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Strengthening America’s manufacturing base
U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu serves as the Department ... Engineering, and Professor Chris Voigt’s lab in the Department of Biological Engineering — all of whom ... Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu (center) visited the Beaver Works space in MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/strengthening-america%E2%80%99s-manufacturing-baseMIT gears up to transform manufacturing
says John Hart, head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) and faculty co-director of ... “Manufacturing is the engine of society, and it is the backbone of robust, resilient economies,” ... economic and national security, and to daily lives.” John Hart is head of the Department of Mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-gears-transform-manufacturingA quick stretch switches this polymer’s capacity to transport heat
research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “Now that we’ve seen this thermal ... Fellowship, MathWorks MechE Graduate Fellowship, and the MIT-SUSTech Centers for Mechanical Engineering ... a material’s thermal conductivity cannot be changed without re-manufacturing it. But MIT engineers have now ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/quick-stretch-switches-polymer%E2%80%99s-capacity-transport-heatInstrument may enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water
of Mechanical Engineering. “For instance, someone who has heard about the water crisis in Flint, ... professor of mechanical engineering; and Rohit Karnik, professor of mechanical engineering and associate ... designed this for use in India, but it’s taught me a lot about our own water issues and trace contaminants ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/instrument-may-enable-mail-testing-detect-heavy-metals-waterPassive cooling system could benefit off-grid locations
a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University, who was not associated with this research. Ruan ... of Mechanical Engineering and Jatin Patil of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering ... designs that each provide limited amounts of cooling power, in order to produce significantly more cooling ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/passive-cooling-system-could-benefit-grid-locationsPushy robots learn the fundamentals of object manipulation
student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) and first author of a paper describing ... Rodriguez recently co-designed. “The robot is performing a complex task, but the core of the mechanics ... a millimeter. Image courtesy of the researchers To capture the data, the researchers designed an automated ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pushy-robots-learn-fundamentals-object-manipulationBoosting the efficiency of carbon capture and conversion systems
new design ensures that the carbon dioxide stream stays concentrated in the water right next to the ... now an assistant professor at Simon Fraser University, along with MIT professors of mechanical ... engineering Kripa Varanasi and Yang Shao-Horn, and recent graduate Jonathan Hwang PhD ’19. “Carbon dioxide ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/boosting-efficiency-carbon-capture-and-conversion-systemsPhysicists bring human-scale object to near standstill, reaching a quantum state
says Vivishek Sudhir, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, who directed the project. ... of mechanical engineering Vivishek Sudhir. Precision pushback All objects embody some sort of motion ... an individual mirror, but rather the combined motion of all four of LIGO’s mirrors. “LIGO is designed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/physicists-bring-human-scale-object-near-standstill-reaching-quantum-stateStudent product ideas range from lifesaving to just plain fun
The theme for this year’s student projects in the mechanical engineering class called Product ... engineering David Wallace and a large team of assistants and mentors. It is designed to give its students ... Engineering Processes was “rough, tough, and messy,” but the student teams’ product ideas were much more ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-product-ideas-range-lifesaving-just-plain-funDrive-by monitoring for urban streetlights
researchers at MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering thought. And after several iterations of software ... PhD ’14; Sanjay Sarma, the Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor in Mechanical ... Engineering and vice president for open learning; and three others. “The way we measure street lighting is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/drive-monitoring-urban-streetlightsAccelerating 3-D printing
3-D printing, says A. John Hart, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of the ... down current 3-D printers, Hart teamed up with Jamison Go SM ’15, who now a mechanical engineer at ... researchers needed to find a way to move the printhead fast enough to keep up. They designed a mechanism with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/accelerating-3-d-printing2.009 lights up the stage
— to do something new.” Course instructor David Wallace, professor of mechanical engineering and master ... gamers were the top two online scorers, as well as mechanical engineering department head Evelyn Wang. ... their drive for design and engineering, the students presented him with a gift “that will ignite ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2009-lights-stageMADMEC winners develop spray-on coating to protect power lines from ice
experimentation. Since 2007, MADMEC (the Making and Designing Materials Engineering Contest), funded by Dow and ... Department of Mechanical Engineering, stressed the parameters of the contest — working within a $1,000 ... mechanical engineering, echoed Tarkanian’s comments, emphasizing the space set aside for innovative thinking. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/madmec-winners-develop-spray-coating-protect-power-lines-iceBasic training
campus,” says Culpepper, who is also a professor of mechanical engineering, and runs the MakerLodge program ... makerspace. Junior Ruben Peinado, a student volunteer and mechanical engineering major, is making the most of ... build the makerspace itself this summer. MakerLodge_01_1024.jpg MIT has over 40 design ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/basic-trainingA New Way to Make Sheets of Graphene
says Hart, the Mitsui Career Development Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. “To make it ... understanding of graphene growth in concert with the mechanics of the nickel film,” he says. “We’ve shown this ... mechanism can work. Now it’s a matter of improving the attributes needed to produce a high-performance ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-make-sheets-grapheneAn easier way to remove medical devices
Traverso, the Karl van Tassel Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and ... Foundation, MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of ... designed medical devices that could be used inside the body as stents, staples, or drug depots, then safely ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/easier-way-remove-medical-devicesSoft materials hold onto “memories” of their past, for longer than previously thought
to do with the goop’s “mechanical memory.” Soft gels and lotions are made by mixing ingredients until ... and slide back into its former, premixed state. Mechanical memory is, in part, why hand lotion ... researchers Credits: Now, an MIT engineer has devised a simple way to measure the degree of residual stress in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/soft-materials-hold-%E2%80%9Cmemories%E2%80%9D-their-past-longer-previously-thoughtPrintable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts
John Hart, the Class of 1922 Professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. ... MIT engineers have developed a printable aluminum alloy that can withstand high temperatures and ... fan blades in jet engines. Fan blades are traditionally cast from titanium — a material that is more ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/printable-aluminum-alloy-sets-strength-records-may-enable-lighter-aircraft-partsMIT.nano awards inaugural NCSOFT seed grants for gaming technologies
Micha Feigin-Almon, research scientist in mechanical engineering, seek to compare the movements of ... dynamic props that evolve as they progress through the game? Department of Electrical Engineering and ... appealing three-dimensional objects. “While this system is specifically designed for varifocal, multifocal, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mitnano-awards-inaugural-ncsoft-seed-grants-gaming-technologies