MIT SDM – System Design and Management

Theo Ude is a product realization team lead at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, working on nuclear deterrent technology for the U.S. Department of Energy. Several of his coworkers at the lab attended System Design and Management and spoke highly of the program. Theo started the graduate certificate program in the fall of 2025 and immediately saw the impact on his work....

Michelle Easter’s path to System Design and Management took her around the world. Pursuing a childhood inclination for mechanics wasn’t her first career choice. Instead, Michelle worked as a professional makeup artist and model for several years, traveling the globe and exploring new countries. Then she decided to try higher education and discovered a love of engineering. She...

By Stefanie Koperniak

Currently a principal software development manager at Microsoft in the Cloud+AI division, Christine “Chris” Miyachi SDM ’01 recently gave the keynote at the IEEE International Conference on AI and Data Analytics (ICAD 2026) and serves as chair of the IEEE AI coalition. She previously worked in software engineering for 22 years at Xerox...

Join us on Tuesday, March 16, 2027 to learn about SDM’s graduate certificate in systems and product development! Our integrated core class teaches systems engineering, system architecture, and project management skills. You can study from a distance while continu...

Join us on Tuesday, February 16, 2027 to learn about SDM’s graduate certificate in systems and product development! The program is designed for working engineers. Keep working while taking our integrated core class and learn crucial systems engineering, system ar...