Awards, honors and fellowships

Saurabh Amin to be chief scientist on multi-institutional NSF grantProject aims to improve security and operations of civil and environmental engineering structures and systems

Sports Shorts for May 6: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsZhang named NEWMAC Athlete of the Year in tennis; Perez, Cornwell named to Capital One Academic All-District Team for baseball

MIT Steel Bridge team wins first place in regional contestThough delayed by the Boston-area lockdown, the competition was held at MIT on April 20

Inventors honored for bringing life-saving health solutions to the developing worldRebecca Richards-Kortum and Maria Oden win $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation.

NSE-led teams sweep energy innovation contestFuture Energy @ MIT pitch competition focuses on finding solutions to the world’s energy challenges

Sports Shorts for April 29: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsMen’s and women’s track and field, men's tennis all capture NEWMAC titles; Hohenberger and Chang named All-Americans in volleyball

Stephanie Frampton awarded the Rome PrizeWill research history and cultural significance of the alphabetic writing of ancient Rome.

MIT students win twice in White House competitionContest focused on energy efficiency in buildings

Simchi-Levi honored by Production and Operations Management SocietyPublication cites CEE professor's contributions to theoretical and practical aspects of supply-chain management

Amy Smith named one of 'Boston's Most Influential Women'D-Lab founder and co-director recognized by the Women of the Harvard Club Committee

Ed Boyden shares Gabbay Award with optogenetics researchers

Micah Altman wins Pizzigati PrizeMIT Libraries’ research director recognized for his work with DistrictBuilder software

Anna Frebel receives NSF CAREER AwardFrebel will work on identifying large numbers of 12 to 13 billion-year-old stars in the galactic halo

Jay Scheib receives MAP Fund grant

Sports Shorts for April 16: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsCo-ed sailing team qualifies for ICSA National Semifinals; track and field teams sweep Quad Meet titles

Demaines selected for Guggenheim FellowshipHonored for work with origami from wood, plastic, metal and glass.

Markus Buehler named recipient of the Robert Lansing Hardy AwardRecognized for innovations using computational science to understand mechanical properties of biological and bio-inspired materials.

Indyk and Katabi win top ACM honorsProfessors recognized for their contributions to computer science

MIT senior Holden Lee wins Gates ScholarshipLee will pursue graduate studies in mathematics at the University of Cambridge.

Fox receives AAVMC Excellence in Research Award

Sports Shorts for April 8: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsUbellacker featured in Sports Illustrated's ‘Faces in the Crowd’; track teams capture Engineer's Cup titles

NASA selects MIT-led TESS project for 2017 mission$200 million project will launch telescopes to perform full-sky search for transiting exoplanets.

Ulm and Concrete Sustainability Hub named to list of top newsmakersResearch on reduction of concrete's environmental footprint prompts inclusion on trade journal's list.

Gore wins $1.13 million NIH grantAward will fund study evolution of antibiotic-resistance in bacteria