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MIT engineers make converting CO2 into useful products more practical
viability. New research by engineers at MIT could lead to rapid improvements in a variety of electrochemical ... MIT-CO2-Conversion-01-PRESS_0.jpg A conceptual schematic of the new woven electrode design. Researchers wove a series of conductive ... a new design for the electrodes used in these systems, which increases the efficiency of the conversion ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-make-converting-co2-useful-products-more-practicalCourse 2.678: Electronics for Mechanical Systems
Education Maker drowell@mit.edu If you had to pick one word to describe the Department of Mechanical ... obstacle course. Photo credit: Tony Pulsone If you had to pick one word to describe the Department of ... department boasts numerous well-known project-based classes such as 2.007, 2.008, 2.009, 2.00b, 2.12, 2.72, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/course-2678-electronics-mechanical-systemsNew purification method could make protein drugs cheaper
which help them to form protein crystals. Courtesy of the Researchers, colorized by MIT News. In an ... effort to help reduce those costs, MIT engineers have devised a new way to perform this kind of ... formation at low concentrations,” says Kripa Varanasi, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-purification-method-could-make-protein-drugs-cheaperTechnique identifies electricity-producing bacteria
do,” says Qianru Wang, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “There is recent work ... adds Cullen Buie, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Thus, a tool that allows you ... Living in extreme conditions requires creative adaptations. For certain species of bacteria that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-identifies-electricity-producing-bacteriaNew gels could help the medicine go down
Engineering at MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the senior author of the study. ... easier to give those medicines, researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have created ... a drug-delivering gel that is much easier to swallow and could be used to administer a variety of different kinds of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-gels-could-help-medicine-go-downAlumni Profile: RJ Scaringe SM ’07, PhD ‘09
sustainability. Sunday, November 24, 2019 Mary Beth Gallagher | MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering ... Building the world’s first all-electric adventure vehicle Last November, much of the buzz at the ... Los Angeles Auto Show was generated by a company few people had heard of. According to RJ Scaringe SM ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-profile-rj-scaringe-sm-%E2%80%9907-phd-%E2%80%9809Advanced silicon solar cells
morishige-buonassisi-jensen-mit-meche-00_2.jpg Left to right: Ashley Morishige, Tonio Buonassisi, and Mallory Jensen of the MIT Department of ... industrial solar cell manufacturer, the MIT team undertook a “root-cause analysis” to define the source of ... As the world transitions to a low-carbon energy future, near-term, large-scale deployment of solar ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/advanced-silicon-solar-cellsCreating “big, beautiful things”
a state-championship-winning robot. A1-MIT-Garrett-Parrish-1024.jpg “The whole goal of my life is to fix all the people ... a part of the MIT culture, and having the resources that are available here, are what really what opened ... technological means of connecting people who care about the same thing. While delighted with MIT’s diverse ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/creating-%E2%80%9Cbig-beautiful-things%E2%80%9DAUVs: From Idea to Implementation
director of the MIT Sea Grant College Program, the Doherty Professor of Ocean Science and Engineering and ... 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/auvs-idea-implementationBose Grants for 2017 reward bold and unconventional research visions
six research teams composed of nine MIT faculty members will pursue projects ranging from ... Rafael Reif and attended by past awardees. To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Bose Grants, MIT ... a longtime MIT faculty member and the founder of the Bose Corporation. This year’s reception also honored his ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bose-grants-2017-reward-bold-and-unconventional-research-visions%C2%A0From triathlons to aerospace, Caitlin Braun MBA ’21, SM ’21 pursues passions for leadership and manufacturing
director of strategy and process improvement at J&E Precision Tool in Southampton, Massachusetts. Photo ... Credit: Shana Sureck As J&E’s director of strategy and process improvement, she focuses on ... order. Braun explains that there are currently a plethora of challenges in the field: “It’s a highly ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/triathlons-aerospace-caitlin-braun-mba-%E2%80%9921-sm-%E2%80%9921-pursues-passions-leadership-andMerging AI and underwater photography to reveal hidden ocean worlds
a research tool and a creative experiment — one that reflects MIT’s long-standing tradition of ... The LOBSTgER research initiative at MIT Sea Grant explores how generative AI can expand scientific ... storytelling by building on field-based photographic data In the Northeastern United States, the Gulf of Maine ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/merging-ai-and-underwater-photography-reveal-hidden-ocean-worldsTransforming boating, with solar power
The MIT Sailing Pavilion hosted an altogether different marine vessel recently: a prototype of ... a solar electric boat developed by James Worden ’89, the founder of the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team ... Edgerton Center, so the visit was, in part, a way to pay it forward to MIT. “There’s a lot of connections,” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/transforming-boating-solar-powerRobo-picker grasps and packs
incorporated this library into a “deep neural network” — a class of learning algorithms that enables the robot ... stored. Now engineers from MIT and Princeton University have developed a robotic system that may one day ... system consists of a standard industrial robotic arm that the researchers outfitted with a custom gripper ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robo-picker-grasps-and-packsMechE Connects: Spring/Summer 2015 Issue
technology that’s been developed – some of it right here in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering ... comfortable. The progress that’s been made in the field of robotics over the past 50 years is nothing short of ... – has transformed the way we view the role of robotics in our daily lives. Read the robotics issue. The ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-connects-springsummer-2015-issueEngineers build LEGO-like artificial intelligence chip
elements that can communicate with each other. Figure courtesy of the researchers and edited by MIT News ... devices will expand dramatically,” says Jeehwan Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT ... electronic waste. Now MIT engineers have taken a step toward that modular vision with a LEGO-like design for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-build-lego-artificial-intelligence-chipOur gut-brain connection
the brain, liver, and colon. Image: Courtesy of the researchers. Photo by Martin Trapecar, MIT ... related to Parkinson’s disease,” says Martin Trapecar, an MIT postdoc and the lead author of the study. ... engineering and mechanical engineering, and Rudolf Jaenisch, an MIT professor of biology and a member of MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/our-gut-brain-connectionStartup’s needle-free drug injector gets commercialization deal
the co-founders met with mentors through some of MIT’s entrepreneurial services, including the Venture ... diseases, require multiple intravenous or subcutaneous injections of specific drugs. Because of the pain and ... anxiety associated with needles, some patients stop adhering to these treatments. MIT spinout Portal ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/startup%E2%80%99s-needle-free-drug-injector-gets-commercialization-dealBio-inspired, blood-repelling tissue glue could seal wounds quickly
of mechanical engineering and civil and environmental engineering at MIT and one of the senior ... authors of the study. MIT_Tissue-Glue-02-1024.jpg: The research team: Hyunwoo Yuk, Jingjing Wu, and Xuanhe ... Inspired by the sticky substance that barnacles use to cling to rocks, MIT engineers have designed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bio-inspired-blood-repelling-tissue-glue-could-seal-wounds-quicklyStudy provides suggestions for keeping classroom air fresh
not be enough to prevent the spread of Covid-19; MIT team looks at classroom configurations and ... suggests modifications to enhance safety. Photo Courtesy of MIT News. The study shows how specific ... of building technology and mechanical engineering at MIT who has been studying air circulation issues ...
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