Aeronautical and astronautical engineering

A new approach helps researchers make tiny three-dimensional structures. Pictured are two packaged microchips, each with tiny bridges fabricated on their surfaces.

Tiny 3-D chips

MIT researchers develop a new approach to producing three-dimensional microchips.

February 28, 2012

National Engineers Week: A Q&A with Nancy Leveson

On system safety and the book "Engineering a Safer World:Systems Thinking Applied to Safety"

February 23, 2012

National Engineers Week: A Q&A with Olivier de Weck

On engineering systems and the book Engineering Systems: Meeting Human Needs in a Complex Technological World

February 22, 2012

Richard Garriott speaks with a student at the 2011 Zero Robotics Challenge.

Robots go head to head, 250 miles above Earth

Third annual Zero Robotics competition pits robots against each other on the International Space Station.

January 25, 2012

MIT faculty see promise in American manufacturing

Study group is tackling hard questions about what it will take to stoke renewal.

January 25, 2012

Speed limit for birds

MIT researchers find critical speed above which birds — and drones — are sure to crash.

January 20, 2012

MIT professor, former astronaut Hoffman named to NSBRI Board of Directors

December 29, 2011

Four from MIT named AAAS fellows

December 9, 2011

At a crossroads

New research predicts which cars are likeliest to run lights at intersections.

November 30, 2011

Nicholas Roy, an MIT associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics

Robots in reality

Nicholas Roy designs robots for real-world challenges.

November 28, 2011

Using a phone to fly a drone

Pilotless planes at MIT controlled via iPhones in Seattle.

November 8, 2011

MERS tackles the human-robot divide

October 11, 2011

On May 27, the last day for Endeavour spacewalkers, NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff continued to work on the International Space Station.

3 Questions: Greg Chamitoff on the final frontier

Alum-astronaut relives some of the highlights of his space shuttle career.

October 5, 2011

In plane view

New tool analyzes black-box data for flight anomalies.

September 12, 2011

MIT paper wins award at International Conference on Engineering Design

Alumnus Michael Pasqual and professor Olivier de Weck win ‘Reviewers’ Favorite’ award

August 22, 2011

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