electrical engineering and electronics

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High-end apps

Some of today's high-end applications for mobile phones are being actively developed at MIT, especially in classes taught by Hal Abelson of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences department. July 2, 2009

A phone is not just a phone

Several startup business ventures spawned by MIT students are using phones to help people, especially in developing nations, to raise their incomes, learn to read, get where they're going and even diagnose their ailments. July 2, 2009

Physics of peeling tape

A study of stickers peeling from windows could lead to a new way to precisely control the fabrication of stretchable electronics, according to a team of researchers including one at MIT. June 15, 2009

Computing boost for New England

What began as an effort to better coordinate information technology at MIT has blossomed into a major drive between the Institute, the state of Massachusetts and several key players in industry and academia to design a high-performance computing center. June 11, 2009

Awards and Honors

Recent achievements by members of the MIT community. June 10, 2009

Louis Smullin, former electrical engineering department head, 93

Louis D. Smullin, former head of the electrical engineering department who helped to create MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), died peacefully at his residence at Lasell House on Thursday, June 4. He was 93. June 8, 2009

Palacios named ONR Young Investigator

The Navy's Department of Naval Research (ONR) has named Tomás Palacios, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, as one of its 15 new Young Investigators. June 5, 2009