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MADMEC winner identifies sustainable greenhouse-cooling materials
Prizes in the materials science competition also went to a waste-monitoring device and a nanofiber-based yarn.
Making quantum computers more accurate
PhD student Alex Greene studies superconducting quantum computing systems while rounding out their busy schedule with water sanitation projects.
A factory for FrEDs at MIT
Graduate students create on-campus assembly factory for fiber extrusion devices.
Save the Date: CPW slated for April 13-16, 2023
This year’s Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) will take place Thursday, April 13 through Sunday, April 16, 2023. Please consider offering opportunities to welcome our future first-year students!
Massachusetts Microelectronics Internship Program connects undergraduates with industry
MMIP aims to incentivize more students to consider a career in semiconductors and microelectronics, addressing a crucial, nationwide talent gap.
Simulating neutron behavior in nuclear reactors
Amelia Trainer’s work is fundamental to understanding how nuclear reactors operate. A passion for computer modeling and poetry have stood her in good stead through her research career.
Innovation in the classroom
MIT’s Residential Education group fuels faculty ingenuity and student engagement.
Subpoena requiring MIT to share graduate student fellow information with NLRB and UE
MIT has received a subpoena from the NLRB which requires the Institute to provide certain information about our graduate student fellows to the NLRB and the MIT GSU-UE.
Wiggling toward bio-inspired machine intelligence
Inspired by jellyfish and octopuses, PhD candidate Juncal Arbelaiz investigates the theoretical underpinnings that will enable systems to more efficiently adapt to their environments.
Update on graduate student unionization
The MIT Graduate Student Union and United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (MIT GSU-UE) has filed a new petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking to…