Engineering Management: Strategy and Leadership

Jung-Hoon Chun serves as the Director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, where he has been a faculty member since 1989. After earning his B.S. from Seoul National University, M.A.Sc. from the University of Ottawa, and Ph.D. from MIT, all in mechanical engineering, he has established himself as a leading figure in innovative manufacturing processes. His research portfolio spans droplet-based manufacturing, microelectronics manufacturing, chemical-mechanical polishing, and polymer-based microfluidic devices manufacturing, with over 100 publications and patents to his credit. One of his most significant contributions is the uniform-droplet spray process, which has been commercialized worldwide for producing solder spheres in electronics packaging. As Director of the MISTI Korea Program and a Faculty Fellow of the Singapore-MIT Alliance, he has fostered numerous international collaborations and industry-MIT consortia. His expertise has been sought by major corporations including Hyundai Motor America, Samsung Electronics, Johnson & Johnson, and CIBA Vision Corporation, while also contributing to non-profit and governmental organizations. His work in chemical-mechanical polishing has been particularly influential, leading to breakthrough developments in semiconductor manufacturing processes, as evidenced by his recent paper on defect-free CMP operations for higher yield in semiconductor fabrication.

Abbott Weiss has shaped modern supply chain management through his unique combination of industry leadership and academic contributions. After earning his BS in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering from Webb Institute, MS in Management from MIT, and Doctor of Business Administration in Logistics from Harvard Business School, he built an impressive 35-year career spanning executive roles and consulting. His leadership positions included Vice President roles at Digital Equipment Corporation, SAP Global Program Management, i2 Technologies, and Polaroid Corporation, where he managed multi-billion dollar global operations. As co-founder of Logistics Systems, Inc., he pioneered specialized consulting and software solutions for commercial and government organizations. Currently serving as a Senior Lecturer at MIT, Tufts, and Brandeis University, he focuses on developing and implementing global supply chain strategies while building integrated, high-performance supply chain organizations. His expertise spans multiple industries, including electronics, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, automotive, software, and retail, where he has consistently emphasized integrating global transportation, logistics, customer services, order fulfillment, manufacturing, forecasting, planning, and materials systems for both internal and outsourced operations. As an independent consultant and educator, he continues to contribute to the field through graduate-level teaching and advising organizations on process improvements and supply chain strategy implementation.