Urban physics
Franz-Josef Ulm's serendipitous observation leads to research linking physics and urban planning.
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Start6: In good company
New IAP program offers a bridge between alumni entrepreneurs and Course 6 students.
Flight path: Into the volcanic plume
Researchers in EAPS are using small unmanned aircraft systems to better understand environmental phenomena, such as dangerous volcanic plumes.
How widespread is tax evasion?
New study puts a cost on "round-tripping," a method investors use to avoid the tax collector.
New Course 1 program prepares students to solve today's major challenges
The flexible undergraduate program, launching this fall, mixes rigor and depth with applications to critical areas of societal importance.
Orienteering for robots
Algorithm for determining orientation of objects could aid robots in navigation, scene understanding.
HuMNet Lab students win big at MIT Big Data Challenge
Urban transportation expertise gave team the edge to earn first- and second-place prizes in different categories.
What lies beneath: Sensor analytics in the water system
Andrew Whittle engineers smart underground infrastructure for a safer and more efficient future.
Upcoming conference puts supply chain management in broad context
Host Yossi Sheffi thinks supply chains change, and are changed by, the world.
CEE students model the world and invent the future
Computational thinking and problem solving form the basis for new educational initiatives
MIT, White House co-sponsor workshop on big-data privacy
MIT hosts the first of three conferences on privacy policy