Engineering in harmony
How does an ensemble play music together while apart? This was the question facing Frederick Ajisafe and the rest of the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. One method was...
View ArticleComputers that power self-driving cars could be a huge driver of global...
In the future, the energy needed to run the powerful computers on board a global fleet of autonomous vehicles could generate as many greenhouse gas emissions as all the data centers in the world...
View ArticleMIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2023
Seven MIT researchers are among the 106 new members and 18 international members elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) this week. Fourteen additional MIT alumni, including one member of...
View ArticleNine from MIT named 2023 Sloan Research Fellows
Nine members of the MIT faculty are among 126 early-career researchers honored across seven fields with 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Representing the departments...
View ArticleDaniel Hastings named American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics...
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced Wednesday that MIT professor Daniel Hastings has been elected president-elect of the organization. Hastings, the associate dean...
View ArticlePilot, engineer, neuroscientist, bridge-builder
At first glance, aerospace engineering and brain and cognitive sciences may seem like an unlikely match for a double-major. But for Elissa Gibson ’22, the common thread connecting the two inherently...
View ArticleNew “traffic cop” algorithm helps a drone swarm stay on task
How fresh are your data? For drones searching a disaster zone or robots inspecting a building, working with the freshest data is key to locating a survivor or reporting a potential hazard. But when...
View ArticleMix-and-match kit could enable astronauts to build a menagerie of lunar...
When astronauts begin to build a permanent base on the moon, as NASA plans to do in the coming years, they’ll need help. Robots could potentially do the heavy lifting by laying cables, deploying solar...
View Article3 Questions: How automation and good jobs can co-exist
In 2018, MIT convened its Task Force on the Work of the Future, which concluded in a 2020 report that while new technologies were not necessarily going to massively wipe out employment, smart practices...
View ArticleQS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2023
QS World University Rankings has placed MIT in the No. 1 spot in 11 subject areas for 2023, the organization announced today.The Institute received a No. 1 ranking in the following QS subject areas:...
View ArticleA portfolio that’s out of this world
At age 9, Ezinne Uzo-Okoro SM ’20, PhD ’22 was preoccupied with down-to-earth problems, such as devising an alternative to her father’s messy, paper Filofax organizer, and fixing the unreliable...
View ArticleNew algorithm keeps drones from colliding in midair
When multiple drones are working together in the same airspace, perhaps spraying pesticide over a field of corn, there’s a risk they might crash into each other.To help avoid these costly crashes, MIT...
View ArticleBoosting passenger experience and increasing connectivity at the Hong Kong...
Recently, a cohort of 36 students from MIT and universities across Hong Kong came together for the MIT Entrepreneurship and Maker Skills Integrator (MEMSI), an intense two-week startup boot camp hosted...
View ArticleSchool of Engineering welcomes new faculty
The School of Engineering is welcoming 11 new members of its faculty across six of its academic departments and institutes. This new cohort of faculty members, who have either recently started their...
View ArticleMIT graduate engineering, business, science programs ranked highly by U.S....
U.S. News and Word Report has again placed MIT’s graduate program in engineering at the top of its annual rankings. The Institute has held the No. 1 spot since 1990, when the magazine first ranked such...
View ArticleSchool of Engineering first quarter 2023 awards
Faculty and researchers across MIT’s School of Engineering receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence. The School of Engineering periodically recognizes...
View ArticleThere’s something for everyone at the “front porch of campus”
There’s a long list of reasons why MIT’s sailing pavilion is unique. For one, it’s home to the oldest collegiate sailing program in the world. It’s also completely free and open to the MIT community —...
View ArticleMIT HUMANS project breaks down borders, empowering global voices to reach for...
When the Axiom-2 mission launches later this month, it will carry with it a payload of languages never heard beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The Humanity United with MIT Art and Nanotechnology in Space...
View ArticleQ&A: How studying Portuguese helps to look at life through a different lens
Theo St. Francis is an MIT senior majoring in aeronautics and astronautics. He is graduating this month with a concentration in Portuguese, and has visited Brazil with the MIT International Science and...
View ArticleMegawatt electrical motor designed by MIT engineers could help electrify...
Aviation’s huge carbon footprint could shrink significantly with electrification. To date, however, only small all-electric planes have gotten off the ground. Their electric motors generate hundreds of...
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