Seeking inspiration from ancient technologies
New fieldwork program in civil and environmental engineering takes students to Italy for a lesson in ancient infrastructure and materials.
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Materials Science and Engineering
New institute will accelerate innovations in fibers and fabrics
National public-private consortium led by MIT will involve manufacturers, universities, agencies, companies.
How to make metal alloys that stand up to hydrogen
New approach to preventing embrittlement could be useful in nuclear reactors.
New chemistries found for liquid batteries
Grid-scale approach to rechargeable power storage gets new arsenal of possible materials.
MITx Grant Program selects eight new innovative digital learning projects
New projects emphasize using digital methods not possible in traditional classes, leveraging research-based teaching practices, and measuring student learning.
Four professors named 2016 MacVicar Faculty Fellows
Devadas, Grossman, Sipser, and Tang awarded MIT’s highest undergraduate teaching award.
Carbon nanotubes improve metal’s longevity under radiation
Aluminum used in nuclear reactors and other harsh environments may last longer with new treatment.
Built to peck: MITx video series explores how woodpeckers avoid brain injury
Videos hosted by Professor Lorna Gibson bring an engineering approach to birding.
Christine Ortiz to step down as dean for graduate education
Six-year tenure was defined by collaboration across schools, departments, and offices.
Acoustic tweezers manipulate cells with sound waves
Technique could enable 3-D printing of cellular structures for tissue engineering.
Self-stacking nanogrids
Polymer nanowires that assemble in perpendicular layers could offer route to tinier chip components.
Going off grid: Tata researchers tackle rural electrification
At MIT’s Tata Center for Technology and Design, researchers are exploring ways to extend electricity access to rural communities in India using microgrids.
Switchable material could enable new memory chips
Small voltage can flip thin film between two crystal states — one metallic, one semiconducting.
Concentrating dawn-to-dusk solar energy
MOSAIC award spurs MIT research into concentrator solar cells that can run in shade and full sun with power control and wavelength separation.