Author Archives: Meghan Harrington
Angela Belcher on improving ovarian cancer diagnostics
DMSE Professor Angela Belcher and MIT Professor Sangeeta Bhatia chat with Edgar B. Herwick III of GBH’s The Curiosity Desk about their efforts aimed at improving diagnostics for ovarian cancer.
Reflections on glass
“No material combines utility and beauty like glass,” says Manoj Choudhary, ScD ‘80, whose pioneering work at Owens Corning included finding ways of using electricity rather than fossil-fuel…
MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2026
Seven MIT researchers are among the 130 new members and 28 international members recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for 2026. Twelve additional MIT alumni were also…
Accelerating science with AI and simulations
For more than a decade, MIT Associate Professor Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli has used artificial intelligence to create new materials. As the technology has expanded, so have his ambitions.Now, the…
C. Cem Tasan promoted to full professor
C. Cem Tasan, the POSCO Associate Professor of Metallurgy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), has been promoted to full professor, effective July 1.Tasan studies…
Yildiz works toward materials to power the green revolution
Bilge Yildiz cannot pick favorites among her many research projects involving the electrochemistry of inorganic materials, work that ranges from the electro-synthesis of carbon-free fuels to energy-efficient computer…
How generative AI can help scientists synthesize complex materials
Generative artificial intelligence models have been used to create enormous libraries of theoretical materials that could help solve all kinds of problems. Now, scientists just have to figure…
DMSE lecturer brings community wishes to life in Boston sculpture
Boston got its own good luck charm, “Amulet,” a 19-foot-tall tangle of organic spires installed in City Hall Plaza and embedded with the wishes, hopes, and prayers of…
Tuller honored for world-leading work in solid-state ionics
Professor Harry L. Tuller has received the Senior Scientist Award of the International Society for Solid State Ionics (ISSI), the most prestigious award of the ISSI.The professor of…
Meet a U.S. startup trying to break China’s rare-earth monopoly
New York Times reporter Rebecca Elliott spotlights Phoenix Tailings, a startup co-founded by DMSE alumni Tomás Villalón ’14 and Michelle Chao ’14 that is developing a sustainable process for…