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![Three adults sit in leather armchairs facing an audience. They are all smiling.](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/25th-panel-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
by Kathryn O’Neill MIT System Design and Management (SDM) celebrated its 25th anniversary on Saturday, April 2, with a daylong conference in Wong Auditorium at MIT. The
![Portrait of Ben Tang](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BenJun-HongTang-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
Ben Jun-Hong Tang, SDM ’19, has been named to the Spring 2022 cohort of SERC Scholars. These scholars are part of the Schwarzman College of Computing initiative on Social
![Ignacio Vazquez Rodarte stands in front of the MIT Dome](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ignacio2021-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
Ignacio Vazquez Rodarte SDM’20 is the 2021 recipient of the MIT SDM Student Award for Leadership, Innovation, and Systems Thinking. Ignacio’s extensive involvement with SDM
![Headshot of Tomohisa Okamoto](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tom-Okamoto-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
Tomohisa Okamoto came to the System Design and Management program in 2019, planning to learn how to apply systems thinking principles to his work at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in
![Banner featuring the leadership team of Innovation Discovery Japan, with Keiji Kimura in the center.](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kimura-Stewart-award-banner-600x350.png)
Keiji Kimura, SDM ’19, is a 2021 recipient of the William L. Stewart Jr. Award. The Stewart Awards recognize outstanding contributions by students or student organizations to
![Banner featuring the MIT logo and Japan with the text "Innovation Discovery Japan". The background is slightly obscured group photos.](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IDJ-2021-01-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
by Naoki Kobayashi, Yoshiki Shoji, and Yuya Makino Overview What is IDJ? Innovation Discovery Japan (IDJ) is a tech trek to Japan in which MIT students and researchers visit
![Portrait of Ben Linville-Engler](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Ben-L-E-PF-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
Ben Linville-Engler, MIT SDM Industry and Certificate Director, is the 2021 recipient of the Collier Medal. The Collier Medal was established in 2014 to honor MIT Police Officer
![Headshot of Funmilola Asa](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Funmi-headshot-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
Funmilola Asa joined the SDM program in 2019. Since completing the master’s in engineering and management in one year, including a thesis on model-based systems engineering in
![Kristen Vilcans, a blonde woman, smiles at the camera](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/KVilcans-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
The 2020 MIT SDM Student Award for Leadership, Innovation, and Systems Thinking has been presented to Kristen Vilcans. Kristen joined SDM in the fall of 2019 and has consistently
![Students and staff stand in front of a decommissioned train engine](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Picture1-600x350.png)
Editor’s Note: This article was written as an overview of Innovation Discovery Japan 2020 and was initially scheduled to be published this spring. Due to the Covid-19