How two 2021 HST MD grads combined art and friendship
Katherine Redfield Chan and Constance Wu shared artistic pursuits, including writing and illustrating a children’s book about Covid, on the way to earning their HST MD degrees. When the world, including all academic activities, moved primarily online at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, many graduate students worried about keeping…
Read MoreSchool of Engineering welcomes new faculty
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…
Read MoreCollin Stultz named Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
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…
Read MoreBiotech possibilities: The rocky road from the laboratory to the market
Jeff Behrens’s research shows that it can be an uphill battle for life science startups to raise adequate capital The Covid-19 pandemic has vaulted life sciences and biotech companies into the spotlight, highlighting the importance of funding vital research in order to develop new vaccines, medical treatments and therapies. With…
Read MoreThe art and science of staying grounded
Mindy Bishop, an HST PhD student, finds connections between artificial intelligence, sustainable energy, and patient care “In electrical engineering, I often find myself marveling at the simple concept of a switch—which is essentially what transistors are, the tiny devices that computing systems are made of,” says Mindy D. Bishop, a…
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