MISTI welcomes new faculty directors
Patrick Jaillet is named faculty director of MIT-France; Paulo Lozano is named faculty director of MIT-Mexico.
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Aeronautical and astronautical engineering
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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 model calculates how air transport connects the world
Study finds one-stop flights are a big contributor to global connectivity.
Helping robots handle uncertainty
Algorithm for planning multirobot collaborations makes complex models practical.
“Rocket science” for marketing
Startup’s software, designed to plan NASA space missions, now drives more effective online advertising.
SuperUROP class of 2015 graduates with high accomplishment and promise
Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart thanks SuperUROP students for their research and innovation contributions; praises program's quintessential "MIT-ness."
Mission: "Space for all"
In visit to MIT, NASA astronaut Yvonne Cagle urges women and girls to dream big.
Newly tenured engineers
Thirteen tenure appointments are made in seven of eight academic departments in the School of Engineering.
Tim the Beaver travels to the edge of space for charity
MIT mascot journeys into the stratosphere to support Boston hospital.
MIT engineers hand “cognitive” control to underwater robots
With MIT-developed algorithms, robots plan underwater missions autonomously.
Book launch: "System Architecture: Strategy and Product Development for Complex Systems"
New book from MIT faculty and alumni provides a summary of the field of system architecture.
Dava Newman confirmed as NASA deputy administrator
MIT aerospace and systems engineer will assume agency’s No. 2 post upon President Obama's signing.
Taking aircraft manufacturing out of the oven
New technique uses carbon nanotube film to directly heat and cure composite materials.
Michael Collins: “I could have been the last person to walk on the moon”
Apollo 11 astronaut speaks at MIT about his experiences leading up to the first moon landing.