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Rohit Karnik seeks sustainable solutions through nanotechnology

civilization?’” says Rohit Karnik, an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Photo by ... 31, 2016 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Culture Horizontal ... challenges. MIT-Karnik-Rohit-1_1024.jpg “I try to guide my research by... asking myself the question, ‘What ...

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Professor Harry Asada Awarded a $2 Million Grant to Develop Robotic Educational Tool, “Teach-Bot”

manufacturing workers on robotics. Founded by professor of mechanical engineering and Ford Professor of ... Engineering Harry Asada, Teach-Bot is a table top robot outfitted with actuators, sensors, and embedded ... conversations with Vice President for Open Learning and professor of mechanical engineering Sanjay Sarma. Sarma ...

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New general law governs fracture energy of networks across materials and length scales

environmental engineering at MIT. “This discovery has significant implications for the design of new materials, ... networks? A recently published paper by MIT researchers offers new insights. “Our findings reveal a simple, ... Xuanhe Zhao, the Uncas and Helen Whitaker Professor and professor of mechanical engineering and civil and ...

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Turning a circle into a square is possible with this kirigami-inspired formula

mechanical engineering at MIT. “This could help us to make large, kirigami-like façades that can transform ... professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “This could help us to make large, kirigami-like façades that ... Chu | MIT News Office Horizontal A study by Assistant Professor Kailtyn Becker, inspired by Japanese ...

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Professor Emeritus Jerome Milgram, a leader in ship design and hydrodynamics, dies at 83

Jerome Milgram ’61, PhD ’65, professor emeritus of ocean engineering at MIT, passed away at the ... Milgram received his undergraduate degree from MIT in 1961, where he also served as captain of the sailing ... Milgram joined the faculty at MIT, where he would spend the remainder of his career. As the W.I. Koch ...

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Scientists Tune Polymer Material’s Transparency

Agreement between the Masdar and MIT. Thursday, January 21, 2016 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office ... through.  Now MIT scientists have come up with a theory to predict exactly how much light is transmitted ... inflated like a balloon.  MIT-Color-Composites-1024.jpg Three colors of PDMS — a widely used rubbery, ...

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Class Close-Up: 2.729 Design for Scale

hospitals,” explains Toria Yan, a senior studying mechanical engineering at MIT. Class close up_Okea 1024.jpg ... That same year, students and instructors in the MIT D-Lab class 2.729, Design for Scale collaborated ... Yang, class co-instructor and professor of mechanical engineering. “We are asking students to design ...

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MIT’s solar car team wins 2022 American Solar Challenge for the second year in a row

best speed to travel. “The most recent iteration took all of last year to develop,” strategy lead MIT ... course, they’re on MIT’s Solar Electric Vehicle Team.  The team relied on 100 percent solar energy to ... for the second year in a row in the Single Occupant Vehicle category. Team with car.jpg The MIT Solar ...

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Making silicon devices responsive to infrared light

Office, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the MIT-KFUPM Center for Clean ... January 2, 2014 David L. Chandler, MIT News Office green ... institutions, including MIT, could eliminate many of those limitations. The new approach is described in a paper ...

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Supporting sustainability, digital health, and the future of work

innovation. Established in MIT’s School of Engineering and now in its third year, the MIT and Accenture ... The MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology has selected three new ... future of work. Accenture research selectees.jpg: The MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for ...

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This touchy-feely glove senses and maps tactile stimuli

August 4, 2021 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Maker Horizontal A team of engineers led by Professor ... to grasp a jar. And now engineers at MIT and elsewhere have a way to precisely measure and map such ... MIT-Touchy-Glove-02-PRESS.jpg An MIT team of engineers has designed a new touch-sensing glove that can “feel” pressure and other ...

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Drug delivery capsule could replace injections for protein drugs

Trafton | MIT News Office Horizontal A new pill, developed by a team of scientists and engineers including ... injected. A team of MIT engineers, in collaboration with scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and ... Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s ...

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Peeking into a chrysalis, videos reveal growth of butterfly wing scales

supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation. Sunday, November 21, 2021 Jennifer Chu | MIT News ... a butterfly its color and shimmer, and help shield the insect from the elements. Now, MIT engineers have ... of mechanical engineering Mathias Kolle. MIT-Butterfly-Growth-1024.jpg Larger, overlapping scales in ...

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Audrey Chen

engineering degree, she could be found leather crafting, glass blowing, or table welding in one of MIT ... Prospective-Undergrad Graduate Undergraduate Alumni from nasa to mit to formlabs SB '24 gray ... MIT’s autonomous boat team  Arcturus  to entering a leadership position at 3D printing technology ...

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Class Close-Up: 2.S999

campus.     Sunday, November 24, 2019 Mary Beth Gallagher | MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering ... Solving for carbon neutrality at MIT While so many faculty and researchers at MIT are developing ... students’ hands. In class 2.S999, Solving for Carbon Neutrality at MIT, teams of students are tasked with ...

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Alumni-founded robotic kitchen cooks up tasty meals

Four hungry MIT student-athletes were on a mission to find a filling, inexpensive meal and ended ... and fellow Course 2 (mechanical engineering) graduates Braden Knight ’16, Luke Schlueter ’16, and ... spyce-restaurant-robotic-kitchen-mit-alumni-founders-daniel-bouloud-1024.jpg The Spyce team (left to right) includes Luke Schlueter ’16; Michael Farid ’14, SM ’16; Kale Rogers ...

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Double-sided tape for tissues could replace surgical sutures

medical devices. Inspired by a sticky substance that spiders use to catch their prey, MIT engineers have ... mechanical engineering and of civil and environmental engineering at MIT and the senior author of the study. ... MIT graduate student Xinyu Mao, MIT assistant professor of mechanical engineering Ellen Roche, Mayo ...

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Government of India Taps MIT Expertise for Energy Solutions

Minister Piyush Goyal meets with MIT Energy Initiative and Tata Center leadership, says of India’s ... with researchers from the MIT Energy Initiative and Tata Center for Technology and Design on Sept. ... technology,” and that “engagement with the United States has been very deep.” Goyal met with U.S. Secretary of ...

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An Eye for Design

freely? Maria Yang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, believes the ways in which ... 8, 2015 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office red Education MCYANG@MIT.EDU Horizontal Maria Yang, an ... associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, believes the ways in which people formulate ideas ...

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Solid, liquid, or gas? Technique quickly identifies physical state of tissues and tumors

. Monday, October 25, 2021 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Collaboration Horizontal Associate Professor Ming ... track various cancers. Photo credit: Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute, edited by MIT News Now, ... associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We hope that, by simply looking at where the cells ...

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