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Robot builds on insights into Atlantic razor clam dynamics
Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Despite its rigid shell, the Atlantic razor ... a detailed insight into how the animal digs has led to the development of a robotic clam that can perform the ... clam (Ensis directus) can move through soil at a speed of 1 centimeter per second. What’s more, the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robot-builds-insights-atlantic-razor-clam-dynamicsAutonomous robot scans ship hulls for mines
(HAUV), originally developed as part of MIT’s Sea Grant program. The technology has since been ... the Office of Naval Research. Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office blue hover@mit.edu ... on and around vessels. While animals can cover a large area in a short amount of time, they are ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/autonomous-robot-scans-ship-hulls-minesA new model offers robots precise pick-and-place solutions
specific task,” says Alberto Rodriguez, an MIT visiting scientist who is a former member of the MechE ... members of the Manipulation and Mechanisms Lab at MIT (MCube) under Rodriguez’ direction. “In this work ... Pick-and-place machines are a type of automated equipment used to place objects into structured, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-model-offers-robots-precise-pick-and-place-solutionsLight-activated muscle grafts show promise in aiding muscle recovery post-trauma
Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and MIT collaborators aims to restore ... Severe traumatic injuries that destroy large volumes of muscle can impact a person’s health, ... mobility, and quality of life for a lifetime. Promising new research co-led by Ritu Raman, the d’Arbeloff ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/light-activated-muscle-grafts-show-promise-aiding-muscle-recovery-post-trauma-0Understanding combustion
Much of the conversation around energy sustainability is dominated by clean-energy technologies ... like wind, solar, and thermal. However, with roughly 80 percent of energy use in the United States ... coming from fossil fuels, combustion remains the dominant method of energy conversion for power ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/understanding-combustionA Bipedal Robot with Human Reflexes
typically very slow, so a robot has difficulty reacting in time,” says Ramos, of MIT’s Department of ... New human-machine interface keeps robot balanced, with human reflexes. Deep in the basement of ... MIT’s Building 3, a two-legged robot named HERMES is wreaking controlled havoc: punching through ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bipedal-robot-human-reflexesTalking Shop: Kripa Varanasi
Deshpande Center; Bill Aulet, managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship; Venture ... mayonnaise from its bottle. Varanasi (PhD ’04) and Dave Smith (SM ’11), two of LiquiGlide’s inventors, ... Instead of trapping air pockets, which is what super hydrophobicity is based on, you have a liquid pocket, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/talking-shop-kripa-varanasiDanielle Zurovcik
MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zurovcik was one of the first to identify the significance ... a day to rent and 70 watts of power. For a typical 6-week therapy timeframe, that comes to more than ... device to constantly overcome its own inefficiencies.” As part of her master’s degree research in the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/danielle-zurovcikBryan Schmid
sales was actually to MIT for that purpose: the Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and ... during our formative years. Because of MIT’s strong entrepreneurial community, we always felt well ... MechE alumni Nate Ball (SB ’05, SM ’07) and Bryan Schmid (SB ’03, SM ’05) entered the MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/bryan-schmidNo more blackouts?
at MIT have developed a method for guaranteeing the stability of any microgrid that runs on direct ... current, or DC — an architecture that was originally proposed as part of the MIT Tata Center’s uLink ... professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “In the end, it is a step toward lower-cost microgrids that can ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/no-more-blackoutsStripes in a flowing liquid crystal suggest a route to “chiral” fluids
co-author Irmgard Bischofberger, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “And from ... Hold your hands out in front of you, and no matter how you rotate them, it’s impossible to ... superimpose one over the other. Our hands are a perfect example of chirality — a geometric configuration by ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stripes-flowing-liquid-crystal-suggest-route-%E2%80%9Cchiral%E2%80%9D-fluidsQuick Test for Ebola
’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and a member of the technical staff at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory. “We ... Simple paper strip can diagnose Ebola and other fevers within 10 minutes When diagnosing a case of ... Ebola, time is of the essence. However, existing diagnostic tests take at least a day or two to yield ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/quick-test-ebolaTeaching robots how to move objects
With the push of a button, months of hard work were about to be put to the test. Sixteen teams of ... graduate student Maria Bauza, who served as task-planning lead for the MIT-Princeton Team, the moment was ... undergraduate career. She studied mathematics and engineering physics at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/teaching-robots-how-move-objectsUnderstanding and treating disease
stroke victims recover and regain mobility, represents one of the many ways MIT's mechanical ... interact with stroke patients and help them regain control of their movements. MIT-MANUS was originally ... trials of MIT-MANUS we found that there was a reduction of impairment in joints exercised through use of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/understanding-and-treating-diseaseFaculty Research: Professor Neville Hogan
elastic bands around them,” says Neville Hogan, the Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT ... Krebs, a principal research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, developed the ... Anklebot Helps Determine Ankle Stiffness by David Chandler, MIT News Office For most healthy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-neville-hoganStudent Spotlight: PhD Candidate Jaichander Swaminathan SM '14
thermodynamics, and a love for math, PhD candidate Jaichander Swaminathan spends most of his time these days ... fixing leaks. An MIT Tata Center fellow and Deshpande Center grantee, Swaminathan is developing a modular ... Swaminathan_Jaichander_SM_1024.jpg Photo by Tony Pulsone Zero-liquid discharge is the idea that, instead of being discharged back ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-spotlight-phd-candidate-jaichander-swaminathan-sm-14Krithika Ramchander and Andrea Beck awarded J-WAFS fellowships for water solutions
candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and a past co-president of the MIT Water Club. The ... The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) has announced that two MIT PhD ... give fellows one semester of funding as well as networking, mentorship, and opportunities to showcase their ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/krithika-ramchander-and-andrea-beck-awarded-j-wafs-fellowships-water-solutionsDavid Hesslink: Taking his passion to the major leagues
Hesslink broke the record to become the pitcher with the most wins in MIT history. “The best part of that ... prized cards was that of pitcher Randy Johnson who, like Hesslink, is one of the rare players to swing ... for the Seattle Mariners. David Hesslink_1024.jpg Hesslink pitching against Stevens Institute of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/david-hesslink-taking-his-passion-major-leaguesAlumni Spotlight: Dr. Dana Yoerger (SB ’77, SM ’79, PhD ’83)
research and academic program of graduate students studying oceanographic engineering through the MIT ... Dr. Dana Yoerger standing in front of the AUV SENTRY on the vessel Atlantis. by Alissa Mallinson ... and Dana Yoerger and the SENTRY team had come in to do detailed mapping of the deep plume. “The oil ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-dr-dana-yoerger-sb-%E2%80%9977-sm-%E2%80%9979-phd-%E2%80%9983Rock music helps students and educators explore engineering
of Mechanical Engineering) while at MIT. “He had an amazing way of getting you to learn by doing. ... This story was originally posted on the Slice of MIT blog. Thursday, April 19, 2018 Jay London | MIT ... in our lab is a mix of technology, fun, and STEAM education,” Thomas says, referring to science, ...
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