Chemical engineering

QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2018-19

Ranked at the top for the seventh straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 48 disciplines.

June 6, 2018

Left to right: Seed Fund awardees Ahmed Ghoniem, Betar Gallant, Karthish Manthiram, and Bilge Yildiz.

MIT Energy Initiative awards nine Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research

Awardees will use grants to advance research in areas including energy storage, renewables expansion modeling, and the chemistry of electrocatalysts.

June 1, 2018

Seven new projects focusing on solutions to water and food systems challenges, led by 11 faculty principal investigators across five MIT departments, will be funded by the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) with two-year grants of up to $200,000.

J-WAFS awards over $1.3 million in fourth round of seed grant funding

Eleven principal investigators from six MIT departments will receive grants totaling over $1.3 million, overhead free, for research on food and water challenges.

May 25, 2018

MIT researchers have designed brain-tumor-targeting nanoparticles that can carry two different drugs, one in the core and one in the outer shell.

Tiny particles could help fight brain cancer

Nanoparticles carrying two drugs can cross the blood-brain barrier and shrink glioblastoma tumors.

May 24, 2018

MIT researchers developed these polymer microspheres containing polio vaccine that can be released in two separate bursts.

A single-injection vaccine for the polio virus

Nanoparticles could offer a new way to help eradicate the disease worldwide.

May 21, 2018

Delta Electronics Professor of Computer Science Regina Barzilay (left) gives a tutorial on the fundamentals of machine learning.

Applying machine learning to challenges in the pharmaceutical industry

MIT researchers and industry form new consortium to aid the drug discovery process.

May 17, 2018

MIT spinout Sigilon Therapeutics has partnered with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company to develop implantable medical devices that act like “living drug factories,” encapsulating engineered cells that live in the body for months, or years, and produce insulin. Down the road, cells may also be engineered to secrete other hormones, proteins, and antibodies.

“Living drug factories” may one day replace injections

Startup develops implantable, encased cells that live in the body and secrete insulin and other therapeutics.

May 16, 2018

Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and industry representatives strolled along the Charles M. Vest Student Street in the Stata Center, viewing research results from 130 year-long SuperUROP projects.

Showcasing the results of students' real-world research

SuperUROP and Masterworks participants share the findings of their intensive hands-on projects.

May 15, 2018

Mircea Dincă: Searching for materials that collect and store energy

A lifelong fascination with chemistry has led to research on exotic new materials with environmental advantages.

May 8, 2018

Untangling DNA knots

Chemical engineers discover how to control knots that form in DNA molecules.

May 3, 2018

Illustration showing pancreatic islets and oxygen molecules.

Implantable islet cells come with their own oxygen supply

Device could help insulin-producing cells live longer after transplant and improve treatment of type 1 diabetes.

April 25, 2018

Honorees Ahmed Ghoniem (left) and Wesley Harris enjoy the Committed to Caring celebration on April 11.

Celebrating great mentorship for graduate students

MIT’s Committed to Caring Award selects third slate of dedicated professors.

April 24, 2018

Pierre Leonc "PL" Thibaut Brian was a professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering.

P.L. Thibaut Brian, professor emeritus of chemical engineering, dies at 87

Longtime professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering was a champion of engineering and safety excellence throughout his career.

April 18, 2018

MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers have devised a new way to create flexible polymer gels using caffeine as a catalyst.

Polymer synthesis gets a jolt of caffeine

Using the stimulant as a catalyst, researchers create new gels for drug delivery.

April 12, 2018

Person holds up device with lens near their eye

Tata Center adds eight new projects to its 2018-2019 portfolio

MIT principal investigators will receive funding and support for projects seeking an impact in the developing world.