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Inflatable Robotic Hand

The smart hand, developed by Professor Xuanhe Zhao, enables a wide range of daily activities and costs a fraction of comparable prosthetics.

Inflatable Robotic Hand

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- Gang Chen, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering

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An artistic approach to designing medical devices

An artistic approach to designing medical devices

Jeehwan Kim

Associate Professor

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Sanjay Sarma and Bill Bonvillian on new technologies in workforce education

Could lab-grown plant tissue ease the environmental toll of logging and agriculture?

Could lab-grown plant tissue ease the environmental toll of logging and agriculture?

Celebrating the life and legacy of George Hatsopoulos

Celebrating the life and legacy of George Hatsopoulos

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Designing exploratory robots that collect data for marine scientists

Designing exploratory robots that collect data for marine scientists

Photo Gallery: Visualizing MechE Research: Scientific Photos by Felice Frankel

Photo Gallery: Visualizing MechE Research: Scientific Photos by Felice Frankel

High-speed camera captures a water jet’s splashy impact as it pierces a droplet

High-speed camera captures a water jet’s splashy impact as it pierces a droplet

Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis

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Vivishek Sudhir

Assistant Professor

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MechE Seth Goldstein alum puts hundreds of parts to use in kinetic sculptures

MechE Seth Goldstein alum puts hundreds of parts to use in kinetic sculptures

A team led by Prof. Yang Shao-Horn shows a new universal descriptor for removal of nitrogen monoxide.

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