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Sangbae Kim: Inspired by Nature
src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zSWAbtQqhlo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> MIT Assistant Professor of Mechanical ... Engineering Sangbae Kim describes his cutting-edge research in the area of biomimetics, the study of ... biological systems as models for the design and engineering of robots. Professor Kim's current project-- ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sangbae-kim-inspired-natureNew Faculty
group moved to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, where he is now assistant professor and ... telecommunication engineering. He moved to the United States and earned his PhD in robotics in 2013 from Carnegie ... a postdoctoral associate at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT. Professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-facultyArtificial “muscles” achieve powerful pulling force
researchers at MIT have found a way to imitate this coiling-and-pulling mechanism to produce contracting ... biomedical applications. MIT-Artificial-Muscles-1024.jpg The tiny coils in the fiber developed by MIT ... reported today in the journal Science. The new fibers were developed by MIT postdoc Mehmet Kanik and MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/artificial-%E2%80%9Cmuscles%E2%80%9D-achieve-powerful-pulling-forceThree awards for MIT research in anthropology, economics and political science
of Political Science at MIT. The award recognizes the best book published over the past two years in ... award winners from MIT: Esther Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and ... a wonderful recognition of a promising scholar." Full story at MIT SHASS News MIT Political Scientist ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-awards-mit-research-anthropology-economics-and-political-scienceFaculty highlight: A. John Hart
with the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity ... Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering A. John Hart hopes progress in the science and ... electronics, medical devices, and arts and crafts. "Being in mechanical engineering, in the area of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-highlight-john-hartNominations open for Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization
The MIT Sea Grant College Program announces that nominations are now open for the Doherty ... Sea Grant Committee; and the director of the MIT Sea Grant College Program — following review and ... Professorship in Ocean Utilization. All non-tenured MIT faculty members from any Institute department are ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nominations-open-doherty-professorship-ocean-utilizationHelping older adults stay safe and independent
engineering at MIT, Chamberlain was involved in a lot more than just his coursework. In one of his first weeks ... is putting themselves at greater risk of falling.” MIT_Walk-Wise-01-PRESS_0.jpg WalkWise uses ... Chamberlain could have imagined when he was tinkering with a prototype for his family in MIT’s MakerWorkshop ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/helping-older-adults-stay-safe-and-independentNeed a research hypothesis? Ask AI.
Jerry McAfee Professor in Engineering in MIT’s departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and of ... can also be time consuming: New PhD candidates might spend the first year of their program trying to ... decide exactly what to explore in their experiments. What if artificial intelligence could help? MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/need-research-hypothesis-ask-aiFaculty Research: Professor Tonio Buonassisi
Communications by MIT graduate student Jonathan Mailoa, associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio ... Chandler, MIT News Office Researchers have tried a variety of methods to develop detectors that are ... limitations. Now, a new system developed by researchers at five institutions, including MIT, could eliminate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-tonio-buonassisiMechE Alumna Catches Rare Glimpse of Marine Life
renowned MIT engineer Harold “Doc” Edgerton, the namesake of MIT’s Edgerton Center. A visionary in ... engineering major, Young fell in love with water at an early age. But Mission 31 gave her an ... deeper,” says Young. “It was my home for 15 days, and now I am dedicated to using my skills and engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-alumna-catches-rare-glimpse-marine-lifeExploring Surfaces of Nanomaterials
Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. Her work could lead to everything from better fuel cells ... been at MIT, the Electrochemical Energy Laboratory she directs has grown “to one with a research team ... Working with Paula Hammond, a professor of chemical engineering, Shao-Horn recently created a novel ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/exploring-surfaces-nanomaterialsCenter to advance predictive simulation research established at MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Computational Science and Engineering (CCSE) within the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing — will ... advanced programming languages, compiler technologies, and software performance engineering tools, ... scientist of mechanical engineering. MIT was among a total of nine universities selected as part of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/center-advance-predictive-simulation-research-established-mit-schwarzman-collegeHigh-speed videos show what happens when a droplet splashes into a pool
in agricultural runoff. MIT engineers have taken high-speed videos of droplets splashing into a deep ... launch them into the air. Now MIT scientists have taken high-speed videos of droplets splashing into ... MIT News The team carried out experiments in which they dispensed water droplets of various sizes and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/high-speed-videos-show-what-happens-when-droplet-splashes-poolMIT-Royalty Pharma Faculty Founder Initiative supports biotech innovators
mentorship from world-leading entrepreneurs and investors. The program culminates in MIT-Royalty Pharma Prize ... Health Sciences and Technology and of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT, and ... vice provost for faculty, former interim dean of engineering at MIT, and the William E. Leonhard (1940) ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-royalty-pharma-faculty-founder-initiative-supports-biotech-innovatorsSometimes the quickest path is not a straight line
what a team of engineers at MIT has figured out how to do, in research results to be presented in May ... funded by the Office of Naval Research and by the MIT Sea Grant College Program. Glen Gawarkiewicz, ... you’re underwater and contending with strong and shifting currents. But figuring out the best route in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sometimes-quickest-path-not-straight-lineMaking silicon devices responsive to infrared light
institutions, including MIT, could eliminate many of those limitations. The new approach is described in a paper ... published in the journal Nature Communications by MIT graduate student Jonathan Mailoa, associate professor ... of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, and 11 others. Silicon, which forms the basis of most ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-silicon-devices-responsive-infrared-lightProduct Design and Development class partners with MIT Sloan and RISD
Engineering, [MIT] Sloan School of Management, or RISD,” Seering says. “It was difficult for them. By the end, ... class,” says MIT alumnus David McCalib MEng ’13, who just started his new position as design engineer at ... “It’s all about the process,” says Warren Seering, a professor of mechanical engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/product-design-and-development-class-partners-mit-sloan-and-risdTechnique spots warning signs of extreme events
systems with a complex and ever-changing mix of players and pieces. rogue wave 1024.jpg Engineers at MIT ... have devised a framework for identifying key patterns that precede an extreme event. Now engineers at ... MIT have devised a framework for identifying key patterns that precede an extreme event. The framework ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-spots-warning-signs-extreme-eventsRefrigerator magnets
according to a new theory formulated by MIT researchers. The theory describes the motion of magnons ... magnetic moments, magnons also conduct heat; from their equations, the MIT researchers found that when ... so you can essentially use a magnet as a refrigerator,” says Bolin Liao, a graduate student in MIT ...
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