Home People Tomás Palacios People FacultyFaculty AI+DFaculty CSFaculty EEFaculty EmeritusLecturers Leadership Staff Director, Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL); Professor of EE, [EE] tpalacios@mit.edu (617) 324-2395 Office: 39-567A Website Research Areas Electronic, Magnetic, Optical and Quantum Materials and DevicesEnergyNanoscale Materials, Devices, and Systems Latest News More News December 14, 2022 Tomás Palacios named new Director of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) The Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) will now be helmed by a new director. September 26, 2022 Massachusetts Microelectronics Internship Program: a big focus on critical tiny components EECS Alliance–backed program seeks to get more Massachusetts students into the microelectronics game March 11, 2022 2022 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named Professors Kamrin, Lang, McGee, and Shoulders are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching. March 10, 2022 Unlocking new doors to artificial intelligence MEng graduate students engage with IBM to develop their research skills and solutions to real-world problems. January 19, 2022 Reasserting U.S. leadership in microelectronics MIT researchers lay out a strategy for how universities can help the U.S. regain its place as a semiconductor superpower.