John S. Waugh, recipient of the 2011 Welch Award

A tribute to Institute Professor and Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, John S. Waugh, who received the 2011 Welch Award in Chemistry. Permission for use granted by: Insights Strategic Public Relations P.O. Box 7693 Houston, Texas 77270-7693

John Essigmann's Personal Story

Professor John Essigmann describes how an early industry experience doing real science pushed him to pursue a career as a professor and professional scientist.

Jingnan Lu's Personal Story

Jingnan Lu describes how she overcame the challenge of learning English as a teenager when she moved to the United States from China, and how a research experience showed her that she can use science to help people.

Introducing Atmospheric Chemist Susan Solomon

Susan Solomon is widely recognized as a leader in the field of atmospheric science. She is well known for having pioneered the theory explaining why the ozone hole occurs in Antarctica, and obtaining some of the first chemical measurements that helped to establish the ...

Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle (IGCC)

Inside the lab: J. Christopher Love, Ph.D.

Learn more about how the Love lab is using miniature micro titer plates and micro fluidics to evaluate populations of cells, maximize their productivity, and ultimately improve the process for developing cancer biologics.

Innovation in Energy Storage: What I Learned in 3.091 was All I Needed to ...

In a lecture that could have been titled "Better Education through Chemistry," Don Sadoway begins with solar energy, grid-level storage, and liquid metal batteries and moves into education innovation around new and radical ways to teach chemistry.

In situ spectroscopic studies of metal oxide electrodes during water ...

Speaker:John Kitchin, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon UniversityAbstractElectrochemical water splitting may be in integral part of future energy storage strategies by enabling energy storage in chemical bonds. One of the primary sources of ...

In situ spectroscopic studies of metal oxide electrodes during water ...

John Kitchin, associate professor of chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University/More about the event: http://mitei.mit.edu/calendar/situ-spectroscopic-studies-metal-oxide-electrodes-during-water-oxidation

Hottel Lecture - Sunlight-driven hydrogen formation by membrane-supported ...

"Sunlight-driven hydrogen formation by membrane-supported photoelectrochemical water splitting" Nathan S. LewisDivision of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringCalifornia Institute of Technology andBeckman Institute and Kavli Nanoscience Institute Friday, April 13, 2012 ...

Hector Hernandez's Personal Story

Hector initially worked in construction, but at age 29, he realized he wanted to use his mind instead of his back in his career.

Harnessing Microbes for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration

Hector Hernandez, assistant professor in chemical engineering, describes how Le Chatelier's principle and the effects of pressure on solubility relate to his research on harnessing microbes to remove carbon dioxide from the environment. Hector envisions that his ...

Graduate Admissions Panel

In this session, four professors from various departments and answer questions in regards to the graduate admissions process. All application processes are similar, however key differences are highlighted below. For the Electrical Engineering Department & Computer Science, applications ...

Getting (drugs) under your skin

MIT engineers have found a way to enhance the permeability of the skin to drugs, making transdermal drug delivery more efficient.

Formation of {101} phase boundaries in a LiFePO4 nanoparticle

When a LiFePO4 nanoparticle is held at 50% state of charge, coherency strain leads to the formation of {101} phase boundaries. Phase-field simulation of a 500x500nm particle.