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March |
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The Anderson Lab helps make progress toward a Zika vaccine - March 29 |
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Gleason Lab’s new self-assembly technique could lead to smaller microchips - March 27 |
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Anderson Lab researchers have found a way to prevent fibrosis to improve medical device lifespans - March 20 |
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The Langer lab tethers nanoparticles to make tumor cells more vulnerable - March 20 |
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Brad Olsen named Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry - March 17 |
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MIT ChemE ranked #1 again in 2017 QS World University Rankings - March 10 |
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Congratulations to ChemE grad students, Leia Dwyer, Daniela Hoyos, William Ho, and Rahul Misra, on receiving the 2017 Dow Travel Award - March 7 |
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The Langer Lab profiled on Harvard Business Review - March 2 |
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February |
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New technology from the Jensen lab offers fast peptide synthesis- February 27 |
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Greg Rutledge Elected AIChE Fellow - February 22 |
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Professors Braatz and Love among those awarded $17.5M from the Gates Foundation for vaccine development - February 22 |
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Langer and colleagues discover a drug combination that could combat hearing loss - February 21 |
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The Prather lab develops new technique to boost bacteria’s productivity, improving the yield of useful chemicals - February 13 |
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Chris Love and colleagues create a portable tool making single-cell RNA sequencing widely available - February 13 |
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Profs Hammond and Strano elected to the National Academy of Engineering - February 8 |
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Profs Anderson’s and Langer’s nanoparticle screen could speed up drug development - February 7 |
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Strano Lab’s sensors could help neuroscientists understand how dopamine influences brain activity - February 6 |
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The Langer Lab harnesses stomach acid to power tiny sensors - February 6 |
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Jesse Kroll examines how pollutants change chemically as they move - February 1 |
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January |
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Strano Lab’s modified carbon nanotubes can detect single protein molecules - January 23 |
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Langer Lab uses ultrasound waves delivering RNA to treat colon inflammation - January 20 |
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The Greg Stephanopoulos group programs yeast to take another step toward renewable diesel - January 16 |
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Recent PhD Sean Hunt one of Forbes’s 30 under 30 - January 13 |
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ChemE faculty, working with AIChE, MITEI and the DoE, join new Manufacturing USA Institute - January 11 |
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Olsen lab develops 3-D antibody arrays to help diagnose malaria, tuberculosis, and other diseases - January 4 |
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December |
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Bostinno says Strano’s explosive-sniffing spinach is one of the top things out of MIT in 2016 - December 19 |
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Brushett Lab efforts to reduce waste and conserve energy earn MIT’s EHS Green Labs award - December 19 |
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Professor Emeritus Ed Merrill elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors - December 13 |
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November |
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Langer Lab achieves long-term drug delivery in a capsule - November 29 |
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The Strano team discovers astonishing behavior of water confined in carbon nanotubes - November 28 |
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Bill Green elected fellow of AAAS - November 21 |
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Paula Hammond Engineers Polymer Materials for Medicine - November 2 |
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October |
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Michael Strano and his team have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives - October 31 |
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Bob Langer shares his challenges and successes with MIT graduate students - October 31 |
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ChemE’s Practice School helps renew aluminum smelting R&D program in UAE - October 31 |
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Dane Wittrup and colleagues develop cancer immunotherapy - October 25 |
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Greg Stephanopoulos wins the Eric and Sheila Samson Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation - October 19 |
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Paula Hammond elected to the National Academy of Medicine - October 17 |
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Karen Gleason focuses on modifying surfaces on the nanoscale and translating those improvements to larger areas and higher volume commercial uses - October 14 |
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The Dow-MIT ACCESS program was held - October 13-16 |
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Kwanghun Chung receives NIH New Innovator Award - October 13 |
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September |
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MIT ChemE Practice School Centennial Celebration was held on September 30 - October 2. |
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Pat Doyle finds a better way to assay - September 30 |
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Olsen Lab can accurately calculate the elasticity of polymer networks, aiding material design - September 15 |
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Langer Lab uses polymers to deliver beneficial bacteria to the human gut - September 14 |
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US News names MIT ChemE as top undergraduate program in the US - September 13 |
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Course X grad student Anasuya Mandal’s microneedle device could painlessly monitor the immune system - September 12 |
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Bazant reveals the dual personality of lithium in batteries - September 1 |
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August |
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ChemE post-doc Amit Kumar shares his struggles and triumphs in unfamiliar cultures- August 26 |
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Alan Hatton and Xiao Su awarded J-WAFS Solutions grant for the development of affordable and robust purification technology - August 15 |
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Greg Stephanopoulos develops a microbial engineering technique to reduce contamination in biofermentation plants - August 4 |
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Dan Anderson’s lab develops quick vaccines for Ebola, Zika, and others - August 2 |
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July |
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Paula Hammond has been elected a Fellow of the AIChE |
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Klavs Jensen received the 2016 AIChE Founders Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Chemical Engineering |
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The Chung Lab uses new technique to image the brain at multiple size scales - July 25 |
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Borrowing from pastry chefs, the Strano lab creates nanolayered composites - July 21 |
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Hatton student Xiao Su’s work in water highlighted by J-WAFS - July 11 |
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Post-Doc Michael Mitchell wins Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface - July 5 |
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The Anderson and Langer labs design programmable RNA vaccines - July 4 |
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ChemE researchers learn how to translate experiments into captivating images - July 1 |
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June |
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Professor Kwanghun Chung receives McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award - June 24 |
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Grad student David Borelli and colleagues show how replacing coal can be good for the bottom line - June 22 |
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The Román group develops copper-exchanged zeolites to catalyze the direct oxidation of methane into methanol with O2 - June 16 |
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Congrats to grad student Zachary Sherman, winner of the School of Engineering Graduate Student Award for Extraordinary Teaching and Mentoring - June 10 |
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Malena Ohl ’16 earns funds from MIT Sandbox for her innovative wearable medication dispenser - June 8 |
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Congratulations to Course X graduates! [See photos] - June 3 |
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May |
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Kristala Prather engages undergrads in a discussion about the future of biofuels - May 31 |
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Congratulations to Infinite Mile Award winners Sandra Lopes and Steve Wetzel! - May 31 |
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Román group develops nanoparticle catalysts that could reduce need for precious metals - May 19 |
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Course X senior Nicole Zeinstra awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for Track and Field - May 17 |
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ChemE’s “On-Demand Pharmacy” profiled by NPR - May 16 |
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Bernhardt Trout and Bob Langer named in the 2016 Medicine Maker Top 100 Power List - May 12 |
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Congratulations to all ChemE 2016 award and fellowship winners! |
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Food Engineering For Life: Honorary Symposium for Professor Emeritus Marcus Karel to be held on
May 17 |
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Martin Bazant named inaugural E. G. Roos (1944) Professor - May 12 |
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Prof. Virk received the Outstanding Veteran Advisor Award - May 12 |
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Congratulations to Professor Jesse Kroll on earning tenure! - May 11 |
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Profs Langer and Anderson create a “second skin” - May 10 |
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For the first time, Prof. Sikes and her group developed a rapid malaria test that is easy to read and interpret - May 5 |
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Arup Chakraborty elected to the National Academy of Sciences - May 3 |
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Prof. Greg Stephanopoulos and postdoc Amit Kumar developed a novel bioprocess for emissions reduction and recycling - May 2 |
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April |
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MIT ChemE labs earn EHS awards for conservation efforts - April 29 |
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Bob Langer to receive an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Medicine from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden - April 27 |
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Professors Hatton’s and Roman’s projects were both selected as winners for MITie Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research - April 13 |
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Xiao Su and Wenda Tian from Prof. Alan Hatton’s Research Group win both the Innovation Prize, and the Veraqua Prize at the MIT Water Innovation Prize event - April 8 |
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Congratulations to Course X undergrad, Chelsea Edwards, recipient of the 2016 Goldwater Scholarship Award - April 5 |
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March |
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Professors Jensen and Myerson developed a compact, portable pharmaceutical manufacturing system - March 31 |
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Prof. Paula Hammond’s talk on TED Talks Science & Wonder aired on PBS on March 30 [start video: 28:13] |
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Prof. Tisdale’s new approach and research on self-assembly of nanocrystal structures profiled on Nature Materials - March 21 |
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US News ranked MIT ChemE #1 Chemical Engineering Graduate Program - March 16 |
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Michael Strano and his group developed a nontoxic way of generating portable power - March 14 |
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Paula Hammond discusses cancer moonshot on MSNBC - March 9 |
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James Swan wins NSF CAREER Award - March 9 |
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February |
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Prof. Fikile Brushett collaborates with industry leaders and researchers to develop better polymers for better energy storage. [See video] - February 25 |
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William Tisdale selected as a 2016 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry - February 23 |
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Daniel Anderson is working on a customized single-dose RNA nanoparticle vaccine that may have potential to fight the spread of Zika - February 22 |
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Will Tisdale Earns Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers - February 18 |
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ChemE’s postdoc, Wen Wang and her colleagues, created a living, breathing fabric to enhance athletic performance - February 16 |
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IMES profiles Professor Daniel Anderson - February 5 |
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Jensen’s and Langer’s cell squeezing enhances protein imaging - February 1 |
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Anderson develops safer/more efficient CRISPR delivery system - February 1 |
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January |
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Langer’s and Anderson’s encapsulated pancreatic cells offer possible new diabetes treatment - January 25 |
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Bob Armstrong discusses carbon cutting with the Boston Globe - January 23 |
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Prof. Hammond discusses the role of nanotechnology and molecular engineering to cure cancer with VP Biden at the World Economic Forum roundtable in Davos.
[Video: Start at 27:27] - January 19 |
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Professors Langer and Strano listed as the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds by Thomson Reuters - January 15 |
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Pat Doyle has been selected as 2016 Singapore Research Professor - January 14 |
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Brad Olsen selected as ACS Polymer Division Fellow - January 14 |
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Using carbon nanotubes, Michael Strano has devised a new method for detecting proteins - January 13 |
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ChemE Senior, Kelsey Jamieson, wins the Schwarzman Scholarship - January 11 |
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Carl Schoellhammer PhD ’15, advised by Professors Blankschtein and Langer, named one of Forbes’s 2016 30 Under 30 - January 4 |
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