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Team uses 3D printing to strengthen a key material in aerospace, energy-generation applications
Team uses 3D printing to strengthen a key material in aerospace, energy-generation applications

The approach could improve the performance of many other materials as well.

3 Questions: Can disused croplands help mitigate climate change?
3 Questions: Can disused croplands help mitigate climate change?

Assistant Professor César Terrer and recent visiting student Stephen Bell describe how agricultural lands that are no longer productive could play an important role in carbon sequestration.

Toward more flexible and rapid prototyping of electronic devices
Toward more flexible and rapid prototyping of electronic devices

FlexBoard is a flexible breadboard that enables rapid prototyping of objects with interactive sensors, actuators, and displays on curved and deformable surfaces.

Three MIT-led projects awarded MURI funding for 2023
Three MIT-led projects awarded MURI funding for 2023

Through the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, the US Department of Defense supports research projects in areas of critical importance to national defense.

2.007 Forever!
2.007 Forever!

With winches, spinners, and telescoping contraptions, bots go head to head in student robot competition inspired by “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”

“In everything I do, I’m a creator”
“In everything I do, I’m a creator”

Mechanical engineer and storyteller Hannah Gazdus integrates her love of art into all of her projects.

Is medicine ready for AI? Doctors, computer scientists, and policymakers are cautiously optimistic
Is medicine ready for AI? Doctors, computer scientists, and policymakers are cautiously optimistic

With the artificial intelligence conversation now mainstream, the 2023 MIT-MGB AI Cures conference saw attendance double from previous years.

Paula Hammond wins faculty’s Killian Award for 2023-24
Paula Hammond wins faculty’s Killian Award for 2023-24

The chemical engineer is honored for her work designing polymers and nanomaterials with wide-ranging applications in medicine and energy.

J-WAFS announces 2023 seed grant recipients
J-WAFS announces 2023 seed grant recipients

Fifteen principal investigators from across MIT will conduct early work to solve issues ranging from water contamination to aquaculture monitoring and management.

John Hart named head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
John Hart named head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering

A leader in manufacturing science and technology, Hart SM ’02, PhD ’06 will become department head effective July 1.

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