Real-time data for cancer therapy
Biochemical sensor implanted at initial biopsy could allow doctors to better monitor and adjust cancer treatments.
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Materials Science and Engineering
How to look for a few good catalysts
New research shows non-wetting surfaces promote chemical reaction rates.
Consortium including MIT awarded $110M national grant to promote photonics manufacturing
Partnership of government, industry, and academia will pursue integration of optical devices with electronics.
Putting the pieces together
Summer interns are learning research skills while helping to make progress in materials, drug delivery, and energy in MIT labs.
Faculty highlight: Elsa Olivetti
Assistant Professor Elsa Olivetti combines cost and environmental data to identify high-impact areas for reducing pollution and greenhouse gases.
Materials science master class
Professor W. Craig Carter leads a collaborative effort to build a materials science curriculum online with integrated programming and active student engagement.
Major step for implantable drug-delivery device
MIT spinout signs deal to commercialize microchips that release therapeutics inside the body.
New manufacturing approach slices lithium-ion battery cost in half
Reinventing how these batteries are made also improves their performance and recyclability.
Modeling how thin films break up
Recent PhD recipient Rachel Zucker models phenomena collectively known as "dewetting" in microscale to nanoscale thin films.
De-stressing lithium batteries
Modeling mechanical stress in solid-state lithium batteries yields insights into battery microstructure for MIT postdoc Giovanna Bucci.
Faculty highlight: W. Craig Carter
Materials science professor develops algorithms to solve problems across disciplines, strengthens online teaching techniques, and contributes to scientific art.
Freshly squeezed vaccines
Microfluidic cell-squeezing device opens new possibilities for cell-based vaccines.
Newly tenured engineers
Thirteen tenure appointments are made in seven of eight academic departments in the School of Engineering.