Research Our core capabilities lie at the intersection of world-renowned expertise and technical acumen to push the boundaries of the possible in air, space, and computing. Home | Research Our Research Areas Autonomous Systems & Decision-Making Computational Science & Engineering Earth & Space Sciences Human-System Collaboration Systems Design & Engineering Transportation & Exploration Vehicle Design & Engineering Our Labs & Centers Autonomy and Embedded Robotics Accelerated (AERA) Research Group PI: Sertac Karaman Aerospace Computational Science & Engineering Laboratory PIs: David Darmofal (director), Mark Drela, Jaime Peraire, Qiqi Wang Aerospace Controls Lab PI: Jonathan How Aerospace Materials and Structures Lab PI: Zachary Cordero Aerospace Physiology Lab (APL) PI: Lonnie Petersen Aerospace Plasma Group PI: Carmen Guerra-Garcia ARCLab PI: Richard Linares Collaborative Learning and Autonomy Research Lab (CLEAR Lab) PI: Andreea Bobu Computational Turbulence Group PI: Adrián Lozano-Durán Communications and Networking Research Group PI: Eytan Modiano DINaMo Group PI: Hamsa Balakrishnan Design in Chaos PI: Qiqi Wang Engineering System Laboratory PIs: Olivier de Weck (director), Nancy Leveson, Daniel Hastings, Edward Crawley, Danielle Wood Gas Turbine Lab PIs: Zoltán Spakovszky (director), Edward Greitzer Human Systems Lab PIs: Jeffrey Hoffman (director), Dava Newman, Lonnie Petersen, Julie Shah Hypersonics Research Lab PI: Wesley Harris International Center for Air Transportation PIs: John Hansman (director), Hamsa Balakrishnan Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies PI: Raúl Radovitzky Interactive Robotics Group PI: Julie Shah Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment PI: Steven Barrett LEAN Research Group PI: Sertac Karaman Model-Based Embedded and Robotics Systems Group PI: Brian Williams necstlab PI: Brian Wardle Reliable Autonomous Systems Lab @ MIT (REALM) PI: Chuchu Fan Robust Robotics Group PI: Nicholas Roy Small Satellite Collaborative PIs: Kerri Cahoy, Olivier de Weck, Zachary Cordero, Daniel Hastings, Richard Linares, Paulo Lozano, Danielle Wood Space Enabled PI: Danielle Wood Space Propulsion Laboratory PI: Paulo Lozano Space Systems Lab (SSL) Space Telecom, Astronomy & Radiation Laboratory (STAR Lab) PI: Kerri Cahoy SPARK Lab PI: Luca Carlone Wireless Information & Network Sciences Lab PI: Moe Win Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel PI: Mark Drela
