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Faculty Spotlight: Professor Ioannis V. Yannas
In 1969, Professor Ioannis V. Yannas was an expert on fibers and polymers at MIT when Dr. John F. ... Professor Ioannis V. Yannas was an expert on fibers and polymers at MIT when Dr. John F. Burke approached ... in chemical engineering from MIT, a second master’s degree in physical chemistry from Princeton ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-spotlight-professor-ioannis-v-yannasFive MIT faculty elected 2021 AAAS Fellows
Five MIT faculty members have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the ... distinguished achievements. MIT-AAAS-Fellows-01-PRESS.jpeg MIT’s new AAAS Fellows, clockwise from upper left: ... MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research, director of Model Systems and Neurobiology at the Stanley ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/five-mit-faculty-elected-2021-aaas-fellowsFive with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2021
including two MIT faculty members and three additional Institute affiliates. mit ... ’99, Darrell Gaskin S Faculty honorees include Linda G. Griffith, a professor in the MIT departments of ... Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering; and Feng Zhang, a professor in the MIT departments of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/five-mit-ties-elected-national-academy-medicine-2021Eight from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2023
Eight MIT faculty members are among more than 250 leaders from academia, the arts, industry, ... April 19. MIT_AAASMembers-01_1024.jpg “With the election of these members, the academy is honoring ... culture, and education. Those elected from MIT in 2023 are: Arnaud Costinot, professor of economics; James ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/eight-mit-elected-american-academy-arts-and-sciences-2023MIT engineers make filters from tree branches to purify drinking water
interconnected via thin membranes that act as natural sieves, filtering out bubbles from water and sap. MIT ... to purify water after being stored in a dry form for at least two years. MIT ... associate department head for education at MIT. “For places where the only option has been to drink ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-make-filters-tree-branches-purify-drinking-waterCreating innovative health solutions for individuals and populations
his medical training to pursue a PhD in medical sciences at Johns Hopkins University before returning ... adherence. His academic home at MIT is in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, but his work integrates ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/creating-innovative-health-solutions-individuals-and-populationsMIT faculty tackle big ideas in a symposium kicking off Inauguration Day
Big ideas took the stage on Monday morning, ahead of the inauguration of MIT’s 18th president, ... members of the MIT community gathered to welcome Kornbluth with an academic symposium exploring the theme ... “Where Big Ideas Come From — and Why They Matter.” Held at MIT’s Samberg Conference Center and streamed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-faculty-tackle-big-ideas-symposium-kicking-inauguration-dayMIT undertakes Grand Challenge for innovation in global vaccine manufacturing
models around such products. global-vaccine-manufacturing-mit-00_0.jpeg Challenge accepted: MIT ... Grand Challenge grant to MIT, University College London (UCL) and Kansas University to pursue an ... Christopher Love, an MIT associate professor of chemical engineering, a member of the Koch Institute for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-undertakes-grand-challenge-innovation-global-vaccine-manufacturingMIT engineers design a robotic replica of the heart’s right chamber
MIT engineers have developed a robotic replica of the heart’s right ventricle, which mimics the ... mechanical ventilation,” says Manisha Singh, a postdoc at MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science ... member of IMES and the associate head for research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-design-robotic-replica-heart%E2%80%99s-right-chamberMIT engineers grow “perfect” atom-thin materials on industrial silicon wafers
perfect crystalline form. And MIT engineers may now have a solution. The team has developed a method that ... associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We’ve unlocked a way to catch up to Moore’s Law using ... study’s MIT co-authors include Ki Seok Kim, Doyoon Lee, Celesta Chang, Seunghwan Seo, Hyunseok Kim, Jiho ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-grow-%E2%80%9Cperfect%E2%80%9D-atom-thin-materials-industrial-silicon-wafers“Each of us holds a piece of the solution”
MIT has an unparalleled history of bringing together interdisciplinary teams to solve pressing ... collaboration unlike any that’s come before at MIT. “Solving climate change is not just about new technologies ... anthropologists and engineers, and more,” MIT Vice President for Energy and Climate Evelyn Wang told an energetic ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Ceach-us-holds-piece-solution%E2%80%9DExpanding the conversation about sustainability
Stacy Godfreey-Igwe sat in her dorm room at MIT, staring frantically at her phone. An ... a disproportionately heavy environmental burden. At MIT, she chose a double major in mechanical engineering with ... MIT_StacyGodfreey-Igwe-01-1024.jpeg Stacy Godfreey-Igwe is an MIT senior who seeks to make marginalized communities more visible in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/expanding-conversation-about-sustainabilityDriving a human-machine collaboration
Guardian, is being refined at the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), where MIT Professor John Leonard is ... helping steer the group’s work, while on leave from MIT. At the MIT Mobility Forum on Friday, Leonard and ... MIT-Human-Centered-Drive-01-press_0.jpg At the MIT Mobility Forum, John Leonard, left, and Avinash Balachandran suggested that instead of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/driving-human-machine-collaborationNeedles that hit the right mark
which the needles are inserted too far or placed in the wrong tissue. A team of researchers from MIT and ... MIT-Epidural-placement_1024.jpg Currently, anesthesiologists must guide a four- to six-inch needle through multiple layers of ... teamed up with researchers at MIT’s Laser Biomedical Research Center, headed by Peter So, a professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/needles-hit-right-markSetting a new standard for hormone health
than something they are dreading or feel is a burden.” The startup, which was conceived during the MIT ... has ovaries, so it's something that is extremely underserved.” MIT-Aavia-02-1024.jpg Left to ... MEMSI, an intensive two-week bootcamp that challenges student participants from MIT and Hong Kong to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/setting-new-standard-hormone-healthQuantum Physics Meets Genetic Engineering
used by engineers at MIT to achieve a significant efficiency boost in a light-harvesting system. ... Surprisingly, the MIT researchers achieved this new approach to solar energy not with high-tech materials or ... microchips — but by using genetically engineered viruses. MIT-Enhanced-Excitonics_ 1024.jpg Rendering of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/quantum-physics-meets-genetic-engineeringEngineers build LEGO-like artificial intelligence chip
electronic waste. Now MIT engineers have taken a step toward that modular vision with a LEGO-like design for ... designs not reconfigurable. The MIT design uses light, rather than physical wires, to transmit information ... on, for instance to add new sensors or updated processors. MIT-Stackable-AI-01-press_1024.jpg MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-build-lego-artificial-intelligence-chipWindow-sized device taps the air for safe drinking water
such as rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. To improve access to safe and affordable drinking water, MIT ... With that goal in mind, the MIT team has developed and tested a new atmospheric water harvester and ... a tube, as clean and drinkable water. MIT-Water-Harvester-01-press_1024x768.jpg A close-up of a new ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/window-sized-device-taps-air-safe-drinking-waterAn easier way to remove medical devices
By taking advantage of a phenomenon that leads to fractures in metal, MIT researchers have ... Traverso, the Karl van Tassel Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and ... Traverso is the senior author of the study, which appears in Advanced Materials. Vivian Feig, an MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/easier-way-remove-medical-devices2.007 Robots Battle it Out, Revolutionary-Style
before nightfall, a revolution was afoot at MIT. The battleground was set, the munitions were stocked, ... annual competition for Course 2.007 (Design and Manufacturing), MIT’s popular undergraduate course in ... Bridge, and a Boston Tea Party ship dubbed the H.M.S. Beaver. MIT-2007-Robots-2016_1024.jpg Course ...
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