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Act to Incorporate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Acts of 1861, Chapter 183 Stereographic card showing an MIT mechanical drafting studio, 19th century (photo by E. L. Allen, left/right inverted) Original Rogers Building, Back Bay, Boston, c. 1901 In 1859, a proposal was submitted to the Massachusetts General Court to use newly filled lands in Back Bay, Boston for a "Conservatory of ...
The title of Institute professor is an honor bestowed by the Faculty and Administration of MIT on a faculty colleague who has demonstrated exceptional distinction by a combination of leadership, accomplishment, and service in the scholarly, educational, and general intellectual life of the Institute or wider academic community.
The MIT library was established in 1862 with a gift of seven volumes, three years before classes began. The MIT Libraries are four divisional libraries: Hayden (Science and Humanities), Barker Engineering, Dewey (social sciences and management), and Rotch (architecture and planning). The divisional libraries are open seven days a week and offer ...
Henry M. Paynter (B.S. civil engineering 1944, M.S. mathematics and science 1949, ScD hydroelectric engineering 1951, all MIT) – inventor of bond graphs. Nicholas A. Peppas – professor of engineering, University of Texas at Austin, pioneer in drug delivery, biomaterials, hydrogels and nanobiotechnology.
Open access. MIT Press is a leader in open access book publishing. [ 14] They published their first open access book in 1995 with the publication of William J. Mitchell 's City of Bits, which appeared simultaneously in print and in a dynamic, open web edition. [ 1] They now publish open access books, textbooks, and journals.
This list of Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty includes current, emeritus, former, and deceased professors, lecturers, and researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Faculty members who have become Institute Professors, Nobel Laureates, MacArthur Fellows, National Medal of Science recipients, or have earned other ...
On April 10, 1861, the governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts signed a charter for the incorporation of the "Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston Society of Natural History" which had been submitted by William Barton Rogers, a natural scientist. Rogers sought to establish a new form of higher education to address the ...
Headquarters. Albuquerque, New Mexico. , United States. Products. Altair 8800. Number of employees. 230 (1976) Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, Inc. ( MITS ), was an American electronics company founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico that began manufacturing electronic calculators in 1971 and personal computers in 1975.