Quantum engineering

Quantum engineering

It can be difficult to distinguish between basic and applied research in the nascent field of quantum engineering. One person’s exploration of quantum systems like atoms and electrons yields another’s building block for quantum computers, and vice versa. Paola...
Pushing the envelope in power electronics

Pushing the envelope in power electronics

Research improves power conversion in applications ranging from giant server farms to lamps to handheld devices. « more » Related Links: Pushing the envelope in power electronics (MIT News) Professor David Perreault Power Electronics...
Running on waste heat

Running on waste heat

Gang Chen’s thermoelectric devices turn waste heat into electricity for vehicles and other machines. « more » Related Links: Running on waste heat (MIT News) Professor Mildred Dresselhaus
Faculty highlight: Marin Soljacic

Faculty highlight: Marin Soljacic

Physicist reveals new techniques for controlling light by angle, creating transparent displays and photonic crystal bandgaps. « more » Related Links: Faculty highlight: Marin Soljacic (MIT News) Professor...
Soljacic wins Blavatnik Award

Soljacic wins Blavatnik Award

Marin Soljacic (soh-YA’-cheech), a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was recognized for his discoveries of novel phenomena related to the interaction of light and matter, and his work on wireless power transfer technology....
EECS lauds its faculty leadership

EECS lauds its faculty leadership

New co-education and undergraduate laboratories officers welcomed. Karl Berggren included in incoming leaders. « more » Related Links: EECS lauds its faculty leadership (MIT News) Professor...