Edmund W. Schuster

Edmund W. Schuster

Edmund W. Schuster is a Short Term Lecturer at the MIT School of Engineering.1 He has held several different research and administrative appointments at MIT since 2000 within the departments of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, and five labs including Langer Lab at the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.2

Key Facts

• Specializes in conducting comprehensive literature reviews in engineering, science, economics, and agriculture1
• Has published over 130 articles and papers that have been cited over 2,150 times2
• Author of the book "Global RFID: the Value of the EPCglobal Network for Supply Chain Management" published by Springer2
• Publisher of the blog "Fabric for Dispersed Knowledge" with over 11,700 posts2
• Previously worked in corporate management at Welch's, Inc. (Concord, MA) for 18 years1
• Associated with several startups in Cambridge and San Francisco, including ReadyTouch, Inc.2

Research Interests

• Biomaterials
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
• Management Science
• Supply Chain
• Precision Agriculture3

Edmund W. Schuster has held several key positions at MIT over the years, including Research Engineer, Administration, and Consultant at the Auto-ID Lab, Field Intelligence Lab, and Data Center.1 He is currently working on independent projects in materials science and the M Language.2