by RLE at MIT | Mar 23, 2010 | News Links
A new approach to desalination being developed by researchers in Jongyoon Han’s RLE research group could lead to small, portable units that could be powered by solar cells or batteries and could deliver enough fresh water to supply the needs of a family or small...
by RLE at MIT | Mar 16, 2010 | News Links
Molecules that arrange themselves into predictable patterns on silicon chips could lead to microprocessors with much smaller circuit elements. Researchers in Karl Berggren’s group are using electron-beam lithography sparingly, to create patterns of tiny posts on a...
by RLE at MIT | Mar 9, 2010 | News Links, Promotions
Rajeev J. Ram, Associate Director of RLE and Professor of Electrical Engineering, was named one of MIT’s four 2010 MacVicar Faculty Fellows today. The MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program was established in 1992 to honor the life and devotion to teaching excellence of...
by RLE at MIT | Feb 26, 2010 | News Links
Microelectromechanical devices—tiny machines with moving parts—are everywhere these days: they monitor air pressure in car tires, register the gestures of video game players, and reflect light onto screens in movie theaters. RLE researchers in Vladimir Bulovic’s group...
by RLE at MIT | Feb 25, 2010 | News Links
A single cell in the human body is approximately 10,000 times more energy-efficient than any nanoscale digital transistor, the fundamental building block of electronic chips. RLE’s Rahul Sarpeshkar is now applying architectural principles from these...
