MIT researchers advance toward greater bandwidth, more energy-efficient communications
Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory
The FUTUR-IC research program integrates electronics and photonics in microchip systems.
Photonics advance could enable compact, high-performance lidar sensors
Adam Zewe | MIT News
With a novel design, MIT researchers overcame a stubborn problem that has limited the effectiveness of chip-based systems for lidar.
Discovering the Joy of Future-forward Electrical Engineering
Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
One year in, MIT’s hands-on 6-5 (Electrical Engineering With Computing) degree program is already one of the most popular majors among first-year students.
New Photonic Device Efficiently Beams Light into Free Space
Adam Zewe | MIT News
Light-emitting structures that curl off the chip surface could enable advanced displays, high-speed optical communications, and larger-scale quantum computers.
III-Nitride Ferroelectrics for Integrated Low-Power and Extreme-Environment Memory
Monday, May 5, 2025 | 4:00 - 5:00pm ET
Hybrid
Zoom & MIT Campus
Collaborating to Advance Research and Innovation on Essential Chips for AI
Microsystems Technology Laboratories
Agreement between MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and GlobalFoundries aims to deliver power efficiencies for data centers and ultra-low power consumption for intelligent devices at the edge.
IAP 2025: Expanding Horizons in Computing
January 28–31, 2025
In-person
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
51 Vassar Street (Bldg 45, 8th floor)
Karl Berggren Named Faculty Head of Electrical Engineering in EECS
Zach Goodale | School of Engineering
Professor who develops technologies to push the envelope of what is possible with photonics and electronic devices succeeds Joel Voldman.
MIT Engineers Create a Chip-based Tractor Beam for Biological Particles
Adam Zewe | MIT News
The tiny device uses a tightly focused beam of light to capture and manipulate cells.
3Qs: Jelena Notaros on the new Silicon Photonics class within 6-5, Electrical Engineering With Computing
Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Professor Jelena Notaros shares more about the new electromagnetics and photonics curriculum within electrical engineering.