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MIT.nano IAP 2026 offerings

MIT.nano is offering six courses during the 2026 Independent Activities Period (IAP). Join us to make your own chip inside the fab, learn about e-beam lithography and x-ray structural analysis, create 3D models of real world objects, and more!

MIT.nano Job Opening: Applications Engineer

The Applications Engineer will play a key role in implementing and maintaining MIT.nano’s lab management system – NanoFab Equipment Management & Operations (NEMO) MIT.nano is a large shared services facility with over 1,000 users and hundreds of tools and instruments. NEMO, developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is an open source web application used to schedule reservations, enable/disable tools, track maintenance issues, track tool usage, and more.

March 29, 2024

Record a message for deep space — Submissions close Feb. 27

You are invited to record a message that will be broadcast to deep space as part of HUMANS Deep Space Message, a global project developed by MIT researchers, led by MIT alumna Dr. Maya Nasr and presented by Powerhouse.

This battery company from MIT helps factories ditch fossil fuels for cheap renewable power

Fast Company reporter Adele Peters spotlights Electrified Thermal Solutions, an MIT startup that has developed a new “thermal battery” that could be used to help power factories manufacturing energy-intensive materials like steel and cement. “The battery uses power from the grid to heat its custom bricks when electricity is cheap,” explains Peters. “When a factory needs hot air later, it’s provided by the superheated bricks.”

Electrified Thermal Solutions is a participant in START.nano, MIT.nano's hard technology accelerator!

Read the article.

January 28, 2026

Breakerspace Microscope Image Contest IAP 2026

Explore the microscopic world with Breakerspace equipment and compete for prizes!

MIT undergraduates can submit stunning images for a chance to win $100 in two categories (with awards for runners-up and first-time Breakerspace users): Best Optical Microscope Image and Best Electron Microscope Image.

Never used a microscope before? No problem—sign up for quick Breakerspace training and start capturing images immediately.

Submit your entry by February 13. Winners announced the last week of IAP.

2026 MIT AI Conference — April 14

The conference highlights MIT’s most influential work from the past year and the promising future it is shaping. The program includes topics such as future AI architectures, AI management and deployment, AI applications, social impact, and policy. Together, these themes offer a forward-looking view of where AI is headed—and how society can prepare.

Presented by the MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP)