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Richard Wiesman, professor of the practice in mechanical engineering, dies at age 69
Richard M. Wiesman ’76, SM ’76, PhD ’83, a professor of the practice in the MIT Department of ... ’76, SM ’76, PhD ’83 served for many years as a professor of the practice in the MIT Department of ... to the education of MIT students and made him a tremendous educator, mentor, and colleague. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/richard-wiesman-professor-practice-mechanical-engineering-dies-age-69Professor Emeritus Igor Paul, an expert in product design and safety, dies at 87
(43).jpg: Igor Paul was a member of the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty from 1964 to 2003. ... today. Photo courtesy of the Paul family. Paul was a member of the MIT Department of Mechanical ... Creativity in Design (MIT, 1960); the Ralph R. Teetor Distinguished Educator Award (SAE); Outstanding ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-igor-paul-expert-product-design-and-safety-dies-87Marilyn Wolfson named 2012 fellow of the American Meteorological Society
Marilyn M. Wolfson SM '83, PhD '90, associate leader of the Weather Sensing Group at MIT ... University of Michigan and both SM and PhD degrees from MIT, where she was named an Ida M. Green Fellow. She ... received the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Technical Excellence award in 2005 for “her work in the application of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/marilyn-wolfson-named-2012-fellow-american-meteorological-societyOnce abroad is not enough
authors in London, or taking summer courses in Scandinavia are just some of the ways that MIT students ... programs are now a growing sector in MIT’s global education offerings. The multi-week courses are attractive to ... students for many reasons: They provide MIT degree credit or transfer credit, are a comfortable entry point ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/once-abroad-not-enoughWinners of 2020 Teaching With Digital Technology Award recognized for their innovations
On July 30, faculty and instructors across MIT were honored for their outstanding achievements in ... Teaching with Digital Technology Awards, co-sponsored by MIT Open Learning and the Office of the Vice ... extraordinary process of moving all campus activity online. As MIT’s faculty and instructors began teaching in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/winners-2020-teaching-digital-technology-award-recognized-their-innovationsStudent-led conference charts the future of micro- and nanoscale research, reinforces scientific community
New Hampshire on Jan. 24-25 for the first time since before the pandemic, MARC gathered over 240 MIT ... (MTL) and, since 2020, co-sponsored jointly with MIT.nano. 2023-01 MARC 316 edit.jpg Mechanical ... a letter to attendees, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) graduate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-led-conference-charts-future-micro-and-nanoscale-research-reinforces-scientificSmart pill can track key biological markers in real-time
Researchers from MIT, Boston University, and elsewhere report a smart pill the size of a blueberry ... Liu of Boston University, Maria Eugenia Inda of MIT, and Miguel Jimenez of MIT pose with prototypes of ... says Timothy Lu, an MIT associate professor of biological engineering and of electrical engineering and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/smart-pill-can-track-key-biological-markers-real-timeK. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research Center will prioritize innovations for resource-constrained communities
Engineering and Research (GEAR) Center at MIT, founded with a $28 million gift from philanthropist and ... conceived, designed, and commercialized. A collaboration between MIT’s School of Engineering and School of ... Science, the Yang GEAR Center will bring together a multidisciplinary team of MIT researchers to assess ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/k-lisa-yang-global-engineering-and-research-center-will-prioritize-innovations-resourceCSAIL, MechE marine experts win international self-driving boat competition
researchers from MIT and Olin College as one of 15 teams competing in the Maritime RobotX Challenge, which ... searching underwater for acoustic sources. MIT-Olin outperformed other universities from Australia, Japan, ... previous month, the MIT-Olin team’s boat had capsized on the Charles River, forcing them to completely ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/csail-meche-marine-experts-win-international-self-driving-boat-competitionFaculty Research: Professor Kripa Varanasi
Droplets Break a Theoretical Time Barrier on Bouncing By David Chandler, MIT News Office Those ... bounce away from such a surface. But MIT researchers have now found a way to burst through that perceived ... journal Nature co-authored by Kripa Varanasi, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, along ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-kripa-varanasiRetirements
conversion. He was Associate Dean of the MIT School of Engineering between 1975 and 1977, and the Associate ... Director of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology from 1977 to 1982. Ernie is a member ... 30 of those years, Bora and his wife Liba were housemasters at MIT, serving at Senior House from 1976 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/retirementsNews & Research
Air The Nature of Sand Water is Life Engineering Fluids at the Nanoscale MIT Robot Learns How to Play ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/news-researchTeam Led by MechE Engineers Places Second at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
KOMMIT Electric Vehicle Team (EVT), led by members of the MIT Electric Vehicle Team and professional ... Industries’ professional racing team), which posted a time of 10 minutes 17.813 seconds. MIT EVT recruited ... joined the challenge. MIT graduate student Mark Jeunnette, crew manager for the project, said, “We had ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/team-led-meche-engineers-places-second-pikes-peak-international-hill-climbDan Frey Named D-Lab Faculty Director
design for the developing world. Professor J. Kim Vandiver, MIT dean for undergraduate research, has ... MIT D-Lab. Vandiver has functioned in that role since its earliest days and says, “I am delighted to ... important organization — for the communities it serves, for students, for MIT,” Frey says. “When this role ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/dan-frey-named-d-lab-faculty-directorSolving a Rubik's Cube in record time
better with improved motors and controls.” The pair met through the MIT Electronics Research Society, ... a motor actuating each face of a Rubik’s Cube," explains Katz, who conducts research at MIT ... by: Ben Katz/Jared Di Carlo | 0 min, 33 sec Thursday, March 15, 2018 MIT News Office Culture ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solving-rubiks-cube-record-timeThe race to build the Navy’s next fleet of ships
A graduate of MIT’s naval architecture and marine engineering program, Goddard took the Alpino’s trip to ... Boston as an opportunity to reconnect with the MIT community. He invited faculty members Joe Harbour, ... engineering duty officer for the Navy. It was then he was given the opportunity to enroll in MIT’s naval ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/race-build-navy%E2%80%99s-next-fleet-ships-0Bridge to the future of engineering
School of Engineering faculty are embracing the new MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing ... fundamentally transforming their disciplines. Inspired by student interest in computing, MIT President L. Rafael ... stakeholders across the MIT community. Discussions were led by President Reif, Provost Martin A. Schmidt, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bridge-future-engineeringFinding love in the lab
regalia, crossed the stage at MIT’s doctoral hooding ceremony, and emerged on the other side with their ... MIT Commencement in June 2018, just after their wedding and honeymoon. “One of the best parts of being ... married to someone who has been through the MIT PhD program is you have an immense amount of understanding ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/finding-love-labGraduate students win first place in 2019 Patagonia Case Competition
and Ty Christoff-Tempesta. A group of six MIT PhD and MBA students collaborated to develop and hone ... 2019 competition marks the first time that an MIT team has won first place in the Patagonia Case ... Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering, as well as from the MIT Sloan Sustainability ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/graduate-students-win-first-place-2019-patagonia-case-competitionScaling up a cleaner-burning alternative for cookstoves
met Amy Smith, founding director of MIT D-Lab, who introduced her to D-Lab’s method of manufacturing ... improve the drying process.” Gleason was one of several students who were connected to Ikalany through MIT ... D-Lab courses. While taking the cross-listed MIT D-Lab class 2.651/EC.711 (Introduction to Energy in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/scaling-cleaner-burning-alternative-cookstoves