Guided discovery in teaching structural mechanics
Over the course of their education at MIT, mechanical engineering undergraduate students have many opportunities to build things. From robots…
D-Lab moves online, without compromising on impact
It’s not a typical sentence you’d find on a class schedule, but on April 2, the first action item for…
Exploring interactions of light and matter
Growing up in a small town in Fujian province in southern China, Juejun Hu was exposed to engineering from an…
Twelve MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2020-2021
The term “mentor” traces back to the ancient Greek author Homer. When Odysseus sets off for Troy, he entrusts his…
MIT Energy Initiative awards eight seed fund grants for early-stage MIT energy research
Eight individuals and teams from MIT were recently awarded $150,000 grants through the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) Seed Fund Program…
Engineers use “DNA origami” to identify vaccine design rules
By folding DNA into a virus-like structure, MIT researchers have designed HIV-like particles that provoke a strong immune response from…
Producing a gaseous messenger molecule inside the body, on demand
Nitric oxide is an important signaling molecule in the body, with a role in building nervous system connections that contribute…
Ali Jadbabaie named head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ali Jadbabaie, the JR East Professor of Engineering, has been named the new head of the Department of Civil and…
IdeaStream 2020 goes virtual
MIT’s Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation hosted IdeaStream, an annual showcase of technologies being developed across MIT, online for the…
Researchers find solar photovoltaics benefits outweigh costs
Over the past decade, the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays has fallen rapidly. But at the same time, the value…