Monterrey Tec researchers exhilarated by nanotech challenges
The Tec de Monterrey and MIT Program fosters exchanges in nanotechnology and nanoscience, with the goal of helping the Tec to become a research university.
EECS announces four faculty promotions
Palacios, Shah, Tedrake promoted to full professor; Englund promoted to associate professor without tenure.
Toward hack-proof RFID chips
New technology could secure credit cards, key cards, and pallets of goods in warehouses.
A virtual “guide dog” for navigation
Low-power chip processes 3-D camera data, could enable wearable device to guide the visually impaired.
New chip fabrication approach
Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers.
Nanodevices at one-hundredth the cost
New techniques for building microelectromechanical systems show promise.
Toward tiny, solar-powered sensors
New ultralow-power circuit improves efficiency of energy harvesting to more than 80 percent.
Unlocking nanofibers’ potential
Prototype boosts production of versatile fibers fourfold, while cutting energy consumption by 92 percent.
Building community for EECS postdocs
Postdoctoral scholars in electrical engineering and computer science gain new perspectives as Postdoc6 comes full cycle.
Radio chip for the “Internet of things”
Circuit that reduces power leakage when transmitters are idle could greatly extend battery life.
Fast, cheap nanomanufacturing
Arrays of tiny conical tips that eject ionized materials could fabricate nanoscale devices cheaply.
Mass spectrometry in your hand
Electrospray arrays can dramatically downsize systems and costs for onsite chemical analysis — and many other applications.
Learning how things fall apart
New research reveals how bonded materials, from airplane wings to dental crowns, lose their bonding.
