MechE Connects is the bi-annual newsletter for MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE). Each issue explores one theme that reflects the cutting-edge research being conducted at MechE, in addition to providing an overview of the latest departmental news.
In the Fall 2021 issue of MechE Connects, we focus on the ways in which faculty, staff, students, and alumni from MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering are applying computing to physical systems.
PhD candidate Charlene Xia is developing a low-cost system to monitor the microbiome of seaweed farms and identify diseases before they spread.