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Toy-making offers seriously fun introduction to engineering
In class 2.00b, Toy Product Design, first year students get hands-on engineering and product ... mechanical engineering and instructor of course 2.00b. “We create a fun environment in which students aren’t ... other classes in mechanical engineering. “The hands-on, physical experiences in 2.00b has helped me ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/toy-making-offers-seriously-fun-introduction-engineering-0Stick with me
Demas specialized in developing new sensors. They chose to live together in Edgerton House, where they ... and arrived at MIT to study mechanical engineering. Wang studied the nanoscale physics of fluid, while ... housemates. And, they covered the pillars in Lobby 7 with sticky notes and invited passersby to write messages ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stick-meDesigning off-grid refrigeration technologies for crop storage in Kenya
Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) is combining expertise in mechanical engineering ... and mechanical engineering in the Department of Architecture; Daniel Frey, a professor in the ... Department of Mechanical Engineering and the faculty director for research at MIT D-Lab; and Eric Verploegen, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-grid-refrigeration-technologies-crop-storage-kenyaA pose-mapping technique could remotely evaluate patients with cerebral palsy
parents of children with motor disorders such as cerebral palsy, as a clinician must evaluate the child in ... expensive, time-consuming, and emotionally taxing. MIT engineers hope to alleviate some of that stress with ... develops robotic systems that physically work with patients to help them regain or strengthen motor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pose-mapping-technique-could-remotely-evaluate-patients-cerebral-palsyUnlocking new science with devices that control electric power
engineering, followed by a PhD in mechanical engineering under MIT Professor Ian Hunter, which involved ... directly with Langer on a totally different problem in biomedical engineering. In Langer's famously ... Mirvakili has seen in his more recent research into energy storage and solar cells. After speaking with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/unlocking-new-science-devices-control-electric-powerFaculty Research: Professor Rohit Karnik
mechanism. The device takes in mixtures of cells, which flow through tiny channels coated with sticky ... Mechanical Engineering at MIT. “You could potentially buy a $5 or $10 kit and get the cells sorted without ... In concert with MIT’s Robert Langer and others, the team built upon their 2007 work in which they ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-rohit-karnikStretchy optical fibers for implanting in the body
Noyce Career Development Associate Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “If these ... Liu and Hyunwoo Yuk, specializes in tuning the mechanical properties of hydrogels. The researchers ... developed a stretchy optical fiber in which they have injected multiple organic dyes (yellow, blue, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stretchy-optical-fibers-implanting-bodyModerating Extremes in Building Design
mechanical engineering says that both will be needed in the retrofitting of existing buildings and the ... Glicksman is working with developers in Japan and China on new structures that would bring the outside in ... and, like many of his MIT colleagues, he brings with him a high-tech portfolio. He develops aerogel ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/moderating-extremes-building-designEngineers make clear droplets produce iridescent colors
droplet-based litmus tests, or color-changing powders and inks in makeup products. “Synthetic dyes used in ... assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “As some of these dyes are more strongly regulated, ... a “carpet” of droplets of the exact same size, in a clear Petri dish, which they illuminated with a single, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-make-clear-droplets-produce-iridescent-colorsMIT engineers grow “high-rise” 3D chips
functions than today’s electronics. MIT-Direct-Stack-01-press_0.jpg MIT engineers have developed a method to ... engineering at MIT. “This could lead to orders-of-magnitude improvements in computing power for applications ... performance sharply degrades. In their previous work, the team grew TMDs on silicon wafers with amorphous ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-grow-%E2%80%9Chigh-rise%E2%80%9D-3d-chipsOvercoming obstacles with an electric hovercraft
a graduate student in mechanical engineering. “There was no choice.” “We had to drop everything to rebuild ... 20 seconds with the push of a finger. High-speed passenger trains in China and Japan use magnetic ... something so discouraging,” adds Jessica Harsono, braking team lead and graduate student in mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/overcoming-obstacles-electric-hovercraftGraduate Admissions FAQ
a degree in Mechanical Engineering or some related branch of engineering. The department's admission ... criteria are not specific, however, and capable students with backgrounds in different branches of ... engineering or in science may apply. How do I apply? Applicants to the MIT MechE graduate program should apply ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/prospective-students/graduate/graduate-admissions-faqMIT’s Buehler and Reis Elected to Society of Engineering Science Board of Directors
Winslow Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and Markus ... President Pradeep Sharma, of the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston, announced ... a multidisciplinary engineering and science background, his teaching and research interests center on the mechanics of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit%E2%80%99s-buehler-and-reis-elected-society-engineering-science-board-directorsTurning a circle into a square is possible with this kirigami-inspired formula
structures in nature, architecture, and more. Scientists and engineers have also taken inspiration from ... products of from-scratch design. There’s been no blueprint for engineers to determine the pattern of cuts ... with kirigami, we can actually turn a square shape into a circle shape.” For engineers, the new method ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-circle-square-possible-kirigami-inspired-formulaFaculty Spotlight: Professor Ioannis V. Yannas
Burke approached him with a request for help in treating burns A Lifetime of Biomaterials Engineering ... him with a request for help. A surgeon, Burke had made significant strides in burn treatment but was ... and maintain moisture. With a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Harvard College, a master’s degree ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-spotlight-professor-ioannis-v-yannasWith a quantum “squeeze,” clocks could keep even more precise time, MIT researchers propose
mechanical effects. The precision of oscillators would ultimately be limited by quantum noise. But in theory, ... professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Then, we’ve shown that there are ways you can even get around ... quantum mechanics? In this case, we find that there is, which is a result that is applicable to a huge ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/quantum-%E2%80%9Csqueeze%E2%80%9D-clocks-could-keep-even-more-precise-time-mit-researchers-proposeMechE students win 2017 Lemelson-MIT Student Prizes honoring promising collegiate inventors around the country.
devices. Wright, a grad student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who also works with the MIT ... foot. Olesnavage, a grad student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who also works with the MIT ... Yu, undergraduates in mechanical engineering and electrical engineering and computer science, are ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-students-win-2017-lemelson-mit-student-prizes-honoring-promising-collegiateCan your phone tell if a bridge is in good shape?
study involving MIT researchers shows that mobile phones placed in vehicles, equipped with special ... in Engineering and professor of civil and environmental engineering and of mechanical engineering at ... published in Communications Engineering. The authors are Thomas J. Matarazzo, an assistant professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/can-your-phone-tell-if-bridge-good-shapeTalking Shop: Assistant Professor Sili Deng
experimenting with these parameters in the hopes of developing useful materials via combustion. One of the more ... combustion that my lab is doing with the materials, devices, and products being developed across areas like ... clean energy technologies like wind, solar, and thermal. However, with roughly 80% of energy use in the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/talking-shop-assistant-professor-sili-dengMIT Sea Grant students explore the intersection of technology and offshore aquaculture in Norway
intelligence and decision-making, and Tony Tang, a junior in mechanical engineering, first worked with MIT Sea ... technologies being developed and deployed in offshore aquaculture. Beckett Devoe, a senior in artificial ... MIT Sea Grant director Michael Triantafyllou and professor of mechanical engineering Themistoklis ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-sea-grant-students-explore-intersection-technology-and-offshore-aquaculture-norway-0