Singapore-MIT

Maria Zuber appointed vice president for research

November 27, 2012

Claude Canizares will take a new role as a vice president with responsibility for international partnerships.

Also labeled: Earth and atmospheric sciences, Faculty, Haystack Observatory, Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Global, Koch Institute, Lincoln Laboratory, Masdar, MIT Administration, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), Physics, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, President L. Rafael Reif, Research, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Skolkovo, Skoltech

John Brisson appointed as director of MIT/SUTD Collaboration Office

November 20, 2012

Professor of mechanical engineering will serve as the Institute’s liaison with SUTD leaders in Singapore.

Also labeled: Administration, Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Global, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Mechanical engineering, President L. Rafael Reif, Provost

Research update: Chips with self-assembling rectangles

July 19, 2012

New technique allows production of complex microchip structures in one self-assembling step.

Also labeled: Computer science and technology, Electrical engineering and electronics, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Materials science, Microchips, Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Research, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Self-assembly, Semiconductors, Students, National Science Foundation (NSF)

SUTD marks start of its first academic year

May 8, 2012

Singaporean university, established in consultation with MIT, enrolls 340 students in its inaugural class.

Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Global, Singapore, Students, MIT Administration, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), Special events and guest speakers

Moving microfluidics from the lab bench to the factory floor

March 29, 2012

The Center for Polymer Microfabrication designs manufacturing processes for a new generation of diagnostic tools.

Also labeled: Future of Manufacturing, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Manufacturing, Mechanical engineering, Microchips, Microfluidics, Micromachines, Microsystems, Research

Princeton Review names MIT a top school for video game design

March 7, 2012

Undergraduate and graduate programs both lauded.

Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Comparative Media Studies, Education, teaching, academics, Game Lab, Graduate, postdoctoral, Global, Rankings, Students, Undergraduate, Video games

Experimental World War I video game combats 'over-engineered' storytelling

February 1, 2012

MIT lab proves games don't need supercharged technology to create dramatic narratives.

Also labeled: Arts, Contests and academic competitions, Game Lab, Students, Video games

Game puts artificial intelligence in the mind of the beholder

October 31, 2011

What if developing certain kinds of AI didn’t have to be so laborious?

Also labeled: Game Lab, Video games

IROP students around the world

October 21, 2011

During the 2010-2011 academic year, International Research Opportunities Program students conducted research around the world in 18 different countries.

Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Global Education and Career Development, Global, Research, Students, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), International Research Opportunities Program (IROP)

New MIT game research explores Singapore culture from the inside out

October 18, 2011

Also labeled: Game Lab, Research, Students, Video games

LGBT content and video games: MIT lab tackles the issue

September 22, 2011

Popular games still haven’t shown they can handle lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender representations. Research at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab wants to change that.

Also labeled: Collaboration, Game Lab, Research, Students, Video games, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ)