Programming materials for better designs
Skylar Tibbits creates smart materials that elegantly transform themselves to improve processes and products.
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Building the Living Wage Calculator
Amy Glasmeier explores economic variations by region to shed light on income inequality.
MIT awarded Dept. of Energy grant to create and deploy energy-saving travel information and incentives system
$4 million grant will determine whether travel choices can be influenced by data and rewards to save energy.
MIT takes next step in advancing Kendall Square Initiative
Institute files application for Cambridge Planning Board review.
Tiny houses could help mitigate a big problem: homelessness
Urban planner Cate Mingoya analyzes the benefits and challenges of tiny house villages.
Paula Hammond named head of Department of Chemical Engineering
An MIT faculty member since 1995, Hammond succeeds Klavs Jensen as ChemE department head.
Cutting cost and power consumption for big data
New network design exploits cheap, power-efficient flash memory without sacrificing speed.
Three undergraduate communities to welcome new housemasters this fall
Committees select faculty for posts in Baker, McCormick, MacGregor.
Computer program fixes old code faster than expert engineers
What takes coders months, CSAIL’s “Helium” can do in an hour.
Park to be constructed at Bexley site
Interim plan will provide opportunities for student and faculty installations.
MIT-SUTD Summer Global Leadership Program makes a splash
Students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design will experience leadership training, engineering coursework, and outdoor adventure at MIT.
Tackling challenges at the intersection of engineering and sports
Sports companies connect with engineering students and faculty at the second annual STE@M Day.
New manufacturing approach slices lithium-ion battery cost in half
Reinventing how these batteries are made also improves their performance and recyclability.
