Manufacturing
“The challenge of advanced manufacturing aligns perfectly with MIT’s traditional strengths – our interdisciplinary, problem-based research; our technology- and science-centered education; our contributions to industrial innovation; our commitment to entrepreneurship; and our central mission of national service.” - Susan Hockfield
Nanofibers — polymer filaments only a couple of hundred nanometers in diameter — have a huge range of potential applications, from solar cells to water filtration to fuel cells. But so far, their...
Nanofibers — polymer filaments only a couple of hundred nanometers in diameter — have a huge range of potential applications, from solar cells to water filtration to fuel cells. But so far, their...
Graphene is a material with a host of potential applications, including in flexible light sources, solar panels that could be integrated into windows, and membranes to desalinate and purify water...
Graphene is a material with a host of potential applications, including in flexible light sources, solar panels that could be integrated into windows, and membranes to desalinate and purify water...
What is the value of the MIT Leaders For Global Operations (LGO) program, and what elements have helped produce successful alumni? According to some of those who've risen to senior industry...
What is the value of the MIT Leaders For Global Operations (LGO) program, and what elements have helped produce successful alumni? According to some of those who've risen to senior industry...
Weng Hong Teh really chipped in during his Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) internship project at SanDisk Corporation — his work on silicon wafers earned him and his advisors a special award...
Weng Hong Teh really chipped in during his Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) internship project at SanDisk Corporation — his work on silicon wafers earned him and his advisors a special award...
Drizzling honey on toast can produce mesmerizing, meandering patterns, as the syrupy fluid ripples and coils in a sticky, golden thread. Dribbling paint on canvas can produce similarly serpentine...
Drizzling honey on toast can produce mesmerizing, meandering patterns, as the syrupy fluid ripples and coils in a sticky, golden thread. Dribbling paint on canvas can produce similarly serpentine...
How fast is online learning evolving? Are wind turbines a promising investment? And how long before a cheap hoverboard makes it to market?
Attempting to answer such questions requires...
How fast is online learning evolving? Are wind turbines a promising investment? And how long before a cheap hoverboard makes it to market?
Attempting to answer such questions requires...
Composite materials used in aircraft wings and fuselages are typically manufactured in large, industrial-sized ovens: Multiple polymer layers are blasted with temperatures up to 750 degrees...
Composite materials used in aircraft wings and fuselages are typically manufactured in large, industrial-sized ovens: Multiple polymer layers are blasted with temperatures up to 750 degrees...
The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation has announced the launch of a manufacturing innovation consortium, to be directed by the forum’s Technology Advisory Board. The consortium will bring...
The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation has announced the launch of a manufacturing innovation consortium, to be directed by the forum’s Technology Advisory Board. The consortium will bring...
MIT will convene technologists, philanthropists, business leaders, policymakers, and social-change agents Oct. 5-8, 2015, for the launch of “Solve...
MIT will convene technologists, philanthropists, business leaders, policymakers, and social-change agents Oct. 5-8, 2015, for the launch of “Solve...
The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation announced today that it has released survey results from its 2014 global manufacturing study led by MIT professor David Simchi-Levi and conducted with...
The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation announced today that it has released survey results from its 2014 global manufacturing study led by MIT professor David Simchi-Levi and conducted with...
Innovation in the service of society has been at the core of MIT’s mission since the Institute’s founding more than 150 years ago.
Now a preliminary report, leading up to the launch of...
Innovation in the service of society has been at the core of MIT’s mission since the Institute’s founding more than 150 years ago.
Now a preliminary report, leading up to the...
Several government agencies, academic researchers, and firms have proposed scenarios for the future in which photovoltaic (PV) technologies grow rapidly. To support such growth, PV technologies...
Several government agencies, academic researchers, and firms have proposed scenarios for the future in which photovoltaic (PV) technologies grow rapidly. To support such growth, PV technologies...
The renewal of manufacturing is not an abstract economic issue: It is very much an urban issue. American manufacturing, for instance, rose in cities, and those cities grew around industries from...