Stately Killian Court serves as testing ground for new geotech tool
Civil engineers develop new probe for determining soil characteristics.
Subra Suresh to head National Science Foundation
MIT’s dean of engineering has been confirmed by the United States Senate to direct the largest supporter of non-medical basic-science research in the country.
School of Engineering Dean Search Advisory Committee appointed
12-member group will be led by Professor Jeffrey Shapiro.
NSF award funds Media Lab researchers work on Autism spectrum disorders
Collaboration is the first large-scale effort of computer and behavioral scientists to jointly address ASD.
Suresh formally nominated to lead NSF
President Obama sends MIT engineering dean’s nomination to the U.S. Senate
Obama intends to nominate Suresh as next NSF director
The MIT engineering dean would lead the independent federal agency that supports science and engineering research.
With $25 million grant, NSF funds center to investigate the creation of biological machines
Headquartered at MIT, the new initiative aims to dramatically advance research in complex biological systems and engage underrepresented minority groups