New Faculty (2019)
How do people become addicted to online games and social networking sites?
By using them. The principles of online interaction aren’t so different from those of a slot machine…
Project Sandcastle
On a foggy night in San Francisco, a Bat-Signal appears in the sky. It flickers above a house on the highest hilltop in the city, whe...
Future Engineers
We are dedicated to making science and engineering open to everyone. Too often, kids’ zip codes play a larger role in determining t...
The future of motorcycles could be hydrogen
MIT’s Electric Vehicle Team, which has a long record of building and racing innovative electric vehicles, including cars and motorc...
Student, Alum Team Up to Combat Covid
“One of the reasons I like to interview for MIT is to be inspired—and maybe inspire a little bit back,” says George Hu ’89, a...
Farnaz Niroui
Farnaz Niroui will join the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) as an assistant professor in January...
Safer skies with self-flying helicopters
In late 2019, after years of studying aviation and aerospace engineering, Hector (Haofeng) Xu decided to learn to fly helicopters. At...
SoE DEI Strategic Action Plan
SoE DEI Strategic Action Plan
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