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The following timeline provides a capsule narrative
of RLE’s notable events and achievements, and
some of the individuals who have played key roles in
the Laboratory’s development and growth.
2000 - RLE's
Kenneth N. Stevens is awarded the National Medal of
Science for his pioneering contributions to the theory,
mathematical methods and analysis of acoustics in speech
production, leading to the contemporary foundations
of speech science.
2000 - RLE's
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics group joins with
colleagues from Harvard University to form the Center
for Ultracold Atoms, a major new NSF center pursuing
opportunities in physics and technology made possible
by the discovery of coherent atom sources in RLE and
elsewhere.
2000 - RLE's
Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Julius A. Stratton Professor of
Electrical Engineering, is appointed seventh Director
of the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT.
2001 - RLE's
Wolgang Ketterle shares the Nobel Prize in Physics with
RLE alumni Eric A. Cornell and Carl E. Wieman for the
achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation and for early
fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates.
2002 - RLE's
Mandayam A. Srinivasan, working with colleagues at University
College, London, demonstrates the first transatlantic
transmission of real-time haptic signals, showing the
feasibility of touch feedback in long distance virtual
interaction.
2004 - RLE's
Vladimir Bulovic wins the Presidential Early Career
Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor
bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists
and engineers beginning their independent careers, for
examining properties of organic and inorganic nanostructured
thin films and developing novel active devices.
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