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An implantable sensor could reverse opioid overdoses

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Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries

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

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December 18, 2024 MechE Professors Named “Highly Cited Researchers”

Professors Tonio Buonassisi, Gang Chen, Yang Shao-Horn, Evelyn Wang and Xuanhe Zhao, along with MechE alumnus Hyunwoo Yuk, have been named “Highly Cited Researchers” for 2024 by Clarivate, a data analytics company.

December 17, 2024 Surface-based sonar system could rapidly map the ocean floor at high resolution

A research team from MIT Lincoln Laboratory and MechE’s Ocean Science and Engineering lab is developing a surface-based sonar system that could accelerate the timeline for small- and large-scale deep-ocean search.

December 11, 2024 Students strive for “Balance!” in a lively product showcase

With “Balance!” as this year’s theme, products presented at the 2.009 prototype launch included innovative solutions for underwater communications, a crash-detecting bicycle helmet, a knee rehabilitation device, and more

December 10, 2024 Noninvasive imaging method can penetrate deeper into living tissue

Professors Roger Kamm and Linda Griffith, have developed a new technique that more than doubles the usual depth limit of metabolic imaging.

December 4, 2024 Want to design the car of the future? Here are 8,000 designs to get you started.

Engineers in MechE's DeCoDE Lab have developed the largest open-source dataset of car designs, including their aerodynamics, which could speed up the design of eco-friendly cars and electric vehicles.

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Water is Life

As overpopulation and lack of rainfall fuel a crisis-level need in rural India for affordable drinking water, PhD candidate Natasha Wright and Assistant Professor Amos Winter work to design a low-cost desalination system, guided by insight from their extensive in-the-field research.

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A Cleaner Burn

Millions of people die each year as a result of soot or smoke inhalation from these wood-burning cookstoves. A team of students from MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and MIT D-Lab are helping a start-up in Uganda manufacture charcoal briquettes that produce a cleaner burn, minimizing these health risks.

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Bio-Inspired Robotics

MIT Mechanical Engineering students in Professor Sangbae Kim’s class explore why certain physical traits have evolved in animals in the natural world, then extract those useful principles, which are applicable to robotic systems, to solve such challenges as manipulation and locomotion in novel and interesting ways.

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