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MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in summer 2025
Each year, faculty and researchers across the MIT School of Engineering are recognized with prestigious awards for their contributions to research, technology, society, and education. To celebrate these…
MIT Energy Initiative conference spotlights research priorities amidst a changing energy landscape
“We’re here to talk about really substantive changes, and we want you to be a participant in that,” said Desirée Plata, the School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of…
Antoine Allanore is forging a new future for iron and steel
The steel mill endures in the popular imagination as a place where coal-fired blast furnaces roar and chimneys belch smoke.In 1950s Pittsburgh, it’s said that white-collar businessmen would…
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty in 2024-25
The MIT School of Engineering welcomes new faculty members across six of its academic units. This new cohort of faculty members, who have recently started their roles at…
How MIT’s Steel Research Group led to a groundbreaking national materials initiative
Traditionally, developing new materials for cutting-edge applications — such as SpaceX’s Raptor engine — has taken a decade or more. But thanks to a breakthrough technology pioneered by…
Technology originating at MIT leads to approved bladder cancer treatment
At MIT, a few scribbles on a whiteboard can turn into a potentially transformational cancer treatment.This scenario came to fruition this week when the U.S. Food and Drug…
Harvey Kent Bowen, ceramics scholar and MIT Leaders for Global Operations co-founder, dies at 83
Harvey Kent Bowen PhD ’71, a longtime MIT professor celebrated for his pioneering work in manufacturing education, innovative ceramics research, and generous mentorship, died July 17 in Belmont,…
From biodegradable fibers to green microchips
The MIT Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) has supported a wide range of research programs in partnership with major industry leaders, including Apple, Ford, Microsoft, Rio Tinto, IBM, Samsung,…
Building on a legacy, shaping the future
Materials research thrives across MIT, spanning disciplines and departments. Recent breakthroughs include strategies for securing sustainable supplies of nickel—critical to clean-energy technologies (materials science and engineering);…
New approach could be key to faster, more energy-efficient computing and communications
The future of digital computing and communications will involve both electronics—manipulating data with electricity—and photonics, or doing the same with light. Together the two could allow exponentially more…