Tackling the housing shortage with robotic microfactories
Reframe Systems, co-founded by Vikas Enti SM '20, creates microfactories for modular home construction, reducing carbon emissions and costs.
How to expand the US economy
In “Priority Technologies,” MIT faculty examine key areas of innovation that can drive American prosperity and security — now and in the decades ahead.
MIT researchers use AI to uncover atomic defects in materials
A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials’ mechanical strength, heat transfer, and energy-conversion efficiency.
Active Surfaces aims to install peel-and-stick solar panels everywhere
This award-winning startup with roots at the MIT Energy Initiative is developing lightweight, flexible, high-efficiency solar energy films designed to be used on roofs, walls, and any curved surface.
Tackling industry’s burdensome bubble problem
MIT researchers uncovered the physics behind bubble-removing membranes that could improve bioreactors, chemical production, and more.
Welcome to the “most wicked” apprentice program on campus
With a focus on metallurgy and fabrication, Pappalardo Apprentices assist their peers with machining, hand-tool use, brainstorming, and more, while expanding their own skills.
Introducing the Minerals Stewardship Consortium at MIT
The consortium convenes industry, academia, and policy leaders to navigate competing demands and reimagine materials supply.
MIT takes manufacturing education across the country
The new TechAMP program teaches production principles to workers, helping them advance their careers and identify savings at their firms.
MIT NEET students install solar-powered charging station on campus, resurrecting an MIT tradition
The project was designed and built with novel “bio-composite” materials developed by the student team.
From nanoscale to global scale: Advancing MIT’s special initiatives in manufacturing, health, and climate
MIT.nano cleanroom complex named after Robert Noyce PhD ’53 at the 2025 Nano Summit.
Battery-powered appliances make it easy to switch from gas to electric
Founded by Sam Calisch SM ’14, PhD ’19, Copper offers electric kitchen ranges that plug into standard wall outlets, with no electrical upgrades required.
MIT engineers solve the sticky-cell problem in bioreactors and other industries
Their system uses electrochemically generated bubbles to detach cells from surfaces, which could accelerate the growth of carbon-absorbing algae and lifesaving cell therapies.
Checking the quality of materials just got easier with a new AI tool
Acting as a “virtual spectrometer,” SpectroGen generates spectroscopic data in any modality, such as X-ray or infrared, to quickly assess a material’s quality.
MIT gears up to transform manufacturing
The Initiative for New Manufacturing is convening experts across the Institute to drive a transformation of production across the U.S. and the world.
Harvey Kent Bowen, ceramics scholar and MIT Leaders for Global Operations co-founder, dies at 83
Bowen’s innovative work helped transform ceramics and manufacturing education at MIT and beyond.