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MIT Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator announces 2013 student teams
Startup accelerator includes eight MIT student teams as well as teams from six international universities.
Saurabh Amin to be chief scientist on multi-institutional NSF grant
Project aims to improve security and operations of civil and environmental engineering structures and systems
New research could let vehicles, robots collaborate with humans
Researchers are developing systems that can analyze people’s needs to determine the best way to achieve their goals.
A mighty wind
Thrusters powered by ionic wind may be an efficient alternative to conventional atmospheric propulsion technologies.
New rankings acclaim MIT’s graduate programs in engineering, business
MIT leads in seven engineering disciplines and three business fields, says U.S. News & World Report.
How numbers can reveal hidden truths about sports
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference brings professionals and statistics-savvy fans together to study the games people play.
Olivier de Weck named editor-in-chief of Systems Engineering
MIT professor to helm flagship journal of the International Council on Systems Engineering
Humans and robots work better together following cross-training
Swapping of roles improves efficiency as well as robots’ confidence and humans’ trust.
MIT engineers elected to national academy
Three engineers are among this year’s 69 new National Academy of Engineering members.
Daniel Hastings to step down as dean for undergraduate education
Following seven years of administrative leadership, Hastings will return to the MIT faculty.
AIAA honors David Mindell for ‘Digital Apollo’
MIT professor’s book earns Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award.
All that is solid melts into air: Tomás Saraceno visits MIT
CAST visiting artist creates inflatable and airborne biospheres: speculative models for alternate ways of living.
Driving drones can be a drag
Study shows distractions may alleviate boredom and improve drone operators’ performance.