electrical engineering and electronics archive

MIT research bringing 'smart bikes' to Denmark - MIT researchers unveiled a major new project on Oct. 10 in Copenhagen aimed at transforming bicycle use in Denmark's largest city, promoting urban sustainability and building new connections between the city's cyclists. October 10, 2008

CarTel uses WiFi to personalize commutes - Dozens of cars in the Boston area are testing the latest generation of an MIT mobile-sensor network for traffic analysis that could help drivers cut their commuting time and alert them to potential engine problems. October 8, 2008

Preventing forest fires with tree power - MIT researchers and colleagues are finding out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires. What they learn also could raise the possibility of using trees as silent sentinels along the nation's borders. September 23, 2008

Robot wheelchair finds its own way - MIT researchers are developing a new kind of autonomous wheelchair that can learn all about the locations in a given building, and then take its occupant to a given place in response to a verbal command. September 19, 2008

Click and Clack glimpse cars of the future - The star mechanics of NPR's "Car Talk" got a sneak preview at MIT this week of the kinds of innovative cars and automotive technologies that their listeners might be calling in about in years to come. September 19, 2008

MITEI awards second round of seed grants - The MIT Energy Initiative's second round of seed grants for energy research, announced this week, will go toward a wide array of research topics ranging from power projects for developing countries to computer software that can help to optimize energy use. September 18, 2008

Quantum insights could lead to better detectors - A bizarre but well-established aspect of quantum physics could open up a new era of electronic detectors and imaging systems that would be far more efficient than any now in existence, according to new insights by an MIT leader in the field. September 11, 2008

MIT probe could aid quantum computing - Collaborating researchers from the MIT campus and Lincoln Laboratory may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code breaking. September 3, 2008

MIT class project gets a gold star from Google - A team of MIT students walked away from their spring-semester course with a lot more than just an A and six credits: They just won a $275,000 top prize from Google for the application they developed for the company's new open-source Android cell-phone system. August 29, 2008

Chiang challenges freshmen to follow their passions - If you follow your passion, sometimes you end up in the right place at the right time to have an impact on the world, MIT Professor Yet-Ming Chiang told the Class of 2012 Tuesday during the freshman faculty keynote address. August 26, 2008

Call of the wild - What started out as an MIT project aimed at monitoring owls in their natural environment has grown into an international collaboration on how to use widespread networks of citizen-scientists to gain new insights into a wide variety of species. August 22, 2008

MIT engineers work toward cell-sized batteries - Forget 9-volts, AAs, AAAs or D batteries: The energy for tomorrow's miniature electronic devices could come from MIT-developed microbatteries that are about half the size of a human cell and built with viruses. August 20, 2008

Building microchips from the bottom up - Using a novel system based on molecules that can assemble themselves into precise patterns, MIT researchers have overcome size limitations that would otherwise crimp improvements in data-storage media and electronic microchips. August 14, 2008

MIT awarded $3M for training program in quantum information science - MIT has been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a pioneering doctoral-study program in the growing field of quantum information science, which poses great potential in supercomputing. August 4, 2008

MIT PhD candidate wins Marconi Young Scholars award - Jay Kumar Sundararajan, a PhD candidate in the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems at MIT, was named one of four students nationwide to be honored by the Marconi Society as a Young Scholar Award winner. July 25, 2008

Physicists shed light on superconductivity riddle - MIT physicists believe they have identified a mysterious state of matter that has been linked to the phenomenon of high-temperature superconductivity. This state may not be a precursor to superconductivity, as has been theorized, but a competing state. July 18, 2008

MIT opens new 'window' on solar energy - Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy—at the edges of solar panels—that could allow just that. July 10, 2008

Fact Sheet: MIT's solar concentrators - A Q&A by the MIT research team led by Marc A. Baldo, the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, on solar concentrators. July 10, 2008

MIT reports finer lines for microchips - MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods. July 8, 2008

Silver lining: MIT-developed 'Cloud' unveiled in Italy - The Cloud, an interactive sculpture developed by a team from the MIT Mobile Experience Lab, is being unveiled this week at a fashion industry trade show in Florence, Italy. June 17, 2008

MIT detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases - Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases, a low-cost, low-energy portable device that could be carried in a pocket and used to monitor hazardous chemicals. June 5, 2008

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science awards - Awards given in MIT Electrical Engineering & Computer Science for the academic year 2007-2008. June 4, 2008

School of Engineering awards - Awards given in the MIT School of Engineering for the academic year 2007-2008. June 4, 2008

MIT develops a 'paper towel' for oil spills - A mat of nanowires with the touch and feel of paper, that can absorb up to 20 times its weight in oil, could be an important new tool in the cleanup of oil and other organic pollutants, MIT researchers and colleagues report. May 30, 2008

MIT student ingenuity sparks all-electric Porsche - With a click and a hum, the sleek Porsche 914 pulled away from the curb while onlookers watched anxiously and the passenger gazed down at a laptop plugged into the dashboard. Why the drama? The 1976 Porsche was operating on 18 high-tech batteries. May 21, 2008

Logan to get Lincoln Lab-developed safety system - Next year, Boston's Logan International Airport will become one of the first U.S. airports to deploy Runway Status Lights, a new technology originally developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory as part of the FAA's continuing program to improve runway safety. May 21, 2008

Hope on the horizon: Embedded Electronics - Michael S. Strano on embedded electronics. May 21, 2008

Hope on the horizon: Life Extension - Mehmet Fatih Yanik on extension of the human lifespan. May 21, 2008

MIT creates new material for fuel cells - MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly in portable electronics. May 16, 2008

Landsman gift aids electric energy-related engineering at MIT - A $4 million gift by alumnus Emanuel E. Landsman and his wife, Sheila E. Landsman, to MIT electrical engineering-related departments and laboratories will provide support in the fields of power electronics and electric energy-related engineering. April 25, 2008

Future soldier: powered, spring-loaded, located - Soldiers working in sunny but remote areas, in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan, might get a new boost of power for their electronic devices thanks to an innovative design for backpack-mounted solar cells designed by MIT students. April 18, 2008

Live-animal nerve regeneration study gets boost - An MIT team has improved upon its landmark technology reported last year in which the researchers used a fingernail-sized lab on a chip to image, perform surgery on and sort tiny worms to study nerve regeneration. April 10, 2008

Researchers boost thermoelectric efficiency - Researchers at Boston College and MIT have used nanotechnology to achieve a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency, a milestone that paves the way for a new generation of products that run cleaner. March 20, 2008

Jin Au Kong, long-serving EECS professor, dies aged 65 - Professor Jin Au Kong, an expert on electromagnetic waves who served on the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science for nearly 40 years, died unexpectedly this week of complications from pneumonia. He was 65. March 13, 2008

Professor Emeritus J. Francis Reintjes dies at 96 - MIT Professor Emeritus J. Francis Reintjes, celebrated for his keen wit and unassuming but steadfast leadership in electrical engineering and computer science, passed away Feb. 21 after a brief illness. He was 96. March 5, 2008

Shedding a bright light on village needs - Two MIT graduate students have led an effort to supply hot water to a girl's high school dorm in Lesotho through the design of a concentrating solar array. Another nearby village features the students' solar heater, located near the community's well. February 27, 2008

The city that never sleeps ... nor stops talking - What does the telecommunications traffic flowing in and out of New York City reveal about the city that never sleeps? MIT researchers hope to find out with their novel project, the New York Talk Exchange. February 18, 2008

Turning 'funky' quantum mysteries into reality - The strange world of quantum mechanics can provide a way to surpass limits in speed, efficiency and accuracy of computing, communications and measurement, according to research by MIT scientist Seth Lloyd. February 16, 2008

MIT students design graduate student development program - An MIT PhD candidate in electrical engineering and computer science will describe a novel professional development program for graduate students and its impact at MIT at the annual meeting of the AAAS in Boston. February 16, 2008

Optimism among strengths of HST's Gray - Martha Gray, director of the Harvard-MIT Department of Health Sciences and Technology, displays an optimism that explains why, on a snowy night in March, dozens of people flocked to her home to read poetry and to enjoy chance meetings. February 13, 2008

Smart pillbox could be a lifesaver - An MIT student and team of collaborators think may have found a high-tech solution in a low-tech package to the problem of ensuring that patients take their tuberculosis medication. Their simple but 'smart' pillbox could save lives throughout the world. February 6, 2008

Team develops energy-efficient microchip - Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have unveiled a new chip design for portable electronics that can be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than present technology. The design could lead to devices that last far longer when running from a battery. February 5, 2008

MIT gas sensor is tiny, quick - Engineers at MIT are developing a tiny sensor that could be used to detect minute quantities of hazardous gases, including toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents, much more quickly than current devices. January 10, 2008

Laser beam 'fire hose' used to sort cells - Separating particular kinds of cells from a sample could become faster, cheaper and easier thanks to a new system developed by MIT researchers that involves pushing up the cells with a laser beam "fire hose." December 11, 2007

Awards and honors - Recent achievements by members of the MIT community. December 5, 2007

Nanoparticles deliver drugs directly into tumors - MIT scientists have devised remotely controlled nanoparticles that, when pulsed with an electromagnetic field, release drugs to attack tumors. The innovation could lead to the improved diagnosis and targeted treatment of cancer. November 20, 2007

MIT works toward 'smart' optical microchips - A new theory developed at MIT could lead to "smart" optical microchips that adapt to different wavelengths of light, potentially advancing telecommunications, spectroscopy and remote sensing. November 1, 2007

A light beam for manipulation of cells on chips - In a feat that seems like something out of a microscopic version of Star Trek, MIT researchers have found a way to use a "tractor beam" of light to pick up, hold and move around individual cells and other objects on the surface of a microchip. October 31, 2007

Yanik wins Packard fellowship for neural microchip work - Mehmet Fatih Yanik has stopped light in its tracks and created a self-contained biological laboratory on the surface of a microchip. Now he is focusing on learning how to keep nerve cells from degenerating and getting damaged ones to regenerate. October 17, 2007

MIT finds new hearing mechanism - MIT researchers have discovered a hearing mechanism that fundamentally changes the current understanding of inner ear function. This new mechanism could help explain the ear's remarkable ability to sense and discriminate sounds. October 10, 2007

Physics professor probes superconductivity - Eric Hudson is an expert in scanning tunneling microscopy, which is based on the stunning fact that by generating a voltage between the right type of tiny metal tip and a surface just a few atoms' widths away, you can actually map its individual atoms. October 3, 2007

Research helps convert brain signals into action - MIT researchers have developed a new algorithm that unifies seemingly disparate approaches to prototype neural prosthetic devices, the apparatuses that convert brain signals into action for paralyzed patients or amputees. October 2, 2007

MIT aims to optimize chip designs - Variations in miniscule computer chips can cause fluctuations in circuit speed and power. An MIT research team is working to predict the variation in circuit performance and maximize the number of chips working within the chips' specifications. August 16, 2007

Goodbye wires… - Imagine a future in which wireless power transfer is feasible: cell phones, mp3 players, laptops, and household robots could charge themselves, free from wires. An MIT team led by Professor Marin Soljacic is now one step closer to this vision. June 7, 2007

School of Engineering awards - Recent achievements by members of the MIT community. June 6, 2007

Women's Technology Program graduates first class - Alisha Schor, Emily Slutsky, and Kyung Jin Chang are among six seniors making history as the first members of MIT's Women's Technology Program to graduate from the Institute. June 4, 2007

MIT urged to educate 'geeks' and 'chiefs' - Professor Yossi Sheffi gave the Charles L. Miller lecture April 5, advocating education not only of "geeks"--world class technical designers--but also of "chiefs"--world-class leaders. May 16, 2007

Nanotech gives thermoelectricity a new glow - Gang Chen's research with nano-scale materials gave him a head start in the field of nanotechnology when it was still brand new. Today, nano-materials are the foundation for a fast-growing approach to energy saving. May 9, 2007

Charles D. Paton dies, memorial on May 11 - Charles D. Paton, retired director of the Electrical Engineering Laboratories, died April 29. He was 78. May 9, 2007

MIT, IBM team up on first PlayStation®3 course - MIT and IBM have announced the success of the first course in the United States structured around the capabilities of the Cell Broadband Engine, the microprocessor that powers the new PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. May 2, 2007

MIT team takes high-res, 3-D images of eye - In work that could improve diagnoses of many eye diseases, MIT Professor James Fujimoto and colleagues have developed a new type of laser for taking high-resolution, 3-D images of the retina, the part of the eye that converts light to electrical signals. April 30, 2007

New center to explore quantum information theory - MIT's new $3.5 million W. M. Keck Foundation Center for Extreme Quantum Information Theory (xQIT) enables a major new push by MIT theorists in the international race to determine the ultimate capabilities of quantum information systems. March 9, 2007

Dresselhaus wins L'Oréal-UNESCO Award - MIT Institute Professor Mildred Dresselhaus is the North American winner of a 2007 L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science. Dresselhaus was selected for "conceptualizing the creation of carbon nanotubes." February 22, 2007

ACM names three from MIT for computer science - The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has recognized three MIT researchers among 41 of its members for their contributions to both the practical and theoretical aspects of computing and information technology. February 22, 2007

New circuits could impact consumer electronics - Analog circuits haven't enjoyed the same rate of progress as digital circuits, and are draining power and causing other bottlenecks in improved consumer electronic devices. Now MIT engineers have devised new analog circuits they hope will change that. February 15, 2007

Victor Zue will direct CSAIL - Victor Zue, co-director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), will become sole director of the lab, effective July 1. February 14, 2007

Academy of Engineering elects 5 from MIT - Five MIT researchers are among the 64 new members of the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. February 14, 2007

Flow of tiny bubbles mimics computer circuitry - In work that could dramatically boost the capabilities of "lab on a chip" devices, MIT researchers have created a way to use tiny bubbles to mimic the capabilities of a computer while also performing chemical reactions. February 8, 2007

MIT 'optics on a chip' may revolutionize electronics - In work that could lead to completely new devices, systems and applications in computing and telecommunications, MIT researchers are bringing the long-sought goal of "optics on a chip" one step closer to market. February 6, 2007

MIT improves protein sorting with a new microchip - A new MIT microchip system promises to speed up the separation and sorting of biomolecules such as proteins. The work could help scientists better detect certain molecules associated with diseases, potentially leading to earlier diagnoses. February 5, 2007

Transistor technology may power future devices - MIT engineers have demonstrated a technology that could introduce an important new phase of the microelectronics revolution that has already brought us iPods, laptops and much more. December 12, 2006

Ogunnika wins first MIT-CIMIT fellowship - The Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT) and the MIT School of Engineering have recently announced the awarding of the first MIT-CIMIT Medical Engineering Fellowship to MIT graduate student Olumuyiwa Ogunnika. December 4, 2006

MIT implant measures tumor growth, treatment - A tiny implant containing specially designed nanoparticles now being developed at MIT could one day help doctors rapidly monitor the growth of tumors and the progress of chemotherapy in cancer patients. December 4, 2006

Wanted: Biologists who can speak 'math' - Biologists, computer scientists and engineers speak different languages. This communications divide is becoming more of a problem now that research so often requires collaboration across disciplines. November 22, 2006

MIT chemist studies how electrons behave - Troy Van Voorhis likes to watch how things work. This natural curiosity led to his current research on the behavior of electrons, which will now be further supported by a 2006 David and Lucile Packard Foundation fellowship. November 17, 2006

Wireless energy could power consumer electronics - Recharging your laptop computer and a variety of other gadgets may one day be as convenient as surfing the web--wirelessly. A dead cell phone beeping in the middle of the night was the inspiration for an MIT researcher to innovate a solution. November 14, 2006

Deshpande Center announces innovation grants - The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT has announced the awarding of $488,000 in grants to six MIT research teams working on discoveries related to energy storage, health sciences and wireless networks. October 11, 2006

MIT's intelligent aircraft fly, cooperate autonomously - MIT researchers and collaborators have laid the groundwork for an intelligent airborne fleet of small, unmanned vehicles for military use. The vehicles would require little human supervision and could automatically monitor their condition. September 26, 2006

Epilepsy breakthrough on horizon - Researchers at MIT are developing a device that could detect and prevent epileptic seizures before they become debilitating. The scientists plan to test the new detector in epilepsy patients this fall. August 31, 2006

Xiwen Zhong, research engineer, dies at 71 - Xiwen Zhong, a research engineer at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Science Center, died Aug. 1 after a long illness. He was 71. August 10, 2006

Chandrakasan to lead microsystems lab - Anantha Chandrakasan has been appointed director of MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratories, effective Sept. 1. July 26, 2006

MIT physicists shed new light on superfluidity - For the first time, MIT scientists have directly observed the transition of a gas to a superfluid, a form of matter closely related to the superconductors that allow electrical currents to travel without resistance. July 20, 2006

MIT scientists create fiber webs that see - In a radical departure from conventional lens-based optics, MIT scientists have developed a sophisticated optical system made of mesh-like webs of light-detecting fibers. July 6, 2006

Alan Kotok, 64, created joystick - Computer pioneer Alan Kotok, an MIT alumnus who helped create both the first video game and the gaming joystick, died of a heart attack in his home in Cambridge, Mass., on Friday, May 26. June 13, 2006

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science awards - 2006 Awards listings. June 7, 2006

Freshmen automate dorm room - Little by little, freshmen Zack Anderson and R.J. Ryan, residents of East Campus, have turned an ordinary, standard-issue dorm room into something extraordinary: a fully automated pad. May 24, 2006

New material puts its own spin on electronics - Researchers at MIT's Francis Bitter Magnet Lab have developed a novel magnetic semiconductor that may greatly increase the computing power and flexibility of future electronic devices while dramatically reducing their power consumption. May 24, 2006

MIT poet develops 'seeing machine' - An MIT poet has developed a small, relatively inexpensive "seeing machine" that can allow people who are blind, or visually challenged like her, to access the Internet, view the face of a friend, "previsit" unfamiliar buildings and more. May 23, 2006

Media Lab researcher gets into Monkey Business - Rachel Kern's office in the MIT Media Lab is quiet -- a bit too quiet -- when visitors drop by to hear about Monkey Business, her master's thesis and the latest research phase in the lab's Speech Interface Group. May 17, 2006

Team revamps energy system for fuel-efficiency - MIT researchers in the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems are applying new materials, new technologies and new ideas to radically improve an old concept -- thermophotovoltaic (TPV) conversion of light into electricity. May 15, 2006

Lemelson-MIT awards prizes for innovation - The Lemelson-MIT Program announced today that its $500,000 prize will be presented to James Fergason, whose work with liquid crystals paved the way for multiple innovations, including digital watches and computer monitors. May 3, 2006

MIT nanoparticles may help detect tumors - MIT engineers have devised a new technique that allows nanoparticles to group together inside cancerous tumors, creating masses with enough of a magnetic signal to be detectable by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. May 1, 2006

Nokia Research Center Cambridge opens - Advancing the vision of mobility while developing real-world applications, MIT and Nokia announced April 21 the opening of the Nokia Research Center Cambridge. April 21, 2006

Researcher makes call to help wildlife - Dale Joachim, an electrical engineer who is developing cell phone technology to monitor bird populations and creating intelligent systems to automate musical chord transcription, has been named a Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professor. April 18, 2006

Researchers build tiny batteries with viruses - MIT scientists have harnessed the construction talents of tiny viruses to build ultra-small "nanowire" structures for use in very thin lithium-ion batteries. April 7, 2006

MIT makes move toward vehicles that morph - Picture a bird, effortlessly adjusting its wings to catch every current of air. Airplanes that could do the same would have many advantages over today's flying machines, including increased fuel efficiency. March 22, 2006

Warbling whales speak a language all their own - Researchers led by an MIT graduate student have now mathematically confirmed that whales have their own syntax that uses sound units to build phrases that can be combined to form songs that last for hours. March 22, 2006

MIT device may speed up space communications - MIT researchers have developed a tiny light detector that may allow for super-fast broadband communications over interplanetary distances. Currently, even still images from other planets are difficult to retrieve. March 20, 2006

Three awarded MacVicars for great teaching - The 2006 MacVicar Fellows share a passion for education that has earned all three the respect of students and faculty alike. This year's fellows are Professor Leslie Norford, Associate Professor Dennis Freeman and Professor Samuel Bowring. March 8, 2006

Two named IEEE fellows - Two MIT engineers--Jesús del Alamo and Eric Evans--have been named fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. March 2, 2006

Karger moves in the best circles - When David Karger, a professor of electrical engineering, isn't teaching algorithms in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), he's got dancing on his mind. March 1, 2006

MIT powers up new battery for hybrid cars - Researchers at MIT have developed a new type of lithium battery that could become a cheaper alternative to the batteries that now power hybrid electric cars. February 16, 2006

MIT lines up battery of options - Better lithium ion batteries, solid-state batteries and new materials that could make rechargeable batteries for electric cars cheaper and safer are among MIT's most recent battery innovations. February 16, 2006

NAE welcomes 2 from MIT - MIT professors Dimitri A. Antoniadis and M. Frans Kaashoek are among the 76 new members of the National Academy of Engineering. February 14, 2006

Researchers fired up over new battery - Work at MIT's Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems holds out the promise of the first technologically significant and economically viable alternative to conventional batteries in more than 200 years. February 8, 2006

DARPA names Ippen to lead project - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a 3.5-year, $9.5 million program to Professor Erich P. Ippen of MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE). November 9, 2005

Eric Grimson named head of EECS - Professor Eric Grimson, a leading expert in computer vision, has been named the new head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. October 28, 2005

Institute of Medicine elects 2 from MIT - Emilio Bizzi, Institute Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Peter Szolovits, professor of computer science and electrical engineering, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine. October 24, 2005

MIT researchers map city by cellphone - Can you see me now? Researchers at MIT may not be able to hear your cellphone call, but they have found a way to see it. They mapped a city in real time by monitoring the usage of tens of thousands of cellphones. September 14, 2005

EECS appoints 10 to professorships - The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science has announced the appointment of six professors to career development chairs and four to other named professorships. July 18, 2005

New book explores 100 years of EECS - MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, world-renowned for the resilience of its curriculum, has produced a lively 6-pound, 162-cubic-inch, 350-page coffee-table book to honor its first 100 years. July 18, 2005

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science awards - 2005 awards listings. June 1, 2005

Creator of DRAM wins Lemelson-MIT award - Proving that a little chip can go a long way, Robert Dennard will receive the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award for having come up with a way to arrange transistors and capacitors onto a single silicon chip. April 21, 2005

Students await weightlessness - Four students from MIT have been chosen by NASA to conduct research while floating aboard the agency's famous "Weightless Wonder" aircraft. January 18, 2005

Magnet Lab joins spintronics program - The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and MIT's Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory have launched a 10-year program in spintronics. November 23, 2004

Plane speaking - Aeronautics researchers at MIT have developed a manned-to-unmanned aircraft guidance system that allows a pilot in one plane to guide another unmanned airplane by speaking commands in English. November 2, 2004

Cricket brings location data inside - Cricket is an indoor location system developed by Professor Hari Balakrishnan and colleagues at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). It provides fine-grained location information to applications running on handhelds, laptops and sensor nodes. October 27, 2004

The accidental artist - Electrical engineering Ph.D. candidate Seth Coe-Sullivan never set out to become an artist, but one of his photographs recently took first place in an international contest sponsored by Nikon. October 15, 2004

Spinach may soon power mobile devices - For the first time, MIT researchers have incorporated a plant's ability to convert sunlight to energy into a solid-state electronic "spinach sandwich" device that may one day power laptops and cell phones. September 15, 2004

Team to test interplanetary laser link - A NASA-MIT team is working to forge the first laser communication link between Mars and Earth, in an effort to benefit the transmission of data from robotic spacecraft. August 6, 2004

Bridging the communications gap - Communications research has been partitioned from the industry it serves--until now. A Cambridge-MIT Institute initiative aims to bridge that gap by bringing together the different disciplines. June 28, 2004

Electrical engineering and computer science - 2004 awards listings. June 2, 2004

Professor Dresselhaus receives honor - MIT Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus will receive the 2004 Founders Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. November 26, 2003

High school students, STEP - The Women's Technology Program is a four-week summer residence program designed to introduce women high-school students to the fields of electrical engineering and computer science. July 18, 2003

EECS awards - Award recipients in electrical engineering and computer science. June 4, 2003

Happy 100th for EECS - Rodney A. Brooks explains robot-human interaction to Professor John V. Guttag (head of electrical engineering and computer science) during the department's 100th anniversary celebration. June 4, 2003

Evolving human-machine relations - Four MIT researchers gave hundreds of EECS alumni and friends a taste of the future of human-machine relationships on Friday in Kresge Auditorium at the first day of a two-day celebration of the department's centennial. May 23, 2003

Nothing but blue skies - Professor Eric Feron and his aero/astro-LIDS research team celebrated the 100th anniversary of EECS by powering their robotic helicopter. May 21, 2003

Frosh shown the ropes - This is the third in a series of articles on educational initiatives that bring innovation into the classroom. May 21, 2003

EECS principles listed - President Emeritus Paul E. Gray has been associated with MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science for more than 50 years. May 21, 2003

EECS celebrates 100 years - There is much to celebrate as the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) observes its 100th anniversary with two days of festivities. May 21, 2003

EECS celebrates 100 years at MIT - To mark its 100th anniversary, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) will host a two-day celebration on May 23-24. May 14, 2003

MacArthur Fellow joins MIT - Daniela Rus, winner of a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship last September, will join the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as an associate professor. May 14, 2003

Balakrishnan receives Edgerton Award - Associate Professor Hari Balakrishnan of electrical engineering and computer science received the Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award at the April 16 faculty meeting. April 25, 2003

Prof started college at 12 - When he was 12, Erik Demaine talked himself into Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, despite having no grades or academic record to speak of. February 26, 2003

Fluid morphs into startling designs, surprising MIT researchers - As a project last summer, Cory Lorenz collaborated with Zahn to explore the effects of time-varying magnetic fields on ferrofluids. February 5, 2003

Quantum-dot LED - MIT researchers have combined organic materials with high-performing inorganic nanocrystals to create a hybrid optoelectronic structure. January 8, 2003

Quantum-dot LED may be screen of choice for future electronics - MIT researchers have created a hybrid optoelectronic structure--a quantum dot-organic light-emitting device that may one day replace LCDs as the flat-panel display of choice for consumer electronics. December 18, 2002

Low-loss optical fiber created - MIT researchers have created a low-loss optical fiber that may lead to advances in medicine, manufacturing, sensor technology and telecommunications. December 11, 2002

EECS creates summer program for girls - Douglas Ricket, created the Women's Technology Program to teach 10th and 11th-grade girls math, computer science and electrical engineering. July 5, 2002

EECS gives awards - The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science recognized the academic achievements of a number of students in 2001-02. June 5, 2002

Graduate student wins EECS fellowship - Benton H. Calhoun has been chosen to receive the first Infineon Technologies Fellowship in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. June 5, 2002

Professor Rosenblith dies at 88 - MIT Institute Professor Emeritus died of complications resulting from prostate cancer. He was 88 years old. May 3, 2002

'Auditory chimeras' may help hearing impaired - MIT researchers report that they have invented mythical beasts of sound that may lead to better musical experiences for the hearing impaired. March 13, 2002

'Auditory chimeras' may help hearing impaired - MIT researchers report that they have invented mythical beasts of sound that may lead to better musical experiences for the hearing impaired. March 6, 2002

Design showcase - The MIT chapter of Eta Kappa Nu, the electrical and computer engineering honor society, sponsored its first annual student invention expo on Jan. 29. February 6, 2002

Three named IEEE Fellows - Three MIT engineers have been named Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for their "extraordinary record of accomplishments." December 12, 2001

Event examines MEMS - The Microsystems Technology Laboratories, together with the Industrial Liaison Program, will host Hitachi-MIT Day on Friday, Dec. 7 in the Tang Center. December 5, 2001

Device to aid production of electricity - MIT scientist and colleague have invented a semiconductor technology that could allow efficient, affordable production of electricity from a variety of energy sources without turbine, similar generator. November 27, 2001

NE could face energy chaos - An MIT expert in electric power systems is worried that the northeastern US may be headed toward energy chaos rivaling that seen recently in California. September 20, 2001

The future of GPS - Exploiting "quantum weirdness" would dramatically improve the precision of radar, sonar, the global positioning system and other object locators, according to MIT researchers. August 29, 2001

'Quantum weirdness' may help GPS - Exploiting "quantum weirdness" would dramatically improve the precision of radar, sonar, the global positioning system (GPS) and other object locators, MIT researchers report. August 22, 2001

EECS bestows honors - The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) honored students and faculty members in the department for achievements in 2000-01. June 6, 2001

MIT pioneers online lab - MIT students can now test and probe fragile, microscopic electronic structures using a novel online lab that can be accessed from dorm rooms and other convenient locations. March 14, 2001

Online lab in microelectronics - MIT students can now test and probe fragile, microscopic electronic structures via WebLab, a novel online lab that can be accessed from dorm rooms and other convenient locations. March 6, 2001

Microelectronics WebLab - A commentary by Jesus A. del Alamo. March 6, 2001