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New model of the GI tract could speed drug development
MIT engineers have devised a way to speed up the development of new drugs by rapidly testing how ... engineering at MIT and a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “Many of the drugs that are being ... Institute Professor at MIT and a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, are the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-model-gi-tract-could-speed-drug-developmentEngineers put tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on a single chip
MIT engineers have designed a “brain-on-a-chip,” smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made ... Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Imagine connecting a neuromorphic device to ... through an image processing task, programming the memristors to alter an image, in this case of MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-put-tens-thousands-artificial-brain-synapses-single-chipEngineers design a reusable, silicone rubber face mask
Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed a new face mask that they ... much less N95 material than a traditional N95 mask. mask_1024.jpg Researchers at MIT and Brigham and ... restrict ourselves to methods that could scale,” says Giovanni Traverso, an MIT assistant professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-design-reusable-silicone-rubber-face-maskOcean scientists measure sediment plume stirred up by deep-sea-mining vehicle
and highly contested. Now MIT ocean scientists have shed some light on the topic, with a new study on ... surface. Through a sequence of carefully conceived maneuvers. the MIT scientists used the vehicle to ... of the conjecture,” says study co-author Thomas Peacock, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ocean-scientists-measure-sediment-plume-stirred-deep-sea-mining-vehicleA pose-mapping technique could remotely evaluate patients with cerebral palsy
expensive, time-consuming, and emotionally taxing. MIT engineers hope to alleviate some of that stress with ... every evaluation,” says Hermano Krebs, principal research scientist at MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... on Body Sensor Networks in October. The study’s MIT authors are first author Peijun Zhao, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pose-mapping-technique-could-remotely-evaluate-patients-cerebral-palsyPat McAtamney: Empowering student-led engineering teams
At the Open House for the Edgerton Center Clubs and team this past fall, MIT Technical Instructor ... (46).jpg McAtamney came to MIT in 2002, having worked as a research machinist on NASA's Hubble Space ... a good way. “Don't ever underestimate the MIT student. They're always capable of surprising the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pat-mcatamney-empowering-student-led-engineering-teamsA new way to make steel could reduce America’s reliance on imports
experience taught Meroueh a lot about startups, but she ultimately decided to stay at MIT to pursue her PhD ... Hertha Metals, founded by Laureen Meroueh SM ’18, PhD ’20, uses natural gas and electricity to ... Hertha Metals, founded by CEO Laureen Meroueh SM ’18, PhD ’20, is scaling up a new steel production ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-make-steel-could-reduce-america%E2%80%99s-reliance-importsDroplets break a theoretical time barrier on bouncing
mechanical engineering at Boston University, former MIT postdoc Rajeev Dhiman, and recent MIT PhD recipient ... to bounce away from such a surface. But MIT researchers have now found a way to burst through that ... Engineering at MIT, along with James Bird, a former MIT postdoc who is now an assistant professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/droplets-break-theoretical-time-barrier-bouncingPolymer Day 2023 showcases interdisciplinary innovation
of space in Morss Hall,” says Eric Lee, a graduate student in the MIT’s Department of Materials ... fabrics and used as microphones or loudspeakers. Such was the varied innovation that crowded MIT’s Morss ... led the Polymer Day organizing committee along with fellow graduate students Yehlin Cho, Emily ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/polymer-day-2023-showcases-interdisciplinary-innovationMaster of Engineering in Manufacturing
also offer graduate students the opportunity to focus specifically on professional manufacturing ... undergraduate level, and in fact we have never had an undergraduate degree in manufacturing at MIT. As a result, ... formalizing that experience.” The MEngM, which first began in 2001 as a master’s degree in the Singapore-MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/master-engineering-manufacturingNew Material Structures Bend Like Microscopic Hair
manipulate rain or sunlight,” says Yangying Zhu, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... Researchers say structures may be used in windows to wick away moisture. MIT engineers have ... hair.jpg The new material designed by MIT researchers is a flexible polymer "skin" coated with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-material-structures-bend-microscopic-hairNew surface treatment could improve refrigeration efficiency
included former MIT graduate students Taylor Farnham and Adam Paxson, and former postdocs Dan Soto and Asli ... away with them. Now, researchers at MIT have made significant progress in promoting droplet formation ... new findings are described in the journal Joule, in a paper by graduate student Karim Khalil, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-surface-treatment-could-improve-refrigeration-efficiencyStretchable Hydrogel Electronics
Water-based “Band-Aid” senses temperature, lights up, and delivers medicine to the skin. MIT ... Zhao, the Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... motivation for stretchable hydrogel electronics.” Zhao’s co-authors on the paper are graduate students ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stretchable-hydrogel-electronicsA new way to mix oil and water
the proportion of surfactant. The findings, by MIT graduate student Ingrid Guha, former postdoc ... researchers at MIT might turn that expression on its head, providing a way to get the two substances to mix ... down wells are also emulsions, Varanasi says. The work was supported by the MIT Energy Initiative, the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-mix-oil-and-waterWomen’s Technology Program 2021: The sweet sound of success
Each year, a new cohort of high school students come to MIT’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus to ... Program director and WTP-EECS track coordinator. Not only did the WTP staff (graduate and undergraduate ... MIT students, plus several recent MIT grads and a student from nearby Wellesley College) design ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/women%E2%80%99s-technology-program-2021-sweet-sound-successTechnique spots warning signs of extreme events
systems with a complex and ever-changing mix of players and pieces. rogue wave 1024.jpg Engineers at MIT ... MIT have devised a framework for identifying key patterns that precede an extreme event. The framework ... at MIT. “We have applied this framework to turbulent fluid flows, which are the Holy Grail of extreme ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-spots-warning-signs-extreme-eventsSuper-strong surgical tape detaches on demand
Last year, MIT engineers developed a double-sided adhesive that could quickly and firmly stick ... at MIT. “You put the adhesive on, and if for any reason you want to take it off, you can do so ... along with Jingjing Wu at MIT, and Christoph Nabzdyk at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Unbreakable bonds In ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/super-strong-surgical-tape-detaches-demandThe (robotic) doctor will see you now
from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently set out to answer that question. In a study ... fronts,” says Giovanni Traverso, an MIT assistant professor of mechanical engineering, a gastroenterologist ... these systems,” Chai says. The MIT team is continuing to develop sensors that can obtain vital sign ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotic-doctor-will-see-you-nowMembrane around tumors may be key to preventing metastasis
basement membrane, a material that itself has been tricky for scientists to characterize. Now MIT engineers ... Ming Guo, a lead author of the study and associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Guo’s ... University of California at Santa Diego, and MIT postdoc Yu Long Han. Blowing up The basement membrane ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/membrane-around-tumors-may-be-key-preventing-metastasisThe tenured engineers of 2024
In 2024, MIT granted tenure to 12 faculty members across the School of Engineering. This year’s ... reports jointly to the School of Engineering and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing), Mechanical ... include: Adam Belay, associate professor of computer science and principal investigator at MIT’s Computer ...
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