Chemical engineering

MIT experts foresee sustainable ethanol production

February 8, 2007

Jensen to head chemical engineering

January 31, 2007

MIT Professor Jefferson Tester points to a geothermal map of the U.S. Tester lead a panel that has concluded that a substantial portion of the country's energy needs could be met by mining geothermal resources.

MIT-led panel backs 'heat mining' as key U.S. energy source

January 22, 2007

MIT professor of chemical engineering Gregory Stephanopoulos (left), postdoctoral associate Hal Alper and professor of biology Gerald Fink in the lab. The researchers have engineered a new strain of yeast that can produce ethanol more rapidly and efficiently.

Engineered yeast improves ethanol production

December 7, 2006

A new MIT model simulates the flow of natural gas through production systems such as the one shown above.

MIT math model could aid natural gas production

November 21, 2006

The series above illustrates the triple shape effect of a fastener consisting of a plate with two anchors prepared from CL(50)EG: Starting at 20 degrees Celsius, the device, in an easily-handled form, is put into a scaffold, right, which might be difficult to access (a). Increasing the temperature to 40Â C triggers unfolding and positioning into the cavity, left (figures b to d). Increasing the ...

Agile new plastics change shape with heat

Materials could aid medical and industrial processes

November 20, 2006

Shell Oil president discusses new fuels, energy security

November 8, 2006

Colleagues honor Langer for 30 years of innovation

July 20, 2006

Student illustration of molecular bonds, created as part of the Picturing to Learn program in an MIT chemistry course. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('picturing-4b-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')"><span onmouseover="this.className='cursorChange';">Open image gallery</span></a><noscript> <a href="picturing-4b-enlarged.html"><em>(no JavaScript)</em></a></noscript>

'Picturing to Learn' makes science visual

June 27, 2006

Professors Robert Cohen and Michael Rubner pose in Rubner's lab with equipment they use to try to mimic the watermaking abilities of the Namib Desert beetle.

Beetle spawns new material

June 14, 2006

Professor Robert C. Reid dies at 81

June 7, 2006

Public database aids drug researchers

May 30, 2006

U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman emphasized the country's need for alternative fuels during his talk on campus Tuesday, May 9.

Energy secretary pushes oil alternatives

May 12, 2006

Armstrong receives Bingham Medal

April 12, 2006

Graduate student Dhananjay Dendukuri, Professor Patrick Doyle, graduate student Daniel Pregibon and Professor Alan Hatton developed a new method for creating microparticles, shown on the monitor to the right.

Big breakthrough for tiny particles

April 10, 2006

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