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3-D printing with cellulose
cellulose and is already widely produced and readily available. Essentially, the number of hydrogen bonds in ... For centuries, cellulose has formed the basis of the world’s most abundantly printed-on material: ... paper. Now, thanks to new research at MIT, it may also become an abundant material to print with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-d-printing-celluloseGoing with the flow
MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL). There, experts make various types of inexpensive, ... Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute ... four-part series examines current MIT efforts to refine AUVs’ artificial intelligence, navigation, stability ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/going-flowCaroline Sorensen
advance a novel project within the domain of applied science: the commercialization of fusion energy. MIT ... world. This is exactly the kind of project that I came to MIT hoping to find.” Many of the researchers at ... a founding member of the MIT Energy Initiative, invested $50 million in CFS, which is funding fusion research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/caroline-sorensenThe answer may be blowing in the wind
tackling a number of these problems. “When you design a floating structure, you have to prepare for the ... Capturing energy from the winds gusting off the coasts of the United States could more than double ... clean-energy resource as central to its ambitious climate goals of 100 percent carbon-emissions-free ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/answer-may-be-blowing-windA Nanophotonic Comeback for Incandescent Bulbs?
Nanotechnology by three MIT professors — Marin Soljačić, professor of physics; John Joannopoulos, the Francis ... MIT-Efficient-Incandescents.JPG A proof-of-concept device built by MIT researchers demonstrates the principle of a two-stage ... Researchers combine the warm look of traditional light bulbs with 21st-century energy efficiency. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nanophotonic-comeback-incandescent-bulbsNew electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses
MIT engineers have developed a technique to grow and peel ultrathin “skins” of electronic ... material. The method could pave the way for new classes of electronic devices, such as ultrathin wearable ... a demonstration, the team fabricated a thin membrane of pyroelectric material — a class of heat-sensing material ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-electronic-%E2%80%9Cskin%E2%80%9D-could-enable-lightweight-night-vision-glassesPhysicists bring human-scale object to near standstill, reaching a quantum state
optics technicians examining one of LIGO’s mirrors. Image Courtesy of Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab In the last ... says Vivishek Sudhir, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, who directed the project. ... Yet if we were handed a quantum lens, allowing us to see objects at the scale of individual atoms, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/physicists-bring-human-scale-object-near-standstill-reaching-quantum-stateProjects make inroads on global food and water challenges
the program has received and funded grant proposals from all five of MIT’s schools, provided 24 seed ... and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and Valerie Karplus, the Class of 1943 ... a multimillion dollar award for a project on food safety and supply chains, led by MIT Sloan School of Management ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/projects-make-inroads-global-food-and-water-challengesRe-engineering the sprinkler
A team of MIT engineers has described a novel way of controlling the flow of water in flexible ... a former postdoc at the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design who is now a postdoc at the University of ... conserve resources.” Wang co-authored the paper with three researchers in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/re-engineering-sprinklerPassive cooling system could benefit off-grid locations
samples of passive cooling devices were tested on the roof of MIT's Building 1: On the left, a sample ... was tested, using a small version, just 4 inches across, on the rooftop of a building at MIT, proving ... system can be made at reasonable cost." The research team included Lenan Zhang of MIT’s Department ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/passive-cooling-system-could-benefit-grid-locationsAir pollution can put a dent in solar power
instruments, Peters worked with MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi and three ... Department of Energy and National Science Foundation. Monday, August 27, 2018 David L. Chandler | MIT News ... Ian Marius Peters, now an MIT research scientist, was working on solar energy research in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/air-pollution-can-put-dent-solar-powerEngineers 3D print soft, rubbery brain implants
inflammation and the buildup of scar tissue. MIT engineers are working on developing soft, flexible neural ... water to toothpaste Conducting polymers are a class of materials that scientists have eagerly explored ... The brain is one of our most vulnerable organs, as soft as the softest tofu. Brain implants, on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-3d-print-soft-rubbery-brain-implantsRavi Patil
started a podcast: Institrve: True Stories About MIT; a Trove of Wonder, Discovery, and Madness ... HERE- Slice of MIT Podcast Presents: Institrve As an alumnus with deep and continuing connections to ... “When you think of MIT, you immediately think of science and technology. I want to dive into the human ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/ravi-patilA. Michael West: Advancing human-robot interactions in health care
talented undergraduates to spend a summer on MIT’s campus, conducting research with the mentorship of MIT ... National Society of Black Engineers chapter, and at MIT, he has served as treasurer for the Black Graduate ... between MIT’s School of Engineering and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company, primarily promotes the application ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/michael-west-advancing-human-robot-interactions-health-careFour from MIT are named IEEE Fellows for 2021
are four members of the MIT community: Domitilla Del Vecchio, professor of mechanical engineering; ... Asuman Ozdaglar, professor and head of the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ... circuit engineering in synthetic biology." She is a member of MIT's Synthetic Biology Center, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-are-named-ieee-fellows-2021Magnetic 3-D-printed structures crawl, roll, jump, and play catch
Career Development Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Civil and ... Nature. His co-authors include Yoonho Kim, Hyunwoo Yuk, and Ruike Zhao of MIT, and Shawn Chester of the ... matched with experiments the team carried out with a number of different printed structures. In addition ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/magnetic-3-d-printed-structures-crawl-roll-jump-and-play-catchAlumni Profile: Peter Lehner
wearing uniforms, and there were only two women in his class. In 1948 and 1949, Lehner was a member of the ... but this time, they lost out by six inches. “That was definitely a highlight of my time at MIT,” he ... Cotchett’s machine shop solidified his interest in mechanical engineering. A few years later, he came to MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-profile-peter-lehnerPeter Lehner
there were only two women in his class. In 1948 and 1949, Lehner was a member of the MIT Crew team. In ... lost out by six inches. “That was definitely a highlight of my time at MIT,” he recalls, “topped only ... solidified his interest in mechanical engineering. A few years later, he came to MIT on the GI Bill and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/peter-lehnerUnlocking new science with devices that control electric power
Mo Mirvakili PhD ’17 was in the middle of an experiment as a postdoc at MIT when the Covid-19 ... developing a class of high-performance thermal artificial muscles, including nylon artificial muscles. During ... bathroom into a makeshift lab. Arranging a piece of plywood over the bathtub to support power sources and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/unlocking-new-science-devices-control-electric-powerHairy tongues help bats drink up
tasty sap. MIT-Bat-Tongues_10124.jpg Animals have evolved all manner of adaptations to get the nutrients ... MIT’s Department of Mathematics. “We hope that our theory explains what are the main trending mechanisms ... with Alice Nasto, a graduate student in MIT’s Deparment of Mechanical Engineering, and Anette “Peko” ...
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