Angela Belcher named head of the Department of Biological Engineering
Biomedical engineering and energy expert to succeed Doug Lauffenburger; with her appointment, half of MIT engineering departments will be headed by women.
Biomedical engineering and energy expert to succeed Doug Lauffenburger; with her appointment, half of MIT engineering departments will be headed by women.
President L. Rafael Reif and Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Education Blanche Staton help Sidney-Pacific students cook and serve Sunday brunch.
Membrane material’s properties could guide design of flexible body armor, new study suggests.
Two new J-WAFS Solutions commercialization grants will support novel technologies that aim to improve the economics and resiliency of farming.
Mechanical engineering alumni and married couple Larissa Nietner and Scott Nill started their relationship — and two companies — as MIT graduate students.
Process developed at MIT could turn concentrated brine into useful chemicals, making desalination more efficient.
Members have made advances in molecular processes, rheology, computer networking, nanocrystalline metals, affective computing, and semiconductor tech.
Technique sheds light on cells’ health and development; may be useful for precision medicine.
New results show how varying the recipe could bring these materials closer to commercialization.
Undergraduates put their ideas on the line in a competition showcasing novel, consequential applications of nuclear science and engineering.
Professors Cullen Buie, Hadley Sikes, and Justin Steil are honored with the Committed to Caring Award.
Approach developed by MIT engineers surmounts longstanding problem of light scattering within biological tissue and other complex materials.
Undergraduate researchers discussed their projects at a well-attended poster session.
Machine-learning approach could help robots assemble cellphones and other small parts in a manufacturing line.
Soft, squishy device could potentially track ulcers, cancers, and other GI conditions over the long term.