[Mitworld] Norm Augustine on Engineering Systems, Andres Lozano on Movement Disorders

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 9, Number 3 |  September 24, 2009

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The Mysterious Field of Engineering Systems
June 16, 2009

One of the nation’s revered technology leaders dispenses anecdotes and wisdom on the slippery 
subject of engineering systems (or systems engineering). Former CEO and Chairman at Lockheed Martin, 
Norm Augustine has come up with “Norm’s Rules,” and can at least define ‘system’ 
as “having two or more elements that interact,” and ‘engineering’ as “creating the means for 
performing useful functions.” His must-see "dirty dozen" of engineering systems traps will resonate with
engineers and non engineers alike.  


http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/698

Speaker:
Norman Augustine
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Retired

Lockheed Martin Corporation


Event Host:
Engineering Systems Division

"I am an engineer. I’m one of those people who designed your computer so that when you want to 
shut it off you click on “start”."
-Norm Augustine

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Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy for Movement Disorders
May 7, 2009

New tools are enabling neuroscientists to break therapeutic ground against daunting disorders like 
Parkinson’s Disease. Andres Lozano is one “of a small group of heroes,” in Ann Graybiel’s estimate, 
whose work is yielding astonishing advances on a variety of fronts.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/703

Speaker:
Andres Lozano
Senior Scientist, Division of Brain Imaging & Behaviour Systems - Neuroscience, Toronto Western Research Institute (TWRI)
Professor, Department of Surgery, and inaugural Chair Holder, the Ron Tasker Chair in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, University Health Network


Event Host:
McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT

"In some cases we used pure chance, and fluke and serendipity. Who would have thought you’d treat 
someone with obesity and you’d end up treating memory? So you have to be always on the 
lookout for these collateral effects you were not expecting."
-Andres Lozano

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In The Pipeline:

Looking Ahead to 2020

Presented By:
Engineering Systems Division
 International Engineering Systems Symposium

Moderator:
William Rouse
Executive Director
The Tennenbaum Institute
 Georgia Institute of Technology 

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