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Activities in the Research Laboratory of Electronics
(RLE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
encompass an extensive range of natural and man-made
phenomena, and our projects are both basic and applied.
Common among all RLE efforts is an expansive 21st century
interpretation of the 19th century term "electronics,"
starting at the most basic physical realm of particles
and quantum physics and extending all the way to sophisticated
engineering application technologies relevant to today
and critical to tomorrow.
Research in RLE today is focused on six major themes:
Sixty principal investigators in RLE direct research
projects in RLE, of whom fifty are members of the MIT
faculty. The RLE faculty reflects the Laboratory’s
diversity of interests, and is drawn from eight MIT
academic units:
- Biological Engineering Division
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Physics
- Engineering Systems Division
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Over three hundred MIT graduate and undergraduate students—also
drawn from the MIT departments and divisions above—make
RLE one of the primary environments for student learning
at MIT. In fact, it is this combination of forefront
research with student participation across multiple
academic disciplines that characterize the RLE culture.
The wide range of RLE research efforts are supported
by the most diverse sponsor base at MIT. Principal sponsors
of RLE research include:
- The Department of Defense
- The National Institutes of Health
- The National Science Foundation
- Industry
- Non-profit foundations and organizations
Moreover, a significant share of RLE activities is
self-funded from gifts and from the discretionary resources
of the Laboratory and its principal investigators.
Approximately a third of RLE’s activities involve
collaborations outside of MIT with universities, institutions,
and industry, making RLE one of the principal points
of MIT connection with peer institutions, government,
and the business world.
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