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Recent NEET graduates tackle air pollution with autonomous drones
June 25, 2021Image: Lillie Paquette | School of EngineeringKate S. Petersen | School of EngineeringHovering one hundred meters above a densely populated urban residential area, the drone takes a quiet...
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The new wave of robotic automation
Realtime Robotics has developed a combination of proprietary software and hardware that reduces system deployment time by 70 percent or more, reduces deployment costs by 30 percent or more, and reduces...
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Clearing the way toward robust quantum computing
June 25, 2021A tunable coupler can switch the qubit-qubit interaction on and off. Unwanted, residual (ZZ) interaction between the two qubits is eliminated by harnessing higher energy levels of the...
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Four researchers earn interdisciplinary Schmidt Science Fellowships
June 25, 2021Left to right: Álvaro Fernández Galiana, Fatima Hussain, Sirma Orguc, and Rebecca Pinals have been named as Schmidt Science Fellows, an honor created in 2017 to encourage young researchers...
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Custom-made MIT tool probes materials at nanoscale
Assistant Professor Long Ju and colleagues have built a new, customized version of a laboratory tool known as near-field infrared nanoscopy and spectroscopy for MIT users. It and an earlier version...
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Three from MIT receive 2021 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
Allen Liu ’20, Alex Miller ’21, and Isabelle Yan Phinney ’20. Photos courtesy of the Hertz Foundation.Elizabeth Durant | Office of the Vice ChancellorThe Fannie and John Hertz Foundation has selected...
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The tenured engineers of 2021
July 12, 2021Top, left to right: Mohammad Alizadeh, Kwanghun Chung, Areg Danagoulian, Ruonan Han. Bottom, left to right: Heather Kulik, Elsa Olivetti, Alberto Rodriguez, James Swan.School of...
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Katrina LaCurts awarded inaugural SoE Distinguished Educator Award
Katrina LaCurts, senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Officer for EECS.Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Jane HalpernKatrina LaCurts, Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Officer in...
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Devavrat Shah named Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical...
July 12, 2021Devavrat Shah is the new holder of the Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi chair.Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceDevavrat Shah has been named the new...
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George Verghese receives 2021 Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence...
July 12, 2021Photo credit Ann Kailath.Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceMIT’s School of Engineering has named Professor George Verghese the 2021 recipient of the...
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Restoring amputees’ natural functionality with brain-controlled interfaces
July 14, 2021“I have found that the moment you start working on something that people need, rather than something people want, it becomes impossible to work purely for yourself. Your motivation grows...
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Synthetic biology circuits can respond within seconds
July 14, 2021A new type of synthetic biology circuit can be turned on within seconds, much faster than its counterparts. Image courtesy of the researchers, edited by MIT News.Anne Trafton | MIT News...
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Four from EECS named 2021 Facebook Fellows
From top center, moving clockwise: EECS graduate students Yuval Dagan, Shuang Li, Jialin Ding, Liang Shi. All photos courtesy the subjects.Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and...
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Teenage MIT Ninja Students
EECS junior Daniel Sun competes in qualifiers for “American Ninja Warrior”. Photo courtesy NBC.Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceGuang Cui and Daniel Sun are...
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Aziza Almanakly, Belinda Li Selected to Receive Clare Boothe Luce Graduate...
July 26, 2021From left to right: Aziza Almanakly, Belinda Li. Photos courtesy of the subjects.Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer SciencePhD students Aziza Almanakly and...
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NSF makes $20 Million investment in Optimization-focused AI Research Institute
July 30, 2021Rachel Gordon | CSAILThe National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today an investment of $220 million to establish 11 artificial intelligence (AI) institutes, each receiving $20 million...
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MIT and Ericsson enter collaboration agreements to research the next...
August 6, 2021Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research LaboratoryThe following article was adapted from a joint release by the MIT Materials Research Laboratory and Ericsson Research.As we enter a new...
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Lawrence Frishkopf, expert in communications biophysics, dies at 90.
Lawrence Frishkopf, Professor of EECS, Emeritus. Photo courtesy of the Frishkopf family. Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceLawrence Frishkopf, Professor of EECS,...
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MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team wins 2021 American Solar Challenge
The MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team poses with Nimbus, their solar car, after winning the 2021 American Solar Challenge. Photo courtesy of MIT SEVT.Elizabeth Durant | Office of the Vice ChancellorAfter...
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Professor Emeritus Paul Penfield, chronicler of entropy and lifelong teacher,...
August 31, 2021A long-time department head who established the MEng degree for EECS undergraduates, Penfield developed courses illuminating the equivalence of information and thermodynamic entropy.Jane...
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