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Using light to propel water
A new system developed by engineers at MIT could make it possible to control the way water moves ... separate water from oil at a drilling rig, the researchers say. MIT-pushingwater-1-1024.jpg A new system ... developed by MIT engineers could make it possible to control the way water moves over a surface, using only ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/using-light-propel-waterOvercoming a bottleneck in carbon dioxide conversion
a power plant or other emissions sources. Now, researchers at MIT have identified, quantified, and modeled ... conversion systems, were published today in the journal Langmuir, in a paper by MIT postdoc Álvaro Moreno ... Soto, graduate student Jack Lake, and professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/overcoming-bottleneck-carbon-dioxide-conversionEngineers design “tree-on-a-chip”
the paper are lead author Jean Comtet, a former graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... MIT-Tree-on-Chip.jpg Engineers have designed a microfluidic device they call a “tree-on-a-chip,” which mimics the ... pumping mechanism of trees and other plants. Now engineers at MIT and their collaborators have designed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-design-%E2%80%9Ctree-chip%E2%80%9DBridging Earth and space, and art and science, with global voices
a graduate student in the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She co-founded it with Lihui Zhang ... cutting-edge MIT payloads: a depth-mapping camera and a mini-rover called “AstroAnt.” Also on that craft were ... etched on a 2-inch silicon wafer computationally designed by Professor Craig Carter of the MIT Department ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bridging-earth-and-space-and-art-and-science-global-voicesNew design principle could prevent catheter failure in brain shunts
1 million Americans, ranging from infants and older children to seniors. Now, MIT researchers have released ... devices.” Along with Bourouiba and Heldt, the authors of the paper are Sungkwon Lee, a PhD student in the ... Department of Mechanical Engineering; Nicholas Kwok, an MD student in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-design-principle-could-prevent-catheter-failure-brain-shuntsWeighing cancer cells to personalize drug choices
Researchers at MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a new way to determine whether ... The lead authors of the paper are Max Stockslager SM ’17, PhD ’20 and Dana-Farber research technician ... MIT Center for Precision Cancer Medicine, the DFCI Center for Patient Derived Models, the Cancer ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/weighing-cancer-cells-personalize-drug-choicesVijay Vaitheeswaran ’90: Engineer, economist, editor
engineering.” This kind of thinking is something MIT fosters extremely well, Vaitheeswaran says, by encouraging ... MIT and beyond, the people I’ve seen who have had the most impact are the ones who, even as they’re ... attended MIT were some of the first when a big push was taking place for students to enroll in humanities, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/vijay-vaitheeswaran-%E2%80%9990-engineer-economist-editorMIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2023
Seven MIT researchers are among the 106 new members and 18 international members elected to the ... National Academy of Engineering (NAE) this week. Fourteen additional MIT alumni, including one member of ... the MIT Corporation, were also elected as new members. NAE 2023.jpg MIT faculty members (clockwise ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-community-members-elected-national-academy-engineering-2023Woodie Flowers, a pioneer of hands-on engineering education
learning the art of mechanical design. When Woodie Flowers SM ’68, MEng ’71, PhD ’73 was an MIT student in ... transitioned from student to teacher at MIT, that inclination guided Flowers to take an innovative approach to ... widely imitated both at MIT and elsewhere. He also collaborated in the creation of a popular and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/woodie-flowers-pioneer-hands-engineering-educationDemo Day features hormone-tracking sensors, desalination systems, and other innovations
MIT student teams celebrate business milestones at the capstone event for the 2025 delta v summer ... accelerator. Kresge Auditorium came alive Friday as MIT entrepreneurs took center stage to share their progress ... Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. It also doubles as a celebration, with Trust Center Managing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/demo-day-features-hormone-tracking-sensors-desalination-systems-and-other-innovationsUltrasonic device dramatically speeds harvesting of water from the air
study’s first author is Ikra Iftekhar Shuvo, an MIT graduate student in media arts and sciences, along ... “atmospheric water harvesting.” MIT-Water-Shaker01-press_460.jpg MIT engineers designed an ultrasonic system to ... days. Now, MIT engineers have come up with a way to quickly recover water from an atmospheric water ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ultrasonic-device-dramatically-speeds-harvesting-water-air3Q: Felice Frankel on improving the visual side of science
several books, as well as in classes and workshops at MIT and around the country, and an online class on ... MITx. Her latest book, “Picturing Science and Engineering,” published this week by MIT Press, is an ... engineers, Frankel is also a consultant to the MIT News Office. She spoke with MIT News about some of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3q-felice-frankel-improving-visual-side-scienceRavi Patil ’93, SM ’95, IT Executive and Storyteller
During his six years at MIT, Ravi Patil ’93, SM ’95 kept a journal. The 120-page record chronicled ... where it sat for years, mostly forgotten. “Late one night during the pandemic, I cracked open my MIT ... the whole journal into LaTeX, something I had not used since MIT.” Ravi Patil ’93,SM ’95 Immersing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ravi-patil-%E2%80%9993-sm-%E2%80%9995-it-executive-and-storytellerProtecting maternal health in Rwanda
PhD '02, research scientist in mechanical engineering at MIT and technology lead for the team. ... MIT, Harvard University, and Partners in Health (PIH) in Rwanda have proposed a solution to address ... a new MIT student from Rwanda and would later join Fletcher’s team at MIT. With Fletcher’s mentorship, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/protecting-maternal-health-rwandaBasketball analytics investment is key to NBA wins and other successes
analyst who’s being paid $9 million,” says study author Henry Wang, a graduate student in the MIT Sports ... doctoral graduate of MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems and Society (IDSS). “Sports are a really nice, ... according to a new study by MIT researchers, there’s one member who consistently boosts their team’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/basketball-analytics-investment-key-nba-wins-and-other-successesSpreading kindness far and wide
here at MIT. Bettina Arkhurst comes from a large, tight-knit family. Her relatives hail from across the ... U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and Ghana. They fly to celebrate birthdays, graduations, and family ... MIT senior and RAK Week founder Photo: Maisie O'Brien Coming to MIT, Arkhurst quickly settled in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/spreading-kindness-far-and-wideData Science in Manufacturing Projects
students in the MIT Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Advanced Manufacturing and Design Program, ... through the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT in the Fall of 2021 and continue through the Fall ... of 2022. This collaborative program is designed to develop a cohort of graduates versed in the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/data-science-manufacturing-projectsWith a quantum “squeeze,” clocks could keep even more precise time, MIT researchers propose
and financial markets. MIT-Quantum-Clock-01-press_0.jpg Clocks, lasers, and other oscillators could be ... time, according to a new MIT study. Image: MIT News; iStock A clock’s stability depends on the noise in ... precision. But only by so much. A new MIT study finds that even if all noise from the outside world is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/quantum-%E2%80%9Csqueeze%E2%80%9D-clocks-could-keep-even-more-precise-time-mit-researchers-proposeLow-cost “smart” diaper can notify caregiver when it’s wet
a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Sen, Kantareddy, and their colleagues at ... Now MIT researchers have developed a “smart” diaper embedded with a moisture sensor that can alert ... MIT-Diaper-RFID-1024.jpg A new disposable, affordable “smart” diaper embedded with an RFID tag is designed by MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-%E2%80%9Csmart%E2%80%9D-diaper-can-notify-caregiver-when-it%E2%80%99s-wet