Author Archives: Meghan Harrington
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…
The spark of innovation and the commercialization journey
To Vanessa Chan, effective engineers don’t just solve technical problems. To make an impact with a new product or technology, they need to bring it to market, deploy…
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…
QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2025
QS World University Rankings has placed MIT in the No. 1 spot in 11 subject areas for 2025, the organization announced today.The Institute received a No. 1 ranking…
Fiber computer allows apparel to run apps and “understand” the wearer
What if the clothes you wear could care for your health?MIT researchers have developed an autonomous programmable computer in the form of an elastic fiber, which could monitor…
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…
MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2025
Eight MIT researchers are among the 128 new members and 22 international members recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for 2025. Thirteen additional MIT alumni…
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…
Mishael Quraishi named 2025 Churchill Scholar
MIT senior Mishael Quraishi has been selected as a 2025-26 Churchill Scholar and will undertake an MPhil in archaeological research at Cambridge University in the U.K. this fall.Quraishi,…