The electricity to an island goes out. To find the break in the underwater power cable, a ship pulls up the entire line or deploys remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to traverse the line. But what if an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) could map the line and pinpoint the location of the fault for a diver […]
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In 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon’s surface — a momentous engineering and science feat marked by his iconic words: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Now, NASA is making history again. With the successful launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission yesterday, four astronauts are set to become the first […]
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Tomás Palacios, the Clarence J. LeBel Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT, has been appointed director of the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN). Palacios assumed the role on Feb. 4, and will continue to serve as the director of the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL). Founded in 2002, ISN is a U.S. Army-sponsored University Affiliated Research […]
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During this year’s Independent Activities Period (IAP), students, researchers, and collaborators across seven time zones came together to tackle urgent technical challenges facing Ukraine as the full-scale war enters its fourth year. A four-week hackathon, Build for Ukraine 2.0, brought MIT students and Ukrainian collaborators into a shared innovation environment where power outages, air-raid alerts, […]
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During a summer internship at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Ivy Mahncke, an undergraduate student of robotics engineering at Olin College of Engineering, took a hands-on approach to testing algorithms for underwater navigation. She first discovered her love for working with underwater robotics as an intern at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 2024. Drawn by the […]
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In industrial plants around the world, tiny bubbles cause big problems. Bubbles clog filters, disrupt chemical reactions, reduce throughput during biomanufacturing, and can even cause overheating in electronics and nuclear power plants. MIT Professor Kripa Varanasi has long studied methods to reduce bubble disruption. In a new study, Varanasi, along with PhD candidate Bert Vandereydt […]
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