[ad_1] In 1976 Alan Grodzinsky ’71, ScD ’74, was feeling a little frustrated. He spent two years teaching a basic course in semiconductor physics and circuits in MIT’s Department ofRead More
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Amit Sinha and Deepali Perti Sinha
[ad_1] “Because of my time at MIT, I’ve had the opportunity and training to work with some of the smartest people in my career,” says Amit Sinha, technical director andRead More
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[ad_1] The corridors of WMBR are quiet – empty of DJs who have to scour the shelves in search of the perfect song, engineers get the equipment to broadcast throughoutRead More
New art in town
[ad_1] Students returning to campus this fall have found a new piece of public art in Kendall Square: two multicolored brick structures by Baltimore artists known as Jessie and Katey,Read More
The power of simple innovations
[ad_1] A maze of rooms stretches on the third floor of N51, the weathered gray building that has long housed the MIT Museum. The rooms look more like a master’sRead More
Efficient dialogue between power lines
[ad_1] While working for his PhD in sociotechnical research at Stanford University in the 1980s, William Rifkin ’78 studied how a California water quality control board dealt with disputes overRead More
For this MIT couple, cancer research is family business
[ad_1] Organic chemistry classes can create all kinds of memories, but few are as permanent and meaningful as those in Alfred Singer ’68 and Dinah (Schiffer) Singer ’69. They haveRead More
Affordable housing that raises the bar
[ad_1] Daryl J. Carter, March ’81, SM ’81, who grew up in the predominantly Black neighborhood of Core City on Detroit’s west side, was still common in the ’60s andRead More
Yup’ik fishing ancestors inspire Alaskan engineer and author
[ad_1] For Mia Heavener ’00, most of life revolves around water. As a senior civil engineer for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), he designs water systems for communitiesRead More
Digital body language for the post-pandemic era
[ad_1] Strange pause in a Zoom call. Rude, vague email. Context-free meeting invitation. When online interactions are so easily misunderstood, effective communication is essential. As the author of the newRead More