Topic
Chemical engineering
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Making clean, high-quality fuels from low-quality oil
New insights into a promising approach to fuel production that would reduce costs, energy use, and carbon dioxide emissions.
July 17, 2015 -
Solving mysteries of conductivity in polymers
Materials seen as promising for optoelectronics and thermoelectric devices finally yield their secrets.
July 14, 2015 -
Paula Hammond named head of Department of Chemical Engineering
An MIT faculty member since 1995, Hammond succeeds Klavs Jensen as ChemE department head.
July 13, 2015 -
Boosting biofuel production
New MIT research finds supplements help yeast survive.
July 10, 2015 -
Explained: chemical vapor deposition
Technique enables production of pure, uniform coatings of metals or polymers, even on contoured surfaces.
June 19, 2015 -
School of Engineering awards for 2015
Awards were given to outstanding faculty, and graduate, and undergraduate students.
June 18, 2015 -
Seeking rare cells
Christopher Love uses microscale technology to isolate rare cells, yielding insight into human disease.
June 17, 2015 -
Graduate student Diviya Sinha earns Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship
May 22, 2015 -
Lemelson-MIT announces 2015 National Collegiate Student Prize Competition winners
Students recognized for inventions in health care, transportation, food and agriculture, and consumer devices.
May 19, 2015 -
Designing better medical implants
Optimal size and shape allow implantable devices to last longer in the body.
May 18, 2015 -
MITEI releases report on the future of solar energy
Report highlights enormous potential and discusses pathways toward affordable solar energy.
May 5, 2015 -
MIT and Kuwait University researchers awarded $5.5 million for work on next-generation desalination systems
Funding sponsored through the Kuwait-MIT Center for Natural Resources and the Environment.
April 24, 2015 -
How to identify drugs that work best for each patient
Implantable device could allow doctors to test cancer drugs in patients before prescribing chemotherapy.
April 22, 2015 -
Eight faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Among 197 elected this year to the prestigious honorary society.
April 22, 2015 -
Recruiting the entire immune system to attack cancer
Stimulating both major branches of the immune system halts tumor growth more effectively.
April 13, 2015 -
Fostering U.S.-Russia energy innovation
Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage brings together researchers from MIT and two Russian institutes to develop advanced batteries and fuel cells.
April 10, 2015 -
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awards grant to create a University Center of Exemplary Mentoring at MIT
April 1, 2015 -
U.S. News ranks graduate programs in engineering, business highly
MIT is home to No. 1 graduate engineering program; Sloan is No. 5 business school.
March 10, 2015 -
A simple way to make and reconfigure complex emulsions
Researchers can precisely control the distribution of liquids suspended within each other.
February 25, 2015 -
New nanogel for drug delivery
Self-healing gel can be injected into the body and act as a long-term drug depot.
February 19, 2015