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School of Engineering
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Two MIT seniors and an alumnus named Rhodes Scholars
Elliot Akama-Garren ’15, Anisha Gururaj ’15, and Noam Angrist ’13 are among 32 winners nationwide.
November 23, 2014 -
New 2-D quantum materials for nanoelectronics
MIT team provides theoretical roadmap to making 2-D electronics with novel properties.
November 20, 2014 -
Controlling a material with voltage
Technique could let a small electrical signal change materials’ electrical, thermal, and optical characteristics.
November 20, 2014 -
Simchi-Levi and colleagues win INFORMS Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice
Team awarded for utilizing Simchi-Levi’s Risk Exposure Index to identify risk and mitigate disruptions in the automotive supply chain.
November 19, 2014 -
Hacking health care
PhD student Andrea Ippolito improves health care through engineering, entrepreneurship, and systems design.
November 19, 2014 -
Running the color gamut
MIT spinout’s quantum-dot technology makes LCD TVs more colorful, energy-efficient.
November 19, 2014 -
Inventing China’s future
MIT-CHIEF emphasizes U.S.-China collaboration in tackling major issues through entrepreneurship.
November 18, 2014 -
Hewlett Foundation funds new MIT initiative on cybersecurity policy
Largest-ever private commitment to cybersecurity establishes major new academic centers.
November 18, 2014 -
A revolution in higher education
Sanjay Sarma is leading an educational revolution now underway in higher education.
November 17, 2014 -
Dennis Whyte named Plasma Science and Fusion Center director
Nuclear fusion leader succeeds Miklos Porkolab, who returns to teaching and research after almost 20 years of distinguished service.
November 17, 2014 -
Bose grants reward risk
Five innovative, high-risk projects launch with support from Prof. Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
November 17, 2014 -
Recommendation theory
Model for evaluating product-recommendation algorithms suggests that trial and error get it right.
November 14, 2014 -
Bacteria become “genomic tape recorders”
Engineered E. coli can store long-term memories of chemical exposure, other events in their DNA.
November 13, 2014 -
Atomic timekeeping, on the go
New approach may enable more stable and accurate portable atomic clocks.
November 12, 2014 -
Dresselhaus and Solow win Presidential Medal of Freedom
Two Institute Professors are among 19 new recipients of the nation’s highest civilian honor.
November 10, 2014 -
MIT researchers to receive awards from the Society for Neuroscience
Three neuroscientists at MIT have been selected to receive awards from the Society for Neuroscience.
November 10, 2014 -
Striking the cord: Optical control of motor functions
Grad student Chi Lu and colleagues demonstrate a highly flexible polymer probe for triggering spinal-cord neurons with light and simultaneously recording their activity.
November 7, 2014 -
Nanoscale work yields big results
Silvija Gradečak’s nanoscale work creates big-scale results that could transform energy production, storage, and lighting.
November 6, 2014 -
New interdisciplinary center at MIT to focus on the microbiome and human health
Partnership with MGH, other institutions to foster regional ecosystem for rapidly evolving field.
November 6, 2014 -
New way to predict how traffic will flow
Model provides a more accurate tool for city planning, emergency evacuations, tracking disease spread.
November 6, 2014