MIT School of Engineering
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The MIT School of Engineering is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
, located in Cambridge
, Massachusetts
, USA. Generally considered having one of the best engineering programs in the world, the school has eight academic departments and one interdisciplinary division and grants S.B.
, M.Eng
, S.M.
, an engineer's degree, and the Ph.D.
or Sc.D
degrees. The current acting Dean of Engineering is Professor Cynthia Barnhart. The school is the largest at MIT as measured by undergraduate and graduate enrollments and faculty members.
The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation was launched with an initial $20 million gift from Gururaj Deshpande
and Jaishree Deshpande. The Center will award $15+ million in grants over next five years directly into MIT research, and is sponsoring research in broad range of areas, including Biotechnology, Information Technology, and Tiny Technologies. The center also partners with investors, entrepreneurs, and local industry to help commercialize MIT technology. The center will fund research on novel technologies in collaboration with the high technology and venture capital communities of New England
and will support undergraduate education in engineering practice.
The Deshpande Center has partnered with the Entrepreneurship Center to select high-performance graduate-level student teams, or i-Teams, that evaluate commercial feasibility for five research projects selected each semester. Through the annual IdeaStream Symposium, faculty entrepreneurship workshops, and other events, the Center will help catalyze market-focused innovation and showcase new MIT technologies.
Ignition Forums bring together the MIT research and local business communities for a panel discussion and networking around specific industries. Open to the entire community. The annual invitation-only conference brings together top-name VCs, entrepreneurs, and MIT faculty to exchange ideas about innovation and entrepreneurship.
, DuPont
and Brigham and Women's Hospital
, to develop new technologies in support of the Future Force Warrior
system.
Established in 1977, the laboratory now consists of 14 faculty and senior research staff, primarily drawn from the Mechanical Engineering Department. Current research areas include micro- and nano-scale manufacturing, manufacturing systems and information technology, and renewable energy and environmentally benign manufacturing. Research groups at the LMP include the Auto-ID Labs
, the MIT Data Center, the Park Center for Complex Systems, the Center for Polymer Microfluidics, and the Precision Compliant Systems Laboratory.
and an MS in an engineering field of the student's choice.
To date MIT LINC has held four successful annual symposia in 2003, 2004, and 2005, and one international conference in 2007 bringing over 100 participants to Cambridge, Massachusetts and over 500 participants to the Dead Sea, Jordan and to Dubai. Participants in LINC symposia and conferences represent over 40 countries including, but not limited to, Algeria, Armenia, Canada, Chile, China, Ethiopia, France, Gaza, Hong Kong, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey and Venezuela. Scholarly and practical results are equally important. MIT LINC does not seek to become a virtual university.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
, located in Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, USA. Generally considered having one of the best engineering programs in the world, the school has eight academic departments and one interdisciplinary division and grants S.B.
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
, M.Eng
Master of Engineering
A Master of Engineering or Master of Technology or Master of Science in Engineering A Master of Engineering (Magister in Ingeniaria) (abbreviated M.Eng., ME or MEng) or Master of Technology (abbreviated M.Tech. or MTech) or Master of Science in Engineering A Master of Engineering (Magister in...
, S.M.
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
, an engineer's degree, and the Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
or Sc.D
Doctor of Science
Doctor of Science , usually abbreviated Sc.D., D.Sc., S.D. or Dr.Sc., is an academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. In some countries Doctor of Science is the name used for the standard doctorate in the sciences, elsewhere the Sc.D...
degrees. The current acting Dean of Engineering is Professor Cynthia Barnhart. The school is the largest at MIT as measured by undergraduate and graduate enrollments and faculty members.
Aeronautics and Astronautics
The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course XVI) was founded as a program within the Mechanical Engineering department in 1926 and became an independent department in 1939.Biological Engineering
The Department of Biological Engineering (Course XX) was founded as a division in 1998 and became an independent department in 2005.Center for Transportation & Logistics
For more than two decades, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics has been a world leader in supply chain management education and research. CTL has made significant contributions to supply chain logistics and has helped numerous companies gain competitive advantage from its cutting-edge research.Chemical Engineering
The Department of Chemical Engineering (Course X) was founded as a combined course of mechanical engineering and industrial chemistry in 1888 and became an independent department in 1920.Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course I) offered classes in civil engineering since MIT's 1865 opening and was subject to repeated mergers with the departments of sanitary engineering and structural engineering before adopting its current name and organization in 1992.Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course VI) is the largest department in the School of Engineering. Electrical engineering was originally taught within the Department of Physics, but a new degree program was offered in 1882, and the department became independent in 1902.Engineering Systems Division
Founded in 1998, the Engineering Systems Division is an interdisciplinary division within the School of Engineering drawing on faculty from various engineering departments, as well as the Schools of Management and Science.Materials Science and Engineering
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Course III) can be traced back to a Department of Geology and Mining established at MIT's 1865 opening which later grew to encompass mining and metallurgy until the modern name was adopted in 1974.Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering (Course II) was one of the original MIT departments. In 2004, the department adsorbed the Department of Ocean Engineering (Course XIII) which is now the Center for Ocean Engineering.Nuclear Science and Engineering
The Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course XXII) was established in 1958, making it one of the oldest programs of its kind in the nation.Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
Gururaj Deshpande
Gururaj Deshpande is an Indian American venture capitalist and entrepreneur, who is best known for co-founding the Chelmsford, MA-based internet equipment manufacturer Sycamore Networks, the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT and the Deshpande Foundation.Presently, Deshpande is...
and Jaishree Deshpande. The Center will award $15+ million in grants over next five years directly into MIT research, and is sponsoring research in broad range of areas, including Biotechnology, Information Technology, and Tiny Technologies. The center also partners with investors, entrepreneurs, and local industry to help commercialize MIT technology. The center will fund research on novel technologies in collaboration with the high technology and venture capital communities of New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
and will support undergraduate education in engineering practice.
The Deshpande Center has partnered with the Entrepreneurship Center to select high-performance graduate-level student teams, or i-Teams, that evaluate commercial feasibility for five research projects selected each semester. Through the annual IdeaStream Symposium, faculty entrepreneurship workshops, and other events, the Center will help catalyze market-focused innovation and showcase new MIT technologies.
Ignition Forums bring together the MIT research and local business communities for a panel discussion and networking around specific industries. Open to the entire community. The annual invitation-only conference brings together top-name VCs, entrepreneurs, and MIT faculty to exchange ideas about innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Deshpande Center
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- MIT 50K Entrepreneurship Competition
iCampus
Initiated in 1999, iCampus is a research collaboration between Microsoft Research and MIT whose goal is to create and demonstrate technologies with the potential for revolutionary change throughout the university curriculum. The service was shut down in 2006.Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
Started in 2002 with a $50 million grant from the U.S. Army, the Institute works with a corsotium of firms, including RaytheonRaytheon
Raytheon Company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007...
, DuPont
DuPont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
and Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate with 793 beds...
, to develop new technologies in support of the Future Force Warrior
Future Force Warrior
Future Force Warrior is a United States military advanced technology demonstration project that is part of the Future Combat Systems project. The FFW project seeks to create a lightweight, fully integrated infantryman combat system. It is one technology demonstration project in a series of...
system.
Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity
The Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity (LMP) is an interdepartmental laboratory in the School of Engineering. The stated goals of the LMP include the development of the fundamental principles of manufacturing systems, processes, and machines; the application of those principles to the manufacturing enterprise; and the education of engineering leaders.Established in 1977, the laboratory now consists of 14 faculty and senior research staff, primarily drawn from the Mechanical Engineering Department. Current research areas include micro- and nano-scale manufacturing, manufacturing systems and information technology, and renewable energy and environmentally benign manufacturing. Research groups at the LMP include the Auto-ID Labs
Auto-ID Labs
The Auto-ID Labs network is a research group in the field of networked radio-frequency identification and emerging sensing technologies. The labs consist of seven research universities located on four different continents. These institutions were chosen by the former Auto-ID Center to design the...
, the MIT Data Center, the Park Center for Complex Systems, the Center for Polymer Microfluidics, and the Precision Compliant Systems Laboratory.
Leaders For Manufacturing
The Leaders For Manufacturing program is a graduate program in which students receive an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of ManagementMIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
and an MS in an engineering field of the student's choice.
Learning International Networks Consortium
The Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) is an international community of scholars and practitioners who are focused on technology-leveraged higher education in emerging nations. MIT LINC shares best practices, helps make professional connections between and among participants and fosters innovative programmatic initiatives that can be formally evaluated for effectiveness. Its efforts are motivated by the needs of young people around the globe who reach college age and who face, with few exceptions, limited opportunities to receive quality tertiary education. MIT LINC describes itself as a ‘professional society with an entrepreneurial attitude’.To date MIT LINC has held four successful annual symposia in 2003, 2004, and 2005, and one international conference in 2007 bringing over 100 participants to Cambridge, Massachusetts and over 500 participants to the Dead Sea, Jordan and to Dubai. Participants in LINC symposia and conferences represent over 40 countries including, but not limited to, Algeria, Armenia, Canada, Chile, China, Ethiopia, France, Gaza, Hong Kong, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey and Venezuela. Scholarly and practical results are equally important. MIT LINC does not seek to become a virtual university.
Former MIT Deans of Engineering
- Vannevar Bush 1932-1938
- Edward Leyburn Moreland 1938-1946
- Thomas Kilgore Sherwood 1946-1952
- Edward Lull Cochrane 1952-1954
- Carl Richard Soderberg 1954-1959
- Gordon Stanley Brown 1959-1968
- Raymond Lewis Bisplinghoff 1968-1971
- Alfred H. Keil 1971-1977
- James D. Bruce 1977-1978 (Acting Dean)
- Robert C. Seamans 1978-1981
- Gerald L. Wilson 1981-1991
- Joel Moses 1991-1995
- Robert A. Brown 1996-1999
- Thomas L. Magnanti 1999-2007
- Subra Suresh 2007-2010
- Cynthia Barnhart 2010-Present (Acting Dean)