Section 1 Facts and History Fields of Study 11 Research Laboratories, Centers, and Programs 12 Digital Learning 13 Academic and Research Affiliations 14 Education Highlights 16 Research Highlights 21 Faculty and Staff 31 Faculty 31 Researchers 33 Postdoctoral Scholars 34 Awards and Honors of Current Faculty and Staff 35 Award Highlights 36 MIT Briefing Book 9 approximately 4.6 million people, and generated Facts and History annual world sales of $1.9 trillion, or the equivalent The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of of the tenth-largest economy in the world in 2014. the world’s preeminent research universities, dedi- cated to advancing knowledge and educating students MIT has forged educational and research collabora- in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship tions with universities, governments, and companies that will best serve the nation and the world. It is throughout the world, and draws its faculty and known for rigorous academic programs, cutting-edge students from every corner of the globe. The result research, a diverse campus community, and its long- is a vigorous mix of people, ideas, and programs standing commitment to working with the public and dedicated to enhancing the world’s well-being. private sectors to bring new knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges. MIT Campaign for a Better World Launched to the public in May 2016, the MIT William Barton Rogers, the Institute’s founding presi- Campaign for a Better World is a $5 billion fund- dent, believed that education should be both broad raising initiative that seeks to advance the Institute’s and useful, enabling students to participate in “the work on some of the most urgent global challenges humane culture of the community” and to discover facing humanity. The Campaign—which spans the and apply knowledge for the benefit of society. His breadth of MIT’s schools and departments, labs, emphasis on “learning by doing,” on combining and centers—is focusing MIT’s distinctive strengths liberal and professional education, and on the value in education, research, and innovation on six key of useful knowledge continues to be at the heart of priority areas: defining the future of human health MIT’s educational mission. through advances from the laboratory to the clinic; transforming our world through fundamental scien- MIT’s commitment to innovation has led to a host of tific research; addressing mankind’s critical environ- scientific breakthroughs and technological advances. mental and sustainability challenges; reimagining Achievements by the Institute’s faculty and gradu- education for the 21st-century learner; accelerating ates include the first chemical synthesis of penicillin the journey from idea to investment and investment and vitamin A, the development of inertial guidance to impact; and attracting extraordinary students and systems, modern technologies for artificial limbs, faculty to MIT and providing them with the tools and and the magnetic core memory that enabled the infrastructure to do their pioneering work. development of digital computers. Today, MIT is making a better world by focusing its strengths in As part of its commitment to strengthening the research, innovation, and education in such areas as: MIT core, the Campaign is increasing resources for the secrets of the brain and mind and the origins and undergraduate financial aid, graduate fellowships, evolution of life; practical solutions for environmental and professorships; reimagining residential living and sustainability, clean energy, and water and food educational spaces; transforming MIT’s presence in security; the convergence of disciplines in tackling the innovation hub of Kendall Square; and developing human health challenges, from disease prevention leading-edge research facilities such as MIT.nano. to personalized medicine to affordable health care; improved innovation and entrepreneurship systems Early support for the Campaign from MIT’s alumni that speed ideas to impact; and pedagogical innova- and friends has been directed toward such areas as tion on campus and online thanks to new avenues in education, water and food security, autism research, the science of learning and cutting-edge digital tools. and urbanization. Across campus, new teaching, learning, and research spaces are providing MIT’s University research is one of the mainsprings of faculty and students with the advanced facilities they growth in an economy that is increasingly defined need. Donor support is also providing MIT with funds by technology. A study released by MIT in December to invest in the daring, high-risk research that is the 2015 estimated that MIT graduates had founded at Institute’s hallmark and sustain support for students, least 30,000 active companies. These firms employed faculty, and the physical campus. 10 MIT Briefing Book Facts and History Fields of Study Sloan School of Management Management MIT supports a large variety of fields of study, from science and engineering to the arts. MIT’s five School of Science academic schools are organized into departments Biology and other degree-granting programs. In addition, Brain and Cognitive Sciences several programs, laboratories, and centers cross Chemistry traditional boundaries and encourage creative Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences thought and research. Mathematics Physics School of Architecture and Planning Architecture Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Programs Media Arts and Sciences Chemistry and Biology Urban Studies and Planning Computer Science and Molecular Biology Center for Real Estate Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science Humanities School of Engineering Humanities and Engineering Aeronautics and Astronautics Humanities and Science Biological Engineering Chemical Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Civil and Environmental Engineering Computation for Design and Optimization Data, Systems, and Society Computational and Systems Biology Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Computational Science and Engineering Materials Science and Engineering Computer Science and Molecular Biology Mechanical Engineering Design and Management (Integrated Design and Nuclear Science and Engineering Management & System Design and Management) Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Technology Program Anthropology Joint Program with Woods Hole Comparative Media Studies/Writing Oceanographic Institution Economics Leaders for Global Operations Global Studies and Languages Microbiology History Operations Research Linguistics and Philosophy Polymers and Soft Matter Literature Social and Engineering Systems Music and Theater Arts Supply Chain Management Political Science Technology and Policy Science, Technology, and Society Transportation MIT Briefing Book 11 Research Laboratories, Centers, Knight Science Journalism Program Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Programs Laboratory for Financial Engineering In addition to teaching and conducting research Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems within their departments, faculty, students, and staff Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity work in laboratories, centers, and programs. Laboratory for Nuclear Science Legatum Center for Development Some of these include: and Entrepreneurship Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Lincoln Laboratory Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship Center for Archaeological Materials Materials Research Laboratory Center for Bits and Atoms McGovern Institute for Brain Research Center for Collective Intelligence Microsystems Technology Laboratories Center for Computational Engineering MIT Center for Art, Science, and Technology Center for Computational Research in Economics and MIT Energy Initiative Management Science MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research MIT Innovation Initiative Center for Environmental Health Sciences MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Center for Global Change Science Space Research Center for International Studies MIT Media Lab Center for Information Systems Research MIT Portugal Program Center for Real Estate MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology Center for Transportation and Logistics MIT Sea Grant College Program Clinical Research Center MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Computer Science and Artificial Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science Intelligence Laboratory and Engineering Concrete Sustainability Hub Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation Operations Research Center Division of Comparative Medicine Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Edgerton Center/D-Lab Plasma Science and Fusion Center Haystack Observatory Research Laboratory of Electronics Initiative on the Digital Economy Sloan School of Management-Research Centers Institute for Data, Systems, and Society Simons Center for the Social Brain Institute for Medical Engineering and Science Singapore–MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies Sociotechnical Systems Research Center Institute for Work and Employment Research Women’s and Gender Studies Program Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change http://web.mit.edu/research/ 12 MIT Briefing Book Facts and History Digital Learning • Digital learning research and learning analytics. Online learning systems have the ability to Since the advent of digital