Computational Fabrication and Manufacturing

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March 13, 2026

New photonic device efficiently beams light into free space

Light-emitting structures that curl off the chip surface could enable advanced displays, high-speed optical communications, and larger-scale quantum computers.

March 9, 2026

Recreating the forms and sounds of historical musical instruments

Through an interdisciplinary collaboration between MIT and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, researchers are creating playable physical and synthesized replicas.

February 20, 2026

Results You Can Touch

One year into the new 6-5 degree program, students are discovering the joy of hands-on electrical engineering.

February 19, 2026

3D-printing platform rapidly produces complex electric machines

Overcoming challenges of 3D printing with multiple functional materials, MIT researchers fabricated an electric linear motor in hours.

December 11, 2025

New materials could boost the energy efficiency of microelectronics

By stacking multiple active components based on new materials on the back end of a computer chip, this new approach reduces the amount of energy wasted during computation.

Mariana Popescu

Assistant Professor, shared appointment with Department of Architecture; Class of 1942 Career Development Professor [AI+D]

madpope@mit.edu

617-324-7787

Office: 7-403b

June 20, 2025

New 3D chips could make electronics faster and more energy-efficient

The low-cost, scalable technology can seamlessly integrate high-speed gallium nitride transistors onto a standard silicon chip.

June 16, 2025

Startup’s biosensor makes drug development and manufacturing cheaper

Protein sensor developed by alumna-founded Advanced Silicon Group can be used for research and quality control in biomanufacturing.

April 11, 2025

Could LLMs help design our next medicines and materials?

A new method lets users ask, in plain language, for a new molecule with certain properties, and receive a detailed description of how to synthesize it.

March 31, 2025

“Biomedical lab in a box” empowers engineers in low- and middle-income countries

A team at MIT have created a “lab kit in a box” made of locally sourced and easily replaced materials for biomedical students working in Kenya and Uganda, where supply chain and environmental issues can compound technological problems with medical equipment.