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Making life friendlier with personal robots
Alghowinem says she dreamed of coming to MIT one day to develop Arabic-based technologies, and of creating ... MIT as a postdoc with the Ibn Khaldun Fellowship for Saudi Arabian Women, which is housed in the MIT ... the founder of the Personal Robots Group (PRG) and the social robot startup Jibo Inc., MIT Professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-life-friendlier-personal-robotsNew model identifies drugs that shouldn’t be taken together
they can interfere with each other and should not be prescribed together. Researchers at MIT, Brigham ... predict until now,” says Giovanni Traverso, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT ... absorbability of new drugs by adding excipients that enhance their interactions with transporters. Former MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-model-identifies-drugs-shouldn%E2%80%99t-be-taken-together“For whosoever commands the sea commands the trade"
Dhawan Willeman, an MIT graduate student studying maritime shipping and innovation. “A ship is so huge ... engineering background, she came to MIT to work with Professor Emeritus Henry Marcus, one of the most ... shipbuilding at MIT starting in 1971. With support from the American Bureau of Shipping, Willeman and Marcus ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9C-whosoever-commands-sea-commands-tradeSearching for Global Water and Food Solutions
issues need complex solutions, and, for that, MIT has created the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food ... approach, coupled with MIT’s unique capabilities, that will set the lab apart and bring innovative solutions ... provide MIT is having a clear presence in solving global food needs. The impact of population growth is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/searching-global-water-and-food-solutionsRunning on Waste Heat
change, thanks to thermoelectric innovators such as MIT’s Gang Chen. Thermoelectric materials convert ... of Power Engineering and head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, used nanotechnology to ... — including Institute Professor Emeritus Mildred Dresselhaus at MIT — began using nanotechnology to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/running-waste-heatClimbing the ‘power ascension’ market
Since MIT spinout Atlas Devices’ flagship product, the Atlas Powered Rope Ascender (APA), first ... — which began as a prototype for MIT’s Soldier Design Competition in 2005 — has a handle with direction ... rope-grabbing mechanism, invented primarily by Ball, who won the 2007 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his work ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/climbing-%E2%80%98power-ascension%E2%80%99-marketSystem can sterilize medical tools using solar heat
a team of researchers at MIT and the Indian Institute of Technology has come up with a way to generate ... a paper by MIT graduate student Lin Zhao, MIT Professor Evelyn Wang, MIT Professor Gang Chen, and 10 ... others at MIT and IIT Bombay. The key to the new system is the use of optically transparent aerogel, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/system-can-sterilize-medical-tools-using-solar-heatMISTI pilots conversations in energy
While fall typically sees MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) programs ... gearing up to facilitate international summer internship and research experiences for MIT students, this ... Combining MISTI’s network of hosts, students’ interests in energy, the broader energy community at MIT, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/misti-pilots-conversations-energyMeet the Oystamaran
When Michelle Kornberg was about to graduate from MIT, she wanted to use her knowledge of ... Electromechanical Robotic Systems), came out of conversations between Michael Triantafyllou, who is MIT’s Henry L. ... and Grace Doherty Professor in Ocean Science and Engineering and director of MIT Sea Grant, and Dan ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meet-oystamaran-0First-year students take center stage on Killian Court
On a chilly Monday in May, MIT’s Killian Court was transformed into a festival of fun. Over 1,200 ... iconic location so early in their time at MIT was a surreal experience. “It was such a symbolic setting. ... realize the capacity you have as an MIT student to create something that could have an impact on the world ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/first-year-students-take-center-stage-killian-courtEngineers design sutures that can deliver drugs or sense inflammation
Inspired by sutures developed thousands of years ago, MIT engineers have designed “smart” sutures ... a modern twist, the MIT team coated the sutures with hydrogels that can be embedded with sensors, drugs, or ... mechanical engineering at MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the senior author of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-design-sutures-can-deliver-drugs-or-sense-inflammationSophia Chen: It’s our duty to make the world better through empathy, patience, and respect
learned about MIT D-Lab when she was a Florida middle schooler. She drove with her family from their home ... in Clearwater to Tampa to an MIT informational open house for prospective students. There, she heard ... Madagascar 1.jpg Sophia Chen, pictured here in Madagascar on an MIT D-Lab project to test a water vapor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sophia-chen-it%E2%80%99s-our-duty-make-world-better-through-empathy-patience-and-respectA portable light system that can digitize everyday objects
statistics, as well as new designs on things like a wall, mug, or shoe. Researchers from MIT’s Computer ... MIT PhD student in electrical engineering and computer science, affiliate of CSAIL, and lead author on ... This process created a health visualization on the back of the user’s shirt. In a similar showing, MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/portable-light-system-can-digitize-everyday-objectsBasketball analytics investment is key to NBA wins and other successes
according to a new study by MIT researchers, there’s one member who consistently boosts their team’s ... performance: the data analyst. An MIT basketball player dribbles during a game. Credit: MIT DAPER The new ... analyst who’s being paid $9 million,” says study author Henry Wang, a graduate student in the MIT Sports ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/basketball-analytics-investment-key-nba-wins-and-other-successesMechE Alumna Catches Rare Glimpse of Marine Life
renowned MIT engineer Harold “Doc” Edgerton, the namesake of MIT’s Edgerton Center. A visionary in ... will be on display at MIT's Wiesner Art Gallery starting Jan. 4, 2015. Young's Kickstarter ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-alumna-catches-rare-glimpse-marine-lifeVisual Thinking for Engineers
early-stage design. “My pitch is for visual thinking,” she explains. “Students come to MIT and they are very ... of mechanical engineering and engineering systems who directs MIT's Ideation Lab, conducted ... Mariello Mallinson | Mechanical engineering yellow Culture Education MCYANG@MIT.EDU ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/visual-thinking-engineersNew Faculty
a postdoctoral associate at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT. Professor ... group moved to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, where he is now assistant professor and ... ALBERTOR@MIT.EDU Assistant Professors Alberto Rodriguez and Xuanhe Zhao join the department and bring their ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-facultyExploring Surfaces of Nanomaterials
been at MIT, the Electrochemical Energy Laboratory she directs has grown “to one with a research team ... http://spectrum.mit.edu/articles/features/exploring-surfaces-of-nanomaterials/. Monday, December 5, 2011 sadlers yellow Collaboration shaohorn@mit.edu ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/exploring-surfaces-nanomaterialsTwo MechE Faculty Win Prestigious Presidential Early Career Awards
engineers. On Thursday, United States President Barack Obama named four MIT faculty among 105 recipients of ... Those from MIT who were honored were: Tonio Buonassisi, associate professor in the Department of ... Cognitive Sciences. The following MIT alumni — in addition to Kay Tye '03 — were also recipients: ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/two-meche-faculty-win-prestigious-presidential-early-career-awardsFeatured video: Pulling drinking water out of thin air
ever. The key, according to Evelyn Wang, the Gail E. Kendall Professor and department head for MIT ... air, even in arid conditions,” explains Wang. She and her team in MIT’s Device Research Laboratory have ... Mechanical Engineering Collaboration International enwang@mit.edu Horizontal Powered only by solar energy, ...
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