MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering

The Macfarlane lab is focused on developing a set of design principles for synthesizing new inorganic/organic composite materials, where nanoscale structure can be manipulated to tune the emergent physical properties of a bulk material. VIEW NEWS

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Professor Ortony receives Bose Research Grant

Professor Ortony is one of the eight MIT faculty members who have been awarded one of the Institute’s most respected honors: the Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grant, which supports work that is unorthodox, and potentially world-changing.

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new energy storage technologies are developed in DMSE labs

TechXPlore profiles new work in machine learning

A team that includes members of Prof. Grossman's group is using machine learning to speed up research in battery creation, materials, and more.

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2019 SPIE Early Career Achievement Award – Academic Focus

Congratulations to Prof. Hu, a winner of the 2019 SPIE Early Career Achievement Award, which is presented in recognition of significant and innovative technical contributions in the engineering or scientific fields of relevance to SPIE.

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3.001 Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering

In materials science and engineering, the focus is on studying, understanding, designing, and producing tools and solutions that serve human needs. This first-year subject offers the opportunity to meet DMSE faculty, builders, thinkers, engineers, and have some lunch!

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MIT.nano

MIT.nano now open

Materials science and engineering depends on research and experimentation at the nanoscale: observing and manipulating materials' smallest parts has led DMSE faculty, staff, and students to groundbreaking discoveries that change the way the whole world sees materials. MIT.nano, opened in October 2018, houses state-of-the-art equipment that brings incredible new possibilities to MIT and to our department.

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