Murman, Earll

Director

Ford Professor of Engineering Emeritus

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Dr. Murman served as LAI co-director from 1995-2002, as head of MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 1990-1996, and as director of Project Athena from 1988-1991. In addition to his 26 years in academia, his career includes 13 years of industry and government experience. He is the founding director of the LAI Educational Network (EdNet), a group of more than 40 universities in the U.S., England, Italy, and Mexico that develop and deploy lean six sigma curriculum in healthcare, engineering, and management domains.

Dr. Murman is the lead author of the book, Lean Enterprise Value: Insights from MIT's Lean Aerospace Initiative, published by Palgrave in March 2002. Lean Enterprise Value, a definitive account of the past and future implementation of lean principles and practices in the aerospace domain, received the 2003 Best Engineering Sciences Book Award from the International Astronautical Academy. Dr. Murman has authored more than 100 publications in lean thinking, aerospace engineering, and engineering educationareas.

Dr. Murman graduated summa cum laude in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University in 1963 and received his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Princeton in 1967. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the Washington State Academyof Sciences, a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Dr. Murman is an AIAA 2009 Honorary Fellow.