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Joe Steinmeyer receives 2025 Distinguished Educator Award
Joe Steinmeyer receives 2025 Distinguished Educator Award

The School of Engineering Distinguished Educator Award recognizes outstanding contributions to undergraduate and/or graduate education by members of its faculty and teaching staff.

New system enables robots to solve manipulation problems in seconds
New system enables robots to solve manipulation problems in seconds

Researchers developed an algorithm that lets a robot “think ahead” and consider thousands of potential motion plans simultaneously.

Guardian Ag’s crop-spraying drone is replacing dangerous pilot missions
Guardian Ag’s crop-spraying drone is replacing dangerous pilot missions

Founded by two former regulars at the MITERS makerspace, the company has built huge, rugged drones to more safely and sustainably apply fertilizers and pesticides on farms.

Study helps pinpoint areas where microplastics will accumulate
Study helps pinpoint areas where microplastics will accumulate

Biofilms deposited by living organisms reduce the accumulation of small particles, while areas of bare sand can be microplastics hotspots.

Drug injection device wins MIT $100K Competition
Drug injection device wins MIT $100K Competition

CoFlo Medical’s low-cost device could administer advanced biologic treatments more quickly to people with cancers, autoimmune diseases, and more.

Study shows making hydrogen with soda cans and seawater is scalable and sustainable
Study shows making hydrogen with soda cans and seawater is scalable and sustainable

The method’s overall carbon emissions are on par with those of other green hydrogen technologies.

New 3D printing method enables complex designs and creates less waste
New 3D printing method enables complex designs and creates less waste

MIT engineers developed a technique for making intricate structures with supports that can be dissolved and reused instead of thrown away.

Teaching AI models what they don’t know
Teaching AI models what they don’t know

A team of MIT researchers founded Themis AI to quantify AI model uncertainty and address knowledge gaps.

At MIT, Lindsay Caplan reflects on artistic crossroads where humans and machines meet
At MIT, Lindsay Caplan reflects on artistic crossroads where humans and machines meet

In the inaugural STUDIO.nano Resonance Lecture, the Brown University assistant professor traced how artists in the 1960s delved into early computer science, cybernetics, and AI.

Jesse Kroll receives 2025 Capers and Marion McDonald Award
Jesse Kroll receives 2025 Capers and Marion McDonald Award

The award is given annually to a faculty member(s) who has demonstrated a lasting commitment to the personal and professional development of others.

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