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ESD.01J Engineering System Design ( ) (Same subject as 1.041J ) Prereq: 1.011 or permission of instructor Units: 3-1-8 Deals with the design of complex, large, interconnected, open sociotechnical (CLIOS) systems, where "open" denotes systems that directly interact with the social/political/economic context. Emphasis on transportation-oriented examples. Introduces the CLIOS process, defining the concept and distinguishing between quantitative and qualitative analyses of such systems. Systems characterized, measures of system performance developed, and key CLIOS system concepts (including sustainability, equity, mobility, and accessibility) introduced. Class-wide project, with students working in teams on the design of a CLIOS system, taking a broad systems perspective in that design. Examples include the urban ring, a proposed new transit line for Boston; Tren Urbano in San Juan, Puerto Rico; the Central Artery/Ted Williams Tunnel project in Boston; and the transportation of spent nuclear fuel. J.Sussman
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ESD.018J Project Management ( ) (Same subject as 1.401J ) (Subject meets with 1.040 ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-6 Introduction to project management with emphasis on finance, evaluation, and organization. Topics include cost benefit analysis, resource and cost estimation, and project control and delivery. Case studies used to demonstrate relevant issues. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. F. Moavenzadeh
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ESD.032J Communicating About Technology: Colossal Failures in Engineering ( ) (Same subject as 1.588J , 3.070J , 22.002J , 21W.781J) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 Explores communication about technological subjects in the context of colossal engineering failures including Three Mile Island, Bhopal, the Columbia Shuttle, 9/11, and Katrina. Examines the basic engineering principles and the social context of several such failures in case studies from various engineering disciplines. Students see how problematic communications, sometimes subtly unrecognizable at the time, significantly contributed to the final failures. Students collaborate to produce a final written and oral research report that anticipates a potential failure and makes recommendations for avoiding it. Multiple sections, each limited to 18 students. T. Eagar, W. Haas, A. Kadak, P. Lagace, O. Buyukozturk
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ESD.035J Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping ( ) (Same subject as 16.810J ) Prereq: 16.01 , 16.02 or 2.001 , 2.002 or permission of instructor Units: 2-4-0 Develops initial competency in engineering design by taking a holistic view. Conceiving, designing, manufacturing and testing a system component such as a complex structural part. Activities include hand sketching, CAD modeling, CAE analysis, CAM programming, and operation of CNC machining equipment. Focuses on the complementary roles of human creativity as well as the design process itself. Designs are executed by pairs of students who enter their products in a design competition. Enrollment may be limited. O. de Weck
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ESD.04 Frameworks and Models in Engineering Systems ( ) Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) Units: 3-0-9 Introduction to quantitative models and qualitative frameworks for studying complex engineering systems. The art of abstracting a complex system into a model for purposes of analysis and design while dealing with complexity, emergent behavior, stochasticity, non-linearities and the requirements of many stakeholders with divergent objectives. Architectural system configuration. Semester-long class project deals with critical contemporary issues which require an integrative, interdisciplinary approach using the above models and frameworks. J. Sussman
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ESD.05 Engineering Leadership Lab (New) ( , ) Prereq: None Units: 0-2-1 [P/D/F] Lecture: F3-5 ( 5-134 ) Develops leadership skills through participation in the phases of product development. Focuses on the affective behavior, character and values often needed during these phases. Content throughout the term is frequently student-driven. Restricted to students in the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program. L. McGonagle
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ESD.051 Engineering Innovation and Design (New) ( ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 2-2-2 Project-based seminar develops skills to effectively conceive, evaluate, plan, organize, lead, and implement engineering design projects. Includes techniques to sharpen creative thinking and critical analysis of designs, as well as utilize iterative processes. Students innovate, implement, and communicate designs that are practical, successful, elegant, interactive, robust, and holistic. Focus on project scope, and balancing real-world constraints against the limitations of technology and human cognition. Willingness to learn a computer markup language recommended. Limited to 60; preference to juniors and seniors. J. Schindall, B. Kotelly
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ESD.053J Environmental Risks for Common Disease ( ) (Same subject as 1.081J , 20.104J ) Prereq: Biology (GIR) , Chemistry (GIR) Units: 3-0-9 Analysis of potentially important risk factors for common diseases in the general environment and the workplace: air-, food- and water-borne chemicals; subclinical infections; diet and lifestyle choices. Analysis of history of changes in common disease rates. General paradigm of environmental sources and exposure of human subpopulations, uptake, internal distribution and metabolism of xenobiotics. Measurement of xenobiotic chemicals and allobiotic life forms in human tissues. Potential pathways of induced pathogenesis: mutagenesis, inflammation, hormonal mimicry. W. Thilly, R. McCunney
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ESD.10 Introduction to Technology and Policy ( ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: MW2.30-4 ( E51-315 ) Frameworks and Models for Technology and Policy students explore perspectives in the policy process — agenda setting, problem definition, framing the terms of debate, formulation and analysis of options, implementation and evaluation of policy outcomes using frameworks including economics and markets, law, and business and management. Methods include cost/benefit analysis, probabilistic risk assessment, and system dynamics. Exercises include developing skills to work on the interface between technology and societal issues; simulation exercises; case studies; and group projects that illustrate issues involving multiple stakeholders with different value structures, high levels of uncertainty, multiple levels of complexity; and value trade-offs that are characteristic of engineering systems. Emphasis on negotiation, team building and group dynamics, and management of multiple actors and leadership. A. Weigel
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ESD.103J Science, Technology, and Public Policy ( ) (Same subject as 17.310J , STS.482J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 4-0-8 Lecture: TR3.30-5 ( E25-117 ) +final Analysis of issues at the intersection of science, technology, public policy, and business. Cases drawn from antitrust and intellectual property rights; health and environmental policy; defense procurement and strategy; strategic trade and industrial policy; and R&D funding. Structured around theories of political economy, modified to take account of integration of uncertain technical information into public and private decision-making. K. Oye
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ESD.123J Industrial Ecology ( ) (Same subject as 1.814J , 3.560J ) Prereq: ESD.10 or 3.56 Units: 3-0-6 Quantitative techniques for life cycle analysis of the impacts of materials extraction, processing use, and recycling; and economic analysis of materials processing, products, and markets. Student teams undertake a major case study of automobile manufacturing using the latest methods of analysis and computer-based models of materials process. R. Kirchain, J. Clark, F. Field
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ESD.126 Energy Systems and Economic Development ( ) Prereq: ESD.10 Units: 3-0-6 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 an energy strategy that is congruent with technical potential, cultural requirements, and environmental constraints. R. D. Tabors
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ESD.128J Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy ( ) (Same subject as 12.848J , 15.023J ) (Subject meets with 12.348J , 15.026J ) Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) ; 5.60 ; 14.01 or 15.010 ; or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-6 Introduces scientific, economic, and ecological issues underlying the threat of global climate change, and the institutions engaged in negotiating an international response. Develops an integrated approach to analysis of climate change processes, and assessment of proposed policy measures, drawing on research and model development within the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. Graduate students are expected to explore the topic in greater depth through reading and individual research. H. D. Jacoby, R. G. Prinn
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ESD.129J Space Policy Seminar ( ) (Same subject as 16.891J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Explores current issues in space policy as well as the historical roots for the issues. Emphasis on critical policy discussion combined with serious technical analysis. Covers national security space policy, civil space policy, as well as commercial space policy. Issues explored include the GPS dilemma, the International Space Station choices, commercial launch from foreign countries, and the fate of satellite-based cellular systems. A. L. Weigel
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ESD.132J Law, Technology, and Public Policy ( ) (Same subject as 15.655J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Examination of the relationship between law and technological change, and the ways in which law, economics, and technological change shape public policy. Areas addressed include how law can be used to influence and guide technological change; responses of the legal system to environmental, safety, social and ethical problems created by new or existing technology; how law and markets interact to limit or encourage technological development; and how law can affect the distribution of wealth and social justice. Topics covered include genetic engineering; telecommunications; industrial automation; the effect of health, safety, and environmental regulation on technological innovation; the impacts of intellectual property law on innovation and equity; pharmaceuticals; nanotechnology; cost/benefit analysis as a decision tool; public participation in governmental decisions affecting science and technology; and law and economics as competing paradigms to encourage sustainability. N. A. Ashford, C. C. Caldart
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ESD.133J Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control ( ) (Same subject as 1.811J , 11.630J ) (Subject meets with 1.801J , 11.021J , 17.393J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor for undergraduates Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: TR4-6 ( E51-057 ) Recitation: TBA +final Reviews and analyzes federal and state regulation of air and water pollution and hazardous wastes. Analyzes pollution as an economic problem and the failure of markets. Emphasizes use of legal mechanisms and alternative approaches (such as economic incentives and voluntary approaches) to control pollution and to encourage chemical accident and pollution prevention. Focuses on the major federal legislation, the underlying administrative system, and the common law in analyzing environmental policy, economic consequences, and the role of the courts. Discusses classical pollutants and toxic industrial chemicals, community right-to-know, and environmental justice. Also provides an introduction to basic legal skills. N. A. Ashford, C. C. Caldart
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ESD.134J Regulation of Chemicals, Radiation, and Biotechnology ( ) (Same subject as 1.812J , 11.631J ) (Subject meets with 1.802J , 11.022J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor for undergraduates Units: 3-0-9 Focuses on policy design and evaluation in the regulation of hazardous substances and processes. Includes risk assessment, industrial chemicals, pesticides, food contaminants, pharmaceuticals, radiation and radioactive wastes, product safety, workplace hazards, indoor air pollution, biotechnology, victims' compensation, and administrative law. Health and economic consequences of regulation, as well as its potential to spur technological change, are discussed for each regulator regime. N. A. Ashford, C. C. Caldart
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ESD.136J Technology, Law, and the Working Environment ( ) (Same subject as 10.805J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-6 Addresses relationship between technology-related problems and the law applicable to work environment. National Labor Relations Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act. Toxic Substances Control Act, state worker's compensation, and suits by workers in the courts discussed. Problems related to occupational health and safety, collective bargaining as a mechanism for altering technology in the workplace, job alienation, productivity, and the organization of work addressed. Prior courses or experience in the environmental, public health, or law-related areas. N. A. Ashford, C. C. Caldart
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ESD.137J Sustainability, Trade, and the Environment ( ) (Same subject as 1.813J , 11.466J , 15.657J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: W EVE (4-6.30 PM) ( E51-372 ) The Schumpeterian notion of technological innovation as "the engine of growth" is being challenged as the globalization of trade is increasingly seen as the driving force of industrial economies. With the establishment of the World Trade Organization implementing the GATT, NAFTA, and other trading regimes, serious questions have been raised concerning the effects of global trade on sustainability, which must be viewed broadly to include not only a healthy economic base, but also a sound environment, stable employment, adequate purchasing power, distributional equity, national self-reliance, and maintenance of cultural integrity. Subject explores the many dimensions of sustainability and the use of national, multinational, and international political and legal mechanisms to further sustainable development. N. A. Ashford
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ESD.151J Chemicals in the Environment: Fate and Transport ( ) (Same subject as 1.725J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: TR11-12.30 ( 48-308 ) For Institute students in all departments interested in the behavior of chemicals in the environment. Subject covers the movement of chemicals through water, air, and soil, and also addresses their eventual fate. Physical transport, as well as chemical and biological sources and sinks, are discussed. Emphasis on anthropogenic chemicals, though in the context of pre-existing natural chemical cycles. Linkages to health effects, sources and control, and policy aspects. Core requirement for Environmental MEng program. H. Hemond. P. Shanahan
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ESD.163J Managing Nuclear Technology ( ) (Same subject as 22.812J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Examines current economic, management, and policy issues concerning nuclear power and its fuel cycle. Introduces methods for analyzing private and public policy alternatives, including techniques in economic and financial analysis. Application to specific problem areas, including nuclear waste management, weapons proliferation, and the economic competitiveness of nuclear power. Other topics include deregulation and restructuring in the electric power industry. R. K. Lester
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ESD.166J Sustainable Energy ( ) (Same subject as 1.818J , 2.65J , 10.391J , 11.371J , 22.811J ) (Subject meets with 2.650J , 10.291J , 22.081J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-1-8 URL: http://web.mit.edu/10.391J/www/ Lecture: TR3-5 ( 4-370 ) Recitation: TBA Assessment of current and potential future energy systems. Covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use technologies, with emphasis on meeting 21st-century regional and global energy needs in a sustainable manner. Examines various energy technologies in each fuel cycle stage for fossil (oil, gas, synthetic), nuclear (fission and fusion) and renewable (solar, biomass, wind, hydro, and geothermal) energy types, along with storage, transmission, and conservation issues. Emphasizes analysis of energy propositions within an engineering, economic and social context. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. M. W. Golay, J. P. Freidberg
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ESD.172J X PRIZE Workshop: Grand Challenges in Energy (New) ( ) (Same subject as SP.793J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-6 Lecture: MW2.30-4 ( E51-372 ) Examines the intersection of incentives and innovation, drawing on economic models, historic examples, and analytic tools to help develop new prize concepts that can generate revolutionary progress in the area of energy. Limited to 30 graduate students by application; select upperclassmen with permission of instructor. E. Wagner, D. Newman, F. Murray, K. Zolot, J. Shames, C. Cooney, R. Lester
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ESD.173J X PRIZE Workshop: Grand Challenges in Health Care ( ) (Same subject as SP.792J , HST.937J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-6 Examines the intersection of incentives and innovation, drawing on economic models, historic examples, and analytic tools to help develop new prize concepts that can generate revolutionary progress in the area of health care. Limited to 30 graduate students by application; select upperclassmen with permission of instructor. E. Wagner, D. Newman, F. Murray, K. Zolot, J. Shames, C. Cooney
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ESD.174 Applications of Technology in Energy and the Environment ( ) Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. (Offered under: 1.149 , 2.63 , 5.00 , 10.579 , 22.813 , ESD.174 ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Subject Cancelled Introduces advanced undergraduates or graduate students in the Schools of Engineering and Science to the integration of technical, economic, political, and environmental consideration required for the successful implementation of new technology. Case studies are drawn from the energy and environment sectors with some emphasis on analytic techniques that serve as a "tool box" for students. Technologies considered include fossil, nuclear, solar, wind, fuel cell and energy conservation. International aspects, such as weapons proliferation and global climate effects, also discussed. Enrollment limited. J. Deutch, R. Lester
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