Search Results
Showing Results for: “"MIT" "University of New Mexico" PhD graduate 2010”
Edward Burnell
a graduate student in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering where he works in the Ideation Lab ... his place at MIT Burnell, who also has a BS in mechanical engineering from MIT, didn’t expect to ... around him — a finished bicycle, cup, or piece of furniture. As an undergraduate at MIT, however, he ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/edward-burnellNick Schwartz
a lifetime of service through his research and activities after he graduates from MIT. “For the past four ... better,” says MIT senior Nick Schwartz. Image: Ian MacLellan “I came up with [the idea] my sophomore year ... makes a lot of people smile,” he says proudly of his annual tradition, which is funded by the MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/nick-schwartzFlora Klise
her junior year, Klise traveled to Tanzania alongside a team of MIT D-Lab students to work on the Okoa ... point, Klise had focused on medical devices throughout her undergraduate experience at MIT. Concerned ... research, Klise had some catching up to do. Yvana Ahdab SM '17, PhD '21, a research assistant in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/flora-kliseAlex Kachkine
Kachkine, a mechanical engineering graduate student at MIT, presents a new method he’s developed to ... made his way to MIT to start his PhD program in mechanical engineering, he drove up the East Coast and ... a 15th-century painting that he acquired when he first came to MIT. His new method involves first using ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/alex-kachkineSecretary of Energy Chris Wright ’85 visits MIT
Emanuel Landsman Professor, a specialist in power systems. A half-dozen MIT graduate students gave Wright ... U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright ’85 visited MIT on Monday, meeting Institute leaders, ... through the MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance, and watching energy research demos in the lab ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/secretary-energy-chris-wright-%E2%80%9985-visits-mitEvelyn Wang: A new energy source at MIT
husband at MIT, and both of her brothers graduated from the Institute. Along with her deep institutional ... MIT’s first vice president for energy and climate is working to accelerate research and ... "There's no better place than MIT to come up with the transformational solutions that can help shape our ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/evelyn-wang-new-energy-source-mitPalak Patel
Patel, a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, came up with an experimental molten ... Prospective-Undergrad Graduate Undergraduate Current Student Making Oxygen on the Moon gray ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/palak-patelStefanie Mueller changes everything: A hands-on class responds to Covid
Mueller had used the familiar MIT tool Piazza to facilitate student discussions outside of class. “Piazza ... the teaching staff, MIT administration, and the staff from IDC [International Design Center], where we ... underlay modern smartphone screens, was designed by EECS PhD candidate Junyi Zhu. “When Stefanie and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stefanie-mueller-changes-everything-hands-class-responds-covidMarcos Berríos
Marcos Berríos ’06, who graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineeringe was introduced as ... applicants. This aims to boost the total number of MIT astronaut alumni to 44, of the 360 NASA selected by ... degree in mechanical engineering from MIT and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering as well as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/marcos-berr%C3%ADosCultivating confidence and craft across disciplines
disciplines. For MIT graduate students, the Committed to Caring program recognizes those who go above and ... Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, where he leads the Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Research Group ... a non-engineering field joined the mechanical engineering graduate program, Karnik never viewed their background as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cultivating-confidence-and-craft-across-disciplinesDesigning cleaner vehicles
intersection of mechanical and electrical engineering. MIT-Aditya Mehrotra-01-press_0-1.jpg: MIT graduate ... Adi Mehrotra knew that his time at MIT wasn’t up yet when he finished his undergraduate degree in ... arenas: designing clean energy vehicles and enhancing mechanical engineering education at MIT. For the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-cleaner-vehiclesSanjay Sarma to step down as vice president for open learning
After nearly a decade running MIT’s digital learning platforms and education initiatives, Vice ... Rafael Reif announced today in an email to the MIT community. Sarma, who is the Fred Fort Flowers and ... Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been responsible for MIT Open Learning, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sanjay-sarma-step-down-vice-president-open-learningGiving robots a sense of touch
area. The MIT researchers adopted the same approach. Wenzhen Yuan, a graduate student in mechanical ... Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial ... sensors on the grippers of robotic arms, two MIT teams have given robots greater sensitivity and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/giving-robots-sense-touchMaking 3-D printing as simple as printing on paper
handles all prints, which can be expensive. Now MIT spinout New Valence Robotics (NVBOTS) has brought to ... part. MIT-NVBot-1-1024.jpg MIT spinout New Valence Robotics (NVBOTS) has brought to market the only ... years ago in a MIT fraternity house’s basement and commercially launched last April, the printer is now ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-3-d-printing-simple-printing-paperDeveloping tech for, and with, people with disabilities
Ananthabhotla organized MIT ATHack 2019 with Hosea Siu ’14, SM ’15, PhD ’18 and student volunteers Tareq El ... a wheelchair to avoid such situations. ATHack-2019-Ellen-MIT-1024.jpg ATHack participants Borja Apaolaza ... (center) and Naroa Coretti (right) consult with co-designer Ellen. Photo courtesy of the MIT Assistive ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/developing-tech-and-people-disabilitiesEngineering fantasy into reality
is a PhD student in mechanical engineering at MIT, and has already made good on his childhood goal. ... MIT-Erik-Ballesteros-01-press_1024.jpg Erik Ballesteros is currently at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to refine the design of ... Before coming to MIT, he interned on multiple projects at JSC, working in the training facility to help ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineering-fantasy-realityManufacturing a cleaner future
Productivity at MIT, the CHIPS Act is just the latest example of significantly increased interest in ... faculty and alumni from MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering offer solutions for manufacturing’ ... SM ’08 PhD ’12 and Prakash Govindan PhD ’12, the company is a pioneer in sustainable – or “cleantech” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/manufacturing-cleaner-futureMIT affiliates receive 2024-25 awards and honors from the American Physical Society
Two faculty, graduate student Jiliang Hu SM '19, PD '23, PhD '24, and 10 additional ... A number of individuals with MIT ties have received honors from the American Physical Society ... (APS) for 2024 and 2025. Awardees include Professor Frances Ross; Professor Vladan Vuletić, graduate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-affiliates-receive-2024-25-awards-and-honors-american-physical-societyNew fund makes MIT a living sustainability lab
it on the MIT Central Utilities Plant (CUP) cooling towers. Varanasi and his graduate students, Maher ... PhD ’48. Strandberg has directed other parts of his gift to MIT’s D-Lab, to the MIT Office of ... MIT Office of Sustainability announces awards to multi-departmental projects that test management, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-fund-makes-mit-living-sustainability-lab