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Solar-powered system extracts drinkable water from “dry” air
Joule, in a paper by Professor Evelyn Wang, who is head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ... Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT. Tuesday, October 13, 2020 David L. Chandler | MIT News Office Horizontal ... Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have significantly boosted the output from a system that can ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solar-powered-system-extracts-drinkable-water-%E2%80%9Cdry%E2%80%9D-airHot flash relief during menopause
women asleep through the night,” Cavill adds. As a student at MIT, Cavill was drawn to the flexibility ... a degree in mechanical engineering offered. Her experience in the Course 2 capstone class 2.009, Product ... Engineering Processes, led her down the path of entrepreneurship. In December2019, she and her teammates ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hot-flash-relief-during-menopauseArtificial intelligence model detects asymptomatic Covid-19 infections through cellphone-recorded coughs
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Collaboration ... changes wrought by the virus. MIT researchers have now found that people who are asymptomatic may differ ... recently in the IEEE Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, the team reports on an AI model that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/artificial-intelligence-model-detects-asymptomatic-covid-19-infections-through-cellphoneAdvocating for science funding on Capitol Hill
This spring, 26 MIT students and postdocs traveled to Washington to meet with congressional ... spring, the MIT Science Policy Initiative (SPI) organizes the Congressional Visit Days (CVD). The trip ... exposes participants to the process of U.S. federal policymaking and the many avenues researchers can use ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/advocating-science-funding-capitol-hillHow to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater
Chandler | MIT News Office Horizontal Professor Kripa Varanasi, the Varanasi group, and researchers from ... enter this area. Now, a team of researchers at MIT says they may have found the key to a truly efficient ... Environmental Science, in a paper by MIT professors T. Alan Hatton and Kripa Varanasi, postdoc Seoni Kim, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-pull-carbon-dioxide-out-seawater-0Ingestible medical devices can be broken down with light
done. However, MIT engineers have now come up with a way to trigger such devices to break down inside ... January 16, 2020 Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Collaboration Culture Entrepreneurship Horizontal A new ... requirement for a major procedure,” says Giovanni Traverso, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ingestible-medical-devices-can-be-broken-down-lightNew Faculty
engineering in 2005. He began his graduate studies at MIT in 2006, earning his PhD in mechanical engineering ... use in micromechanical devices and as a platform for the engineering of textured surfaces and ... high-performance interfaces. Moreover, working with graduate students and undergraduate design teams, Professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-faculty-0A recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine
A sustainable source for clean energy may lie in old soda cans and seawater. MIT engineers have ... by adding a common stimulant: caffeine. zero-emissions fuel.jpg MIT engineers Aly Kombargi (left) and ... author Aly Kombargi, a PhD student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “We also don’t have to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/recipe-zero-emissions-fuel-soda-cans-seawater-and-caffeineIn Search of a Major She Loves
traditional or direct path to mechanical engineering at MIT — she switched majors twice, determined to find ... an environment where you barely know anyone.” As part of MIT’s Addir Interfaith Program, Magzoub, ... Curro Caruso | MIT News correspondent orange Culture Education International Maker Horizontal Senior ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/search-major-she-lovesSpreading kindness far and wide
engineering course load, a teaching assistant position in a Physics I class, and roles with MIT’s gospel ... here at MIT. Bettina Arkhurst comes from a large, tight-knit family. Her relatives hail from across the ... 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-wideTackling Greenhouse Gases
faculty members in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering are turning to technologies that store, ... Culture Education International Horizontal Faculty in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering are ... Researchers across MIT are working on a myriad of technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions across ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tackling-greenhouse-gasesFinding leaks while they’re easy to fix
Chandler | MIT News Office Entrepreneurship International Maker Horizontal Small robotic device developed ... 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-fixMonthly birth control pill could replace daily doses
a daily dose. Langer and Giovanni Traverso, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and ... are also authors of the paper. Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Collaboration ... Entrepreneurship International Horizontal MIT engineers including Assistant Professor Giovanni Traverso have ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/monthly-birth-control-pill-could-replace-daily-dosesCell-weighing method could help doctors choose cancer drugs
Erna Viterbi Professor in the MIT departments of Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and ... November 19, 2017 Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Collaboration International Horizontal Professor Scott ... a particular drug. This can lead to months of treatment with a drug that isn’t working. Researchers at MIT have ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cell-weighing-method-could-help-doctors-choose-cancer-drugsMIT announces 2025 Bose Grants
Professor Desirée Plata is a recipient of the 2025 Bose Grant. Credit: MIT News The program was named for ... MIT launched the Bose grant program 11 years ago to provide funding over a three-year period to MIT ... Engineering Jacob White, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Elfar Adalsteinsson, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-announces-2025-bose-grantsRoad Safety Drives VP of GM
real-world impact.” This story also appears in the November/December issue of MIT Alumni News ... vehicles smarter and safer. In 2006 Anderson was an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, studying ... mechanical engineering, when his younger brother was struck by a distracted driver and suffered a severe neck ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/road-safety-drives-vp-gmSpeedy robo-gripper reflexively organizes cluttered spaces
Looking to give robots a more nimble, human-like touch, MIT engineers have now developed a gripper that ... SaLoutos, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “Someone could put something new ... Electronics and the Toyota Research Institute. Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/speedy-robo-gripper-reflexively-organizes-cluttered-spaces2.12: Introduction to Robotics
engineering student, it’s a fun hands-on convergence of design, manufacturing, kinematics, controls, ... engineering, but it’s particularly important in robotics – we wouldn’t have robotics without it.” An elective ... mathematical concepts and a chance to build on their foundation in mechanical engineering basics. Students ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/212-introduction-roboticsNew Material Structures Bend Like Microscopic Hair
Researchers say structures may be used in windows to wick away moisture. MIT engineers have ... Force Office of Scientific Research. Wednesday, August 6, 2014 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office yellow ... hair.jpg The new material designed by MIT researchers is a flexible polymer "skin" coated with ...
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