Pluto Revealed! An update from New Horizons
Professor Richard Binzel, NASA New Horizons science team co-PI, shares mission results on Sept. 9.
Department
Aeronautics and Astronautics
UAVs learn to fly solo
Nick Roy develops unmanned aerial vehicles that can operate autonomously in constrained spaces and unmapped environments.
Robots collaborate to deliver meds, supplies, and even drinks
Bots from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab work together more effectively in the face of uncertainty.
3 Questions: Lennon Rodgers on docking in space
System for locking satellites together, initially developed for master’s thesis, to get first space test.
MIT Rocket Team places first at International Rocket Engineering Competition
Rocket designed and built by AeroAstro students outperforms entries from 36 other teams.
Three undergraduate communities to welcome new housemasters this fall
Committees select faculty for posts in Baker, McCormick, MacGregor.
Working out in artificial gravity
A combination of exercise and artificial gravity may lessen negative effects of weightlessness in space.
MISTI welcomes new faculty directors
Patrick Jaillet is named faculty director of MIT-France; Paulo Lozano is named faculty director of MIT-Mexico.
Tackling challenges at the intersection of engineering and sports
Sports companies connect with engineering students and faculty at the second annual STE@M Day.
New model calculates how air transport connects the world
Study finds one-stop flights are a big contributor to global connectivity.
Helping robots handle uncertainty
Algorithm for planning multirobot collaborations makes complex models practical.
“Rocket science” for marketing
Startup’s software, designed to plan NASA space missions, now drives more effective online advertising.
Mission: "Space for all"
In visit to MIT, NASA astronaut Yvonne Cagle urges women and girls to dream big.
Newly tenured engineers
Thirteen tenure appointments are made in seven of eight academic departments in the School of Engineering.