DMSE News
| 3.042 Presentations, May 14 Monday, May 13, 2013 - 4:13pm Please join us for 3.042 Final Presentations, Tuesday, May 14, Chipman Room 6-104, 2:00. 3.042 is “Materials Project Laboratory” — the capstone design class for Course 3 juniors and seniors. ... |
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| Observing real-time charging of lithium-air batteries Monday, May 13, 2013 - 10:55am A team of researchers including Professor Carl Thompson, Professor Yang Shao-Horn, and Robert Mitchell PhD have used transmission electron microscope imaging to reveal what happens during chariung of... |
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| Cleaner, Cheaper Steel Production Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 5:06pm Steelmaking, a major emitter of climate-altering gases, could be transformed by a new process developed by Professors Sadoway and Allanore. See the News Office for the full story. |
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| DOE Early Career Awards Announced Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 5:00pm Professor Alfredo Alexander-Katz is among the five MIT recipients of the 2013 Early Career Award of the Office of Science of the Department of Energy (DOE). The MIT News Office has more information. |
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| Blacksmithing at MIT Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 4:46pm Blacksmithing has been a part of Course III activities since MIT began; the MIT Alumni Association interviews Mike Tarkanian about how blacksmithing is incorporated into the Course III undergrad... |
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| edX continues to add new subjects Monday, May 6, 2013 - 5:19pm The MIT News Office covers the latest additions to MITx; in the article, Professor Cima explains how 3.091x has influenced his classroom teaching. |
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| Materials Genome Project continues to grow Monday, May 6, 2013 - 2:51pm In 2006, Professor Gerd Ceder began the Materials Genome Project— which is now has tens of thousands of compounds in a database used by more than 3000 researchers. See the Boston Sunday Globe for a... |
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| Course III Senior Thesis Symposium Friday, May 3, 2013 - 3:31pm Course 3 Senior Thesis Symposium: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Chipman Room, 6-104, 10:00 AM – 4:15 PM # Student Name Thesis/Internship Advisor Thesis Title... |
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| MPC spotlight article on Prof. Niels Holten-Andersen Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 10:24am Inspired by nature: Mussel fibers lead Holten-Andersen to create polymer gels with strong, but reversible, metal coordination bonds A sudden inspiration led then Ph.D.-student Niels Holten-... |
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| Superlattice structure may improve fuel cells Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 9:41am Research at MIT has shown that a superlattice structure could give a huge boost to oxygen reaction in fuel cells, increasing their power potential. See the MIT News Office to learn more about this... |
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| MIT team examines effect of exercise on arthritis Friday, April 26, 2013 - 11:35am MIT engineers find that in the earliest stages of arthritis, high-impact exercise may worsen cartilage damage. See the MIT News Office for the full story. |
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| Awards Convocation, April 25 Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 3:13pm MIT holds its annual Awards Convocation on April 25, at which at least three members of the DMSE community are recognized: Professor Sam Allen received the Arthur C. Smith Award for meaningful... |
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| Nanowires and Nanotubes Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 4:17pm Professor Silvija Gradečak and her colleagues are finding new uses for nanubes and nanowires, including use in energy, electronics, optics, and other fields. See the MIT News Office for the full... |
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| Professor Frederick J. McGarry, 1927-2013 Monday, April 1, 2013 - 2:45pm Frederick McGarry, Professor Emeritus of Polymer Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) and the Department of Civil Engineering, died March 27, 2013 after a long... |
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| Wulff Lecture, April 9, Prof. Jennifer A. Lewis Friday, March 29, 2013 - 11:28am Image by HO YIN AU—THE TECH Professor Jennifer A. Lewis ’91, an MIT alumna currently doing research at Harvard, presented this spring’s Wulff Lecture, “Printing Functional Materials.” Her... |
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| Solar-cell design using nano wires Monday, March 25, 2013 - 4:46pm Professor Silvija Gradečak is part of a team of MIT researchers who are working to improve efficiency of quantum-dot photovoltaic system by adding a forest of nanowires. Learn more from the MIT News... |
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| US News and World Report rankings released Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 11:27am DMSE's graduate program is again ranked first in the nation by US News and World Report, along with six other departments in MIT's School of Engineering. For further details on MIT's rankings, see... |
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| Robert C. O'Handley, 1942-2013 Monday, March 11, 2013 - 4:17pm We are saddened to announce the death of Dr. Robert C. O'Handley, our friend and colleague. In 1981, Bob came to MIT as a Research Scientist working with Prof. Nick Grant on applications of metallic... |
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| New techniques to diagnose and treat disease Monday, March 11, 2013 - 4:08pm With the recent launch of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT News examines research with the potential to reshape medicine and health care through new scientific knowledge, novel... |
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| Art exhibit in LEM Friday, March 1, 2013 - 4:56pm In a first for DMSE, we are hosting a piece of sculpture in one of our labs. Using simple found materials, Pica creates festive sculptures and installations to explore fundamental issues of... |
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| ILP Profile of Professor Gibson Friday, March 1, 2013 - 1:42pm Improving Overall Integrity Engineering a new world, materially, environmentally, and socially. Steve Calechman Lorna J. Gibson likes to look at structure. In her research, the Matoula S.... |
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| Faculty Promotions announced Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 4:48pm Profs. Alfredo Alexander-Katz and Geoff Beach will both be promoted to the rank of Associate Professor as of July 1, 2013. Please congratulate Alfredo and Geoff. The levels of research, teaching,... |
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| Fabrics that act as communications devices Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 5:19pm Wired magazine has a story about research in the ISN, "The breakthrough came a few years ago when the team, led by MIT materials-science professor Yoel Fink, demonstrated that they could fabricate... |
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| Probing the Malarial Shape Shifters Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 5:05pm Last November, GlaxoSmithKline reported a disappointing 30 percent effectiveness in a trial for its RTS,S anti-malarial vaccine. RTS,S had been championed as the most promising vaccine for the... |
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| Science of Innovation: 3-D Printing Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 11:41am NBC visited MIT to film demonstrations of 3-D Printing and interview Professor Michael Cima. Many members of the DMSE community were involved in the development of 3-D Printing: faculty, students,... |
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