MIT President Susan Hockfield accepts an engine laser-etched in crystal from Thomas Brisken, general manager of GE's commercial engine operation, to commemorate 20 years of research on gas turbines at MIT. Brisken also presented MIT with a check for $400,000 from the GE Alumni Matching Gift Program on Thursday, June 9. Photo / Donna Coveney
MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions has developed an electrically conductive firebrick that stores heat at high enough temperatures to power industrial processes.