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“My goal is to address climate change as an innovator and creator, whether by pushing the boundaries of science” through research or pursuing a zero-carbon future as an entrepreneur, says MIT PhD candidate Pablo Ducru.

A scientist turns to entrepreneurship

After delivering novel computational methods for nuclear problems, nuclear science and engineering PhD candidate Pablo Ducru plunges into startup life.

May 20, 2020

MIT D-Lab collaborates with artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Colombia. The program has pivoted to assess the impact of Covid-19 on the community and provide virtual workshops to address identified needs. Pictured is a D-Lab Creative Capacity Building Training of Trainers in Santa Rita, Colombia in January 2020.

Helping artisanal miners in Colombia face the Covid-19 crisis

MIT D-Lab and local community partners to deliver virtual trainings on making masks, hand sanitizer, vertical gardens, and portable chicken coops.

May 18, 2020

MIT News recently spoke with three leaders of MIT’s Task Force on the Work of the Future. Left to right: co-chair David A. Mindell, professor of aeronautics and astronautics, the Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing at MIT; executive director Elisabeth Beck Reynolds PhD ‘10, who is also executive director of the MIT Industrial Performance Center; and co-chair David ...

The changing world of work

MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future responds to rapid changes brought by the pandemic.

May 18, 2020

Participants collaborate online to propose innovative solutions to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak at MIT HealthHACK.

Virtual hackathon unites international community to tackle Covid-19

University students and professionals connect online to find practical solutions to problems linked with the current pandemic.

May 13, 2020

Thomas Peacock, seen here on a research cruise off the coast of California in March 2018, has conducted research at sea for 15 years on global-class research vessels and aboard local coastal vessels all over the world — from the South China Sea to the Arctic.

Protecting seafarers and the global supply chain during Covid-19

Professor Thomas Peacock is a member of the UN Global Compact Task Force urging coordinated international response for offshore and shipping industries.

May 12, 2020

Q&A: Gregory Rutledge on initial testing of KN95 respirators for public health officials

MIT professor’s research group leverages its capability for testing filtration efficiency to assess certain respirators for MEMA, others.

April 30, 2020

Valerie Karplus, an assistant professor of global economics and management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, is one of several MIT faculty who have played an organizing role in an effort focused on delivering masks, gloves, and gowns, all critical items worn by front-line health care workers during the Covid-19 emergency.

MIT team draws on supply chain expertise to help protect health workers from Covid-19

The group is working to increase availability of personal protective equipment during the pandemic.

April 21, 2020

The latest version of the MIT E-Vent team's emergency ventilator design undergoes testing in their lab.

MIT team races to fill Covid-19-related ventilator shortage

An ad hoc team of engineers and doctors has developed a low-cost, open-source alternative, now ready for rapid production.

April 20, 2020

Kenneth Keniston was crucial in launching the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT.

Remembering Kenneth Keniston, founder of the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society

Longtime professor played a major role in encouraging MIT to ask new questions that significantly broadened the Institute’s educational mission.

April 18, 2020

Mosaic of MITx MicroMasters learners from the Program in Supply Chain Management. New program graduates bring the total number of credential-holders to 2,243 from 115 countries.

Amid shutdowns, supply chains pivot and global demand for specialized talent intensifies

New MITx MicroMasters credential-holders prepare to meet supply chain disruptions through their knowledge and newly acquired abilities.

April 13, 2020

The new Solve Health Security and Pandemics Challenge is designed to produce both short-term solutions to the impact of the current pandemic as well as longer-term strategies for future crises.

MIT Solve rises to meet health security and pandemic challenge

MIT Solve 2020 Challenge seeks tech-based solutions to health security challenges, including Covid-19 and future pandemics.

April 13, 2020

McGovern Institute scientists Jonathan Gootenberg (left) and Omar Abuddayeh in the lab

3 Questions: How Covid-19 tests work and why they’re in short supply

MIT scientists Omar Abudayyeh and Jonathan Gootenberg explain the current state of Covid-19 testing, and how a CRISPR tool may help solve the supply problem.

April 10, 2020

Robyn Goodner, who serves as a maker technical specialist for Project Manus, models the face shield design in the Metropolis Makerspace.

MIT initiates mass manufacture of disposable face shields for Covid-19 response

A team from MIT has designed disposable face shields that can be mass produced quickly to address hospitals’ needs nationwide.

March 31, 2020

“Most manufacturing companies will keep about two weeks of inventory,” says David Simchi-Levi, who is a professor of engineering systems in the School of Engineering and in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society within the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing. "That means they were able to cover demand for the first two weeks of March. After that, [given] no more supplies, ther...

Supply chain outlook: The timing of the slowdown

MIT Professor David Simchi-Levi forecast the mid-March manufacturing pause. Now he looks ahead.

March 25, 2020

“People are worried about the food supply chain,” says MIT supply chain expert Yossi Sheffi, who is the Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, a professor in MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. “However, the U.S. food supply chain is very robust.”

Supply chain outlook: Why the situation varies by industry

MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi describes the supply chain landscape in the U.S., from food security to concerns about medical supplies.