School of Engineering first quarter 2021 awards
Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes over the last quarter.
Women in Innovation and STEM Database at MIT announces fellowship program
WISDM has selected 20 women to take part in a Story Collider communications skills training.
Linda Griffith and Douglas Lauffenburger honored for contributions to biological engineering education
Professors awarded the National Academy of Engineering's prestigious Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education.
2021 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
Professors Guth, Olivetti, Short, and Yaffe are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.
Lincoln Laboratory earns a 2020 Stratus Award for Cloud Computing
An innovative approach protects closed-source Windows applications against cyber attacks by automatically and transparently re-randomizing sensitive internal data.
Amy Jin named 2021 Gates Cambridge Scholar
MIT senior will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University.
Eight from MIT named 2021 Sloan Research Fellows
Awards honor, support young professors in the Media Lab and departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemical Engineering, EECS, and Mathematics.
Political scientist In Song Kim receives the 2021 Levitan Prize
New project by inventor of LobbyView.org will advance trade theory and the ability of citizens to influence public policymaking.
Four MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2021
New members have made advances in computer vision, autonomous aerospace vehicles, electric power system analysis and control, and power electronics technology.
Shafi Goldwasser wins L'Oréal-UNESCO Award
Professor and pioneer in cryptography named 2021 Laureate for North America in the 2021 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards.
RAND study finds significant social and economic impacts by Lemelson-MIT Prize-winning inventors
Awardees have created new products, companies, and even entirely new industries, employing over 40,000 workers.
Valeria Robayo named a Reimagine Challenge winner
Inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic, the MIT sophomore has proposed a centralized resource app for those who need help.
Robert Weinberg receives 2021 Japan Prize
The award recognizes Weinberg’s pioneering achievements in the field of cancer biology.