
Fadel Adib promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
The Department of EECS is proud to announce the promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure of Fadel Adib.

Tomás Palacios named new Director of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL)
The Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) will now be helmed by a new director.

Recent chair announcements within EECS
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) recently announced the following crop of chair appointments, all effective July 1, 2022. Karl Berggren has been named the…

Virtual conference gathered students, faculty, and industry partners to explore the future of microsystems and nanotechnology.

2022 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
Professors Kamrin, Lang, McGee, and Shoulders are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.

Five in EECS Appointed to Career Development Professorships
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science has announced the appointment of five of its faculty members to Career Development Professorships, retroactively effective July 1, 2021. Those…

A universal system for decoding any type of data sent across a network
New chip eliminates the need for specific decoding hardware, could boost efficiency of gaming systems, 5G networks, the internet of things, and more.

Professor Emeritus Paul Penfield, chronicler of entropy and lifelong teacher, dies at 88.
A long-time department head who established the MEng degree for EECS undergraduates, Penfield developed courses illuminating the equivalence of information and thermodynamic entropy.

Faculty rap sessions at the Microsystems Annual Research Conference explored current and future innovations. Here, Jatin Patil (top left), PhD student in materials science and engineering, leads a…

Explained: Quantum engineering
MIT computer engineers are working to make quantum computing’s promise a reality. Image: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT Since the 1940s, classical computers have improved at breakneck speed. Today you can…