Developing community around design
MIT Morningside Academy for Design’s inaugural fellows chart a new course.
Tackling social issues through engineering and theater
Senior Susan Su finds inspiration in both makerspaces and performance spaces.
Professor Tom Eagar, renowned metallurgist and admired storyteller, dies at 72
Welding expert and former head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering is remembered for his personal teaching style and commitment to students.
Philanthropist provides $10 million gift to Graduate Engineering Leadership Program
With new support, program looks to expand on its mission of developing exceptional engineering leaders of the future.
Studying floods to better predict their dangers
A fourth-generation civil engineer, graduate student Katerina Boukin researches the growing yet misunderstood threat of pluvial flooding, including flash floods.
Building the self-flying future
For Leon Villegas SM ’08, MBA ’08, a journey of lifelong learning brought him from Mexico to building autonomous air taxis, with a key stop at MIT.
MIT.nano adds new instruments to create and analyze at the nanoscale
New tools can accommodate samples from small pieces up to 200 mm wafers.
Tiny particles work together to do big things
Simple microparticles can beat rhythmically together, generating an oscillating electrical current that could be used to power microrobotic devices.
MADMEC winner identifies sustainable greenhouse-cooling materials
Prizes in the materials science competition also went to a waste-monitoring device and a nanofiber-based yarn.
Making quantum computers more accurate
PhD student Alex Greene studies superconducting quantum computing systems while rounding out their busy schedule with water sanitation projects.
Today’s postdocs, tomorrow’s mentors
At luncheon, Vice President for Research Maria Zuber and others express appreciation for the Institute’s postdoctoral researchers; new postdoc mentoring award debuts.
Professor Danna Freedman receives 2022 MacArthur Fellowship
MIT chemist designs novel molecules that could be used for quantum sensing and communication; visiting scholar Moriba Jah is also awarded, for work on space sustainability.
Celebrating 20 years of discovery, Picower Institute looks ahead to continuing impact
At an exhibition marking two decades since a transformative gift from the Picower Foundation, current and alumni members described research at the forefront of neuroscience and beyond.
MIT system “sees” the inner structure of the body during physical rehab
A system for monitoring motion and muscle engagement could aid the elderly and athletes during unsupervised physical rehabilitation for injuries or impaired mobility.
3Q: Why Europe is so vulnerable to heat waves
Climate modeling shows that this summer’s devastating European heat wave may indeed be a harbinger of the future for that region.