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Gliding From Classroom to Market
aid of MIT classes such as Course 6.933 (The Founder’s Journey), Course ESD.051 (Engineering ... MIT-Ello_1024.jpg Photo courtesy of ELLO In 2012, a team of students in MIT’s well-known product-design class, ... Glyde, is already being used by hundreds of people worldwide. And the MIT spinout selling the product, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/gliding-classroom-marketFinding leaks while they’re easy to fix
Michael Finn Henry, a local high school student who was a summer intern at MIT. The founders of PipeGuard ... developing world. Now, a new system developed by researchers at MIT could provide a fast, inexpensive ... MIT-Leak-Detection-1024.jpg Researchers have developed a fast, inexpensive robotic device that can find even tiny leaks in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/finding-leaks-while-they%E2%80%99re-easy-fixAn Eye for Design
bottom line.” As founder and director of MIT’s Ideation Lab, Yang helps designers — including architects, ... freely? Maria Yang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, believes the ways in which ... products’ success. MIT-maria-yang 1024.jpg Photo by Bryce Vickmark “People’s strategies are so fascinating,” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/eye-designWhen to get your head out of the game
athletes. Now an MIT-invented tool is aiding in detecting and diagnosing concussions, in real-time. ... MIT-Jolt_1024.jpg Photo by Rob Chron In 2007, the American College of Sports Medicine estimated that each year ... head injuries as a national epidemic. Last October, MIT alumnus Ben Harvatine ’12 — who suffered ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/when-get-your-head-out-gameStartup’s needle-free drug injector gets commercialization deal
the co-founders met with mentors through some of MIT’s entrepreneurial services, including the Venture ... anxiety associated with needles, some patients stop adhering to these treatments. MIT spinout Portal ... patient adherence. MIT-Portal-Instruments-1024.jpg Based on research by Ian Hunter, the George N. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/startup%E2%80%99s-needle-free-drug-injector-gets-commercialization-dealSuperUROP: Showcasing students' research work in progress
If one overarching message emerged from the 2018 SuperUROP Showcase, it was this: MIT ... SuperUROP-2018-poster-screens-MIT-1024.jpg About 130 undergraduates discussed the progress of their yearlong research projects at during the ... Dinner, which featured a keynote address by Tom Leighton PhD ’81, the CEO and co-founder of Akamai, a $2.5 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/superurop-showcasing-students-research-work-progressNew Microfluidic Device Offers Means for Studying Electric Field Cancer Therapy
Researchers at MIT’s research center in Singapore have developed a new microfluidic device that tests the ... no adverse effect on neighboring healthy cells. MIT-Electric-Therapy_1024.jpg Photo courtesy of ... Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology The device, about the size of a U.S. dollar coin, is designed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-microfluidic-device-offers-means-studying-electric-field-cancer-therapyClearing the air
founder of Plume Labs and an alumnus of MIT’s Technology and Policy Program. That’s because pollution ... graduate, is one of seven MIT students who have interned with Plume Labs, a Paris-based startup that builds ... four summer interns from the MIT-France Program, which is part of the MIT International Science and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/clearing-airEllen Roche and Justin Solomon named Edgerton Award winners
selection as a grand prize winner in the MIT Future Founders Initiative Prize Competition in 2022, selection ... MIT associate professors Ellen Roche of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) and ... the 2023 winners of MIT’s annual Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ellen-roche-and-justin-solomon-named-edgerton-award-winnersOnce-a-week pill for schizophrenia shows promise in clinical trials
MIT researchers have developed a pill that can be taken just once a week and gradually releases ... medication from within the stomach. MIT-Schizophrenia-Trial-01-PRESS_1024x768.jpg The ingestible capsule is ... conducted by MIT spinout Lyndra Therapeutics, the researchers used the once-a-week pill to deliver a widely ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/once-week-pill-schizophrenia-shows-promise-clinical-trialsMeet the MIT bilinguals: Claudia Chen '20 combines creative, humanistic, and technical fields
Claudia Chen ’20 was building automata at MIT long before she even submitted her application for ... admission. As a rising senior in high school, she participated in MIT’s Women’s Technology Program (WTP) and ... to pursue. But inspired by WTP and her hands-on lab experience, Chen applied to MIT, planning on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meet-mit-bilinguals-claudia-chen-20-combines-creative-humanistic-and-technical-fieldsBatteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles
the co-founders’ side project, which was modified throughout two MIT classes and a lab. In 2011, McKay ... The long range of airborne drones helps them perform critical tasks in the skies. Now MIT spinout ... same applications. MIT-OpenWater-2-1024.jpg Open Water Power’s battery that "drinks" in sea ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/batteries-%E2%80%9Cdrink%E2%80%9D-seawater-could-power-long-range-underwater-vehicles-0How to prevent biofilms in space
a paper in the journal Nature Microgravity, by Samantha McBride PhD ’20 and Kripa Varanasi of MIT, Pamela ... did on Earth at preventing microbial adhesion. MIT_Space-Biofilms-02-PRESS.jpg Preventing biofilms ... Varanasi, a professor of mechanical engineering and founder of a company called LiquiGlide, which makes ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-prevent-biofilms-spaceHacking apparel becomes lucrative business for alumni
co-founded Ministry of Supply with MIT Sloan School of Management alumni Aman Advani MBA ’13 and Kit Hickey ... heat-trapping sleeping bags, and performance dress shirts. MIT-Ministry-3(1).JPG The Apollo dress shirt, based ... co-found, with other MIT clothing tinkerers, Ministry of Supply, a Boston-based innovator of high-tech ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hacking-apparel-becomes-lucrative-business-alumniMechE Department News
Robocon 2011 Held at MIT Every summer for the past 21 years, the International Design ... a competition of robotic knowledge and design skills. The 22nd annual Robocon, hosted at MIT, commenced this ... Japan, Morocco, Singapore, Thailand, and the US. This year’s challenge was based on famous hacks in MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-department-newsGraduate Professional Development Opportunities
Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities for Graduate Students MIT Mechanical Engineering ... Graduate Travel Grants MIT Mechanical Engineering Department is pleased to again offer five Graduate Travel ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/graduate/developmentAlumni Spotlight: Davide Marini, PhD ‘03
patients. The years I spent at MIT were the most exhilarating of my professional life. Having the ... designed to make the life of scientists easier. MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering has historically ... Italy, where I grew up, the emphasis is more on learning the theory and proving theorems. At MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-davide-marini-phd-%E2%80%9803Faculty Spotlight
Associate Professor Martin L. Culpepper received his PhD in mechanical engineering from MIT, then became ... a chemical transformation. What do you like best about being a MechE professor at MIT? Once you leave the ... walls of MIT, you often lose the hands-on experience that MIT does so well. You walk into a machine shop ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-spotlightAlumni Spotlight
suspension, all of which provide a superb driving experience. How did your time at MIT as a master’s and PhD ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlightBy attracting the world’s sharpest talent, MIT helps keep the US a step ahead
MIT’s motto of “mens et manus” (“mind and hand”), reflecting the educational ideals of MIT’s founders ... MIT is a global community whose international engagement bestows benefits well beyond the ... corner of the globe, so too has MIT thrived as a magnet for the world’s most keen and curious minds ...
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