Rising senior and Army ROTC cadet Alexander Edwards recently discussed a new UROP fellowship with the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies with the Vice Chancellor's office.
August 20, 2024 Engineering and matters of the heartProfessor Ellen Roche is creating the next generation of medical devices to help repair hearts, lungs, and other tissues.
August 14, 2024 Lincoln Laboratory and National Strategic Research Institute launch student research program to tackle biothreats to national securityTwelve MechE grad students, including Rachael Rosco participated in the new joint student research program created by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the National Strategic Research Institute designated by the DOD.
August 13, 2024 An implantable sensor could reverse opioid overdosesProfessor Giovanni Traverso & researchers showed that the device can successfully reverse overdoses in animals. The team envisions that this approach could eventually help prevent overdoses in high-risk populations.
August 11, 2024 D-Lab off-grid brooder saves chicks and money using locally manufactured thermal batteriesAhmad (Zak) Zakka SM ’23 D-Lab students are improving the efficacy and economics of a brooder technology for newborn chicks that utilizes a practical, local resource: beeswax.