MIT EECS Department

More than 30 students contributed across the teams, from AeroAstro, System Design and Management, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, the Technology and Policy Program, the Sloan School of Management and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, along with a student from Wellesley College.

Interdisciplinary MIT teams design power, communications, and early lunar industries to win top honors in NASA innovation competition - MIT AeroAstro Three MIT teams took five top awards in the 2026 NASA RASC-AL Competition for designing critical elements for the Moon Base and future missions to Mars. Three teams comprising 35 […]

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Don Yansen '63 is focused on expanding health modeling capabilities “to help seniors live the best life that they can.”

AgeLab Research Inspires Class of ’63 Alum to Launch AI Startup When 84-year-old serial entrepreneur Don Yansen ’63 saw a need, he filled it.Read more.

Jack Carson, a second-year undergraduate at MIT majoring in electrical engineering and computer science, has been named a 2026 Udall Scholar, one of up to 65 undergraduates nationally to receive the prestigious $7,500 award.

The Udall Scholarship honors students who have demonstrated a commitment to the environment, Indigenous health care, or tribal public policy. Carson is only the third MIT student to win this award, and the first to win for tribal policy.

Carson founded Code.Tulsa, a summer technology program designed to introduce Indigenous high school students to computer science and tech careers.

https://news.mit.edu/2026/jack-carson-named-udall-scholar-0507

“So many great ideas are out there for years until someone comes along with the right form factor to succeed,” says Rupert Young ’95, SM ’95, chief product officer of MaxMind, a Massachusetts-based company that uses IP-address location data to help prevent fraud.

Course 6 Alum Puts His Stamp on Cyberfraud Prevention Rupert Young ’95, SM ’95 describes his work as chief product officer of MaxMind, a company known for IP-address location data and fraud prevention.Read more.