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
April 2026
The American Physical Society honors Yoel Fink with the Andrei Sakharov Prize, awarded “for defending the academic freedom and human rights of scientists working in the U.S.” Laura von Bosau will receive a 2026 MIT Excellence Award, and Franco Rossi has won a travel fellowship to advance archaeology–materials science teaching.
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.
