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A guide to navigating AI chemistry hype
Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli, associate professor in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, weighs in on the hype surrounding AI tools in chemistry. In an interview with Chemical &…
Prolific MIT materials professor develops a clean power source for airplanes made from … table salt?
Professor Yet-Ming Chiang of MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering and his colleagues have developed a sodium-air fuel cell that “packs three to four times more energy…
MIT grants tenure to Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli
MIT has granted tenure to Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), recognizing his pioneering work at the intersection of computer science and materials…
School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards for winter 2025
MIT faculty and researchers receive many external awards throughout the year. The MIT School of Engineering periodically highlights the honors, prizes, and medals won by community members working…
Workshop explores new advanced materials for a growing world
It is clear that humankind needs increasingly more resources, from computing power to steel and concrete, to meet the growing demands associated with data centers, infrastructure, and other…
Cem Tasan is named new chief of MIT’s Materials Research Laboratory
C. Cem Tasan, the POSCO Associate Professor of Metallurgy in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), has been appointed the new director of the MIT Materials…
Bridging Earth and space, art and science, with global voices
On board Intuitive Machines’ Athena spacecraft, which made a moon landing on March 6, were cutting-edge MIT payloads—a depth-mapping camera, aimed at collecting first-of-its-kind 3D imagery of…
J-WAFS: Supporting food and water research across MIT
MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) has transformed the landscape of water and food research at MIT, driving faculty engagement and catalyzing new research…
Yoel Fink elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Professor Yoel Fink of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)’s Class of 2025. Fink’s research focuses…
James LeBeau promoted to full professor
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) has promoted Associate Professor James LeBeau to full professor, effective July 1.LeBeau is an expert in electron microscopy, which uses…