Department Profiles

Click on a link below to find out more about the research going on the respective department, laboratories and centers.

Research in Academic Departments

Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course1)
Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
Materials Science & Engineering (Course 3)
Architecture (Course 4)
Chemistry (Course 5)
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (Course 6)
Biology (Course 7)
Physics (Course 8)
Brain & Cognitive Sciences (Course 9)
Chemical Engineering (Course 10)
Urban Studies & Planning (Course 11)
Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
Economics (Course 14)
Sloan School of Management (Course 15)
Aeronautics & Astronautics (Course 16)
Political Science (Course 17)
Mathematics (Course 18)
Biological Engineering (20)
Anthropology (Course 21A)
Foreign Languages & Literatures (Course 21F)
History ((Course 21H)
Literature (Course 21L)
Music & Theater Arts (Course 21M)
Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies (Course 21W)
Nuclear Science & Engineering(Course 22)
Linguistics & Philosophy (Course 24)
Comparative Media Studies (CMS)
Health Sciences & Technology (HST)
Science, Technology, & Society (STS)
Women's and Gender Studies Program (WGS)

Research in Interdisciplinary Labs & Centers

Biotechnology Process Engineering Center (BPEC)
Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS)
Center for Biomedical Engineering (CBE)
Center for Educational Computing Initiatives (CECI)
Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS)
Center for Innovation in Product Development (CIPD)
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory (PILM)
Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology (CMRAE)
Center for Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE)
Center for Ocean Engineering (COE)
Center for Reflective Community Practice (CRCP)
Center for Space Research (CSR)
Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development (CTPID)
Clinical Research Center (CRC)
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Edgerton Center
Engineering Systems Division (ESD)
Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory (FBML)
Industrial Performance Center (IPC)
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN)
Laboratory for Energy & The Environment (LFEE)
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS)
Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity (LMP)
Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS)
Lincoln Laboratory (LL)
Materials Processing Center (MPC)
Media Laboratory
Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL)
Nuclear Reactor Laboratory (NRL)
Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC)
Research Lab for Electronics (RLE)
Teaching and Learning Laboratory (TLL)

Research in Other Programs

Broad Institute (BI)
Sea Grant Program
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (WI)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

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