From drinking from the firehose to playing in the pool
Lita Nelsen ’64, SM ’66, SM ’79 finally makes good on a longstanding MIT-student requirement.
Tracking what students grasp
Socrative mobile quiz app saves teachers time and offers real-time data on student comprehension of material.
U.S. CTO Megan Smith will be 2015 Commencement speaker
Noted entrepreneur and engineer will return to MIT on June 5 to address the Class of 2015.
Small engine packs a punch
Startup’s rotary engine, based on novel thermodynamics, is lighter, quieter, more efficient than counterparts.
Alloying tougher tungsten
MIT graduate student Zack Cordero deforms and compacts chromium-tungsten powders to create stronger metals with nanoscale microstructure.
MechE spinoff launches all-terrain wheelchair in U.S.
Based on an original design for use in developing countries, new Freedom Chair is specially designed for U.S. and European markets.
Two MIT seniors and an alumnus named Rhodes Scholars
Elliot Akama-Garren ’15, Anisha Gururaj ’15, and Noam Angrist ’13 are among 32 winners nationwide.
From cancelled to champions: The strange history of MIT Football
In the playoffs for first time, MIT's football history has included an 88-year winless streak, an ugliest-man competition, and borrowed orange uniforms.
Running the color gamut
MIT spinout’s quantum-dot technology makes LCD TVs more colorful, energy-efficient.
Hacking health care
PhD student Andrea Ippolito improves health care through engineering, entrepreneurship, and systems design.
“Moneyball for business”
Startup’s behavioral analytics on employees uncover ways to increase workplace productivity, satisfaction.
3 Questions: Lita Nelsen and the Technology Licensing Office
Longtime leader of MIT’s technology-transfer office receives a lifetime achievement award.
Wind energy reaches greater heights
Startup’s on-site fabrication process makes taller wind turbines more feasible.
"Car Talk" host Tom Magliozzi ’58 left us laughing
Tom Magliozzi ’58, who died Nov. 3, was a famed co-host of NPR's "Car Talk" with his brother, Ray Magliozzi '73, as well as a professor, consultant, and MIT Commencement speaker.
