Dahleh appointed to new roles
Leading ESD and planning for a potential MIT-wide effort in the areas of socio-technical systems, information and decision systems, and statistics.
Department
Engineering Systems Division
Study finds more spending on fire suppression may lead to bigger fires
Researchers emphasize balancing fire suppression with prevention measures.
How do we balance needs of energy, water, and climate?
MIT study underscores need to examine trade-offs before choosing energy technologies.
How green is your city? And how do you know?
In a new book, an engineer and an architect lay out a program for urban development based on the cold hard facts about environmental sustainability.
Workshop aims to unite research and practice
MIT Leading Technology and Policy (LTP) Initiative gathers experts from technical and policy communities
MIT researchers seek to create tool to identify sources of foodborne illness outbreaks
Team receives two-year award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Innovation in renewable-energy technologies is booming
New study shows that research investments and growing markets have fueled a huge rise in new patents.
ESD alumna honored by the World Economic Forum
Erica Fuchs named to 'Top 40 under 40 Young Scientist' list
Targeting product design for the developing world
The key, MIT study finds, is designing products that make money for the microentrepreneur.
LINC 2013 explores global technology-enabled learning
Conference examines realities and potential of online global education
Allocating flu vaccines to maximize number of people remaining healthy
Research could help prevent millions of people from becoming infected with the next pandemic flu
Lawrence Bacow speaks on challenges facing higher education
Former MIT chancellor examines rising costs, digital learning in Charles L. Miller Lecture