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Raising the Bar in Sports Technology

The latest issue of MechE Connects, our departmental newsletter, explores the sports technology research conducted by students and faculty.

Raising the Bar in Sports Technology

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- PhD candidate Natasha Wright (SM ’14), Vice President of GAME

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Senior David Hesslink takes his passion for baseball and analytics to the major leagues.

Senior David Hesslink takes his passion for baseball and analytics to the major leagues.

David Parks

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At hack-a-thon, students design assistive technologies to improve the daily lives of people with disabilities.

Rising MechE senior Bettina Arkhurst, co-founder of Random Act of Kindness Week, spreads kindness throughout the halls of MIT

Rising MechE senior Bettina Arkhurst, co-founder of Random Act of Kindness Week, spreads kindness throughout the halls of MIT

GelSight sensor enables a robot to judge the hardness of the surfaces and objects it touches.

GelSight sensor enables a robot to judge the hardness of the surfaces and objects it touches.

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Jeehwan Kim successfully produces wafer-scale, “single-domain” graphene, a promising successor to silicon.

Jeehwan Kim successfully produces wafer-scale, “single-domain” graphene, a promising successor to silicon.

PHOTO GALLERY: 2017 SM and PhD Graduates

PHOTO GALLERY: 2017 SM and PhD Graduates

Using a high-speed camera, Alexandra Techet details the hydrodynamics of an archer fish’s jump.

Using a high-speed camera, Alexandra Techet details the hydrodynamics of an archer fish’s jump.

Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou

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Assignment in 2.013 leads to the development of a novel water-powered aluminum battery

Assignment in 2.013 leads to the development of a novel water-powered aluminum battery

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Jorlyn Le Garrec '17 awarded 2017 Fulbright grant to University of Auckland.

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