EECS Celebrates Awards

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Ashia Wilson named Junior Bose Award winner

June 16, 2026

The award is given annually to an outstanding contributor to education from among the faculty members who are being proposed for promotion to associate professor without tenure.

Interdisciplinary MIT teams design power, communications, and early lunar industries to win top honors in NASA innovation competition

June 10, 2026

Three MIT teams took five top awards in the 2026 NASA RASC-AL Competition for designing critical elements for the Moon Base and future missions to Mars.

Avani Ahuja ‘26 receives Henry Ford II Scholar Award

June 3, 2026

Avani Ahuja ‘26, a recent graduate of the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering, received the 2026 Henry Ford II Scholar Award. The award honors a senior undergraduate student who is in high academic standing and shows exceptional potential for leadership in the profession of engineering and in society.

MIT student Jack Carson named 2026 Udall Scholar

May 8, 2026

The Udall Foundation identifies and rewards future leaders in tribal public policy, Indigenous health policy, and the environment.

Jacob Andreas and Brett McGuire named Edgerton Award winners

April 17, 2026

The associate professors of EECS and chemistry, respectively, are honored for exceptional contributions to teaching, research, and service at MIT.

Vinod Vaikuntanathan teaches Advanced Topics in Cryptography: Learning with Errors and Post-Quantum Cryptography (Course 6.876J) in 2018.

Vinod Vaikuntanathan earns 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship

April 14, 2026

The award is given out yearly to leading thinkers, innovators, and creators across art, science, and scholarship to tackle current issues.

MIT graduate engineering and business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2026-27

April 7, 2026

Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 6.

Vincent Sitzmann named Junior Bose Award winner

April 6, 2026

The award is given annually to an outstanding contributor to education from among the faculty members who are being proposed for promotion to associate professor without tenure.

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2026

March 26, 2026

The Institute also ranks second in seven subject areas.

2026 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named

March 12, 2026

MIT professors Amos Winter and Nikolai Zeldovich are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.