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Heather Theberge, mechanical engineering staff member, dies at 42
Heather Theberge, an administrative assistant in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering’s ... incredible kindness and was beloved by her colleagues,” says Evelyn Wang, professor of mechanical engineering ... and department head. Theberge joined MIT in 2012. In her role as administrative assistant, she was ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/heather-theberge-mechanical-engineering-staff-member-dies-42How to Hide Like an Octopus
changing at the flip of a switch,” says Qiming Wang, an MIT postdoc and the first author of the paper. “We ... camouflage artists, able to change both the color and texture of their skin within seconds to blend into ... materials. Now a team of researchers has come closer than ever to achieving that goal, creating a flexible ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-hide-octopusAlumni Spotlight: Helen Greiner (SB ’89, SM ’90)
Rodney Brooks, former director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ... into the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame in 2007. She is a trustee of MIT and of ... literally. She’s a co-developer of the famous robot vacuum, the Roomba, and co-founder of the Roomba’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-helen-greiner-sb-%E2%80%9989-sm-%E2%80%9990Undergraduate Spotlight: Katy Olesnavage
Graduating Senior Lays Groundwork for Locating Fresh Water Sources Photo credit: MIT News ... with fresh water discharge, water that can be tapped for the benefit of local needs, both domestic and ... agricultural. And in Cyprus, or any region where part of the demand for fresh water is being met by energy- and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/undergraduate-spotlight-katy-olesnavageStudent Spotlight: PhD Candidate Faye Wu (SB ’09, SM ’12)
Melanie Gonick/MIT An outside observer would see a user with two hands – and 12 fingers. One of the hands ... designing in Professor Harry Asada’s lab. Wu – who earned an SB and an SM in mechanical engineering from MIT ... in 2009 and 2012, respectively, and was the first recipient of the Sonin Graduate Fellowship in 2014 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-spotlight-phd-candidate-faye-wu-sb-%E2%80%9909-sm-%E2%80%9912How engineering students are seeking to solve major food and water security problems
Security Student Symposium held on Nov. 21. Hosted by the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental ... agricultural regions threatens crop production? Or when the quality of milk cannot be ensured as it is ... exchanged between producer and seller? Seven MIT graduate students studying food and water security issues ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-engineering-students-are-seeking-solve-major-food-and-water-security-problemsHow to get conductive gels to stick when wet
moisture from the body. Now, researchers at MIT have come up with a way of getting conductive polymer gels ... Polymers that are good conductors of electricity could be useful in biomedical devices, to help ... in a paper by MIT doctoral student Hyunwoo Yuk, former visiting scholar Akihisa Inoue, postdoc ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-get-conductive-gels-stick-when-wetHybrid System Could Cut Coal-Plant Emissions in Half
emissions for a given amount of power produced. The concept, proposed by MIT doctoral student Katherine Ong ... potential of these cycles,” as the MIT team has done, he says. Sunday, April 3, 2016 David L. Chandler | MIT ... Combining gasification with fuel-cell technology could boost efficiency of coal-powered plants. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hybrid-system-could-cut-coal-plant-emissions-halfSurface-based sonar system could rapidly map the ocean floor at high resolution
Laboratory and the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering 's Ocean Science and Engineering lab is ... the Titanic wreckage at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean when it lost contact with its support ship. ... onboard, located about two miles below the ocean's surface. Deep-ocean search and recovery is one of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/surface-based-sonar-system-could-rapidly-map-ocean-floor-high-resolutionFast-tracking medical device development
engineer in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, and his colleagues are overcoming that limitation, ... role in MEDRC, Anthony is director of MIT’s Master of Manufacturing Engineering program, accelerating ... on the patient’s body. “We use the unique skin textures of the body as a global landmark system that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/fast-tracking-medical-device-developmentSearching for Global Water and Food Solutions
provide MIT is having a clear presence in solving global food needs. The impact of population growth is ... the overall guiding philosophy of MIT’s approach. It’s a place that doesn’t keep its work in the lab ... nature of what MIT does. “We take basic science. We apply it to human needs, and we solve problems.” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/searching-global-water-and-food-solutionsLearning to Solve
experience. Taking a deep dive into a single problem, participants work under the supervision of an MIT ... percent of undergraduate students participate in research during their time at MIT, a hallmark of MIT ... that can prevent concussions — undergraduates across the School of Engineering are midway through the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/learning-solveCustom, 3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing
replica of a patient’s heart. Credit: Melanie Gonick, MIT. The procedure involves first converting medical ... No two hearts beat alike. The size and shape of the the heart can vary from one person to the ... hearts and major vessels work harder to overcome any compromised function. MIT engineers are hoping to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/custom-3d-printed-heart-replicas-look-and-pump-just-real-thingNew 3D printing technique creates unique objects quickly and with less waste
Researchers from MIT and Delft University of Technology have now introduced a more efficient, less wasteful, ... MIT and a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Doğan ... graduate student at MIT; and Jose Martinez Castro of TU Delft. The research will be presented at the ACM ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-3d-printing-technique-creates-unique-objects-quickly-and-less-wasteSteam from the sun
highly concentrate sunlight. Hadi Ghasemi, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, says ... at MIT, report on the details of the new steam-generating structure in the journal Nature ... 1,000 times that of an average sunny day. By contrast, the MIT approach generates steam at a solar ...
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