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• TODAY's Highlight: November 25th, 2024. MTL Director, Tomás Palacios and his team captivates the larger MTL Community with a trendsetting MTL's 40th year #MTL40 celebration in collaboration with ILP at MIT. On November 19th, Tomás started the day with a captivating thorough deep dive into the chronological history of MTL. The day followed with transformative reflection from many esteemed current and past MTL leaders within the larger MIT Community. #MTL40 ended the evening with an enticing dinner with more than 300 attendees. Check out the pictures above or view the complete set of pictures here and on our group page.

• As SUPREME Center's co-director Tomás Palacios hosts the second annual review meeting at MIT. SUPREME Center is one of the seven centers under Semiconductor Research Corporation's (SRC) JUMP 2.0 Program. The center is led by Huili (Grace) Xing, the William L. Quackenbush Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. June 27th, 2024, MTL News. Read More

  • According to SRC's executive director, Roman Caudillo, "The mission of the JUMP 2.0 SUPREME Center is to address this critical challenge by discovering and developing the Superior Energy-Efficient Materials and Devices that will lead to more energy-efficient computing paradigms that can decrease the rise in energy consumption from compute and enable a more sustainable computing trajectory into the future."​

  • SRC JUMP 2.0 SUPREME Center Second Review Meeting ended with giving away five awards. Jiadi Zhu from Tomás Palacios Group won the Best Lightning Talk Session 1 award for his Poster Titled, "High-performance multi-channel MoS2 transistors for front-end-of-line integration beyond 1 nm node".​

• Pioneering Semiconductor Innovation, Tomás Palacios. June 29th, 2024. WallStreetTimes, Read More

• Pioneering Future Tech, Tomás Palacios, June 29th 2024, USInsider. Read More

• Palacios group researchers found that extreme temperatures didn't cause significant degradation to Ohmic Contacts or Gallium Nitride Materials. May 23rd 2024. MIT News, Read More

• 2024 Science Advisory Board Updates at IMB-CNM premises. May 2024. Read More.

• Northeast Microelectronics Internship Program receives a grant from MassTech Collaborative that leads the NEMC hub, under the CHIPS act. March 12th, 2024. MIT News, Read More

• MIT to invest in 8" nanofabrication facilities at MIT.nano. As per Prof. Palacios, "This New Investment to Significantly Accelerate the Pace of Innovation and Discovery in Microelectronics and Microsystems". January 30th, 2024. MIT News, Read More

• MIT, Applied Materials, and the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub led by MASS Tech Collaborative to bring 200mm advanced research capabilities to MIT.nano. January 30th, 2024. MIT News, Read More

  • Read about this investment in Boston Globe that will make MIT.nano the world's most advanced research fabrication facility. January 30th, 2024.

  • MIT, Applied Materials, and NEMC to Partner on Toolset, Printed Electronics Now, February 2nd 2024

  • WPRI News, Jan 30th, 2024

  • NASDAQ, Jan 30th 2024

  • Inside HPC, Jan 30th, 2024

• Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces $9.2 Million to Boost Microelectronics During U.S. Department of Defense Visit, January 30, 2024, Mass.gov

• Researchers Tomás Palacios and Christian Bergaud join IMB-CNM's Scientific Advisory Board. CAM CSIC. November 2023. Read More.

• SUPREME Center held its first annual review meeting at Cornell University. According to SRC JUMP 2.0 Executive Director Roman Caudillo (Intel), "The center is off to a strong start thanks to Center Directors Huili (Grace) Xing and Tomás Palacios". Tomás Palacios, is the Clarence J. LeBel Professor at EECS Department at MIT and Huili (Grace) Xing is theWilliam L. Quackenbush Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. Read more about this post on LinkedIn. 

• Prof. Palacios is recognized for his groundbreaking research, excellent mentoring and teaching, and exceptional contributions to the EECS department and MIT. June 15th, 2023. Read More.

• Jiadi Zhu and Prof. Palacios' research on atomically thin transistors on top of computer chips could lead to undiscovered possibilities of 2D materials such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and tungsten diselenide (WSe2) for high-performance state-of-the-art for nanoscale transistors for future technology nodes. April 27th, 2023. Read More.

• Our group engineer Jiadi Zhu featured in MIT News article MIT engineers “grow” atomically thin transistors on top of computer chips. April 27th, 2023. Read More.

• Tomás Palacios, Director of Microsystems Technology Laboratories and Professor of EECS at MIT is the Associate Director of the SUPREME center under the DARPA and SRC's Jump 2.0 Consortium Program with a goal to target Microelectronics Innovation. Jan 11th, 2023. Read More. 

• MIT tops the FORBES List again, on February 15th, 2023. Read More.

• When Microsystems and Excellence join hands, MARC 2023 happens - A Student-led conference MARC 2023, highlights --> Read More.

• DARPA and SRC invest more than $250 million in 7 Joint University Microelectronics Programs (JUMP 2.0), Forbes, Jan 6, 2023. Read More

• Prof. Tomas Palacios, Associate Director of SUPeRior Energy-efficient Materials and dEvices (SUPREME) Center. Read more in detail below.

  • EECS News, MIT, Feb 28th, 2023

  • Semiconductor-Today, Jan 9th, 2023

  • Cornell University to lead SUPREME, Jan 5th, 2023

  • Forbes, Jan 6th, 2023​

  • BusinessWire, Jan 4th, 2023

  • JUMP 2.0, SRC

  • PennState to lead SUPeRior Energy-efficient Materials and dEvices (SUPREME) Center, Jan 5th, 2023

  • SRC leads the JUMP 2.0 which includes DARPA and 6 other research centers, on Jan 6th, 2023.

  • JUMP 2.0 Consortium targets Microelectronics Innovation, Phototonics, Jan 11th, 2023

  • GeorgiaTech news on JUMP 2.0, Jan 5th, 2023

• Prof. Tomás Palacios assumes as the new Director of Microsystems Technology Laboratories(MTL)

  • MTL News, December 14th, 2022

  • MIT News, December 15th, 2022

  • Semiconductor Today, December 15th, 2022

  • TechnologyForYou, December 16th, 2022

• Palacios group researchers were featured in Semiconductor Today for their research in robust mixed-signal systems operating in High Temperatures using GaN. Click here to read more, December 9th, 2022.

• Tomás Palacios investing in the future of Microelectronics. Read the latest article on MA Microelectronics Internship Program (MMIP). To visit the MMIP website click here. September 26th, 2022

• Tomás's take on the current status of the Semiconductor Industry. Featured in the LA Daily Journal, August 2022. Read more.

• Palacios group researchers published their article on an Integrated biosensor platform based on graphene transistor arrays for real-time high-accuracy ion sensing in Nature Communications journal. Click here to read the full article. August 27th, 2022.

• Finwave Semiconductor Addresses the 5G Challenge with Breakthrough 3DGaN™ FinFET Technology, according to co-founder Tomás Palacios. Click here to read more. June 14th, 2022.

• Tomás leads 100-year-old 6-A M.Eng Program with the goal to unlock a new door to AI solutions. Click here to read more. MIT News, March 4th, 2022.

• Finwave: getting GaN ready for 5G. Compound Semiconductor. September 2022. Read More.

• 6A Program Highlight: Unlocking new doors to artificial intelligence. Click here to read more. MIT News, March 4th, 2022.

• Soft assistive robotic wearables get a boost from rapid design tool. Click here to read more. MIT News, May 3rd, 2022

• Reasserting U.S. leadership in microelectronics, Click here to read more. MIT News, January 19th, 2022.

News Archives

• MIT and Ericsson enter collaboration agreements to research the next generation of mobile networks. August 2021. Read more.

• Tomás Palacios: “Nanotechnology will reach molecular size”. November 2020. Read More.

• The Superpowers of Super-Thin Materials featured in NY Times. July 2020. Read More.

• Transparent graphene electrodes might lead to a new generation of solar cells. The Graphene Council. June 2020. Read More.

• Transparent graphene electrodes might lead to a new generation of solar cells. June 2020. Read more.

• Researchers imagine devices without cords or batteries (US Army). March 2020. Read more.

• Getting Ready for GaN CMOS. Read more.

• George E. Smith Award to Palacios journal article,2019. Read more.

• Smoothing out the wrinkles in graphene. March 2019. Read More.

• Technique streamlines fabrication of 2-D circuits featured in MIT News. Read More.

• The invention that allows you to use Wi-Fi to charge your cell phone. Ecuadorwillana. February 2019. Read More.

• Tomás Palacios: «In the future, each olive grove will have its own sensor with ubiquitous energy». HoraJaen.com. February 2019. Read More.

• This is the man from Jaén who has revolutionized the world of mobile phones by converting WiFi into electricity. IDEAL. January 2019. Read More.

• Spanish engineer Tomás Palacios converts WiFi signal into electricity. IDEAL. January 2019. Read More.

• A scientist from Jaén develops an antenna capable of converting the WiFi signal into electricity. HoraJaen.com. January 2019. Read More. 

• Scientists create super-thin ‘sheet’ that could charge our phones featured in The Guardian. Read More.

• Converting Wi-Fi signals to electricity with new 2-D materials, MIT News. Read More.

• 2-D materials to wrap buildings and make synthetic cells, Chemical$Engineering (C&E) News, 2017. Read More.

• A Conversation with Tomás Palacios, Research Gate. July 2017. Read More.

• Tomás Palacios's Energy Efficiency Initiatives. MITEI. Read More.

• Roadmap of 2D Research and Commercialization: Tomás Palacios. Fundación Ramón Areces. October 2016. Read More.

• Center for Integrated Quantum Materials Highlights, Harvard -MIT Collaborative Research Initiative. Read More.

• Palacios Group with Memories with dear Millie are timeless treasures for us. Read More.

• Slidedeck of presentation "Roadmap of 2D Research and Commercialization: Tomás Palacios. Fundación Ramón Areces. October 2016. Read More.

• Alice in Grapheneland. ABC Science. June 2016. Read More.

• Prof. Palacios promoted to Full Professor at MIT. MIT News. February 2016. Read More.

• The two Spaniards leading the graphene revolution, face to face. EL MUNDO. Read More.

• Rocon-Palacios, the new pair of aces of national engineering. El Confidential. November 2013. Read More.

• Researcher Tomás Palacios aims to change electronics and introduce it “in all the objects we have”. University de Jaén Diario Digital. October 2013. Read More.

• Researcher Tomás Palacios wants to change electronics and introduce it “into all the objects we own” University de Jaén Diario Digital. October 2013. Read More.

• The Jaén researcher awarded by Obama, Tomás Palacios, receives the Jaén Natural distinction. IDEAL. October 2013. Read More.

• Un jiennense en el MIT. E MUNDO. February 2013. Read More. 

• El español Tomás Palacios y el transistor de grafeno de nuevo en la revista Nature. EL BLOG DE FRANCISCO R. VILLATORO. March 2012. Read More.​

• Cambridge Electronics Inc. Based on inventions from MIT, Cambridge Electronics Inc. is making high-performance GaN devices and chips for power conversion and RF communication. Tomás Palacios as co-founder. Read More.

• Workshop on “Exploitation of Results and IPR” held as part of ULTIMATE. Graphenea Blog News. Read More.

• A researcher from Jaén seeks to save 20 percent of global electricity consumption in Washington. IDEAL. November 2011. Read More.

• ​The meteoric career of Tomás Palacios and the ultra-fast graphene transistor. May 2009. Read More.