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Charting the future of production

On Tuesday, May 23, the Manufacturing@MIT Working Group hosted its second annual symposium in Wong ... first session, Suzanne Berger, MIT Institute Professor of Political Science, argued that it’s time for ... about manufacturing at this point at MIT,” Berger said. “There’s really a new burst of energy and ...

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Bringing meaningful technologies to market

The MIT senior and Rhodes Scholar co-founded Need-A-Knee, LLC his sophomore year, after working on ... MIT-Student-Chun-01-1024.jpg After graduating from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in management ... companies can easily fall into. … It was all incredibly interesting to me.” After graduating from MIT with ...

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Overcoming obstacles with an electric hovercraft

Through dedication and a willingness to face challenges both expected and unforeseen, an MIT team ... 2019 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition. But that’s only part of the story. MIT ... efforts were thwarted by Tammany Hall politics and the Panic of 1873. It took the MIT team, dubbed ...

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QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2023-24

MIT has again been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings, which ... were announced today. This is the 12th year in a row MIT has received this distinction. ... MIT-QSoverall-01-press_0_1024.jpg MIT was also ranked the world’s top university in 11 of the subject areas ranked by QS, as ...

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QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2021-22

MIT has again been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings, which ... were announced today. This is the 10th year in a row MIT has received this distinction. MIT named the ... and proportion of international students. MIT was also ranked the world’s top university in 12 of the ...

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A teacher’s education in Haiti

Eli, can you stay here and teach me?’” recalls Brooks. He decided to take a leave of absence from MIT ... experience teaching that ignited a spark in Brooks. MIT-Haitian-Orphanage-1024.jpg Mechanical engineering ... was the greatest decision I’ve made, maybe ever,” he recalls. Replicating MIT’s Toy Product Design ...

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Celebrating great mentorship for graduate students

“When we talk about our experiences as graduate students at MIT, my colleagues and I tend to use ... ahmed-ghoneim-wesley-harris-committed-to-caring-mit-1024.jpg Honorees Ahmed Ghoniem (left) and Wesley Harris enjoy the Committed to Caring celebration on April ... 11. Photo: Joseph Lee The conversation about challenges and stresses at MIT, though, is arguably ...

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Designing cleaner vehicles

Adi Mehrotra knew that his time at MIT wasn’t up yet when he finished his undergraduate degree in ... arenas: designing clean energy vehicles and enhancing mechanical engineering education at MIT. For the ... former, he has taken the helm of the MIT Electric Vehicle Team, a student-led research team that is ...

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Stick, peel, or bounce: Controlling a freezing droplet’s fate

or power lines. MIT-SelfPeel-Drop-1024.jpg MIT researchers have found a surprising new twist to the ... a droplet. Image: Varanasi Group/MIT Now, MIT researchers have found a surprising new twist to the mechanics ... The new results are presented today in the journal Nature Physics, in a report by MIT associate ...

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QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2021

MIT has been honored with 12 No. 1 subject rankings in the QS World University Rankings for 2021. ... Campus_Aerial Dome MIT1024.jpg Aerial View of the MIT Campus. Photo Credit: Christopher Harting The Institute ... Engineering; Linguistics; Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy; and Statistics and Operational Research. MIT also ...

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MIT graduate engineering, business, science programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2023

MIT’s graduate program in engineering has again topped the list of U.S. News and World Report’s ... published these rankings. MIT-USNews-1024.jpg Photo credit: Emily Dahl The MIT Sloan School of Management ... Harvard University. Among individual engineering disciplines, MIT placed first in six areas: ...

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School of Engineering welcomes new faculty

at MIT or will start their new roles within the next year, conduct research across a diverse range of ... agriculture and climate change, to name a few. MIT_News_SoE_New_Faculty_2023.jpg Eleven new faculty members ... MIT,” says Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of the MIT School of Engineering and Vannevar Bush Professor of ...

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Products of Progress

small-scale farmers an innovative product she designed in MIT’s D-Lab: a bike-mounted maize sheller. Easily ... engineering at MIT and is CEO of GCS. GCS has since been a technology-agnostic, product-distribution firm ... kernels by hand — both of which could take weeks.   MIT-Global-Cycle-Solutions1024.jpg An employee of ...

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Velcro-like food sensor detects spoilage and contamination

MIT engineers have designed a Velcro-like food sensor, made from an array of silk microneedles, ... also spoiled. MIT-Spoilage-Sensor-2-FISH-1024.jpg Image: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT. Sensor texture ... says Benedetto Marelli, the Paul M. Cook Career Development Assistant Professor in MIT’s Department of ...

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Alumni Spotlight: Associate Professor Hugh Herr (SM ’93)

  A condensed version of a story by Courtney Humphries, MIT Technology Review   Uncomfortable ... Biomechatronics Group in MIT’s Media Lab, Herr is building sophisticated devices that aid human movement by ... mimicking nature. Hugh Herr 1024.jpg Photo: Hugh Herr. Courtesy of MIT Media Lab. It’s unusual to find ...

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Technique quickly identifies extreme event statistics

or some other extreme event, with potentially damaging consequences. MIT-Ocean-Events_1024.jpg New ... research by MIT scientists may help engineers design more resilient offshore platforms. Courtesy of the ... researchers Now engineers at MIT have developed an algorithm that quickly pinpoints the types of extreme ...

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Four from MIT awarded 2018 Schwarzman Scholarships

Three MIT students — Henry Aspegren '17, Katheryn Scott, and Joshua Woodard — were selected ... MIT-Joshua-Woodard-1024.jpg MechE Senior Joshua Charles Woodard is awarded the 2018 Schwarzman Scholarships and will study at ... understanding of China. This year’s four Schwarzman Scholars bring to 11 the total number of MIT winners honored ...

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Six from MIT, including MechE's Thomas Peacock and Lydia Bourouiba, named American Physical Society Fellows for 2021

Six members of the MIT community have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society for ... aps-fellows-mit-1024.jpg 2021 APS fellows (top row, l-r) Lydia Bourouiba, Laura Grego, Hong Liu (bottom row, l-r) Thomas ... mathematician and associate professor the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, the Department of ...

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New African and African diaspora studies major takes off at MIT

Commencement 2022 marked a milestone in MIT’s history, as Stacy Godfreey-Igwe ’22 became the first ... desire to create a social impact through engineering, led her to forge a new path at MIT ... .  mit-aads-stacy-godfreey-igwe-00_0.jpg Stacy Godfreey-Igwe ’22 was the first student at MIT to graduate with a major in African and ...

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Three MIT seniors awarded 2018 Marshall Scholarships

Three MIT students — Nick Schwartz, Olivia Zhao, and Liang Zhou — have been named winners of the ... are selected each year. MIT-Marshall-1024.jpg Senior Nick Schwartz is awarded the prestigious Marhsall ... Scholarship for 2018. This year’s awards continue MIT’s strong showing; last year, MIT had four Marshall ...

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