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Stephanie Chou
members of the MIT community to express themselves and find support in challenging times. Her piece ... think the sculpture is a deeply felt expression of hope and renewal, manifested in a uniquely MIT way,” ... her way of letting MIT community members know they are not alone in their struggles, and that there ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/stephanie-chouEvan Brown
undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering at MIT. Since graduating, his work as manager of design ... engineering has showed him the true power of MIT’s motto: “mind and hand.” At Milwaukee Tool, Brown now uses ... cemented a love of projects that allowed him to bring his ideas to life. That led him to MIT, where he ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/evan-brownAlumni Profile: Nicholas Mabey SM ‘93
Enacting Change Through Policy The North Sea is one of the world’s richest offshore wind power ... resources. With thirteen countries sharing its coastline, tapping into this potential requires a mix of ... various political structures at play,” explains Mabey, co-founder and Chief Executive of E3G, an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-profile-nicholas-mabey-sm-%E2%80%9893Nicholas Mabey
The North Sea is one of the world’s richest offshore wind power resources. With thirteen countries ... sharing its coastline, tapping into this potential requires a mix of diplomacy and engineering. Where ... at play,” explains Mabey, co-founder and Chief Executive of E3G, an environmental think tank ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/nicholas-mabeyLow-cost prosthetic foot mimics natural walking
Winter, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Now we can do that. And that’s super ... Prosthetic limb technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, giving amputees a range of bionic ... tens of thousands of dollars, making them unattainable for many amputees, particularly in developing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-prosthetic-foot-mimics-natural-walkingHelen Greiner
the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame in 2007. She is a trustee of MIT and of the ... a co-developer of the famous robot vacuum, the Roomba, and co-founder of the Roomba’s producer, iRobot. The ... Roomba was the first commercial household robot of its kind and, since its introduction in 2002, has ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/helen-greinerBurning things to make things
of mechanical engineering, is driving research into sustainable and efficient combustion ... technologies. Around 80 percent of global energy production today comes from the combustion of fossil fuels. ... Combustion, or the process of converting stored chemical energy into thermal energy through burning, is vital ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/burning-things-make-thingsJoystick-operated robot could help surgeons treat stroke remotely
Phillips Research of North America. Wednesday, April 13, 2022 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Collaboration ... MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat ... a robotic arm at another location to safely operate on a patient during a critical window of time that could ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/joystick-operated-robot-could-help-surgeons-treat-stroke-remotelyDesigning exploratory robots that collect data for marine scientists
they were making use of the long summer days to collect thousands of observations of a hypothesized ... chemical anomaly associated with the annual ice-cover retreat. MIT_VICTORIA-PRESTON_01-1024.jpg Victoria ... Preston, a PhD student in the MIT-WHOI joint program, is helping to design robots that can independently ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-exploratory-robots-collect-data-marine-scientistsDesalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water
Zhang’s study co-authors include MIT graduate student Yang Zhong and Evelyn Wang, the Ford Professor of ... tested on the roof of an MIT building, efficiently converted the sun’s energy to evaporate water, which ... Engineers at MIT and in China are aiming to turn seawater into drinking water with a completely ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/desalination-system-could-produce-freshwater-cheaper-tap-waterHow “2D” materials expand
MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, as well as others from the Department of Electrical ... Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at Southern ... Centers for Mechanical Engineering Research and Education at MIT and Southern University of Science and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-%E2%80%9C2d%E2%80%9D-materials-expandInventing future fabrics
are the forward-looking concepts presented by a group of three students from MIT and three students ... graduate who majored in fashion design, and Erika Anderson of Carlsbad, California, a rising MIT senior who ... a rising MIT senior double majoring in materials science and engineering and physics; Melanie Wong of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/inventing-future-fabricsA new way to remove ice buildup without power or chemicals
environmentally harmful. Now, MIT researchers have developed a completely passive, solar-powered way of combating ... From airplane wings to overhead powerlines to the giant blades of wind turbines, a buildup of ice ... ice buildup. MIT-Solar-Deicing-1024.jpg Passive solar-powered system could prevent freezing on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-remove-ice-buildup-without-power-or-chemicalsLariessa Nietner & Scott Nill
through the MIT PhD program is you have an immense amount of understanding and empathy for what the other ... assistant professor in MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His work was based on ideas Nill ... of being married to someone who has been through the MIT PhD program is you have an immense amount of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/lariessa-nietner-scott-nillNew pill can deliver insulin
2 diabetes An MIT-led research team has developed a drug capsule that could be used to deliver oral doses of ... says Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor, a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for ... Research Scholarship, and the MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. Other authors of the paper ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-pill-can-deliver-insulinEngineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductor
coverings trap the heat that the devices produce. Now a team of engineers at MIT has developed a polymer ... wearable biosensors,” says Yanfei Xu, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “Our polymer ... Jiang, physicist at Argonne National Laboratory; Karen Gleason, associate provost of MIT and the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-turn-plastic-insulator-heat-conductorThere’s a symphony in the antibody protein the body makes to neutralize the coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2. The pandemic reached a new milestone this spring with the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines. MIT ... Professor of Engineering at MIT, and also a composer of experimental music. “This is the beginning of ... mechanics of the life,” he says. Friday, May 21, 2021 Kim Martineau | MIT Quest for Intelligence ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/there%E2%80%99s-symphony-antibody-protein-body-makes-neutralize-coronavirusMethod rapidly verifies that a robot will avoid collisions
always positive, since the square of any number is always a positive value. Trust but verify By ... 2024 Adam Zewe | MIT News Horizontal Professor Russ Tedrake and a team of researchers have developed ... won’t crash into anything and potentially shatter the fine china. As part of its motion planning ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/method-rapidly-verifies-robot-will-avoid-collisionsUnlocking ammonia as a fuel source for heavy industry
and specialized engines. MIT-Amogy-01-press_1024.jpg Because of the power density advantages of ... in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering before his eventual co-founders, Kim, Choi, ... and Jo, completed their PhDs in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Jo worked on energy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/unlocking-ammonia-fuel-source-heavy-industryTurning automotive engines into modular chemical plants to make green fuels
MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center for nearly 50 years. “Leslie had this crazy idea of repurposing ... easy to say, but it takes a lot of [intellectual property], and that’s what was developed at MIT ... of millions.” Monday, November 18, 2024 Zach Winn | MIT News Collaboration Horizontal Emvolon, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-automotive-engines-modular-chemical-plants-make-green-fuels