News: James M. LeBeau

Lecture series aims to demystify, celebrate tenure

December 13, 2022

DMSE’s Tenure Talks gives glimpse into the hard work, commitment, and decisions behind one of academia’s most important posts.  more

Tenure Talks cover programmable matter, atomic-scale analysis

November 16, 2022

Robert Macfarlane discusses his transition from a chemist to a materials scientist; James LeBeau focuses on using electron microscopy to solve materials problems.  more

Inspiration at the atomic scale

November 9, 2022

With new techniques in electron microscopy, James LeBeau explores the nanoscale landscape within materials to understand their properties.  more

The School of Engineering's tenured professors of 2022

October 24, 2022

Fourteen faculty members have been granted tenure in five departments across the MIT School of Engineering.  more

DMSE’s tenured engineers of 2022

August 23, 2022

James LeBeau, Robert Macfarlane, and Cem Tasan will give talks describing the long road to tenure at MIT.  more

Researchers unveil a secret of stronger metals

May 20, 2022

Study shows what happens when crystalline grains in metals reform at nanometer scales, improving metal properties.  more

Engineers report a major advance in creating a new family of semiconductor materials

November 5, 2021

Ultrastable and made of inexpensive, nontoxic elements, chalcogenide perovskites could find applications in solar cells, lighting, and more.  more

Recent faculty addition Prof. Lebeau receives PECASE

August 8, 2019

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