2008 ESD Visiting Committee Meeting November 18-19, 2008 Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Outline  Main Themes for VC Meeting  Progress since last VC (Nov 2006)  New Challenges  Agenda Nov 18-19, 2008 Need help, attendance, speak with “one voice”  ESD Key Statistics

Themes  Explain the ESD Strategic Plan/Report Demonstrate ESD has now clearly defined its vision, mission and goals Have removed ambiguity about what ESD is and what it is not  Show Key Statistics and data Clearly show that ESD continues to grow and that its educational programs are popular, selective and that they produce first rate scholars and industry leaders However, our infrastructure has not kept up with growth  Emphasis on the ESD PhD Program and the evolving fundamentals of the field. Very high quality research presentations that highlight the four domains/five approaches as well as a personal engagement (discussion, poster session) with a selection of our PhD students.  Sending the message that we need support by including ESD in the MIT Capital Campaign with the goal of raising $50-80 million in the next three to five years. The bulk of these funds should be invested in the E40-Extension building project.

Progress since last VC Meeting (Nov 06)  The ESD PhD program has made significant progress with now 46 graduates, nearly 40% of which went to academia. There are currently 62 ESD PhD students; selectivity of 26% and a yield of 74%. Further refinement of the core is ongoing by the education committee (Nancy Leveson) based on the Sussman committee, new rules coming into effect September 2008 and new core classes being developed and coordinated.  The leadership vacuum in ESD has been filled both at the Director (Yossi Sheffi) and Associate Director level (Oli de Weck). The two recent successful tenure cases further confirm the long-term prospects of the unit.  ESD has defined its intellectual footprint and strategy. Engineering Systems is both a class of systems as well as a developing field of scholarship at the intersection of engineering, management and the social sciences. The new 44 page Engineering Systems Strategic Report articulates ESD’s vision, mission and goals and gives specific example of excellence and relevance of Engineering Systems Scholarship.  The ESD master’s programs continue to be healthy and attract excellent students and support. Rather than being just individually successful programs, their focus and further development is now being rationalized in the context of ESD.

New Challenges  Increased linkage of engineering with management and the social sciences. As can be seen in the 43-node ESD faculty and staff social network, the participation of management (8 faculty) and social scientists (2 faculty) is still relatively modest. We would like to increase the hiring of dual cross-school faculty and give dual status to existing faculty.  Infrastructure Development and Capital Campaign. In order to take the next step, in particular, a robust complex systems modeling and visualization capability – as mentioned in the 2006 ESD VC report – ESD should be included as a priority in the MIT Capital Campaign.  Internal alignment of ESD research centers and the educational programs with the new vision. ESD has established a strategy that focuses on the following four research domains: (i) Extended Enterprises, (ii) Critical Infrastructures, (iii) Energy and Resource Sustainability and (iv) Health Care Delivery. The current three ESD research centers and four master’s programs are only partially aligned with these new priorities.

Agenda – Day 1 – Nov 18, :45am Breakfast  8:15amWelcome by Chair of Committee, Art Gelb  8:30amDean of Engineering – Overview, Subra Suresh  9:30amESD Overview, Yossi Sheffi 10:30amBreak  11:00amESD Current Issues and Challenges, Yossi Sheffi and Olivier de Weck  12:00pmLunch with Senior Faculty (closed)  1:00pmMeeting with Junior Faculty (closed)  2:00pmResearch Presentations (5) – aligned with ESD research approaches 3:30pmBreak  4:00pmOverview of Masters Programs: TPP, SDM, LFM, MLOG, Yossi Sheffi  4:15pmUpdate on ESD PhD Program, Joe Sussman  5:00pmExecutive Session  6:30-7:30pmReception and Poster Session (E40) Hosted by ESS  7:30pmDinner with Faculty and Administration  2-3 selected student presentations (10 minutes each) Location: Marriott Location: E40 Location: Faculty Club

Agenda – Day 2 – Nov 19, 2008  8:30amBreakfast with ESD graduate students (closed)  9:30amOngoing International ESD Initiatives MIT Portugal Program, Dan Roos Masdar Initiative, Fred Moavenzadeh SCALE Network, Yossi Sheffi  10:30 am Break  10:45 amLooking Ahead – Future Initiatives E40 Extension and MIT Capital Campaign, incl. Visualization Laboratory Leaders for Services, Center for Design, Center for Biological Innovation (CBI), Human-Systems Interaction Program  12:15pmLunch/Executive Session  2:00-3:00pmReport to Senior Administration Location: Bush Room Bldg 10

Selected ESD Statistics ESD Statistics tell part of the story  ESD Faculty is active and unified Bimodal distribution, need to hire !  ESD Courses and Education Are very popular, 4-fold increase since 1999 ESD is above average in SOE according to graduate student survey  ESD is under-resourced Need more funding for TAs Space and facilities have not followed growth

ESD Faculty Social Network Based on 46 past and 62 present ESD doctoral committee membership ( )

ESD Faculty Age Distribution 59 Faculty and Teaching Staff13.75 FTEs 25 Full and Dual ESD FacultyMid-Career Faculty (45-60): 4

ESD Credit Units Source: Office of the Provost, Institutional Survey

SOE Graduate Student Exit Survey % of students giving good, very good, or excellent ratings ESD is ranked first in faculty-student relations ESD is ranked in the top2-4 in all other categories except financial support ESD is ranked low (6 th ) in terms of financial support

Summary ESD Visiting Committee is very important  We need your help Attend open and closed sessions Attend dinner Lets speak with one voice:  ESD is healthy and growing  ESD’s intellectual footprint and vision is clear  We need more resources to fulfill our mission  Engineering Systems is critical to the future of MIT and the future of Engineering