School of Engineering first quarter 2021 awards
Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes over the last quarter.
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Reflecting on a year of loss, grit, and pulling together
As the Covid-19 pandemic altered our lives, the MIT community reached new levels of resilience and ingenuity.
Innovation for aviation
MIT students collaborate online with international peers to tackle business challenges for the Hong Kong International Airport.
Algorithm helps artificial intelligence systems dodge “adversarial” inputs
Method builds on gaming techniques to help autonomous vehicles navigate in the real world, where signals may be imperfect.
Elisabeth Reynolds tapped for White House role, joining National Economic Council
Leader of MIT’s Industrial Performance Center will bring expertise in manufacturing, jobs, and growth.
Retrofitting MIT’s deep learning “boot camp” for the virtual world
With technology new and old, instructors try to recreate the interactivity of their pre-Covid classroom.
The (robotic) doctor will see you now
Study finds patients are receptive to interacting with robots designed to evaluate symptoms in a contact-free way.
Helping soft robots turn rigid on demand
New type of control system may broaden robots’ range of tasks and allow safer interactions with people.
Researchers virtually open and read sealed historic letters
History unfolds as an interdisciplinary research team uses computational tools to examine the contents of “locked” letters.
Researchers introduce a new generation of tiny, agile drones
The technology could boost aerial robots’ repertoire, allowing them to operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions.
Driving on the cutting edge of autonomous vehicle tech
Leveraging research done on campus, student-run MIT Driverless partners with industry collaborators to develop and test autonomous technologies in real-world racing scenarios.
Healing with hydrogels
Inspired by personal tragedy, graduate student Hyunwoo Yuk used his background in soft materials to develop a bioadhesive tape for repairing damaged tissue.
Eight from MIT named 2021 Sloan Research Fellows
Awards honor, support young professors in the Media Lab and departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemical Engineering, EECS, and Mathematics.
Unleashing the potential of the mind
Pison, founded by Dexter Ang ’05, enables people to control digital interfaces, such as their phones, through brain signals.
Fabricating fully functional drones
CSAIL's “LaserFactory” system automates the full process for making functional devices in one system.