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
February 2026
Frances Ross is elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest honors in engineering, and C. Cem Tasan is promoted to full professor. A new AI model offers recipes for synthesizing new materials—enabling faster experimentation and a shorter journey from hypothesis to use.
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.
