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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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Stu Uram, Mert Flemings, and Chris Schuh

Stu Uram, 1934–2019

DMSE is sorry to announce the death of Dr. Stuart Uram, a longtime generous friend to the department and to MIT.

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Priyanka Chaudhuri, Magdalena Rieb, Chris Schuh, Angelita Mireles at SoE Infinite Mile awards

Infinite Mile, 2019

We are thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of Angelita Mireles, winner of the School of Engineering Ellen J. Mandigo Award for Sustained Excellence, and of Magdalena Rieb and Priyanka Chaudhuri, winners of the Infinite Mile Awards!

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Prof. Ross Microscopy Apparatus

Wulff Lecture: Prof. Frances M. Ross

Professor Ross and her group can watch crystals grow in the electron microscope by slowly adding atoms to a clean surface. The movies show kinetics and thermodynamics in action but are also entertaining, frustrating, or both at the same time. She shares the joy of this “in situ” microscopy as her group aims to understand how atoms assemble into nanowires or nanocrystals and uses the information to control the formation of more complex nanostructures.

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Magnified image of superconductor structure

Recent MIT faculty addition Prof. LeBeau receives PECASE

Professor Jim LeBeau joined our faculty on July 1. He was previously Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University where his research focus was on developing new TEM and scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) techniques to determine the atomic structures of materials, thereby understanding ceramics, metals, and electronic materials in a way that we never have before. Professor LeBeau has a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic University and a Ph.D. from UCSB, both in materials science and engineering. He holds the John Chipman Career Development Chair. As part of the MIT.nano research community, Prof. LeBeau brings unique skills and experience in TEM and STEM techniques and instrumentation, which will enrich materials research at MIT immediately and for decades to come.

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silicon wafer

Manufacturing

WGBH reports on AIM Photonics educational endeavors

MIT is stepping in to train technicians in the advanced manufacturing field of integrated photonics — installing light technology on chips. MIT's AIM Photonics, led by Prof. Kimerling, is one of 14 institutions across the country that were part of the Obama administration's initiative to develop new technologies and build the little-known industry's workforce. Now, they are helping students learn new skills that will lead to new jobs.

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