June, 2018

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About MRL

Summer projects in motion

Summer Scholar Abigail Nason [left] and Materials Science and Engineering graduate student Takian Fakhrul peer into a pulsed laser deposition chamber. Photo, Denis Paiste.

Lab assignments cut across disciplines. From simulating the physics of spinning magnetic particles to fabricating new materials for infrared chemical sensing, MIT Materials Research Laboratory summer researchers will challenge themselves to learn new skills and develop new scientific insights. Read  more

Bustamante. Photo, Denis Paiste.

Where economics and materials science meet Postdoc Michele Bustamante wins Congressional Fellowship for her research analyzing supply risks and cost dynamics for key metals in high technology. Learn more

Broadening the range of material rewards Headed by Carl Thompson, the newly formed Materials Research Laboratory opens up opportunities for industrial partnerships with the MIT materials research community. Read more

Thompson. Photo, David Sella.

In Other News

Magnetic shape-shifters MIT engineers have created soft, 3-D-printed structures whose movements can be controlled with a wave of a magnet, much like marionettes without the strings. Read more

Evelyn Wang named head of Department of Mechanical Engineering

Materials scientists Frances Ross and James LeBeau to join MIT faculty

Daniel Hastings named head of Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

“Artificial blubber” protects divers i n frigid water

Researchers decode molecule that gives living tissues their flexibility

Event Calendar

Materials Science Seminar: Prof. Jwa-Min Nam, Seoul National University, “Ultra-Tunable Nanoplasmonic Probes for Biomedical Applications,” Chipman Rm, 6-104, 4pm, Mon., July 16, 2018. AIM Photonics Summer Academy, “Fundamentals of Integrated Photonics: Principles, Practice, and Applications,” week of July 23-27, 2018, MIT. Save the date! The MIT MRL Materials Day Symposium & Poster Session will be held on October 10, 2018. More details to follow. Explore more at MIT Events Calendar.

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