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Expanding 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-sustainabilityTurning history of science into a comic adventure
that goal in mind, one MIT team recently transformed themselves into time-traveling comic book ... MIT-Disease-Comics-01-press_0.jpg A new comic takes readers through a history of infectious disease discoveries. “A Paradigm Shift ... in Infectious Disease” follows MIT Associate Professor Lydia Bourouiba and artist Argha Manna, who ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-history-science-comic-adventureEngineering art
MIT-Stephanie-chou-kinetic-sculpture-Mess-of-Gold 1024_0.jpg Stephanie Chou ’19 stands with her kinetic art sculpture, "Mess of Gold." ... sculpture to encourage members of the MIT community to express themselves and find support in challenging ... Hunter, an MIT student, passed away after a brief illness in 2017. Dealing with her friend’s passing and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineering-artSand, Sand Everywhere
Carrington Motley spends a lot of his time at MIT surrounded by sand. “Yeah, sand is everywhere,” he admits ... engineering major, is captain of MIT’s men’s track and field team — and when he isn’t launching himself into ... MIT-Carrington-motley 1024.jpg Photo by: Bryce Vickmark Finding a balance Motley didn’t always know he would end up at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sand-sand-everywhereMicroscopy technique makes finer images of deeper tissue, more quickly
requires scanning individual pixels one at a time. A team of MIT and Harvard University researchers has now ... neurons within the brain, the researchers say. MIT-Fast-Brain-Imaging-01-1024.jpg This image shows ... Murat Yildirim, an MIT research scientist and one of the authors of the new study. MIT graduate student ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microscopy-technique-makes-finer-images-deeper-tissue-more-quicklyDriving 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-collaborationFrom LGO to PhD
Many students in MIT’s Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program return to the workplace primed ... and they bring their LGO toolkit into an academic career instead. MIT-LGO-to-PHD-01-press_0.jpg Left ... all pursued PhD programs after completing MIT's Leaders for Global Operations program. Photo ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lgo-phdFaculty Research: Professor Gareth McKinley
Fog-harvesting system developed by MIT and Chilean researchers could provide potable water for the ... world’s driest regions. By David Chandler, MIT News Office Photo courtesy of researchers. In some of ... pull it right out of the air, from fog that drifts in from warm oceans nearby. Now researchers at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-gareth-mckinleyNeedles 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-markMatthew Cavuto: Getting a leg up on engineering
Matthew Cavuto, now a senior in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, embarked on his career ... path partly as a result of a talk he heard in high school by MIT Professor Hugh Herr, a double amputee ... regain as much control, independence, and capability as possible. MIT-Matthew-Cavuto_1024.jpg Cavuto ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/matthew-cavuto-getting-leg-engineeringStartup aims to flush away the problem of icky toilet seats
seat. Now, an MIT alumni-founded startup is working to flush away that problem forever. ... MIT-Cleana-01-press_0.jpg MIT has purchased several of Cleana’s self-raising sensations for use on campus. Image: Courtesy ... of Cleana; edited by MIT News Cleana, co-founded by CTO Richard Li SM '24, has developed an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/startup-aims-flush-away-problem-icky-toilet-seatsStudent Spotlight: Nikolai Begg
2013 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner by Stephanie Martinovich, Lemelson-MIT Program Photo ... and is a recipient of the prestigious 2013 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his inventions that ... He also worked with high school students at an MIT-sponsored summer design course to invent and build ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-spotlight-nikolai-beggAlumni-founded robotic kitchen cooks up tasty meals
Four hungry MIT student-athletes were on a mission to find a filling, inexpensive meal and ended ... 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 ... Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, took an Independent Activities Period course on startups, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-founded-robotic-kitchen-cooks-tasty-mealsOptimizing parking in the busiest places
MIT-Smarking.jpg “We want to see, in the next five years or so, the amount of time you need to search for parking ... Wen Sang PhD ’14. Now, MIT spinout Smarking is bringing data analytics to the parking industry. It ... country are using Smarking. In August, the company signed a contract with MIT. Now the Parking and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/optimizing-parking-busiest-placesSmart manufacturing program boosts productivity in factories
Sharing of knowledge in a collaborative, hands-on environment is a hallmark of MIT ... Arconic — and won glowing reviews from them for content and delivery. The MIT Smart Manufacturing ... Leadership Program, developed in collaboration with MIT Professional Education, featured several webinars and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/smart-manufacturing-program-boosts-productivity-factoriesLow-cost “smart” diaper can notify caregiver when it’s wet
Now MIT researchers have developed a “smart” diaper embedded with a moisture sensor that can alert ... MIT-Diaper-RFID-1024.jpg A new disposable, affordable “smart” diaper embedded with an RFID tag is designed by MIT ... a notification to a caregiver that it’s time for a change. Image: MIT News The sensor consists of a passive radio ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-%E2%80%9Csmart%E2%80%9D-diaper-can-notify-caregiver-when-it%E2%80%99s-wetTurning automotive engines into modular chemical plants to make green fuels
emitted, seeing it as a sunk cost and an environmental liability. The MIT spinout Emvolon is taking a new ... like landfills and oil wells.” MIT_EmVolon-02-Press.jpg Emvolon co-founders Emmanuel Kasseris SM ’07, ... MIT to study mechanical engineering as a graduate student in 2004, when he worked in the Sloan ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-automotive-engines-modular-chemical-plants-make-green-fuelsGuardian Ag’s crop-spraying drone is replacing dangerous pilot missions
MIT-Guardian-Ag-01-press_1024x768.jpg Guardian Ag is offering an alternative in the form of a large, purpose-built drone that can ... Guardian Ag, founded by former MIT Electronics Research Society (MITERS) makers Adam Bercu and Charles Guan ... engineering at MIT, and the two robot enthusiasts became lifelong friends. “When Charles came to MIT, he ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/guardian-ag%E2%80%99s-crop-spraying-drone-replacing-dangerous-pilot-missionsQuantum 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-engineeringA Nanophotonic Comeback for Incandescent Bulbs?
country has banned or is phasing out the inefficient technology. Now, researchers at MIT and Purdue ... Nanotechnology by three MIT professors — Marin Soljačić, professor of physics; John Joannopoulos, the Francis ... Engineering — as well as MIT principal research scientist Ivan Celanovic, postdoc Ognjen Ilic, and Purdue ...
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