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MIT engineers make converting CO2 into useful products more practical
team included MIT graduate students Michael Nitzsche and Sanjay Garimella, as well as Jack Lake PhD ... viability. New research by engineers at MIT could lead to rapid improvements in a variety of electrochemical ... process. The findings are reported today in the journal Nature Communications, in a paper by MIT doctoral ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-make-converting-co2-useful-products-more-practicalMIT engineers develop a soft, printable, metal-free electrode
inflammation that in turn can degrade an implant’s performance. Now, MIT engineers have developed a metal-free, ... biological tissue. MIT_Hydro-Electrode-01-PRESS_0.jpg MIT engineers developed a metal-free, Jell-O-like ... content,” says Hyunwoo Yuk SM ’16, PhD ’21, co-founder of SanaHeal, a medical device startup. “It’s like an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-develop-soft-printable-metal-free-electrodeEngineers develop nanoparticles that cross the blood-brain barrier
chemotherapy drugs can’t penetrate the blood vessels that surround the brain. A team of MIT researchers is now ... Jennifer C. Johnson Clinical Investigator at MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, an ... MIT_Blood-Brain-Barrier-01-PRESS_0.jpeg: MIT researchers have created a tissue model that allows them model drug delivery to brain tumors. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-develop-nanoparticles-cross-blood-brain-barrierMicrochip enables fast, precise measurement of single-cell growth
a recent PhD graduate from MIT’s Computational and Systems Biology Program, and Selim Olcum, a research ... A new technique invented at MIT can precisely measure the growth of many individual cells ... environmental conditions. MIT-Cell-Mass-Sensor.jpg A new technique invented at MIT can precisely measure the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microchip-enables-fast-precise-measurement-single-cell-growthSynthetic gelatin-like material mimics lobster underbelly’s stretch and strength
surprisingly tough. This marine under-armor, as MIT engineers reported in 2019, is made from the toughest known ... forth to swim. Now a separate MIT team has fabricated a hydrogel-based material that mimics the ... “fatigue-resistant,” able to withstand repeated stretches and strains without tearing. MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/synthetic-gelatin-material-mimics-lobster-underbelly%E2%80%99s-stretch-and-strengthHow “2D” materials expand
author and former mechanical engineering graduate student Lenan Zhang SM ’18, PhD ’22, who is now ... turn to another type of ruler to measure the TEC,” says Yang Zhong, a graduate student in mechanical ... a research scientist. MIT-Thermal-Expansion1024.jpg A green laser shines onto an atomically thin material. By ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-%E2%80%9C2d%E2%80%9D-materials-expandStudent entrepreneurs think inside the box
a misdiagnosis. Challenged to reimagine the ambulance of the future, five MIT students — Paolo Adajar, ... junior; Jordan Harrod, a PhD candidate studying medical engineering and medical physics; Samuel Salomon, ... engineering graduate student — designed a solution they think can help paramedics more accurately identify ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-entrepreneurs-think-inside-boxPalladium filters could enable cheaper, more efficient generation of hydrogen fuel
membranes for high-temperature hydrogen production,” says Lohyun Kim PhD ’24, a former graduate student in ... graduate student Chun Man Chow PhD ’23; Rohit Karnik, the Jameel Professor in the Department of Mechanical ... around 800 kelvins, they can break down. Now, MIT engineers have developed a new palladium membrane that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/palladium-filters-could-enable-cheaper-more-efficient-generation-hydrogen-fuelNew kind of supercapacitor made without carbon
University), MIT graduate student John Bachman, Joseph Elias PhD ’16, and Cheng-Jun Sun of Argonne National ... researchers at MIT and elsewhere have for the first time developed a supercapacitor that uses no conductive ... MIT-Semicapacitor_1024.jpg To demonstrate the supercapacitor's ability to store power, the researchers modified an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-kind-supercapacitor-made-without-carbonStudy finds potential in brackish groundwater desalination
significant and timely.” The team included former MIT postdoc Gregory Thiel PhD ’15, and J.K. Böhlke and ... groundwater, less than 1 percent currently comes from brackish groundwater. MIT ... -Brackish-Groundwater-1024.jpg Based on measurements taken at more than 100,000 wells around the country, the MIT researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-finds-potential-brackish-groundwater-desalination“It’s Okay if it Breaks and Blows Up”
of MIT’s thriving maker culture, according to Dawn Wendell ’04, SM ’06, PhD ’11, a senior lecturer in ... MIT’s thriving maker culture is on display in ABC network’s “BattleBots” competition. A robot that ... arms to grab and hoist other machines: These are some of the robots developed by MIT-affiliated teams ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cit%E2%80%99s-okay-if-it-breaks-and-blows-up%E2%80%9DStudent Awards
a Graduating Senior) Lauren Kuntz Lockheed Martin Prize (Outstanding Sophomore in Mechanical and Systems ... Awards Rebecca Colby, Kirsten Lim Graduate Abkowitz Award Maha Haji, Matthieu Leclair, George ... Federico Parietti Meredith Kamm Memorial Award (Excellence in a Woman Graduate Student) Ambika Goel ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-awards-0Photovoltaic-powered sensors for the “internet of things”
a time,” says Sai Nithin Kantareddy, a PhD student in the MIT Auto-ID Laboratory. “This work is basically ... problematic for long-term monitoring. MIT-Solar-Sensor_1024.jpg MIT researchers have designed low-cost, ... years before needing replacement. Image courtesy of the researchers, edited by MIT News MIT researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/photovoltaic-powered-sensors-%E2%80%9Cinternet-things%E2%80%9DStamp-sized graphene sheets riddled with holes could be boon for molecular separation
MIT engineers have found a way to directly “pinprick” microscopic holes into graphene as the ... molecules out of solutions vastly more efficient. MIT-Big-Graphene-1024.jpg MIT researchers have developed ... Felice Frankel Such holes would typically be considered unwanted defects, but the MIT team has found that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stamp-sized-graphene-sheets-riddled-holes-could-be-boon-molecular-separationWhales Dine with Their Own Kind
predators to the shallow banks, including many species of whales. Now researchers from MIT, Northeastern ... team’s results are published today in the journal Nature. MIT-Predator-Prey_1024.jpg Using acoustic data, ... PhD ’02, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University. “Maybe ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/whales-dine-their-own-kindMicrofluidics device helps diagnose sepsis in minutes
A novel sensor designed by MIT researchers could dramatically accelerate the process of diagnosing ... MIT-BioChip-Sensor-01-1024.jpg Sepsis occurs when the body’s immune response to infection triggers an inflammation chain reaction ... Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, MIT researchers describe a microfluidics-based system that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microfluidics-device-helps-diagnose-sepsis-minutesStudent Spotlight: Nikolai Begg
2013 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner by Stephanie Martinovich, Lemelson-MIT Program Photo ... credit: Tony Pulsone PhD candidate Nikolai Begg (SM ‘11) grew up in a box of LEGO® bricks and hasn’t ... and is a recipient of the prestigious 2013 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his inventions that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-spotlight-nikolai-beggAlumni Spotlight: Associate Professor Hugh Herr (SM ’93)
a crack. After graduating from Millersville University, Herr came to MIT, where he completed a master’s ... A condensed version of a story by Courtney Humphries, MIT Technology Review Uncomfortable ... Biomechatronics Group in MIT’s Media Lab, Herr is building sophisticated devices that aid human movement by ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-associate-professor-hugh-herr-sm-%E2%80%9993Faculty Research: Professor Gareth McKinley
a publication of the American Chemical Society, in a paper by MIT postdoc Kyoo-Chul Park (PhD ’13), MIT alumnus ... Shreerang Chhatre (PhD ’13), graduate student Siddarth Srinivasan, chemical engineering professor Robert ... Fog-harvesting system developed by MIT and Chilean researchers could provide potable water for the ...
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