Sponsors

Current Support

The MIT Electric Aircraft Initiative is undertaking electric aircraft research funded by

Lincoln Laboratory,
The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology,
Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grant.

Additional funding has been provided by the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, gifts, and graduate fellowships.

Sponsoring and Collaboration Opportunities

To discuss sponsoring research or other research partnerships contact us and we will connect you to the relevant principal investigator.

Steven Barrett receives the Professor Bose Research Grant

In November 2017, LAE Director Steven Barrett was awarded the Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grant to support his research on Electroaerodynamic Propulsion

MIT launches Electric Aircraft Initiative

MIT launches the Electric Aircraft Initiative with the aim of assessing and developing the potential for sustainable electric aircraft. The initiative includes participants from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as Lincoln Laboratory.

Research based in Singapore aims to develop silent low-emissions propulsion for drones to enable airborne air pollution measurement around the island. Singapore suffers from severe haze episodes due to transboundary pollution, and an improved understanding of the causes is needed.