Vinny Fry: Wired for success
MIT engineer oversees design and testing of key magnet components for the Institute's SPARC fusion project.
MIT engineer oversees design and testing of key magnet components for the Institute's SPARC fusion project.
New superconducting magnet breaks magnetic field strength records, paving the way for practical, commercial, carbon-free power.
Eli Paster SM ’10, PhD '14 is the CEO of PolyJoule, a startup working to reinvent energy storage technology to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
MIT team produces practical guidelines for generating hydrogen using scrap aluminum.
The Plasma Science and Fusion Center mechanical engineer embraces her role in modeling fusion magnets and in promoting engineering to young women.
After decades of plasma physics research, Senior Research Scientist Brian LaBombard is taking on magnets for MIT’s new fusion effort.
With MIGHTR, PhD student W. Robb Stewart aims to speed construction of new nuclear plants to help decarbonize the economy.
Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs discusses the state’s plans to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and how to get there.
Study: Using trucks as both storage and means of energy transmission reduces hydrogen supply chain costs and encourages green hydrogen production from variable renewable energy.
Matthew Johnston ’20 uses physics and baseball skills to get remote villages on the grid.
Whether testing high-field fusion magnets or his own physical endurance, Theo Mouratidis pushes the limits.
How an MIT engineering course became an incubator for fusion design innovations.
A new approach to identifying useful formulations could help solve the degradation issue for these promising new lightweight photovoltaics.
Analysis quantifies a dramatic price drop that parallels similar improvements in solar and wind energy, and shows further steep declines could be possible.
New findings may help unleash the potential of high-powered, solid-electrolyte lithium batteries.