The MIT/MTL Center for Graphene Devices and Systems (MIT-CG) brings together, MIT researchers and industrial partners to advance the science and engineering of graphene-based technologies.

The center explores advanced technologies and strategies that enable graphene-based materials, devices and systems to provide discriminating or break-through capabilities for a variety of system applications ranging from energy generation and smart fabrics and materials, to RF communications and sensing. The MIT-CG supports the development of the science, technology, tools and analysis for the creation of a vision for the future of graphene-enabled systems.

Membership privileges for MIT-CG include:

Stay abreast of research developments in graphene
• Webcast of seminars
• Complimentary attendance to meetings
• Facilitated access to IP
Interact with students and faculty at MIT-GC events
• Industry Focus Day
• Resume book of graduating students
Participate in working groups of leading companies and researchers in defining the path forward for graphene
• Timely white papers on key issues
Collaborate with leading researchers on research that addresses today’s challenges
• Direct student projects on modeling in support of working group activities
• Pre-competitive teaming

The vision of the Medical Electronic Device Research Center (MEDRC) is to transform the medical electronic device industry: to revolutionize medical diagnostics and treatments, bringing health care directly to the individual; and to create enabling technology for the future information-driven healthcare system. Specific areas that show promise are wearable or minimally invasive monitoring devices, medical imaging, laboratory instrumentation, and the data communication from these devices and instruments to healthcare providers and caregivers.

The MEDRC establishes a partnership between the microelectronics industry, the medical devices industry, medical professionals, and MIT to collaboratively achieve improvements in the cost and performance of medical electronic devices similar to those that have occurred in personal computers, communication devices and consumer electronics. The Medical Electronic Device Realization Center (MEDRC) was established to better connect industry, academia, and physicians.  In the MEDRC, research activities are jointly defined by faculty, physicians and clinicians, and industrial partners.  A visiting scientist from a project’s sponsoring company is present at MIT.  Ultimately this individual is the champion that helps translate the technology back to the company for commercialization and provide the industrial viewpoint in the realization of the technology.    We foster the creation of prototype devices and intellectual property in the field of medical electronic systems and serve as a catalyst for the successful deployment of innovative healthcare technology at an affordable price.

MEDRC projects have the advantage of insight from the technology arena, the medical arena, and the business arena, thus significantly increasing the chances that their devices will fulfill a real healthcare need as well as be profitable for companies to ensure a stable supply of the new devices.  With a new trend toward increased healthcare quality, disease prevention, and cost-effectiveness, such a comprehensive perspective is crucial.

The collective aim of the MEDRC is to revolutionize medical diagnostics and treatments, bringing health care directly to the individual, and creating technology for the future of information-driven healthcare.   We focus on areas of medical devices that are enabled and enhanced by electronics and computation – imaging, point-of-care devices, diagnostics and therapeutic instrumentation, ambulatory physiological monitors, etc.

The MEDRC serves as a focal point for large business, for venture-funded startups, and for the medical community. The Center fosters the creation of prototype devices and intellectual property and aims to serve as the catalyst for the deployment of innovative healthcare technology that will reduce the cost of healthcare in both the developed and developing world. Current members are Analog Devices, GE Global Research/Healthcare, and Maxim Integrated Products.

The Center for Integrated Circuits and Systems (CICS) at MIT, established in early 1998, is an industrial consortium created to promote new research initiatives in circuits and systems design, as well as to promote a tighter technical relationship between MIT’s research and relevant industry. Seven faculty members participate in the CICS: Hae-Seung Lee (director), Duane Boning, Anantha Chandrakasan, Joel Dawson, David Perreault, Charles Sodini, and Vladimir Stojanovic. CICS investigates a wide range of circuits and systems, including wireless and wireline communication, high-speed and RF circuits, microsensor/actuator systems, imagers, digital and analog signal processing circuits, and power conversion circuits, among others.

We strongly believe in the synergistic relationship between industry and academia, especially in practical research areas of integrated circuits and systems. CICS is designed to be the conduit for such synergy. At present, participating companies include Analog Devices, IBM, Linear Technology, Marvell Technology Group, Maxim Integrated Products, MediaTek, and Texas Instruments.

CICS’s research portfolio includes all research projects that the seven participating faculty members conduct, regardless of source(s) of funding, with a few exceptions.

Technical interaction between industry and MIT researchers occurs on both a broad and individual level. Since its inception, CICS recognized the importance of holding technical meetings to facilitate communication among MIT faculty, students, and industry.  We hold two informal technical meetings per year open to CICS faculty, students, and representatives from participating companies. Throughout each full-day meeting, faculty and students present their research, often presenting early concepts, designs, and results that have not been published yet. The participants then offer valuable technical feedback, as well as suggestions for future research.  More intimate interaction between MIT researchers and industry takes place during work on projects of particular interest to participating companies. Companies may invite students to give on-site presentations, or they may offer students summer employment. Additionally, companies may send visiting scholars to MIT or enter into a separate research contract for more focused research for their particular interest. The result is truly synergistic, and it will have a lasting impact on the field of integrated circuits and systems.