Leadership, Innovation, and Systems Thinking. Will’s work as a leader has brought him recognition both