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MIT engineers have devised a way to measure the mass of particles with a resolution better than an attogram — one millionth of a trillionth of a gram. Weighing these tiny particles, including both...
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“For whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself,” wrote English adventurer Sir Walter...
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Their effect on the surface of the ocean is negligible, producing a rise of just inches that is virtually imperceptible on a turbulent sea. But internal waves, which are hidden entirely within the...
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Since MIT spinout Atlas Devices’ flagship product, the Atlas Powered Rope Ascender (APA), first hit the market in 2007, it’s been touted by media as a real-world version of Batman’s famed utility-...
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Researchers have tried a variety of methods to develop detectors that are responsive to a broad range of infrared light — which could form imaging arrays for security systems, or solar cells that...
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In 2000, five MIT Media Lab alumni co-founded ThingMagic to help bring radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology — wireless readers and data-transmitting tags — to the supply chain. This meant...
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Researchers at MIT have followed up on their discovery that droplets of water acquire an electric charge when jumping from certain condenser surfaces by finding a way to make use of that effect: They...
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Former MIT president Charles M. Vest — a tireless advocate for research and science, and a passionate supporter of diversity and openness — died last night of pancreatic cancer at his home in the...
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Whether you’re planning to ride a horse or a motorcycle, compete in swimming or wrestling, do some yoga or sell some veggies, organize your workshop or calm an elderly relative, MIT’s mechanical...
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Remembering Professor Emeritus Stephen Crandall
Professor Stephen Crandall Photo courtesy of MechE
Stephen H. Crandall, the Ford Professor of Engineering Emeritus at MIT, a pioneer in random...
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John Hart, Associate Professor
During his six years at the University of Michigan, Associate Professor John Hart established a leading research group focused on creating new manufacturing...
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Martin Culpepper, Full Professor
Professor Martin Culpepper is a widely respected leading authority in the field of precision engineering. His research focuses on the design, fabrication, and...
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“Our top priority has always been preparing MechE students to go forth and become inventors, innovators, and engineering leaders.”
Gang Chen, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering...
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Have you ever wondered how flying insects survive in the rain? With a weight approximately 50 times that of a mosquito, a raindrop has a considerable force in comparison, similar in ratio to a...
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Photo Credit: Tony Pulsone
For Professor Emeritus Woodie Flowers (SM ’68, MEng ’71, PhD ’73), engineering is all about having fun. But it wasn’t always that way.
As a high school student from a...
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2.678 students present their final projects, autonomous robotics cars, which have to follow an obstacle course. Photo credit: Tony Pulsone
If you had to pick one word to describe the Department of...
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Fog-harvesting system developed by MIT and Chilean researchers could provide potable water for the world’s driest regions.
By David Chandler, MIT News Office
Photo courtesy of researchers.
In...
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Droplets Break a Theoretical Time Barrier on Bouncing
By David Chandler, MIT News Office
Those who study hydrophobic materials — water-shedding surfaces such as those found in nature and created...
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Making Silicon Devices Responsive to Infrared Light
Photo Credit: Dr. Mark Winkler
by David Chandler, MIT News Office
Researchers have tried a variety of methods to develop detectors that are...
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By Alissa Mallinson
The online learning revolution isn’t the first time that the Department of Mechanical Engineering – nor the Institute as a whole for that matter – has been at the forefront...