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Making 3-D printing as simple as printing on paper
designs are manually programmed into the printer, and each finished part is manually removed before ... Pieper ’14, director of software at Digital Alloys; and Mateo Peña Doll, director of hardware engineering ... they wanted a part, they’d submit a computer-aided design (CAD) file to a 3-D printer location on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-3-d-printing-simple-printing-paperThis flat structure morphs into shape of a human face when temperature changes
lenses in telescopes. Wim van Rees, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, also sees ... Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have designed 3-D printed mesh-like structures that morph from ... designed a mesh embedded with conductive liquid metal, that curves into a dome to form an active antenna, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/flat-structure-morphs-shape-human-face-when-temperature-changesA Low-Cost, High-Performance Prosthetic Knee
going after this disruptive opportunity,” says Winter, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering ... replicate the adjusted torque profile, using simple mechanical elements. Currently, the group has engineered ... Researchers design inexpensive prosthetic knee that mimics normal walking motion. In the last two ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-high-performance-prosthetic-kneeAutomating Aquaculture
mechanical engineering, ocean engineering, and electrical engineering, and computer sciences students work ... together to design a robot to help with flipping oyster bags at Ward Aquafarm on Cape Cod. Design and ... Manufacturing Controls, Instrumentation and Robotics Ocean Science and Engineering Innovation Environment ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/automating-aquacultureCoatings for shoe bottoms could improve traction on slick surfaces
Inspired by the Japanese art of paper cutting, MIT engineers have designed a friction-boosting ... professor of mechanical engineering, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and an assistant ... research was funded by the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, the U.S. National Science Foundation, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/coatings-shoe-bottoms-could-improve-traction-slick-surfacesIntelligent Towing Tank propels human-robot-computer research
Department of Mechanical Engineering, École Normale Supérieure de Rennes, and Brown University, reveal ... objectives, like reduced drag. Earlier this year, Fan was awarded an MIT Mechanical Engineering de Florez ... with MIT Sea Grant; Gurvan Jodin from ENS Rennes; MIT PhD candidate in mechanical engineering Yu Ma; ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/intelligent-towing-tank-propels-human-robot-computer-research-0Tapping the MIT talent pool for the future of fusion
MIT graduate student Caroline Sorensen is using her talent for mechanical engineering to help ... disciplines — mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, aero-astro — are working together to achieve ... physicists and nuclear engineering researchers, she says, but not all. “There are a few of us from other ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tapping-mit-talent-pool-future-fusionUnderwater Robot for Port Security
a graduate student in mechanical engineering, who designed the robot together with her advisor, Ford ... side that it can slide along an underwater surface to perform ultrasound scans. Originally designed to ... and unique propulsion mechanism — which leaves no visible wake — the robots could, in theory, be ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/underwater-robot-port-securitySun-powered car shines in American Solar Challenge
in line with challenge regulations. Included are electrical, dynamic, and mechanical tests. The team ... performed exceptionally well in electrical scrutineering. Mechanical scrutineering, however, brought bsome ... passed all mechanical and dynamic tests on the fourth and final day of Scrutineering. Jordan ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sun-powered-car-shines-american-solar-challengeThe race to build the Navy’s next fleet of ships
course taught by Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, professor of mechanical engineering ocean engineering ... June 27, 2018 Mary Beth O'Leary | Department of Mechanical Engineering Collaboration Vertical ... Boston Harbor on June 8, 2018. Photo: Fincantieri Marinette Marine Fincantieri designed and built the ITS ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/race-build-navy%E2%80%99s-next-fleet-ships-0Scaling up a cleaner-burning alternative for cookstoves
the whole process,” says Danielle Gleason, a senior studying mechanical engineering. “In order to ... that have a lasting impact,” explains Maria Yang, professor of mechanical engineering and faculty ... says. Monday, October 21, 2019 Mary Beth Gallagher | Department of Mechanical Engineering Collaboration ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/scaling-cleaner-burning-alternative-cookstovesA Makerspace for Students, by Students
skills and a strong understanding of how products are designed and manufactured empowers engineers.” The ... June 21, 2016 Alissa Mallinson | Mechanical Engineering Collaboration Culture Education ... Initiated and led by students, MIT MakerWorks fosters making with a strong engineering focus. If ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/makerspace-students-studentsStudent Spotlight: Peter Godart '15, SM '19, PhD Candidate
a driving force in Godart’s academic career. As a mechanical engineering undergraduate at MIT, he took the ... class 2.013, Engineering Systems Design. During the class, he worked with aluminum fuel. “That ... Sunday, November 24, 2019 Mary Beth Gallagher | MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering Collaboration ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-spotlight-peter-godart-15-sm-19-phd-candidatePesticide innovation takes top prize at Collegiate Inventors Competition
On Oct. 12, MIT mechanical engineering alumnus Vishnu Jayaprakash SM '19, PhD '22 was ... while he was a student in the lab of Kripa Varanasi, a professor of mechanical engineering. Currently, ... 2022 Mary Beth Gallagher | Department of Mechanical Engineering Collaboration International Horizontal ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pesticide-innovation-takes-top-prize-collegiate-inventors-competitionMIT Motorsports unveils their 2019 electric race car
team began in 2001, co-founded by mathematics major Nick Gidwani ’04 and mechanical engineering major ... Grown-Haeberli; J. Kim Vandiver, mechanical engineering professor and Forbes director of the MIT Edgerton Center; ... members took place during the event. Mechanical lead, driver, and junior Jeremy Noel, a team member since ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-motorsports-unveils-their-2019-electric-race-carMechE Film "Water Is Life" Wins New England Emmy Award
for MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE), attended the black tie affair where he ... Mechanical Engineering Collaboration Culture Education International Maker Vertical The film "Water Is ... Wright and Professor Amos Winter as they travel to India gathering research on how to design a low-cost ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-film-water-life-wins-new-england-emmy-awardStudent group helps blind boater sail independently
for children with autism. Xi is a mechanical engineering student and member of MIT’s sailing team. ... of mechanical engineering to real-world problems. “A lot of stuff we work on in classes seems either ... Technology, or PPAT) designed a device that will help Pauline Dowell, a legally blind MIT employee, sail more ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-group-helps-blind-boater-sail-independently