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

April 14, 2015

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...

April 06, 2015

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...

April 06, 2015

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...

December 12, 2014

MIT will convene technologists, philanthropists, business leaders, policymakers, and social-change agents Oct. 5-8, 2015, for the launch of “Solve...

December 12, 2014

MIT will convene technologists, philanthropists, business leaders, policymakers, and social-change agents Oct. 5-8, 2015, for the launch of “Solve...

December 11, 2014

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...

December 11, 2014

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...

December 03, 2014

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...

December 03, 2014

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...

November 05, 2014

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...

November 05, 2014

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...

October 29, 2014

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...

October 29, 2014

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...

October 28, 2014

Delivering recommendations from a presidential committee he co-chaired, MIT President L. Rafael Reif addressed a forum on the future of manufacturing in the U.S. hosted by President Barack Obama...

October 28, 2014

Delivering recommendations from a presidential committee he co-chaired, MIT President L. Rafael Reif addressed a forum on the future of manufacturing in the U.S. hosted by President Barack Obama...

October 28, 2014

If the majority of light-duty vehicles in the United States ran on higher-octane gasoline, the automotive industry as a whole would reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 35 million tons per year...

October 28, 2014

If the majority of light-duty vehicles in the United States ran on higher-octane gasoline, the automotive industry as a whole would reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 35 million tons per year...

October 03, 2014

Luis Fernando Velásquez-García’s group at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) develops dense arrays of microscopic cones that harness electrostatic forces to eject streams of ions....

October 03, 2014

Luis Fernando Velásquez-García’s group at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) develops dense arrays of microscopic cones that harness electrostatic forces to eject streams of ions....

September 03, 2014

There are very few things Munther Dahleh hasn’t done at MIT. With an international reputation in electrical engineering, a research emphasis on challenging multidisciplinary problems, a host...

September 03, 2014

There are very few things Munther Dahleh hasn’t done at MIT. With an international reputation in electrical engineering, a research emphasis on challenging multidisciplinary problems, a host...

August 11, 2014

Even as 3-D printing is poised to help democratize manufacturing, it’s often overlooked that many 3-D-printed items are far too complicated for users to digitally design.

Sure, people can...

August 11, 2014

Even as 3-D printing is poised to help democratize manufacturing, it’s often overlooked that many 3-D-printed items are far too complicated for users to digitally design.

Sure, people can...

July 17, 2014

The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation has announced that Sanofi, a global health care leader with 112 industrial sites in 41 countries and more...

July 17, 2014

The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation has announced that Sanofi, a global health care leader with 112 industrial sites in 41 countries and more...

Pages