• Jul. 11, 2014
    Alberto Rodriguez, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and incoming graduate student Nikhil Chavan-Dafle presented their work on robotic extrinsic dexterity — which they began at...
  • Jul. 8, 2014
    The fields of data communication, fabrication, and ultrasound imaging share a common challenge when it comes to improving speed and efficiency: light’s diffraction limit. Nicholas Fang thinks his...
  • Jul. 2, 2014
    When Kelly Heber goes snorkeling in Bali, she’s not exactly vacationing: In a few minutes, she’ll be onboard a nearby boat, asking the captain if he’s seen any comeback in his fish stocks in recent...
  • Jul. 1, 2014
    Whenever there is a major spill of oil into water, the two tend to mix into a suspension of tiny droplets, called an emulsion, that is extremely hard to separate — and that can cause severe damage to...
  • Jun. 27, 2014
    Sami Khan, a dual-degree graduate student in mechanical engineering and technology and policy, recently received a research award from the Hydro Research Foundation. Khan — who conducts research in...
  • Jun. 24, 2014
    There is a story about how the modern golf ball, with its dimpled surface, came to be: In the mid-1800s, it is said, new golf balls were smooth, but became dimpled over time as impacts left permanent...
  • Jun. 24, 2014
    Researchers compare the processing of biological fluid samples with searching for a needle in a haystack — only in this case, the haystack could be diagnostic samples, and the needle might be tumor...
  • Jun. 19, 2014
    Explosions caused by leaking gas pipes under city streets have frequently made headlines in recent years, including one that leveled an apartment building in New York this spring. But while the...
  • Jun. 19, 2014
    What’s the difference between the Eiffel Tower and the Washington Monument? Both structures soar to impressive heights, and each was the world’s tallest building when completed. But the Washington...
  • Jun. 16, 2014
    Feathers have long been recognized as a classic example of efficient water-shedding — as in the well-known expression “like water off a duck’s back.” A combination of modeling and laboratory tests...
  • Jun. 12, 2014
    The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) recently presented three researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering — C. Justin Kamp, Alex G. Sappok, and Victor W. Wong — with the 2014 Arch T...
  • Jun. 10, 2014
      RoboClam Inspired by Efficient Razor Clam Razor clam, left, versus RoboClam, right. The Atlantic razor clam uses very little energy to burrow into undersea soil at high speed. Now a detailed...
  • Jun. 10, 2014
      Undergraduate Alfred A. H. Keil Ocean Engineering Development Award (For Excellence in Broad-Based Research in Ocean Engineering) Beckett Colson, Lampros Tsontzos   AMP Inc. Award (Outstanding ...
  • Jun. 10, 2014
    The Case of the Welcome “Hairball” by Alissa Mallinson   PhD student Folkers Rojas (SB ‘09, SM ‘11, PhD ‘14)Photo credit: Tony Pulsone What do a bathtub hairball and a MechE-developed blowout ...
  • Jun. 10, 2014
    Under the Sea By Jessica Fujimara, MIT News Office  Photo credit: Allegra Boverman   A house by the sea isn’t uncommon, but it takes a true love of the ocean to want to live beneath the sea. When...
  • Jun. 10, 2014
      Professor Sapsis’ research focuses on the area of stochastic dynamical systems in ocean engineering, including uncertainty quantification of turbulent fluid flows, passive protection configurations...
  • Jun. 9, 2014
      “As engineers, the untapped potential of the oceans calls to us…but we also feel responsible for protecting them.” Gang Chen, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering and Department...
  • Jun. 9, 2014
    by Alissa Mallinson   MechE’s 2N program in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering is almost as old as the department’s main Course 2 program in mechanical engineering. The graduate program,...
  • Jun. 9, 2014
    Dr. Dana Yoerger standing in front of the AUV SENTRY on the vessel Atlantis.   by Alissa Mallinson   Everything he’d learned up until that point, every study he’d conducted, every time out at sea...
  • Jun. 9, 2014
    by Alissa Mallinson   It sounds too simple to be true, but Meg O’Neill credits much of her career success – and personal satisfaction – to her willingness to say one three-letter word. Meg O’...

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