/sci/ - Science & Math

Dr. Nguyen Tue received 7 degrees in 7 years from MIT -- five bachelor's degrees (including Physics, Mathematics, and Electrical Engineering), plus a Master's and PhD in Nuclear Engineering.

MIT added a Department of Biological Engineering in 1998
http://web.mit.edu/be/

This is significant. For MIT to add a department, a decision is made by the MIT Corporation (their goofy name for the steering committee that oversees all the departments, and the direction of MIT as a whole). One criteria the MIT Corporation uses for judging departments is that research at MIT should be applicable to the real world -- to keep MIT relevant and famous -- but only in a time frame of 10 to 20 years. If the research was more immediately applicable, then it should be done by a company for profit instead.

Keep an eye on MIT's BE department, and you will be inb4 something big. 4channers may laugh at you, but who would you rather take advice from -- 4channers or the MIT Corporation?