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    • ESD.126 Energy Systems and Economic Development, Spring 2001 

      Tabors, Richard D. (2001-06)
      A team-based policy research subject focused on evaluation of energy technologies and their implementation within developing countries. Focuses on one or more specific nations, carries out a resource assessment, and develops ...
    • 1.203J / 6.281J / 13.665J / 15.073J / 16.76J / ESD.216J Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods, Fall 2001 

      Barnett, Arnold; Larson, Richard C., 1943-; Odoni, Amedeo R. (2001-12)
      Quantitative techniques of operations research with emphasis on applications in transportation systems analysis (urban, air, ocean, highway, and pickup and delivery systems) and in the planning and design of logistically ...
    • ESD.140 Organizational Processes, Spring 2002 

      Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel; Kochan, Thomas A. (2002-06)
      Focuses on the organization of the future, identifies its characteristics, and explores the implications for living in, managing, and leading such an organization. Also focuses on skills such as organizational diagnosis, ...
    • 15.783J / 2.739J / ESD.32J Product Design and Development, Spring 2002 

      Eppinger, Steven D.; Whitney, Daniel E.; Kressy, Matt; Roemer, Thomas; Whitcomb, Clifford A.; e.a. (2002-06)
      Covers modern tools and methods for product design and development. The cornerstone is a project in which teams of management, engineering, and industrial design students conceive, design, and prototype a physical product. ...
    • 4.651 20th Century Art, Fall 2002 

      Jones, Caroline (2002-12)
      Critical examination of major developments in European and American art during the past century. Surveys art's engagements with modernization, radical politics, utopianism, mass culture, changing conceptions of mind and ...
    • ESD.84 Engineering Systems Doctoral Seminar, Fall 2002 

      Magee, Christopher; Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel (2002-12)
      Examines core theory and contextual applications of the emerging field of Engineering Systems. The focus is on doctoral-level analysis of scholarship on key concepts such as complexity, uncertainty, fragility, and robustness, ...
    • 16.355J / ESD.355J Advanced Software Engineering, Fall 2002 

      Leveson, Nancy (2002-12)
      A reading and discussion subject on advanced topics in the engineering of software systems. Focus on software development. Topics differ but are chosen from: software process and lifecycle; requirements development, ...
    • 1.264J / ESD.264J Database, Internet, and Systems Integration Technologies, Fall 2002 

      Kocur, George (2002-12)
      Survey of information technology covering database modeling, design, and implementation with an emphasis on relational databases and SQL. Internet technologies: http, html, XML, SOAP, security. Brief introduction to ...
    • 11.380J / 1.252J / ESD.225J Urban Transportation Planning, Fall 2002 

      Salvucci, Frederick; Murga, Mikel (2002-12)
      This class is an introduction to planning transportation in metropolitan areas. The approach, while rooted on the analytical tools which estimate outcomes and alternatives, is holistic. This means starting from ...
    • 1.221J / 11.527J / ESD.201J Transportation Systems, Fall 2002 

      Sussman, Joseph (2002-12)
      Introduces transportation as a large-scale, integrated system that interacts directly with the social, political, and economic aspects of contemporary society. Fundamental elements and issues shaping passenger and freight ...
    • 16.852J / ESD.61J Integrating The Lean Enterprise, Fall 2002 

      Nightingale, Deborah J. (2002-12)
      Addresses some of the important issues involved with the planning, development, and implementation of lean enterprises. People, technology, process, and management dimensions of an effective lean manufacturing company are ...
    • 10.391J / 1.818J / 2.65J / 3.564J / 11.371J / 22.811J / ESD.166J Sustainable Energy, Spring 2003 

      Tester, Jefferson W.; Drake, Elizabeth Mertz; Golay, M.; Kern, Edward C. (2003-06)
      Assessment of current and potential energy systems, covering extraction, conversion and end-use, with emphasis on meeting regional and global energy needs in the 21st century in a sustainable manner. Examination of energy ...
    • 1.259J / 11.542J / ESD.227J Transit Management, Spring 2003 

      Wilson, Nigel H. M.; Salvucci, Frederick (2003-06)
      Management methods of relevance to public transportation systems. Topics: strategic planning management; labor relations; maintenance planning and administration; financing; marketing and fare policy; and management ...
    • 16.358J / ESD.358J System Safety, Spring 2003 

      Leveson, Nancy (2003-06)
      Covers important concepts and techniques in designing and operating safety-critical systems. Topics include: the nature of risk, formal accident and human error models, causes of accidents, fundamental concepts of system ...
    • 1.212J / ESD.221J An Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems, Spring 2003 

      Sussman, Joseph (2003-06)
      Basic elements of intelligent transportation systems. Technological, systems, and institutional aspects of ITS considered, including system architecture, congestion pricing, public/private partnerships, network models, ITS ...
    • ESD.260J / 1.260J / 15.770J Logistics Systems, Fall 2003 

      Caplice, Christopher George, 1961-; Sheffi, Yosef, 1948- (2003-12)
      See description under subject 1.260J. This course is a survey of analytic tools, approaches, and techniques which are useful in the design and operation of logistics systems and integrated supply chains. The material is ...
    • 16.885J / ESD.35J Aircraft Systems Engineering, Fall 2003 

      Hansman, Robert John; Liebeck, Robert H; Murman, Earll M., 1942-; Haggerty, Allen C (2003-12)
      Subject addresses a holistic systems engineering approach for aircraft development. Focuses on the conceptual phase of product definition during which all aspects relevant to a new or derivative aircraft must be considered. ...
    • ESD.36J / 1.432J System and Project Management, Fall 2003 

      Lyneis, James; de Weck, Olivier; Eppinger, Steven (2003-12)
      The course is designed for students in the System Design and Management (SDM) program and therefore assumes that you already have a basic knowledge of project management. The objective is to introduce advanced methods and ...
    • 11.482J / 1.285J / ESD.193J Regional Socioeconomic Impact Analyses and Modeling, Fall 2003 

      Polenske, Karen R.; Thompson, Annie Kinsella (2003-12)
      Reviews regional economic theories and models and provides students with experience in using alternative economic impact assessment models on microcomputers. Problem sets are oriented around infrastructure, housing, energy, ...
    • 1.258J / 11.541J / ESD.226J Public Transportation Service and Operations Planning, Fall 2003 

      Wilson, Nigel H. M. (2003-12)
      Evolution and role of urban public transportation modes, systems, and services, focussing on bus and rail. Description of technological characteristics and their impacts on capacity, service quality, and cost. Current ...