Robotuna, first robotic version
of the tuna, anticipates new mini-submarines. The robot was designed by Michael S. Triantafyllou, professor of ocean engineering, and an MIT research team

Nelson Mandela elected president
of South Africa

CASPAR homeless shelter, built by MIT, opens on Albany Street

Charles M. Vest appointed to President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

Nobel Prize in physics shared by Professor Clifford Shull and colleague for the development of neutron scattering for the study of matter

Professor Evelynn Hammonds co-chairs first-of-its-kind national conference on black women in academia

Top quark, the last of the subatomic particles believed to be the building blocks of matter, discovered by 18 MIT scientists among Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) team

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) established at MIT, directed by Timothy Berners-Lee, senior research scientist, Lab for Computer Science

Lemelson-MIT Prize for Invention and Innovation established