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Initiatives MIT MechE is proud to actively participate in a number of initiatives that engage with and provide ... graduate study at MIT MechE, and beyond. Participants join eight weekly meetings in the fall with their ... and experience navigating MechE at MIT. Visit MechE ENGAGE Website MechE Graduate Group Coaching ...
https://meche.mit.edu/dei/outreach-programsA New Mechanism for Catalyzing the Splitting of Water
MIT Assistant Professor Alexie M. Kolpak show through theoretically based models and simulations ... Alexie Kolpak makes an important step toward widespread adoption of water splitting to produce an ... researchers at MIT, the Skoltech Institute of Technology, and the University of Texas at Austin show in a new ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-mechanism-catalyzing-splitting-waterA safer way to deploy bacteria as environmental sensors
researchers say. Other authors of the paper include Kevin Yehl, a former MIT postdoc; Alexis Rovner, a former ... area. MIT engineers have now devised a way to make this kind of deployment safer, by encasing bacterial ... spreading modified genes to other organisms. MIT-Bacteria-Containment-1024.jpg MIT engineers have devised ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/safer-way-deploy-bacteria-environmental-sensorsStudy: Some catalysts contribute their own oxygen for reactions
of these observed catalytic activities is not well-understood. Now, a team at MIT has shown that in ... are being reported this week in the journal Nature Chemistry, in a paper by recent MIT graduate ... Binghong Han PhD ’16, postdoc Alexis Grimaud, Yang Shao-Horn, the W.M. Keck Professor of Energy, and six ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-some-catalysts-contribute-their-own-oxygen-reactionsProfessor Ioannis Yannas, pioneer of regenerative medicine who invented artificial skin for the treatment of severe burns, dies at 90
artificial skin for the treatment of severe burns, and a longtime member of the MIT faculty, died on Oct. 19 ... Engineering. Credit: John Freidah/MIT MechE: Credits:: Yannas, known to friends and colleagues as Yanni, held ... appointments in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-ioannis-yannas-pioneer-regenerative-medicine-who-invented-artificial-skinSearch-and-rescue algorithm identifies hidden “traps” in ocean waters
can confound and delay critical search-and-rescue operations. Now researchers at MIT, the Swiss ... sea where missing objects or people are likely to be. MIT-Rescue-Algorithm-01_1024.jpg A new ... MIT-developed search-and-rescue algorithm identifies hidden “traps” in ocean waters. The method may help quickly ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/search-and-rescue-algorithm-identifies-hidden-%E2%80%9Ctraps%E2%80%9D-ocean-waters-0MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in summer 2025
Each year, faculty and researchers across the MIT School of Engineering are recognized with ... of the MIT School of Engineering faculty received awards in summer 2025. Credit: Emily Dahl Iwnetim ... Science and Engineering, was honored as one of MIT Technology Review ’s 2025 Innovators Under 35. He was ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-school-engineering-faculty-and-staff-receive-awards-summer-2025Not stuck on silicon
light-emitting diodes, and other electronic and photonic devices. A new technique developed by MIT engineers may ... almost impossible to separate without damaging both layers. MIT-Graphene-CopyPaste_1024.jpg (Left to ... Kim. Photo: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT “You end up having to sacrifice the wafer — it becomes part of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/not-stuck-siliconLe Morte d’Arthur and the engineer
21L.460 (Medieval Literature: Legends of Arthur) at MIT for six years, Arthur Bahr took a leap of faith. ... Malory’s “Le Morte d’Arthur.” “These are MIT students," says Bahr, an associate professor of ... that Meeker's creativity and craftsmanship — mens et manus — will be be part of Literature at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/le-morte-d%E2%80%99arthur-and-engineerMIT Energy Initiative awards nine Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research
In spring 2018, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) awarded nine grants totaling $1,350,000 through ... economics, and have drawn from all five MIT schools and 28 departments, labs, and centers. Seed grant ... recipients are first-time awardees — including four researchers early in their careers at MIT. The chemistry ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-energy-initiative-awards-nine-seed-fund-grants-early-stage-energy-research-0The tenured engineers of 2019
MIT. “The tenured faculty in this year’s cohort are a true inspiration,” said Anantha Chandrakasan, ... the perspective of security and robustness. Frances Ross, the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor in the ... tenure by MIT. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tenured-engineers-2019Pills of the future: nanoparticles
former MIT grad student Eric Pridgen and former BWH postdoc Frank Alexis, and the senior author is Omid ... far. Now, researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have developed a new type of ... Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT, a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pills-future-nanoparticlesNew materials improve oxygen catalysis
MIT researchers have found a new family of materials that provides the best-ever performance in ... postdoc Alexis Grimaud; and six others. The performance of this family of materials, Shao-Horn says, is ... MIT researchers say. The specific compounds used in this research were made by combining a lanthanide ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-materials-improve-oxygen-catalysisMIT-derived algorithm helps forecast the frequency of extreme weather
director of the Center for Ocean Engineering in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. ... 1024_Predicting-Extremes-01_0-1.jpg A new prediction method fueled by an MIT-derived algorithm helps forecast frequency of extreme ... in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. The study’s MIT co-authors include postdoc ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-derived-algorithm-helps-forecast-frequency-extreme-weatherSchool of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards for winter 2025
MIT faculty and researchers receive many external awards throughout the year. The MIT School of ... and practice. Paula Hammond, MIT’s vice provost for faculty and an Institute Professor in the ... Frances Ross, the TDK Professor in DMSE, received the Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/school-engineering-faculty-and-staff-receive-awards-winter-2025Engineers mix and match materials to make new stretchy electronics
Jackson Bauer, and Caroline Ross from MIT, along with collaborators from the University of Wisconsin at ... inflexible. Now a process developed by MIT engineers may be the key to manufacturing flexible electronics with ... functionality, in one flexible chip,” says Jeehwan Kim, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-mix-and-match-materials-make-new-stretchy-electronicsSchool of Engineering third and fourth quarter 2020 awards
Members of the MIT engineering faculty receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, ... Benefit of Humanity on Sept. 23. Alexis Bateman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering was named ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/school-engineering-third-and-fourth-quarter-2020-awardsSchool of Engineering second quarter 2018 awards
Members of the MIT engineering faculty receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, ... and the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, won a MIT Gordon Y Billard Award on ... Engineering and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, won the Ross Coffin Purdy Award on June 22. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/school-engineering-second-quarter-2018-awardsArtificial reef designed by MIT engineers could protect marine life, reduce storm damage
left increasingly vulnerable to frequent flooding and erosion. An MIT team is now hoping to fortify ... incoming waves by more than 95 percent. 1024_Architected-Reef-01-PRESS_0.jpg An MIT team is hoping to ... life to live. Courtesy of the researchers; edited by MIT News “This would be like a long wave-breaker,” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/artificial-reef-designed-mit-engineers-could-protect-marine-life-reduce-storm-damage