A. Michael West: Advancing human-robot interactions in health care
When he isn’t investigating human motor control, the graduate student gives back by volunteering with programs that helped him grow as a researcher.
When he isn’t investigating human motor control, the graduate student gives back by volunteering with programs that helped him grow as a researcher.
Sharifa Alghowinem, a research scientist at the Media Lab, explores personal robot technology that explains emotions in English and Arabic.
The PhD student is honing algorithms for designing large structures with less material — helping to shrink the construction industry’s huge carbon footprint.
Postdoc Leila Mirzagholi uses her background in physics to understand global warming's impact on the terrestrial carbon cycle.
New research shows how female activists resist patriarchy on the battlefield and beyond.
Jonathan How and his team at the Aerospace Controls Laboratory develop planning algorithms that allow autonomous vehicles to navigate dynamic environments without colliding.
Associate Professor Dean Eckles studies how our social networks affect our behavior and shape our lives.
Kaylee Cunningham recognizes that her training as a PhD student in nuclear science and engineering could be for naught if myths continue to plague the industry. The activist is committed to helping — one TikTok at a time.
The senior staff accountant, who discovered a passion for finance while at MIT, says Boston reminds her of the Nigerian city where she grew up — minus the weather.
The master’s student and co-founder of the Sunrise Movement works toward embedding climate into every level of government.
PhD student Constantine Tzouanas investigates how interactions between individual cells help determine whether pathogens will defeat their hosts — or vice versa.
Three graduate students forged a path to the same Picower Institute lab through participating in the MIT Summer Research Program in Biology and Neuroscience.
For MIT CSHub postdoc Miaomiao Zhang, communicating effectively is perhaps the most important part of research.
MIT Sloan Professor Andy Sun works to improve the electricity grid so it can better use renewable energy.
Assistant Professor Cathy Wu is addressing traffic control problems by leveraging deep reinforcement learning.