Tomorrow’s MSE Seminar Series Talk will be given by Professor Iain McCulloch of Princeton University, and will explore the molecular design features that optimize charge transport in organic semiconducting polymers. Come to the Chipman Room, 6-104, at 2 pm tomorrow, Tuesday, March 18. https://lnkd.in/eaP6DzCh
MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE)
Higher Education
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DMSE is the world’s top program focused on Materials Science and Engineering – the study of matter and how it is made.
About us
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http://dmse.mit.edu
External link for MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE)
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- Higher Education
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Educational
- Founded
- 1861
- Specialties
- materials science and engineering, mse, energy, devices, climate, sustainability, and batteries
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77 Massachusetts Ave
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Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, US
Employees at MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE)
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From the steels in skyscrapers to the microchips in your devices, materials scientists and engineers shape the world we live in—and the one we’re building for tomorrow. Join our friends and alumni in supporting DMSE during the 24-Hour Challenge and help fuel the discoveries that define our future: https://lnkd.in/en3J77yy
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Researchers including DMSE’s Professor Yoel Fink and grad student Nikhil Gupta developed an autonomous programmable computer in the form of an elastic fiber that can monitor health conditions and physical activity, alerting the wearer to potential health risks in real-time. Read more in Nature: https://lnkd.in/dH9krqh9
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“I am concerned that the research community, as a whole, does not understand that image manipulation is not just an aesthetic issue but also an ethical one,” writes MIT science photographer Felice Frankel in a recent Nature essay. Read more: https://buff.ly/tRch14r
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Monday’s Spring 2025 Wulff Lecture will be given by Professor Vanessa Chan of the University of Pennsylvania who will showcase how materials science has paved the way, drawing on examples from consumer electronics, medical inventions, and sustainable energy. Come to 2-190 at 3:30 pm Monday, March 10. https://buff.ly/FoUS0he
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Robert Balluffi, an MIT alum and DMSE professor emeritus, passed away in 2022 at age 98. He made outstanding contributions to the science of crystalline materials and was a committed teacher and colleague. Read the biographical memoir published recently by the National Academy of Sciences: https://buff.ly/41CqqwP
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Undergraduate Andi Qu minoring in materials science had doubts about whether an online order of silk scarves were genuine. Thanks to DMSE’s Breakerspace, he was able to use a Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer to examine the material without damaging the scarves. Read more about his experiment: https://buff.ly/4ifyA4S
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Professor Yoel Fink, graduate student Nikhil Gupta, and other researchers present a textile fibre computer that monolithically combines analogue sensing, digital memory, processing and communication, and can be braided, woven, knitted or seam-sewn into garments. Read more in Nature: https://buff.ly/4ihGSZP
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“For years, I have suggested that scientists need to be trained in the ethics of visual communication, and the easy availability of AI image-creation software adds urgency to this discussion,” writes MIT science photographer Felice Frankel in a Nature essay. Read more: https://buff.ly/3QuhLHx
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