Radiation physics today for materials science tomorrow
In the 2016 Del Favero Doctoral Thesis Prize Lecture, Mingda Li PhD '15 describes how radiation can help us understand and design new materials.
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Mechanical Engineering
MIT students win first round of SpaceX Hyperloop contest
Design tops more than 100 entries at an international high-speed transportation competition inspired by Elon Musk and sponsored by SpaceX.
Learning to solve
Hallmark program “SuperUROP” lets undergrad engineers dive into a year-long research experience.
A new quantum approach to big data
System for handling massive digital datasets could make impossibly complex problems solvable.
Scientists tune polymer material’s transparency
Material may offer cheaper alternative to smart windows.
Larissa Senatus learns about the world by doing
Mechanical engineering major hopes to bring hands-on learning opportunities home to Haiti.
A nanophotonic comeback for incandescent bulbs?
Researchers combine the warm look of traditional light bulbs with 21st-century energy efficiency.
Three from MIT named inaugural Schwarzman Scholars
New award pays for one-year master's at Tsinghua University in China.
25 from MIT named to Forbes 30 Under 30 lists in 2016
Students, researchers, and alumni honored in the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists showcasing America’s most important young entrepreneurs, thinkers, and leaders.
Grad students honored for their research at Materials Research Society meeting
Three MIT graduate students win Silver Awards for work on catalysts, hydrogels, and magnetic nanoparticles.
The Nam P. Suh Professorship connects multiple generations of mechanical engineering faculty
Faculty and friends celebrate Nam Suh and inaugural chair holder Seth Lloyd.
3 Questions: Martin Culpepper on making the future makers
MIT students want to make things. Meet the “Maker Czar” who’s helping them.
Nanodevices at one-hundredth the cost
New techniques for building microelectromechanical systems show promise.
Study assesses solar photovoltaic technologies
MIT researchers recommend rapidly scaling up current silicon-based systems while continuing to work on other technologies.
A mechanical engineering rite of passage at MIT
Since the 1970s, Department of Mechanical Engineering course 2.007 has introduced undergraduate students to hands-on designing and building.