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The Research Laboratory of Electronics
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) at was founded in
1946 as the first of the Institute’s great modern interdepartmental academic research centers. Today, it is one of MIT's largest such organizations, and the most diverse research laboratory at MIT in its scope of intellectual interests.
Research in RLE encompasses an extensive range of natural and man-made phenomena, and its projects are both basic and applied. Common among all RLE efforts is an expansive 21st century interpretation of the 19th century term "electronics," starting at the most basic physical realm of particles and quantum physics and extending all the way to sophisticated engineering application technologies relevant to today and critical to tomorrow.
Research in RLE today is focused on six major themes:
- Circuits, Systems, Signals and Communications
- Physical Sciences
- Quantum Computation and Communication
- Photonic Materials Devices and Systems
- Nanoscale Science and Engineering
- Communication Biophysics
Sixty principal investigators in RLE—of whom fifty are members of the MIT faculty—direct the Laboratory's research projects. RLE’s professors reflect the Laboratory’s diversity of intellectual interests, and are drawn from eight MIT academic departments and divisions:
Over three hundred MIT graduate and undergraduate students—also drawn from the MIT departments and divisions above—make RLE one of the primary environments for student learning at MIT. In fact, it is this combination of forefront research with student participation across multiple academic disciplines that characterize the RLE culture.
RLE Research Sponsors
The wide range of RLE research efforts are supported by the most diverse sponsor base at MIT. Principal sponsors of RLE research include:
Moreover, a significant share of RLE activities is self-funded from gifts and from the discretionary resources of the Laboratory and its principal investigators. Approximately a third of RLE’s activities involve collaborations outside of MIT with universities, institutions, and industry, making RLE one of the principal points of MIT connection with peer institutions, government, and the business world.
Maps and Directions
Nearly all RLE activities take place at the in
Boston ,
Massachusetts .
