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Healing with hydrogels
in rehabilitation. Shortly after being accepted into MIT’s mechanical engineering graduate program ... approaching these problems from the perspective of an engineer. “I believe that personal problems are the best ... to develop a bioadhesive tape for repairing damaged tissue. In November, mechanical engineering PhD ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/healing-hydrogelsPushing the limits of athletic performance
(formerly STE@M). MIT 3-Sigma Sports aims to solve the biggest engineering problems across sports. The ... academic pursuits. Fay, who played squash and field hockey as an undergraduate at MIT, is working to ... and weight. Rothman, who played on MIT’s baseball team as an undergraduate, is co-founder of Perch, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pushing-limits-athletic-performanceMIT J-WAFS awards eight grants in seventh round of seed funding
The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT has announced its seventh round ... of seed grant funding to the MIT community. J-WAFS is MIT’s Institute-wide initiative to promote, ... as humankind adapts to a rapidly expanding population on a changing planet. The seed grant program is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-j-wafs-awards-eight-grants-seventh-round-seed-fundingDan Frey Named D-Lab Faculty Director
design for the developing world. Professor J. Kim Vandiver, MIT dean for undergraduate research, has ... with programs throughout MIT. Some of those connections and engagements are already in place. In Frey’s ... classrooms from in the U.S. and around the world. Dan holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from MIT, an MS ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/dan-frey-named-d-lab-faculty-directorSolar-powered system extracts drinkable water from “dry” air
Joule, in a paper by Professor Evelyn Wang, who is head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ... Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have significantly boosted the output from a system that can ... source. The system, which builds on a design initially developed three years ago at MIT by members of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solar-powered-system-extracts-drinkable-water-%E2%80%9Cdry%E2%80%9D-airProfessor Emeritus Justin “Jake” Kerwin, an expert in propeller design and ship hydrodynamics, dies at 90
at the age of 90 on May 23. Kerwin, who served on MIT’s ocean engineering faculty for four decades, ... As an undergraduate at MIT he joined the MIT Sailing Team. In his research, he developed the ... receiving his PhD. For 40 years, Kerwin led the marine propeller research program at MIT. He was a pioneer ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-justin-%E2%80%9Cjake%E2%80%9D-kerwin-expert-propeller-design-and-ship-hydrodynamicsHow to Make a “Perfect” Solar Absorber
reradiated by the material, and thus lost to the conversion process. Now researchers at MIT say they have ... co-authored by MIT postdoc Jeffrey Chou, professors Marin Soljacic, Nicholas Fang, Evelyn Wang, and Sang-Gook ... device that took the form of hollow cavities, explains Chou, of MIT’s Department of Mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-make-%E2%80%9Cperfect%E2%80%9D-solar-absorber3D printing tiny parts for big impact
partners like Johnson and Johnson in MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program. Many of BMF’s early customers were ... parts that power our world. Enter Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF). The company was co-founded by MIT ... functions. MIT-BMF-Technologies-1024.jpg Boston Micro Fabrication’s machines use a technology co-developed by ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3d-printing-tiny-parts-big-impactJ-WAFS: Supporting food and water research across MIT
supply chains affect food safety, with a team of faculty spanning the MIT schools Engineering and Science ... MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) has transformed the landscape of ... water and food research at MIT, driving faculty engagement and catalyzing new research and innovation in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wafs-supporting-food-and-water-research-across-mitCourse 2.72 Elements of Mechanical Design
Mechanical Design isn’t a typical course, even for mechanical engineering. One of the last undergraduate ... courses mechanical engineering students can opt to take at MIT, “this class integrates all the other ... other mechanical engineering courses that I have previously taken at MIT and showed me how to apply the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/course-272-elements-mechanical-designTackling the world’s challenges in the field
MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) — MIT’s pioneering international ... education program — asked the 700-plus students who studied and worked abroad this summer to submit photos ... and short videos showcasing the ways in which MIT is making the world a better place through the MISTI ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tackling-world%E2%80%99s-challenges-fieldThree from MIT Named Inaugural Schwarzman Scholars
New award pays for one-year master's at Tsinghua University in China. Two MIT undergraduates ... graduated from MIT in 2013 with a degree in civil engineering and a concentration in Mandarin. She currently ... with Action Tutoring in London. At MIT, she participated in the exchange program with Cambridge ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-mit-named-inaugural-schwarzman-scholarsA recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine
A sustainable source for clean energy may lie in old soda cans and seawater. MIT engineers have ... by adding a common stimulant: caffeine. zero-emissions fuel.jpg MIT engineers Aly Kombargi (left) and ... author Aly Kombargi, a PhD student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “We also don’t have to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/recipe-zero-emissions-fuel-soda-cans-seawater-and-caffeineResurrecting an MIT “learning by doing” tradition: NEET scholars install solar-powered charging station
team. Students enrolled in MIT’s New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) program recently ... undergraduate engineering education at MIT, NEET seeks to empower students to tackle complex societal challenges ... Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and strategic advisor to the MIT Climate and Sustainability ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/resurrecting-mit-%E2%80%9Clearning-doing%E2%80%9D-tradition-neet-scholars-install-solar-powered-chargingUROP/UPOP
your UROP application. For information about the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP), ... If you’re looking for a MechE-focused UROP or thesis project, go to Mechanical Engineering Thesis ...
https://meche.mit.edu/uropupopMechE Summer X
Information These summer offerings are intended for the benefit of the MIT Mechanical Engineering community ... through the MechE Summer X program. Proposals Upcoming Calendar of Activities Additional Information Past ... About The MIT MechE Summer Knowledge Exchange — or MechE Summer X — offers students, recent graduates, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/meche-summer-xFor cheaper solar cells, thinner really is better
professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, and five others at MIT and NREL. The researchers ... researchers at MIT and at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have outlined a pathway to slashing ... detailed in a paper in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, co-authored by MIT postdoc Zhe Liu, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cheaper-solar-cells-thinner-really-betterMaking hydropower plants more sustainable
insects in the bed of the river with the beaver dams. MIT_Natal-energy1024.jpg A fish-safe turbine ... siblings admit coming to MIT was a major culture shock, but they loved the atmosphere of problem solving ... and entrepreneurship that permeated the campus. Gia came to MIT in 1995 and majored in chemical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-hydropower-plants-more-sustainableHow light can vaporize water without the need for heat
In a series of painstakingly precise experiments, a team of researchers at MIT has demonstrated that ... any source of heat. MIT-Evaporation-Light-01-press_0-1.jpg Researchers at MIT have discovered a new ... Professor of Power Engineering Gang Chen, postdocs Guangxin Lv and Yaodong Tu, and graduate student James ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-light-can-vaporize-water-without-need-heat