Newsletter Archive
MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering has two newsletters. The DMSE Digest has news about DMSE faculty, students, postdocs, and staff; stories about research and media mentions; and department and Institute events. DMSE Digest: Frontiers is a quarterly publication that seeks to reconnect with alumni and forge ties with friends of the department.
DMSE Digest
March 2026
Yet-Ming Chiang receives a Momentum Grant for his zero-emission smelting research and C. Cem Tasan’s research group wins the 2026 American Iron and Steel Institute Medal for their paper on high-strength steels. Postdoc Lamyaa Almehmadi leads an IAP workshop showing how Raman spectroscopy can identify materials in hazardous environments, from crime scenes to toxic industrial sites.
Past Issues
DMSE Digest: Frontiers
Winter 2026
This issue showcases snapshots of DMSE ingenuity, featuring a profile of Antoine Allanore’s work using electricity to transform the iron and steel industry, and fascinating new research such as models to predict proton mobility across materials, and theories showing how amino acids can improve the stability and effectiveness of medicines.
