MTL is an interdepartmental laboratory that supports Microsystems research encompassing work in circuits and systems, MEMS, electronic and photonic devices, and molecular and nanotechnology. Our research is enabled by a set of shared experimental facilities, as well as a vibrant industrial consortium. Annually, MTL supports the research of 550 students and staff who are sponsored by contracted research of more than $40M.
Gradečak wins Nano Letters young investigator awardMTL core faculty member Prof. Silvija Gradečak, the Thomas Lord Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, has been named the 2012 recipient of the Nano Letters Young Investigator Lectureship
Their own devicesMIT's Medical Electronic Device Realization Center aims to connect microelectronics with new health‑care tools.
Del Alamo is awarded 2012 Intel Outstanding Researcher Award in Emerging Research DevicesRecognized by Intel with the 2012 Intel Outstanding Researcher Award in Emerging Research Devices for his "Feasibility Study of InGaAs-based Quantum-Well Field-Effect Transistors for Ultra High Speed, Low Power Logic Applications."
Chips as mini InternetsThe data-routing techniques that undergird the Internet could increase the efficiency of multicore chips while lowering their power requirements. 
How to corner the MEMS marketGovernment investment in the manufacture of micromachines could pay huge dividends, but in the meantime, MIT researchers are developing new fabrication techniques.
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In search of new ways of producing nano-materials MTL core faculty member Prof. Jing Kong's research focuses on how to make and control novel forms of thin-film carbon. 
New MTL Core Faculty Member: Kripa Varanasi
Dr. Kripa Varanasi is the Doherty Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. His research focuses on the development of nano-engineered surface, interface, and coating technologies that can dramatically enhance performance in energy, water, agriculture, transportation, buildings, and electronics cooling systems. 
New MTL Core Faculty Member:
William Tisdale
Dr. William Tisdale joined MIT's Chemical Engineering department as Assistant Professor in January of 2012. His research focuses on the understanding and controlling of the flow of energy in nanostructured materials. New MTL Core Faculty Member: Silvija Gradečak
Prof. Gradečak's research focuses on nano-photonics and electronics and is based on the synthesis, characterization and integration of low-dimensional systems 
New MTL Core Faculty Member: Polina Anikeeva
Prof. Anikeeva's current research is centered on development of novel non-invasive methods for in vivo neural stimulation and design of opto-electronic devices for simultaneous recording and stimulation of neural circuits. 
