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
May 2026
Lorna Gibson’s new book Birds Up Close explores birds’ remarkable abilities through the lens of an engineer; Camille Cunin of the Class of 2026 makes rigid electronics conform to the body in bioelectronics research; and HR’s Mike Coniglione will receive the Infinite Mile Award.
Past Issues
DMSE Digest: Frontiers
Spring 2026
Yoel Fink receives the American Physical Society’s Sakharov Prize, which recognizes scientists who advance intellectual freedom and human dignity; Frances Ross is inducted into the National Academy of Engineering; and Yet-Ming Chiang publishes new insights into why cracks form in solid-state batteries, short circuiting them.
