Author Archives: Meghan Harrington
Collaborating with the force of nature
Common sense tells us to run from molten lava flowing from active volcanoes. But MIT professors J. Jih, Cristina Parreño Alonso, and Skylar Tibbits — faculty in the…
A new platform for developing advanced metals at scale
Companies building next-generation products and breakthrough technologies are often limited by the physical constraints of traditional materials. In aerospace, defense, energy, and industrial tooling, pushing those constraints introduces…
Confronting the AI/energy conundrum
The explosive growth of AI-powered computing centers is creating an unprecedented surge in electricity demand that threatens to overwhelm power grids and derail climate goals. At the same…
Kevin Rogers honored with 2025 Infinite Mile Award
Kevin Rogers, facilities manager in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), has received a 2025 Infinite Mile Award, one of MIT’s School of Engineering’s highest honors…
Four from MIT named 2025 Goldwater Scholars
Four MIT rising seniors have been selected to receive a 2025 Barry Goldwater Scholarship, including Avani Ahuja and Jacqueline Prawira in the School of Engineering and Julianna Lian…
The tenured engineers of 2025
In 2025, MIT granted tenure to 11 faculty members across the School of Engineering. This year’s tenured engineers hold appointments in the departments of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Biological…
QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2025-26
MIT has again been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings, which were announced today. This is the 14th year in a row MIT…
DMSE’s Jacqueline Prawira wins Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Jacqueline Prawira, a senior in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), has been awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship for the 2025-2026 school year. She is one…
DMSE honors Class of 2025’s creativity, service, and achievement
From optical memory devices to sustainable materials and archaeometallurgy, Class of 2025 graduates showcased the intellectual range and creativity so valued by MIT’s Department of Materials Science and…
AI stirs up the recipe for concrete in MIT study
For weeks, the whiteboard in the lab was crowded with scribbles, diagrams, and chemical formulas. A research team across the Olivetti Group and the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub…