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Technologies for water conservation and treatment move closer to commercialization
The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) provides Solutions Grants to help MIT researchers launch startup companies or products to commercialize breakthrough technologies in water…
Canceling noise to improve quantum devices
For years, researchers have tried various ways to coax quantum bits — or qubits, the basic building blocks of quantum computers — to remain in their quantum state…
Elsa Olivetti appointed associate dean of engineering
Elsa Olivetti, the Jerry McAfee (1940) Professor in Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been appointed as associate dean of engineering, effective Sept. 1.
School of Engineering awards for 2023
Each year, the MIT School of Engineering honors outstanding faculty, students, and staff across its departments, labs, centers, and institutes with a number of awards. Recently, the school…
Elsa Olivetti wins the McDonald Mentoring Award
MIT’s School of Engineering has named Professor Elsa Olivetti of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) the recipient of the Capers and Marion McDonald Award for…
Chris Schuh named dean of Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
A first-year graduate student in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) in 2007, Tim Rupert was prepared to present research at a Materials Research Society conference…
The tenured engineers of 2023
In 2023, MIT granted tenure to nine faculty members across the School of Engineering. This year’s tenured engineers hold appointments in the departments of Biological Engineering, Civil and…
Arrays of quantum rods could enhance TVs or virtual reality devices
Flat screen TVs that incorporate quantum dots are now commercially available, but it has been more difficult to create arrays of their elongated cousins, quantum rods, for commercial…
Study finds a surprising new role for a major immune regulator
A signaling protein known as STING is a critical player in the human immune system, detecting signs of danger within cells and then activating a variety of defense…
Sensing and controlling microscopic spin density in materials
Electronic devices typically use the charge of electrons, but spin — their other degree of freedom — is starting to be exploited. Spin defects make crystalline materials highly…