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New experiments reveal previously unseen effects, could lead to new kinds of electronics and optical devices.
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Designing and fabricating custom semiconductor devices for next generation research.
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Dana Weinstein and Laura Popa have developed new hardware that could lead to wireless devices that identify and exploit unused transmission frequencies, using radio spectrum much more efficiently.
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Tuesday, 5/14/13 • Noon-2pm
Walker Memorial lawn
Games! Barbecue! Tim the Beaver! Cotton candy!
Fun for MTL students, faculty, staff, and affiliates alike!
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Tisdale honored by Office of Science of the Department of Energy.
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New technique developed at MIT could enable a major boost in solar-cell efficiency.
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Tiny filaments and cylinders are studied for possible uses in energy, electronics, optics and other fields.
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Six MIT faculty members from across the Institute have been appointed to one-year terms as Skolkovo Foundation Professors. The MIT-based appointments recognize significant engagement in the collaboration between MIT and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) in Moscow.
The pilot recipients are Regina Barzilay, Skolkovo Foundation Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering; Duane Boning, Skolkovo Foundation Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; David Gamarnik, Skolkovo Foundation Professor of Operations Research; Fiona Murray, Skolkovo Foundation Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship; Bruce Tidor, Skolkovo Foundation Professor of Computer Science and Biological Engineering; and Forest White, Skolkovo Foundation Associate Professor of Biological Engineering.
Faculty were informed of the appointments by MIT Vice President Claude Canizares; terms began on Jan. 1 and continue through 2013.
As faculty lead for the MIT Skoltech Initiative, Boning hopes that the honor draws attention to other opportunities for MIT faculty and researchers to work with Skoltech. "I am grateful for the support and excited about what it represents for the MIT community. The collaboration with Russia is creating new ways to experiment, from support for collaborative research and course development, to sabbatical and leave opportunities in Moscow," he says.
Tidor, who advises on faculty search, adds, "The mission to create a new innovation-based university in Moscow is compelling. Working cross-culturally with colleagues, developing a global recruiting strategy, and trying to build some of the best features of MIT in a different place is exciting, challenging, and rewarding. In working to create an effective environment for faculty recruitment, our search committees have become a mechanism for bridging departments and exchanging ideas within MIT and for building global and local networks."
Working with Skoltech faculty and leadership, the six recipients have helped launch joint research, innovation and educational programs, MISTI-Russia activities, and other mechanisms for collaboration.
--MIT Skoltech Initiative; 4/2/2013
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