School of Engineering awards for 2016
Awards were given to outstanding faculty, undergraduates, and graduate students.
At MIT, a culture of innovation "never gets old"
With support she received at the Institute, Leila Pirhaji wants to bring computational systems biology to the marketplace.
Startup launches theft-proof, weatherproof bikes
Slava Menn aims to make cycling safer and easier in cities worldwide.
From a near-death experience to an Executive MBA
After losing his sight in an auto accident, Joe Bellantoni is giving back to his community while enhancing his career, with the help of his wife and MIT Sloan.
Target coal or carbon?
Researchers are analyzing coal and energy caps as carbon policy instruments for China.
Carbon pricing under binding political constraints
Grad student Jesse Jenkins and professor Valerie Karplus discuss challenges of emissions pricing in a new paper.
![A new study finds generally higher prices with occasional sales mixed in will yield more revenue than consistently low prices, at least for fashionable goods. “The high-value customers will still buy the product,” Karen Zheng says. “They want to [avoid] this feeling of regret, which would occur if they wait now and then cannot get it in the future.”](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201605/MIT-Quantifying-Regret.jpg?itok=qLKeqfIg)
The geography of carbon pricing
Study looks at why some states could be impacted more than others if a price is put on carbon.
J-WAFS awards $1.3 million in second round of seed grant funding
Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $100,000 per year for up to two years for innovative research on food and water challenges.
New MicroMaster’s MOOC teaches supply chain design
The second in a new series of open online courses, part of MIT's MicroMaster’s program in supply chain management, is open for enrollment.
Lung cancer “breathalyzer” wins $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
Team’s smartphone-connected device can detect lung cancer early from a single breath.
MIT team’s “brain” for microgrids wins Clean Energy Prize
Six teams split $225,000 in prizes at the annual competition that funds clean-energy ideas.
MIT Energy Initiative awards nine seed fund grants for early-stage energy research
Winning teams will use grants to advance research in areas including fuel cells, solar-powered desalination, and impacts of electric vehicle charging on the power grid.