Programming materials for better designs
Skylar Tibbits creates smart materials that elegantly transform themselves to improve processes and products.
MIT takes next step in advancing Kendall Square Initiative
Institute files application for Cambridge Planning Board review.
Designing for flexibility
Richard de Neufville teaches and practices flexible engineering design for infrastructure projects that meet the challenges of the future.
Working out in artificial gravity
A combination of exercise and artificial gravity may lessen negative effects of weightlessness in space.
Predicting sediment flow in coastal vegetation
Model could help engineers design erosion-prevention strategies in marshes, wetlands, aquatic forests.
Putting people before buildings
Architecture major Tiandra Ray designs spaces with a focus on community, not just aesthetics.
Sustainability of the built environment
Professor Oral Buyukozturk has catalyzed multidisciplinary ventures to advance sustainable designs for infrastructure in Kuwait and elsewhere.
Kendall Square Initiative ready to take next steps
Proposed building designs presented at two community meetings.
A memorial built “with big hearts, and all love”
Inspired by an open hand, newly dedicated Collier Memorial opens a gateway to the MIT campus.
Magnifying vibrations in bridges and buildings
Researchers apply computer vision technique to see tiny vibrations in large structures.
Collier Memorial dedication and community picnic to honor fallen MIT officer
MIT community invited to April 27 lecture and April 29 memorial dedication and picnic in honor of Officer Sean Collier.
A mollusk of a different stripe
Optical features embedded in marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays.
Power efficiency in the violin
New study identifies key design features that boost violins’ acoustic power.
Small engine packs a punch
Startup’s rotary engine, based on novel thermodynamics, is lighter, quieter, more efficient than counterparts.