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Awards, honors and fellowships
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Accelerating the pace of engineering
The 2019-20 School of Engineering MathWorks Fellows are using MATLAB and Simulink to advance discovery and innovation across disciplines.
January 28, 2020 -
MIT.nano receives international sustainability award
“Go Beyond” Award celebrates commitment to excellence in efficiency and sustainability.
January 28, 2020 -
Communicating respect for graduate students
Anna Frebel, Wesley Harris, and Harry Tuller honored by graduate students as “Committed to Caring.”
January 27, 2020 -
Bradford Parkinson SM ’61 awarded Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
“Father of GPS” honored with three colleagues for creating the first truly global, satellite-based positioning system.
January 24, 2020 -
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero wins Wolf Prize for groundbreaking work on twistronics
Professor of physics honored alongside Allan MacDonald and Rafi Bistritzer for pioneering research on twisted bilayer graphene.
January 16, 2020 -
Three from MIT are named 2020 fellows of the IEEE
Two staff members from Lincoln Laboratory and a professor in the School of Engineering are recognized for their influential research.
January 8, 2020 -
School of Science recognizes members with 2020 Infinite Kilometer Awards
Four members of the School of Science honored for contributions to the Institute.
January 3, 2020 -
Bose grants for 2019 reward bold ideas across disciplines
Three innovative research projects in literature, plant epigenetics, and chemical engineering will be supported by Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
December 23, 2019 -
MIT Press authors earn coveted “best of” book honors in 2019
The book publisher continues to produce intellectually daring, scholarly work.
December 18, 2019 -
MIT education leaders honored with QS Reimagine Education Awards
Awards honor innovations that enhance learning and employability.
December 18, 2019 -
Fostering forward momentum
Thomas Kochan, Julie Shah, and Evelyn Wang honored by graduate students as "Committed to Caring."
December 10, 2019 -
Two MIT seniors named 2020 Marshall Scholars
Talya Klinger and Steven Truong will begin graduate studies in the UK next fall.
December 9, 2019 -
MIT Dining wins the New England Food Vision Prize
The $250,000 prize is awarded to six teams of college and university dining programs to bring more local food to campus menus.
December 6, 2019 -
Three MIT seniors to join 2021 class of Schwarzman Scholars
Two alumni have also been selected; the scholars will study global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.
December 4, 2019 -
Two MIT professors named 2019 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Li-Huei Tsai and Christopher Schuh recognized for research innovations addressing Alzheimer’s disease and metal mechanics.
December 3, 2019 -
School of Engineering third quarter 2019 awards
Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes over the last quarter.
November 27, 2019 -
Heating by cooling
Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez resolves a fusion paradox to receive Del Favero Prize.
November 27, 2019 -
Clara Piloto wins Hipatia Award for expanding Spanish-language programs
MIT Professional Education director of global programs honored for increasing female enrollment in programs aimed at professionals in Spanish-speaking economies.
November 26, 2019 -
Six MIT faculty elected 2019 AAAS Fellows
Baggeroer, Flynn, Harris, Klopfer, Lauffenburger, and Leonard are recognized for their efforts to advance science.
November 26, 2019 -
Five MIT students named 2020 Rhodes Scholars
Ali Daher, Claire Halloran, Francisca Vasconcelos, Billy Andersen Woltz, and Megan Yamoah will begin postgraduate studies at Oxford University next fall.
November 23, 2019