Departments
Aeronautics and Astronautics
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U.S. News ranks MIT sixth overall among U.S. universities
Institute’s undergraduate engineering program is again ranked No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.
September 12, 2012 -
MIT-developed ‘microthrusters’ could propel small satellites
As small as a penny, these thrusters run on jets of ion beams.
August 17, 2012 -
Autonomous robotic plane flies indoors
New algorithms allow an autonomous robotic plane to dodge obstacles in a subterranean parking garage, without the use of GPS.
August 10, 2012 -
Research update: SPHERES to get powerful magnets and goggles
New wireless power and camera setups will expand the mini-satellites’ vision and navigation capabilities.
August 2, 2012 -
New aircraft capable of fast, accurate and repeatable flight
CSAIL's Robot Locomotion Group unveils new computer-controlled aircraft that can perform knife-edge turns.
July 26, 2012 -
AeroAstro’s Greitzer to receive Baker Teaching Award
April 27, 2012 -
Engineering a safer world
Workshop explores safety in nuclear power plants, occupational health, aviation and medicine.
April 23, 2012 -
New study links air pollution and early death in the U.K.
Researchers find car exhaust causes more premature deaths than car accidents.
April 20, 2012 -
A biplane to break the sound barrier
Cheaper, quieter and fuel-efficient biplanes could put supersonic travel on the horizon.
March 19, 2012 -
Tiny 3-D chips
MIT researchers develop a new approach to producing three-dimensional microchips.
February 28, 2012 -
National Engineers Week: A Q&A with Nancy Leveson
On system safety and the book "Engineering a Safer World:Systems Thinking Applied to Safety"
February 23, 2012 -
National Engineers Week: A Q&A with Olivier de Weck
On engineering systems and the book <i>Engineering Systems: Meeting Human Needs in a Complex Technological World</i>
February 22, 2012 -
Robots go head to head, 250 miles above Earth
Third annual Zero Robotics competition pits robots against each other on the International Space Station.
January 25, 2012 -
MIT faculty see promise in American manufacturing
Study group is tackling hard questions about what it will take to stoke renewal.
January 25, 2012 -
Speed limit for birds
MIT researchers find critical speed above which birds — and drones — are sure to crash.
January 20, 2012 -
MIT professor, former astronaut Hoffman named to NSBRI Board of Directors
December 29, 2011 -
At a crossroads
New research predicts which cars are likeliest to run lights at intersections.
November 30, 2011 -
Robots in reality
Nicholas Roy designs robots for real-world challenges.
November 28, 2011 -
Using a phone to fly a drone
Pilotless planes at MIT controlled via iPhones in Seattle.
November 8, 2011 -
3 Questions: Greg Chamitoff on the final frontier
Alum-astronaut relives some of the highlights of his space shuttle career.
October 5, 2011