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A leader in thermodynamics, heat transfer, cryopreservation of biomaterials, and energy conversion, Cravalho shaped thermodynamic and biomedical education at MIT, and was a past associate director of HST. Ernest “Ernie” Cravalho, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at MIT, passed away on Tuesday, April 13, at the age of 82. Cravalho…

Fellowship recipients include 6 from HST and IMES—the awards fund graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants. An MIT senior and eight MIT graduate students are among the 30 recipients of this year’s P.D. Soros Fellowships for New Americans. In addition to senior Fiona Chen, MIT’s newest Soros…

Using deep convolutional neural networks, researchers devise a system that quickly analyzes wide-field images of patients’ skin in order to more efficiently detect cancer. Melanoma is a type of malignant tumor responsible for more than 70 percent of all skin cancer-related deaths worldwide. For years, physicians have relied on visual…

Fifteen new professors, including a new IMES faculty member, join the MIT community. The School of Engineering is welcoming 15 new faculty members to its departments, institutes, labs, and centers. With research and teaching activities ranging from the development of robotics and AI technologies to the modeling and optimization of renewable…

The 2021 KI Image Awards include winners from the faculty at IMES and HST, and HST graduates. Have you ever wondered how those compelling images that illustrate research are created? The Koch Institute (KI) Image Awards can show how. The awards, which “seek to recognize the extraordinary visuals that are…

Fund supported by the Office of the Chancellor is advancing mental health, well-being, and racial justice projects at MIT. The past year has been challenging — for MIT and the world. Scattered across states, countries, and continents, MIT community members have shown remarkable resiliency and creativity in finding new ways…

One of the most consequential lessons Dr. Daniel Chonde, an HST MEMP and MD graduate, learned as an undergraduate at MIT was about attitude. A physics major, Daniel Chonde, currently a third-year resident at Massachusetts General Hospital, minored in theater arts and studied with the Class of 1949 Professor of…

Associate Professor Thomas Heldt finds inspiration where fundamental physical principles intersect with human health. It’s hard to say that Thomas Heldt has had just one career. He’s assisted with open heart surgery. He’s studied the physiology of human space travel. Most recently, he’s designed medical devices to help patients with…

Collin Stultz, professor of biomedical engineering in the MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) department, and a core faculty member for the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), has been named to the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program. Stultz, a practicing cardiologist at the Massachusetts General…

MIT faculty, including an IMES faculty member, collaborate with members of the Boston-area biotech community to commercialize women’s discoveries and promote female entrepreneurship. The gender disparity in biotech really got Sangeeta Bhatia’s attention while she was on sabbatical. Bhatia had taken a year to focus on her startup biotech company,…