[E&S-seminars] May 5 seminar-SDM's Design Challenge II-Poverty in Africa

[Karen Gibson]

The System Design and Management (SDM) Program
Design Challenge II - Poverty in Africa

Dennis Mahoney
Director SDM Fellows Program

Wednesday, May 5, 2004
12:00 - 1:30 pm
E40-496

Each January, a new cohort of SDM Fellows arrives on campus for the 
start of the program.  During the month, in addition to taking 
courses in Organizational Processes and the start of System 
Architecture, they participate in 2 major "Design Challenges."  These 
"challenges" are very demanding and designed to:
   *Involve participants in an exciting, complex system design/product 
development experience
   *Introduce participants to the organizational processes involved in 
a team-based endeavor
   *Quickly build the SDM learning community of students, faculty, 
staff, alumni and others
   *To have FUN while learning!

In January 2004, DC-II addressed a major socio-technical issue: 
Poverty in Africa.

The teams were given a little more than 2 weeks to work on this 
issue.  They made presentations to their classmates, faculty and 
staff, and a separate executive presentation to Mr. Peter Bell, 
President of CARE USA, one of the major NGO's addressing poverty and 
hunger in the world.

This seminar will provide an overview of the purpose and motivation 
for this challenge, as well as the concepts developed by the 6 teams, 
and lessons learned in tackling challenges such as this given the 
constraints of the program.

Part of the Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series sponsored 
by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment 
<http://lfee.mit.edu>

Light refreshments will be provided.

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Karen  L. Gibson
Program Assistant
MIT Laboratory For Energy and the Environment
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E40-469
(1 Amherst St., E40-469 - for DHL and FedEx)
Cambridge, MA 02139  USA
Tel:  1 (617) 258-6368; Fax:  1 (617) 258-6590
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