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Chemical engineering
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J-WAFS awards $1.3 million in second round of seed grant funding
Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $100,000 per year for up to two years for innovative research on food and water challenges.
May 18, 2016 -
Martin Bazant named inaugural E.G. Roos (1944) Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering establishes new professorship and graduate student fellowship to honor alumnus.
May 11, 2016 -
3-D Printing 101
As MIT course challenges students to reinvent 3-D printing, professor aims to share approach with others.
May 11, 2016 -
New material temporarily tightens skin
“Second skin” polymer could also be used to protect dry skin and deliver drugs.
May 9, 2016 -
National Academy of Sciences elects four MIT professors
Chakraborty, Lynch, Ploegh, and Sabatini honored for research achievements.
May 3, 2016 -
3 Questions: Amit Kumar and Gregory Stephanopoulos on turning waste gases into biofuels
Research conducted by Kumar, along with a team led by Professor Greg Stephanopoulos, looks to the future of emissions reduction and recycling.
May 2, 2016 -
Fat-fighting nanoparticles
New drug-delivery approach holds potential for treating obesity.
May 2, 2016 -
MIT Energy Initiative awards nine seed fund grants for early-stage energy research
Winning teams will use grants to advance research in areas including fuel cells, solar-powered desalination, and impacts of electric vehicle charging on the power grid.
April 25, 2016 -
Combining curiosity with a desire to help
Senior Juan Jaramillo harnesses his natural curiosity to help others, while never forgetting his roots.
April 20, 2016 -
Tata Center announces new projects for 2016-2017
April 13, 2016 -
Two MIT faculty win 2016 NSF CAREER Awards
James Swan and Konstantin Turitsyn are among 160 young scientists and engineers poised to explore new frontiers and inspire a future generation of scholars.
April 8, 2016 -
QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2016
MIT ranked within the top 5 globally for 19 of 42 subject areas.
April 8, 2016 -
Engineers develop a pill for long-term drug release
New tablet attaches to the lining of the GI tract, resists being pulled away.
April 6, 2016 -
April 12 symposium: Take an immersive, intellectual journey across campus
Beyond 2016: MIT’s Frontiers of the Future event offers a playful introduction to research at MIT.
April 5, 2016 -
Pharmacy on demand
New, portable system can be configured to produce different drugs.
March 31, 2016 -
Nanocrystal self-assembly sheds its secrets
A new approach gives a real-time look at how the complex structures form.
March 21, 2016 -
U.S. News gives top rankings to MIT graduate programs in engineering, business
MIT is home to No. 1 graduate engineering program; MIT Sloan is No. 5 business school.
March 16, 2016 -
MIT develops nontoxic way of generating portable power
Battery substitutes produce current by burning fuel-coated carbon nanotubes like a fuse.
March 14, 2016 -
Confronting Zika
MIT's Institute of Medical Engineering and Science is on the front lines of efforts to diagnose and develop a vaccine against the emerging Zika virus.
February 23, 2016 -
Eleven MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships
Faculty from eight MIT science and engineering departments among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.
February 23, 2016