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Ellen CZAIKA

Academic Background:

  • 2010 - present • MIT, ESD: PhD Candidate in Engineering Systems
  • 2010 • MIT, System Design and Management: SM in Engineering and Management
  • 2000 • Oxford University: MSc in Applied Statistics
  • 1998 • Millsaps College: B.S. in mathematics, summa cum laude, with Honors in Physics

Work Experience:

  • 2004 - 2009 • BAE Systems
    Functional Manager and Senior Systems Engineer
  • 2002 - 2004 • IBM Business Consulting Services
    Management Consultant

  • 2000 - 2002 • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    Management Consultant

Research Methodology:

qualitative: ethnography, interviews, observation, etc.;

quantitative: modeling and simulation, experiments, surveys, etc.

Research Description:

Ellen explores how mathematical models are used in sustainability negotiations. For her dissertation work, she focuses on two arenas of sustainability negotiations: commercial supply chains and intra-governmental infrastructure planning. For the former, she uses The Cup Game, a negotiation role-play simulation she created based on a real-life coffee cup supply chain. For the latter, she conducts experiments with the 3E Game, wherein participants try to suggest a sustainable infrastructure plan for a desert nation. She also studies design, innovation, and leadership.

 



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