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In class 16.85 Autonomy Capstone (Design and Testing of Autonomous Vehicles), MIT students design, implement, deploy, and test a full software architecture for flying autonomous systems.

Engineering confidence to navigate uncertainty

03.02.26
Thirteen members of the MIT engineering faculty received awards in fall 2025.

MIT School of Engineering faculty receive awards in fall 2025

03.10.26
A new class of photonic chips that use light instead of electricity to process data features arrays of microscopic structures that curl upward like tiny, glowing ski jumps. Researchers can precisely control how light is emitted from thousands of these structures simultaneously.

New photonic device efficiently beams light into free space

03.11.26
Francis Wang ’21, MEng ’22 (center) is captain of the Solar Electric Vehicle Team.

A winning formula for student project teams at MIT

03.05.26
Left to right: Nate Steele, Mark Rau, Jared Katz, Benjamin Sabatini, and Jin Woo Lee demonstrate a slip-cast and three 3D-printed Paracas whistles. An original ancient whistle is shown in the middle, affixed to a plastic foam cradle used for CT scanning.

Recreating the forms and sounds of historical musical instruments

03.05.26
Boron nitride nanotubes offer a lightweight, high-performance way to block radiation without compromising mechanical integrity, says MIT PhD student Palak Patel.

Finding a nanoscale solution to safer spaceflight

03.11.26
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In Fourth Power’s thermal battery, thermophotovoltaic (TPV) power sticks can be moved in and out of the light, which allows the system to respond quickly and flexibly to grid needs.

Turning extreme heat into large-scale energy storage

03.18.26