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Today's Annoyances, Tomorrow's Technology
transform today’s annoyances into tomorrow’s technology. Reis, who holds a dual appointment in mechanical ... engineering and civil and environmental engineering and recently named one of Popular Science’s “Brilliant ... Ten,” explores the mechanics and physics underlying natural and manufactured structures with the goal of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/todays-annoyances-tomorrows-technologyWorking out makes hydrogels perform more like muscle
of mechanical engineering at MIT. “But one with these four important properties has not been designed ... through a vigorous workout. MIT-Hydrogel-Muscles-1024.jpg A mechanically trained artificial muscle resists ... damage (crack) propagation using aligned nanofibrils, a similar fatigue-resistant mechanism as in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/working-out-makes-hydrogels-perform-more-muscleHow slippery surfaces allow sticky pastes and gels to slide
of mechanical engineering at MIT, along with former students Leonid Rapoport PhD ’18 and Brian ... forces associated with such interfaces. The new paper explains the fundamental design principles that can ... pharmaceuticals, he says. The use of mechanical scrapers to propel drug materials through mixing tanks and pipes ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-slippery-surfaces-allow-sticky-pastes-and-gels-slideIngestible medical devices can be broken down with light
requirement for a major procedure,” says Giovanni Traverso, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering ... done. However, MIT engineers have now come up with a way to trigger such devices to break down inside ... a light-sensitive hydrogel that the researchers designed. Incorporating this material into medical devices could ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ingestible-medical-devices-can-be-broken-down-lightTechnique quickly identifies extreme event statistics
research by MIT scientists may help engineers design more resilient offshore platforms. Courtesy of the ... structure,” says Themistoklis Sapsis, associate professor of mechanical and ocean engineering at MIT. “You can ... generated waves, engineers assume the design will stand up against similar extreme events in the ocean. But ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-quickly-identifies-extreme-event-statistics-0New Faculty
2010, respectively, in mechanical engineering from MIT. His research interests include design for ... Manufacturing, Bioengineering, Ocean Engineering, and one search broadly across all mechanical engineering ... naval engineering challenges, from keeping today’s ships at sea and designing ships for the future to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-faculty-2Lifetime Achievement: Professor Emeritus Jerome Milgram
ocean engineering. His thesis laid the foundation for the analytical method of designing sails that is ... taught fluid mechanics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, as well as signals and systems, and ... Engineering. “He doesn’t know just design; he knows naval architecture, hydrodynamics in particular, as well as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lifetime-achievement-professor-emeritus-jerome-milgramFaculty Research: Professor Gareth McKinley
Cohen, and mechanical engineering professor Gareth McKinley. Fog-harvesting systems generally consist of ... Shreerang Chhatre (PhD ’13), graduate student Siddarth Srinivasan, chemical engineering professor Robert ... per day for each square meter of mesh, the theoretical calculations show that newly designed systems ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-gareth-mckinleyReducing runoff pollution by making spray droplets less bouncy
of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi, graduate student Maher Damak, research scientist Seyed Reza ... including graduate student Maher Damak (left) and associate professor of mechanical engineering Kripa K. ... The project was developed in collaboration with the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design, which ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/reducing-runoff-pollution-making-spray-droplets-less-bouncyThe breadth of MechE
guide the engineering design of robotic swimmers, crawlers, burrowers and other mechanisms. Screenshot ... design Faez Ahmed, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and ABS career development assistant ... added. “In mechanical engineering, one of the fundamental things we study is how machines are designed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/breadth-mecheOur hairy insides
engineers design new microfluidic devices such as hydraulic valves and diodes — small chips that direct the ... the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate dean of the School of ... This new model, Alvarado says, can help engineers design microfluidic devices, lined with angled hairs, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/our-hairy-insidesUntangling How Cables Coil
associate professor of mechanical engineering and civil and environmental engineering at MIT. “We have ... can significantly slow telecommunications around the world. Now engineers at MIT, along with computer ... with custom-designed cables, computer-graphics technology used to animate hair in movies, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/untangling-how-cables-coilCrystal Winston
a job,’” she laughs. “‘But maybe you could do mechanical engineering.’” Now, a decade or so later, Winston ... has taken her dad’s advice to heart. This June, she’ll complete her degree in mechanical engineering ... this project, she says, that she knew she wanted to be a mechanical engineer. While the multifunctional ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/crystal-winstonTeam creates map for production of eco-friendly metals
journal Chemistry of Materials. Donald Siegel is Department Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering ... Science and Engineering (DMSE) and MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, is a leader of the current ... MIT in mechanical engineering in 2022. Peng is a DMSE graduate student. Other Applications The work ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/team-creates-map-production-eco-friendly-metalsScientists Tune Polymer Material’s Transparency
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering; and Shanmugam Kumar ... Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, says the researchers’ experimental polymer structure and ... their predictive understanding of it may be useful in the design of cheaper materials for smart windows ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/scientists-tune-polymer-material%E2%80%99s-transparencyBio-inspired, blood-repelling tissue glue could seal wounds quickly
Inspired by the sticky substance that barnacles use to cling to rocks, MIT engineers have designed ... of mechanical engineering and civil and environmental engineering at MIT and one of the senior ... Horizontal MIT engineers led by Professor Xuanhe Zhao have designed a strong, biocompatible glue that can ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bio-inspired-blood-repelling-tissue-glue-could-seal-wounds-quicklyThe future of motorcycles could be hydrogen
spearheading the project, is a graduate student working with mechanical engineering professor Alex Slocum, the ... support from the MIT Energy Initiative, the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical ... underwent its first full test-track demonstration in October. It is designed as an open-source platform that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/future-motorcycles-could-be-hydrogen