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Tom Fredian: Streamlining fusion data
MIT systems analyst receives award for his essential fusion data storage and retrieval system.
June 1, 2018 -
A celebration of community and research accomplishments
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Senior Celebration and Awards Banquet honors the Class of 2018 and outstanding community members.
June 1, 2018 -
MIT Energy Initiative awards nine Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research
Awardees will use grants to advance research in areas including energy storage, renewables expansion modeling, and the chemistry of electrocatalysts.
June 1, 2018 -
Three MIT graduate students awarded 2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Invention
Award honors top collegiate inventors in the United States.
May 31, 2018 -
GAIN program to connect community college students to career opportunities
Jaramillo lab launches a summer program to broaden the horizons of local students interested in materials science and engineering.
May 31, 2018 -
Device allows a personal computer to process huge graphs
With novel system, data scientists can analyze massive networks without the need for power-hungry servers.
May 31, 2018 -
How many people can China feed?
Graduate student Tiziana Smith studies links between water availability and crop yields in the world’s most populous country.
May 30, 2018 -
Spotlight on engineering staff
The School of Engineering gives its 2018 Infinite Mile Awards for exceptional service and support.
May 30, 2018 -
Featured video: Engineering joy
Graduating senior Izzy Lloyd tells us about her day — and the story of a rich, multifaceted career at MIT.
May 30, 2018 -
A new full-tuition graduate scholarship for women in supply chain management
Collaboration between AWESOME and the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics awards full tuition for the first year of fellowship.
May 30, 2018 -
Teaching chores to an artificial agent
Activity simulator could eventually teach robots tasks like making coffee or setting the table.
May 30, 2018 -
Engineers design color-changing compression bandage
Bandage is threaded with photonic fibers that change color to signal pressure level.
May 29, 2018 -
Jason Martins named 2018 Gates Cambridge Scholar
MSCEP student will pursue an advanced degree in engineering at Cambridge University in the U.K.
May 29, 2018 -
MIT-Tufts collaboration aims to advance translational research
Collaboration will focus on the early yet critical stage of translational science, when a medical device or diagnostic tool is still in its prototype stage.
May 29, 2018 -
Turning up the heat on thermoelectrics
New materials, heated under high magnetic fields, could produce record levels of energy, model shows.
May 25, 2018 -
Irving London, founding director of Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, dies at 99
Longtime biology professor and expert in hemoglobin synthesis was committed to the integration of biomedical research, education, and medical practice.
May 25, 2018 -
J-WAFS awards over $1.3 million in fourth round of seed grant funding
Eleven principal investigators from six MIT departments will receive grants totaling over $1.3 million, overhead free, for research on food and water challenges.
May 25, 2018 -
Ingestible “bacteria on a chip” could help diagnose disease
Ultra-low-power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding.
May 24, 2018 -
Tiny particles could help fight brain cancer
Nanoparticles carrying two drugs can cross the blood-brain barrier and shrink glioblastoma tumors.
May 24, 2018 -
Fleet of autonomous boats could service some cities, reducing road traffic
Researchers design 3-D-printed, driverless boats that can provide transport and self-assemble into other floating structures.
May 23, 2018