MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Al-Ti, a re-solidified compound of metals, forms the basis of advanced alloy for aerospace applications of lightweight metals. The Allanore group investigates the property of such compounds as melts, in order to improve and control the manufacturing of such alloys.   READ MORE

What’s New

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Transportation & Infrastructure

Roads, rails, planes, and buildings are all made of complex materials, with critical needs related to climate, weight, cost, and other factors. 

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Simulation & Data Science

Using data analysis, simulations, and computation, materials scientists and engineers can develop new solutions to major challenges, speeding up the experimental process.

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Sensing & Computing

Materials science underpins every aspect of our modern computers and telecommunications infrastructure, and will enable those of tomorrow. 

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Manufacturing Technologies

Manufacturing depends on materials — to develop, to process, to package, to transport, and eventually to recycle. DMSE has a long involvement with all aspects of manufacturing, from the micro to the macro.

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Health and Medicine

Materials researchers are working on vaccines, implants, diagnostic devices, and many other aspects of healthcare and medicine.

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Energy

Materials applications in energy research include creating and improving power supplies, working with alternative power sources, and improving materials processing and recycling. DMSE faculty, students, and research staff are involved in every aspect of these innovations.

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Research Initiatives in Climate & Sustainability

The future depends on finding solutions to the enormous challenges facing the world, including pollution, water scarcity, greenhouse gases, climate change, and more. DMSE faculty, students and staff are working with researchers across MIT to address major issues of climate and sustainability.  

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Spotlight

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Flexible Fiber Battery

Professors Yoel Fink and Ju Li have collaborated with other researchers to develope a rechargeable lithium-ion battery in the form of an ultra-long fiber that could be woven into fabrics. The battery could enable a wide variety of wearable electronic devices, and might even be used to make 3D-printed batteries in virtually any shape.

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Selective Sulfidication of Metal Compounds

Professor Antoine Allanore and DMSE researchers have developed a new way of processing rare-earth and other key metals to separate them from other materials could reduce environmental impact and cost.

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