Tackling air pollution with autonomous drones
Alumni of the MIT New Engineering Education Transformation Program (NEET) worked together remotely from across the globe to design thinking machines.
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Mechanical Engineering
Ultralight material withstands supersonic microparticle impacts
The new carbon-based material could be a basis for lighter, tougher alternatives to Kevlar and steel.
Four researchers earn interdisciplinary Schmidt Science Fellowships
Selective global honor supports early-career scientists and engineers in taking on new pursuits.
School of Engineering second quarter 2021 awards
Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes.
Physicists bring human-scale object to near standstill, reaching a quantum state
The results open possibilities for studying gravity’s effects on relatively large objects in quantum states.
Queen of hearts
Professor Laurie Boyer studies cardiac development, and how we might be able to mend broken hearts.
Stents inspired by paper-cutting art can deliver drugs to the GI tract
MIT engineers used kirigami-style etching to design a stent that can temporarily lodge in tubular organs to release drugs.
MIT study compares the four largest internet meganetworks
With thousands of satellites, each network could beam down tens of terabits per second, filling gaps left by land-based services.
QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2021-22
Ranked at the top for the 10th straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.
MIT J-WAFS awards eight grants in seventh round of seed funding
Ten principal investigators from seven MIT departments and labs will receive up to $150,000 for two years, overhead-free, for innovative research on global food and water challenges.
3D printing tiny parts for big impact
Professor Nicholas Fang’s startup Boston Micro Fabrication uses a novel light-focusing method to make ultraprecise printers.
Phonon catalysis could lead to a new field
By selectively heating specific phonons without heating the entire material, researchers have enhanced ion diffusion in a way that could have broad applications.
Thirteen from MIT awarded 2021 Fulbright Fellowships
Grants will support their research, graduate study, and teaching abroad in 2021-22.
Ice melts on US-Sudan relations, providing new opportunities
MIT students lead first-ever Global Teaching Labs workshop in Sudan.
Building robots to expand access to cell therapies
Alumni-founded Multiply Labs uses an automated manufacturing platform to produce advanced treatments at scale.