This course will provide you with the skills necessary to tackle some of the messiest challenges in the world, including issues in transportation. (Image by Honou on Flickr.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Joseph Sussman
Dr. Afreen Siddiqi
Regina Clewlow
(Teaching Assistant)
MIT Course Number
ESD.00
As Taught In
Spring 2011
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
Students in ESD.00 work on projects to address large, complex and seemingly intractable real-world problems, such as energy supply, environmental issues, health care delivery, and critical infrastructure (e.g., telecommunications, water supply, and transportation). The course introduces interdisciplinary approaches - rooted in engineering, management, and the social sciences - to considering these critical contemporary issues. Small, faculty-led teams select an engineering systems term project to illustrate one or more of these approaches.