Automating material-matching for movies and video games
Animators spend hours adding textures to objects. A new machine-learning system simplifies the process.
Researchers find a better way to design metal alloys
System uses machine learning to analyze boundaries between crystal grains, allowing for selection of desired properties in a new metal.
Explained: Quantum engineering
Quantum computers could usher in a golden age of computing power, solving problems intractable on today’s machines.
Amanda Hubbard honored with Secretary of Energy’s Appreciation Award
PSFC principal researcher is acknowledged for work with U.S. Burning Plasma Organization.
Q&A: Valencia Joyner Koomson ’98, MNG ’99 on new possibilities in microelectronic health systems
MLK Visiting Scholar focuses on microelectronics for cell analysis and biomedical applications.
Discovery suggests new promise for nonsilicon computer transistors
Once deemed suitable only for high-speed communication systems, an alloy called InGaAs might one day rival silicon in high-performance computing.
Straight talk about race in academia
MIT-hosted panel delves into ongoing challenges for Black scholars — and ways for everyone in university settings to start making a difference.
MISTI pilots conversations in energy
The MISTI Career Conversations: Energy program serves as an innovative pivot from international internships to a virtual seminar series.
Exploring pandemic response through a coded simulation
MIT Social Impact Interns partner with the Naval War College to develop an educational disaster response game.
Four MIT students awarded 2022 Schwarzman Scholarships
Francesca Macchiavello Cauvi, Alice Ho, Ava Waitz, and Lucio Milanese will pursue master’s degrees in global affairs and leadership training at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Two MIT seniors named 2021 Marshall Scholars
Katie Collins and Marla Odell are heading to the United Kingdom next fall for two years of graduate study.
Saurabh Amin: Striving to make our infrastructure safer
The systems engineer focuses on making transportation, electricity, and water infrastructure more resilient against disruptions.
Down syndrome symposium highlights clinical, fundamental progress
Speakers describe studies to address Alzheimer’s disease, sleep apnea, and to advance fundamental discoveries in cell and chromosome biology.
Illustrating Covid-19 hygiene best practices
Jasmine Florentine ’11, SM ’15 combines engineering and art to illustrate educational posters related to Covid-19.
New microscope technique reveals details of droplet nucleation
The initiation of droplet and bubble formation on surfaces can now be directly imaged, allowing for design of more efficient condensers and boilers.