Vitae: Kevin Dye

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University Education

Institution Degree Year
Emerson College, United States Graduate Certificate in Publishing 2000-2001
MIT Sloan School of Management Sloan Visiting Fellow 1994-1995
Northeastern University, United States BSc (Mechanical Engineering) 1981-1985


Achievements during Undergraduate Studies

Northeastern University, Class of 1985

  • Completed 5 year Program in 4 years while Co-Founding Decision Support Systems Development Incorporated
  • Baccalaureate of Science in Mechanical Engineering with Focus on Thermodynamical Systems
  • Completed Pre-Med & Computer Science
  • Faculty Voted Ingersol Rand Award for Seniors for "Academic Performance, Contribution to University Life, and Professional Promise"
  • Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
  • Pi Tau Sigma, Mechanical Engineering Honor Society
  • Member, Engineering Council
  • President, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Student Chapter
  • Leader of the A.S.M.E. Human Powered Vehicle Contest
  • Member of & Choreographer for the N.U. Dance Company

Achievements during Graduate Studies

M.I.T.

  • Student in SCHEME: Structure & Interpretation of Computer Programs, M.I. T. Department of Computer Science, 1986
  • Reader, MIT-United Technologies Corporation Industrial Liaison Program 1985-1995
  • Sloan Visiting Fellow, 1994-95, Sloan School at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1994-95
  • Interpretive Structural Modeling with Temporal Modal Logic Inquiring System for the Process Handbook Project, The Center for Coordination Science, M.I.T.
  • Participant in The Management of Technology Program, MIT
  • Participant in the Organizations of the 21st Century Program, MIT

Indiana University

  • Student in SCHEME: Structure & Interpretation of Computer Programs at Indiana University - Bloomington, 1989

Boston University,

  • Boston University, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Course, 1992

University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Independent Study at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with the Chairman of the National Science Foundation Design Methodology Directorate on Object Oriented & Parametric Design, 1993

Carnegie Mellon

  • Reader, Carnegie Mellon-United Technologies Corporation Industrial Liaison Program 1985-1995

Emerson College

  • Graduate Certificate in Publishing at Emerson College, 2000-2001

Industrial and research centers

  • Reader, Rensalaer-United Technologies Corporation Industrial Liaison Program 1985-1995
  • Numerical Methods Course, Hartford Graduate Center, 1987
  • Flexible Manufaturing Systems, Price Waterhouse, Otis Elevator, 1989
  • Shingujutsu Consultants, Creators of the Toyoto Production System & Total Quality Management, Kaizen Program at Otis Elevator, Bloomington, Indiana, 1990
  • Object Oriented Analysis & Design, General Electric, at The United Technologies Research Center, 1993
  • Interpretive Structural Modeling, at Ford Motor Company, 1993-95
  • National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Rapid Response Manufacturing, Advanced Technology Program in the National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Participant in The International Conference on Enterprise Integration Modeling Technologies, Online, 1992-94
  • Schlaer-Mellor Real Time Analysis System taught at the United Technologies Research Center, 1993
  • Rapid Prototyping Program at United Technologies Research Center, 1992-94

Membership in Associations

Membership in Professional Societies and Associations

Organization Years
Senior Research Associate of Future Worlds Center 2008-present
Principal Consultant for US Air Force Research Lab Projects, Dialogic Design International 2011-2016
Service Member of the Commonwealth Corps, The Revolving Museum 2008-2010
Director of Research of Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution and Public Collaboration 2006-2007
Assistant Outreach, Grantwriter, Green Chemistry Program, University of Massachusetts Lowell 2004-2006
President, Green Light Foundation 2002-2004
Chief Process Scientist of CWA Ltd. 1998-2001
Director of Medical Diagnostic Decision Support Systems of Molecules to Market 1995-1998
Systems Engineer, United Technologies Corporation 1985-1995
Co-Founder of Decision Support Systems Inc., Optionware 1981-1985

Teaching Experience

Year University Course Duration
2010 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Creative Economy Stakeholders 2
2009 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Multiple Attribute Decision Making for MBAs 2
2008 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Large Group Design / Decision Support 2
2001 University of Massacusetts Boston Large Group Collaborative Design: Managing Complexity 2

Key Publications

  1. 4-D COMMON OPERATIONAL PICTURE (COP) FOR MISSION ASSURANCE (4D COP) Task Order 0001: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Autonomy Collaboration in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Electronic Warfare (EW)/Cyber and Combat Identification (CID). Jones, P. H., & Dye, K. M. (2016). 4-D COMMON OPERATIONAL PICTURE (COP) FOR MISSION ASSURANCE (4D COP) Task Order 0001: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Autonomy Collaboration in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Electronic Warfare (EW)/Cyber and Combat Identification (CID). Dialogic Design International Dayton United States.
  2. Application of the Structured Dialogic Design Process to Examining Economic Integration and Free Trade in Cyprus, Y. Laouris, T Taraszow, M Damdelen, I Dagli, D Beyatlı, A Karayiannis, K Dye, A Christakis, Action Learning and Action Research Journal, 21 (1) 11-52, (2015)
  3. Co-laboratories of Democracy: Best Choices for Designing Sustainable Futures, Y Laouris, K Dye, M Michaelides, and AN Christakis, in: G.S. Metcalf (ed.), Social Systems and Design, Translational Systems Sciences 1, DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-54478-4_7, Springer Japan. 175-193, (2014)
  4. Collaborative foresight: Complementing long-horizon strategic planning K Weigand, T Flanagan, K Dye, P Jones - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, (2013)
  5. Democracy in Practice: Lessons from New England. Palihapitiya, M., & Dye, K. (2008).
  6. The Cogniscope™ Lessons Learned in the Arena AN Christakis, K Dye - Dialogue as a Collective Means of Design …, (2008)
  7. Photo-induced Copolymer Functionalized Substrates, J WARNER, A CANNON, K DYE - WO Patent 2,007,139,810, (2007)
  8. Research-Informed Models for Communicating the Value of Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution for Public Funding, K. Dye (2007)
  9. Bacteriostatic polymer film immobilization. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 79(4), 874-881. El‐Hayek, R. F., Dye, K., & Warner, J. C. (2006). K Dye - 2006
  10. Green chemistry JC Warner, AS Cannon, KM Dye - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, (2004), 24 (7), 775-799
  11. Developing Collaborative Leadership to Reframe the Safe Use of Pharmaceuticals as a National Health Priority. Final Report, CWA Ltd. Dye, K. M., Feudtner, C., Post, D., & Vogt, E. M. (1999).
  12. Developing a Consensus on the Accountability and Responsibility for the Safe Use of Pharmaceuticals. Washington, DC: The National Patient Safety Foundation. Dye, K. M., Post, D., & Vogt, E. (1999).
  13. Collaboration through communicative action: Resolving the systems dilemma through the cogniscope AN Christakis, KM Dye - Systems: Journal of Transdisciplinary Systems …, (1999), 4 (1), 9-32
  14. Lessons Learned from Five Years of Application of the CogniScope™ Approach to the Food and Drug Administration KM Dye, DS Conaway - CWA Ltd. Report, (1999)