MIT Lincoln Laboratory wins nine R&D 100 Awards for 2021
A life-detecting radar, a microscale motor, and a quantum network architecture are among this year's most innovative new technologies.
Professor Emeritus Gordon Pettengill, radio astronomy pioneer, dies at 95
Planetary physicist and former director of the MIT Center for Space Research and the Arecibo Observatory helped repurpose military radar technology for science and space exploration.
Saving the radome
Student-led efforts preserve iconic campus landmark for future generations of education and research.
Raoul Ouedraogo and Michael Owen honored with AFCEA Young 40 Under 40 Awards
Lincoln Laboratory staff members recognized for their innovative contributions to a technical field.
With lidar and artificial intelligence, road status clears up after a disaster
Automated tools can help emergency managers make decisions, plan routes, and quantify road damage at city scales.
Three from MIT are named 2020 fellows of the IEEE
Two staff members from Lincoln Laboratory and a professor in the School of Engineering are recognized for their influential research.
Four 2019 40 Under 40 award winners are from Lincoln Laboratory
The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association recognizes innovation and leadership in science and technology.
Lidar accelerates hurricane recovery in the Carolinas
Lincoln Laboratory's lidar data, processed quickly with support from the organization MCNC, helped FEMA assess flooding and damages caused by Hurricane Florence.
High school teachers become students for a week to learn about radar systems
2017 LLRISE program helps high school physics teachers bring new lessons and activities back to their classrooms.
Investigating space weather effects of the 2017 solar eclipse
Atmospheric scientists at the MIT Haystack Observatory will study North American eclipse effects on space weather with radar and navigational satellites.
Lincoln Laboratory enters licensing agreement to produce its localizing ground-penetrating radar
Commercial prototypes of the system will be available to the self-driving vehicle industry.
Celebrating Pauline Morrow Austin, a founder of radar meteorology
MIT faculty, friends, and family gathered to remember Austin's life and commemorate her contributions to science with the unveiling of an exhibit in EAPS.
Pinpointing vehicles with high precision under adverse weather conditions
MIT Lincoln Laboratory radar system achieves centimeter-level localization; could help driverless cars stay in lane when road markings are obscured.
Teaching radar at the University of Puerto Rico
Lincoln Laboratory workshop teaches undergraduates how to build and test small radar systems.
Computer science and engineering major helps people while having fun
Senior Sami Alsheikh helps others, solves problems, and has fun doing both.