by RLE at MIT | Oct 9, 2007 | Awards, News Links
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has named 20 new promising scientific researchers as the 2007 recipients of Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering. Each Fellow will receive an unrestricted research grant of $625,000 over five years. «more» Related...
by RLE at MIT | Sep 18, 2007 | Awards, News Links
Professors Ed Boyden, Alan Jasanoff, and Mehmet Fatih Yanik will each receive $1.5 million over five years for winning New Innovator Awards. Yanik, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, will “develop microchip...
by RLE at MIT | Aug 20, 2007 | News Links
Genetic studies on whole animals can now be done dramatically faster using a new microchip developed by engineers at MIT. «more» Related Links: MIT invents ‘lab on a chip’ to automate whole-animal genetic and drug screens Professor Mehmet Fatih Yanik...
by RLE at MIT | Aug 15, 2007 | News Links
Several MIT faculty and alumni have been named to the TR35, Technology Review Magazine’s annual compilation of the 35 top innovators worldwide under the age of 35. «more» Related Links: MIT faculty, alumni among Technology Review’s top young innovators Professor...
by RLE at MIT | Aug 15, 2007 | News Links
Mehmet Yanik, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has invented a way to stop light pulses on a chip and release them at will. The technology could allow engineers to route and store optical data in telecommunications networks and on...
