Ten Years of Impact
MIT10 Alumni Shape the World
Learn about members of the MIT10 community making a difference in the world and see how MIT itself has evolved over the past 10 years.
2000 key event
Richard P. Simmons '53 wields a plasma arc cutter at a stainless-steel ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating Simmons Hall, the $40 million undergraduate residence on Vassar Street.
Profiles
- Joost Bonsen '90, SM '01, SM '06 and Saul Griffith SM '00: Alumni Create Howtoons and the Birth of Open Kid Ware
- Soulaymane Kachani SM '00, PhD '02: Innovating Management of Dynamic Pricing and Inventory
- Ed Miller '00: Poker Expert Alumnus Made Over by Queer Eye
- Daryl Morey MBA '00: Playing the Basketball Game with Numbers
2001 key event
MIT students rally for a peaceful resolution to the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, in solidarity with students across the country.
Profiles
- Mary Morwaread Farbood SM '01, PhD '06: Award-Winning Harpsichordist Creates Hyperscore
- Sriram Krishnan SM '01, PhD '07: Grand Integrator Works on Calculus and Community
- Robert Nicol SM '01: Manufacturing Expertise Speeds Up DNA Advances
- Jason Szuminski '01: Pitcher Brings New Level of Play to the Major Leagues
2002 key event
Seven MIT women faculty are among the 60 top scientists cited in the November issues of Popular Science and Discover magazines.
Profiles
- Danah Boyd SM '02: Celebrity Academic Studies Teen Life Online
- Kaidra Mitchell MBA '02: Corporate Career Detours to Tajikistan
- Dr. Joseph Pompei PhD '02 & Francesco Pompei '70, SM '72: Father and Son Tackle Heat, Sound
2003 key event
Students top MIT's great dome with a replica of the Wright brothers' biplane Flyer to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the invention of the airplane.
Profiles
- Jennifer Allora SM '03: Artist Explores the Political Power of Music
- Matt Mankins SM '03: Used Book Store Owner Looks to Revitalize Industry with Ingenuity, Code
- Mathias Craig SM '03: BlueEnergy Founder Named CNN Hero for Nicaraguan Project
2004 key event
Susan Hockfield is elected MIT's 16th president by the MIT Corporation.
Profiles
- Erika Ebbel '04: Miss Massachusetts Alumna Competes in the 2004 Miss America Pageant
- Jennifer Frazer SM '04: Science Writer Intrigued by "Weird, Cool Living Things"
- Rosa Obregon '04: Aerospace Technologist Named a Latina Woman of the Year
- Nicholas Powley '04: Inventor Hangs Out His Shingle
2005 key event
In a fitting cap to the World Year of Physics 2005, MIT physicists and colleagues from the National Institute for Standards and Technology report the most precise direct test yet of Einstein's most famous equation E=mc2.
Profiles
- Joanna Lahey, PhD '05: Empirical Economist Documents Age Discrimination
- Gauri Nanda SM '05: Clocky's Inventor Builds a Business
2006 key event
NASA announces that astronaut Pamela Melroy SM '84 will command the STS-120 space shuttle mission currently planned for August 2007, making her the second woman to command a U.S. space mission.
Profiles
- Jacquelyn Martino PhD '06: Art + Computation = Experimental Technology
- Eric Mibuari '06: IT Analyst Founds Technology Center in Kenya
- Joseph Palaia, SM '06: Targeting the Commercial Potential of Mars
2007 key event
The MIT Energy Initiative launches a new Web site that will allow anyone to learn about the full range of MIT's energy research, education, and campus activities.
Profile
- William Massaquoi SM '07: A Man Who Would Not Walk Away from Africa
2008 key event
MIT breaks ground for the new David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, a state-of-the-art facility that promises to usher in the next generation in cancer research.
2009 key event
MIT faculty vote to make their scholarly articles available to the public with free and open access online, the first faculty-driven, university-wide initiative of its kind in the U.S.
