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
October 2025
Senior Jacqueline Prawira showcases her remarkable innovation for tackling plastic pollution on CBS’s “The Visioneers”. DMSE hosts a fun run inspired by 3.091, a popular first-year class. Research highlights include magnetic transistors, a design formula for fast-charging lithium batteries, and hidden atomic patterns in processed metals.
Past Issues
DMSE Digest: Frontiers
Fall 2025
This issue highlights DMSE’s curiosity-driven impact, featuring remarkable advances such as Michael Cima’s FDA-approved treatment for bladder cancer, a graduate student’s computing system that mimics the brain’s efficiency to fuel energy-efficient AI, and an undergraduate’s biodegradable plastic made from fish scales and featured on CBS.
