The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL), part of the Engineering Systems Division, is a world leader in supply chain management and transportation education and research. CTL engages in three principal activities: research, outreach, and education.
Research. The center's world-renowned research programs directly involve over 75 faculty and research staff from a wide range of academic disciplines, as well as researchers in various affiliate organizations around the world. CTL has three main research programs: Supply Chain Management, Transportation, and the MIT AgeLab.
Supply Chain Management projects include Supply Chain 2020, Supply Chain Response to Disruption, Demand Management, Innovations in Transportation Procurement, and Outsourcing & Postponement.
Transportation projects include the MIT/Transit Professional Development Program, the MIT Program in Intelligent Transportation Systems, and the National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research.
The MIT AgeLab conducts research to improve quality of life for older adults and those who care for them, creating new ideas and translating technology into practical solutions that improve people's functioning throughout the life span.
Outreach. Through the Corporate Outreach Program, industry and CTL collaborate to turn innovative research into market-winning commercial applications.
Education. CTL's top-ranked academic programs include the Master of Engineering in Logistics program; the PhD program in Logistics and Supply Chain Management; and the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics program, which offers graduate education in logistics and certificates in various logistics-related disciplines.
Through CTL, MIT is the lead university in Federal Region I of the University Transportation Centers program administered by the US Department of Transportation, which provides graduate fellowships in transportation, research and teaching assistantships, and undergraduate research opportunities.
For further information on the Center for Transportation & Logistics and its programs see Engineering Systems Division in Part 2.