News: Teaching

There’s already a better search engine than Google. It’s YouTube.

February 16, 2023

In the debate over whether ChatGPT will kill Google, New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo writes there’s already a better Google: Youtube. It can teach you how to make sourdough bread, walk you through quantum physics, or give you access to Donald Sadoway's chemistry lessons.  

Kitchen Matters

November 23, 2020

A group of DMSE grad students are creating short cooking videos that demonstrate a principle of materials science (i.e. chocolate tempering, boiling water).    

Takian Fakhrul, Grad Student with the Ross Group, researching photonics

October 2, 2018

When Takian Fakhrul was a young girl, her father, then a graduate student in materials science at the University of Manchester, would bring her along to his lab. During these visits, she would peek at structures under the microscopes or watch him polish newly synthesized materials. And she just…  

3.042 teaches prototyping, communication, and collaboration

June 11, 2018

From cobalt-free, high-entropy alloys to synthetic goose down, the Materials Project Laboratory taught by Michael Tarkanian offers students a chance to explore, and to learn to be OK with not having all the answers. All four of the student teams this semester assigned themselves steep…  

New grant provided to Tara Fadenrecht

April 25, 2018

The 2018 Alumni Class Funds Review Committee has agreed to support Tara Fadenrecht's proposed project “Casting a New Tradition.” The Committee saw this class as a good way to integrate the material world with an appreciation of historical artistic expression. It also looked favorably on…  

DMSE will join NEET in 2018

April 21, 2018

The beginning of academic year 2017 marked the start of a new program called the New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) which provides interdepartmental courses for students interested in combining disciplines that may not have formalized crossovers available in the curriculum. 
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2017 Fall Wulff Lecture

November 6, 2017

  Fantastic Feather: Form and Function When we think of birds, we think of feathers. Feathers give birds their color, from the bright red of a male Cardinal to the iridescent reds and greens of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Feathers keep birds warm and dry: down…  

School of Engineering awards for 2017

June 22, 2017

Lorna Gibson, the Matoula S. Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and a professor of mechanical engineering, won the Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching, given to a faculty member whose contributions have been characterized by dedication, care, and creativity. Mary…  

Solid-state learning

November 18, 2016

"For the second year in a row, Grossman, a professor of materials science and engineering, is offering his version of “Introduction to Solid State Chemistry” (or, as it’s referred to by students, 3.091, which is tossed off knowingly as “three-oh-nine-one”). The class, Grossman says, is his…  

Advancing manufacturing innovation on campus and online

October 14, 2016

"MIT researchers and educators have been living up to the university motto of "mens et manus," mind and hand, with a rapidly expanding effort on advanced manufacturing innovation. Several of MIT’s latest efforts in manufacturing research, education, workforce training, and policy are highlighted…  

Have we built a better engineer yet?

September 26, 2016

Senior Lecturer Mike Tarkanian talked with GrabCAD about engineering education. "He gave us his take on how today’s students are different than those in years past, and how digital mastery is helping some compensate for lack of hands-on experience. And he shared his thoughts on why we may…  

DUE Education Talk Series: W Craig Carter

September 14, 2016

On Wednesday, September 28, the DUE Education Talk Series presents Prof. W Craig Carter and Dr. Kyle Keane, who will be discussing their collaborative effort to build a…  

Research and Education Initiatives, 2015-16

December 1, 2015

Here's a quick video update on research and education initiatives from DMSE. Professor Chiang offers his perspective on energy research, Professor Gibson describes DMSE's online educational offerings, Professor Fitzgerald explains DMSE's international collaboration with universities in…