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Alumni Spotlight: Associate Professor Hugh Herr (SM ’93)
degree in mechanical engineering in 1993. He also received a PhD in biophysics at Harvard, and worked at ... the next few years. Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Alissa Mallinson | Department of Mechanical Engineering ... amputee, now walks on bionic legs that his lab designed. As both a rock climber and a user of prostheses, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-associate-professor-hugh-herr-sm-%E2%80%9993Rohit Karnik seeks sustainable solutions through nanotechnology
civilization?’” says Rohit Karnik, an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Photo by ... Mechanical Engineering, is developing a new microfluidic technology that can quickly and simply sorts cells ... inspired by his uncle, a mechanical engineer who built custom machines “that did all kinds of things, from ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/rohit-karnik-seeks-sustainable-solutions-through-nanotechnologyNew Faculty
engineering in 2005. He began his graduate studies at MIT in 2006, earning his PhD in mechanical engineering ... use in micromechanical devices and as a platform for the engineering of textured surfaces and ... high-performance interfaces. Moreover, working with graduate students and undergraduate design teams, Professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-faculty-0Three MIT seniors awarded 2018 Marshall Scholarships
mechanical engineering. Schwartz aims to combine his passion for complex engineering and humanitarian goals ... a mechanical design intern at Tri Alpha Energy, a company that seeks to build a nuclear fusion reactor machine. ... to engage in work that can improve people’s lives through engineering. At MIT’s D-Lab, he ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-mit-seniors-awarded-2018-marshall-scholarshipsMechE Summer X
Information These summer offerings are intended for the benefit of the MIT Mechanical Engineering community ... Overview of instrumentation or methods used in research Design challenges Any other academically-oriented ... Tau Summer is a design competition open to the whole department, sponsored by the MechE honors ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/meche-summer-xAlumni Spotlight
capability of computer simulations has reduced engineering and development expenses by enabling deep design ... in every aspect, starting with a fully integrated team of designers and engineers focused on common, ... MechE Connects had a chance to speak with Scaringe about his innovative new car design and reasons for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight2022-23 Takeda Fellows: Leveraging AI to positively impact human health
Department of Mechanical Engineering whose research integrates robotics, AI, and health care to improve ... The MIT-Takeda Program, a collaboration between MIT’s School of Engineering and Takeda ... Engineering whose research leverages AI and machine learning, including regression modeling, to help realize ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2022-23-takeda-fellows-leveraging-ai-positively-impact-human-healthKnitted microtissue can accelerate healing
MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Mechanical Engineering Group. "That's why if you stretch your ... from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering and the laboratory's Defense Fabric Discovery Center ... allowed him to switch focus to designing larger knits, rather than individual yarns. "We immediately ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/knitted-microtissue-can-accelerate-healingSophia Chen: It’s our duty to make the world better through empathy, patience, and respect
Sophia Chen, a fifth-year senior double majoring in mechanical engineering and art and design ... / EC.720 (D-Lab: Design). Like all D-Lab classes, D-Lab: Design is project-based and centers the knowledge ... vapor absorption. Safe Water Harvesters designed the parameters and goals of the project and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sophia-chen-it%E2%80%99s-our-duty-make-world-better-through-empathy-patience-and-respectSophia Chen
Sophia Chen, a fifth-year senior double majoring in mechanical engineering and art and design ... Design). Like all D-Lab classes, D-Lab: Design is project-based and centers the knowledge and contributions ... absorption. Safe Water Harvesters designed the parameters and goals of the project and collaborated with the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/sophia-chenDepartment News
Department of Mechanical Engineering. A native of Ireland, McGovern earned a bachelor’s degree from the ... University College Dublin, and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at MIT. His PhD research is ... Association of Mechanical Engineers (GAME). The IDA names one recipient per year from a large pool of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/department-news-3A droplet walks into an electric field …
strike. This revelation led engineers to design thicker coverings around power lines to limit lightning ... student in MIT’s departments of Mechanical Engineering and Physics. “With our equation, one can predict ... benefit to engineers working with, or trying to design, any system that involves liquids and electricity.” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/droplet-walks-electric-field-%E2%80%A6In Search of a Major She Loves
Senior Amna Magzoub finds her niche in mechanical engineering, plans to bring skills home to ... traditional or direct path to mechanical engineering at MIT — she switched majors twice, determined to find ... a major in mechanical engineering at the end of her junior year. “I never saw myself doing that kind of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/search-major-she-lovesBuilding a better indoor herb garden
day. But in 2016, halfway through his studies for his master's degree in mechanical engineering ... winner of the 2010 2.007 robot competition class, he was excited to work on designing fighter planes one ... arrived, Briggs found that many aspects of the design fell short. The plants weren’t getting enough light ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/building-better-indoor-herb-gardenRandall Briggs
day. But in 2016, halfway through his studies for his master's degree in mechanical engineering ... winner of the 2010 2.007 robot competition class, he was excited to work on designing fighter planes one ... arrived, Briggs found that many aspects of the design fell short. The plants weren’t getting enough light ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/randall-briggsAlumni Spotlight: VADM (ret) Paul Sullivan (SM ’80)
program in naval architecture and marine engineering, the crafts of naval architecture and ship design ... on an engineering bent. I thought, ‘Wow, you mean people can actually design and build these wild ... under construction, and some new designs on the way, there is plenty to do. “I love the process of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-vadm-ret-paul-sullivan-sm-%E2%80%9980Giving Robots a More Nimble Grasp
mechanical engineering, and graduate student Nikhil Chavan-Dafle, has developed a model that predicts the ... Engineers use the environment to give simple robotic grippers more dexterity. Most robots on ... a factory floor are fairly ham-handed: Equipped with large pincers or claws, they are designed to perform ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/giving-robots-more-nimble-graspNews & Research
Air The Nature of Sand Water is Life Engineering Fluids at the Nanoscale MIT Robot Learns How to Play ... Jenga Designing the Next-Generation Prosthesis Mitigating the Impact of a Blowout Preventer Failure ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/news-researchCatching (radio) waves
mechanical engineering professor Sanjay Sarma, now director of digital learning at MIT, had already done ... infrastructure,” Schoner says. “Instead of building the system, we design the engines that can power RFID features ... technology, and began designing the next-generation RFID systems. By 2002, the team was among the first to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/catching-radio-waves