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Bioscience (including both fundamental biology and medicine) is arguably the most important engineering system that mankind wishes to model, understand, and engineer. EECS provides a rich set of analytical tools to tackle these systems.
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MIT professor announced as award’s first recipient for work in cancer diagnosis and drug synthesis. -
July saw two new chair appointments within the department’s leadership. Please join us in congratulating Asu Ozdaglar and Joel Voldman on their accomplishments, and learn more about the new chairs here.MTL, RLE, InfoSys, ApplPhysDev, Biomed, Systems, Theory, bio-EECS, Connections, Multicore -
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Murray Eden, Emeritus Professor in Electrical Engineering at MIT, passed away on August 9, 2020, in Tucson, AZ. He was one week shy of his 100th birthday. -
Specialized nanoparticles create a “breath signal” that could be used to diagnose pneumonia and other infectious or genetic diseases. -
PhD student Geeticka Chauhan draws on her experiences as an international student to strengthen the bonds of her MIT community. -
Engineers design nanoparticles that stimulate the immune system, helping it to attack tumors. -
Model predicts whether ER patients suffering from sepsis urgently need a change in therapy. -
Professors Thomas Heldt, Aleksander Madry, Daniel Sanchez, and Vivienne Sze are promoted to the rank of Associate Professor without Tenure, effective July 1, 2017. -
Algorithm could help analyze fetal scans to determine whether interventions are warranted. -
New technique offers precise manipulation of when and where genes are targeted. -
Engineers program human cells to store complex histories in their DNA. -
EECS senior Ava Soleimany talks about being captain of the women’s tennis team, leadership, and her research in synthetic biology. -
Dedicated researcher was a circuits expert developing a retinal implant to help the blind see. -
Low-power chip processes 3-D camera data, could enable wearable device to guide the visually impaired. -
Combining MRI and other data helps machine-learning systems predict effects of neurodegenerative disease. -
MIT researchers team up with Boston Medical Center and Philips to test a noninvasive way to measure intracranial pressure. -
System can convert MRI scans into 3D-printed, physical models in a few hours. -
Researchers find pathway that controls metabolism by prompting fat cells to store or burn fat. -
Sensors, memory switches, and circuits can be encoded in a common gut bacterium. -
Sangeeta Bhatia, member of the EECS faculty, of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and has teamed with researchers at the University of California at San Diego to create a new way to detect cancer that has spread to the liver by using probiotics — providing a way for earlier detection of cancers such as colon and pancreatic that typcially metastasize to the liver. Read more. -
Sangeeta Bhatia has been named the recipient of the 2015 Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy, and Employment in recognition of her work in tissue engineering, disease detection and advocacy for women in STEM. Read more. -
The Optical Society (OSA) announced on March 1, 2015, the selection of Professor James G. Fujimoto as the recipient of the Frederic Ives Medal / Quinn Prize. He is recognized for pioneering the field of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and for his research group’s and collaborator’s contributions leading to its widespread medical application and major commercial impact. Read more. -
MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department Head Anantha Chandrakasan and Associate Department Heads Bill Freeman, Silvio Micali, and David Perreault announced in February 2015, the promotions of eight faculty members in the department. Professors Adalsteinsson, Daniel, Golland, and Torralba are promoted to full professor. Professors Chilpala, Polyanskiy and Vaikuntanathan are promoted to associate professor. The promotions are effective July 1, 2015. Read more. -
On February 19th, the birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus, Professor James G. Fujimoto was awarded the Honorary Doctorate Degree at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland. Professor Fujimoto was awarded the University’s highest academic distinction, Doctor Honoris Causa. Read more.
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