There is a strong entrepreneurial spirit at MIT that often leads to the development of new companies and businesses. This same spirit exists within CMSE, as demonstrated by the four currently active companies that have been formed by our graduate students, postdocs and faculty:
These various companies were founded to develop novel devices and components based on discoveries made within our MRSEC program and funded, in many cases, exclusively through NSF. Total direct job creation by these companies is about 245 jobs to date.
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