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Ancient African smelting technique sparks anew at MIT
engineering and mechanical engineering major who graduated in May. She spoke above the “thwump, thwump” sound ... a large pot topped with goatskin and pumped by students and volunteers in T-shirts and polo shirts. ... lecturer in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The first half of the class, taught by ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ancient-african-smelting-technique-sparks-anew-mitStudent-led conference charts the future of micro- and nanoscale research, reinforces scientific community
(MTL) and, since 2020, co-sponsored jointly with MIT.nano. 2023-01 MARC 316 edit.jpg Mechanical ... and international developments in the microsystems community following the recent global chip shortage ... a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Energy-Efficient Circuits and Systems group, led by Dean of Engineering and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-led-conference-charts-future-micro-and-nanoscale-research-reinforces-scientificTechnique identifies electricity-producing bacteria
do,” says Qianru Wang, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “There is recent work ... laboratory conditions. Now MIT engineers have developed a microfluidic technique that can quickly process ... adds Cullen Buie, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Thus, a tool that allows you ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-identifies-electricity-producing-bacteriaHow to Make a “Perfect” Solar Absorber
wanted.” In addition, the absorption characteristics can be controlled with great precision: The material ... were not suitable for scaling up to commercial production, he says. In order to take maximum advantage ... working to optimize the system with alternative metals. Chou expects the system could be developed into ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-make-%E2%80%9Cperfect%E2%80%9D-solar-absorberSelf-powered sensor automatically harvests magnetic energy
sensor that lets an engineer balance the available energy in the environment with their sensing needs. ... requires no special wiring, such a sensor could be embedded in a hard-to-reach place, like inside the inner ... Computer Science (EECS) and professor of mechanical engineering, a member of the Research Laboratory of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/self-powered-sensor-automatically-harvests-magnetic-energySynthetic gelatin-like material mimics lobster underbelly’s stretch and strength
surprisingly tough. This marine under-armor, as MIT engineers reported in 2019, is made from the toughest known ... Radovitzky; professor of chemistry Keith Nelson; mechanical engineering professor Xuanhe Zhao; and former ... starts with electrospinning, a fiber production technique that uses electric charges to draw ultrathin ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/synthetic-gelatin-material-mimics-lobster-underbelly%E2%80%99s-stretch-and-strengthManufacturing a cleaner future
manufacturing technologies. Hart sees mechanical engineers as playing a crucial role in this transition. ... production factory, known as “VulcanOne,” in Devens, Massachusetts. The quality and precision with which ... consumer products: friction. Kripa Varanasi, professor of mechanical engineering, and the team at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/manufacturing-cleaner-futureMIT Energy Initiative awards nine Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research
a better grid: Batteries and economics Betar Gallant, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, won ... batteries. Such batteries, if successfully developed, can play critical roles in ensuring stability on ... efforts have focused on developing the lithium anode to replace the graphite electrode in today’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-energy-initiative-awards-nine-seed-fund-grants-early-stage-energy-research-0Experiments reveal the physics of evaporation
of mechanical engineering and department head Evelyn Wang, and three others at MIT and Tokyo ... understanding of the dynamics at play, but in many cases engineers rely on approximations or empirical ... Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), who was not involved in this work. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/experiments-reveal-physics-evaporationCooling homes without warming the planet
’07, who is also a lecturer at MIT D-Lab, and CTO Matt Dorson, a mechanical engineer who worked with ... As incomes in developing countries continue to rise, demand for air conditioners is expected to ... control engineer Wiley Philibert, mechanical engineer Daniel Martin, and chief engineer Ross Bonner. Photo ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cooling-homes-without-warming-planetFour MIT faculty members receive U.S. Department of Energy early career awards
assistant professor of mechanical engineering. Each year, the DoE selects researchers for significant ... Atomic nuclei with certain numbers of protons and neutrons can exhibit large variations in their nuclear ... Karthish Manthiram, the Theodore T. Miller Career Development Chair and Assistant Professor in Chemical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-faculty-members-receive-us-department-energy-early-career-awardsAmos Winter wins the Harold E. Edgerton Award
Amos G. Winter, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and director of ... assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, speaks to individuals in India, where he ... Freidah/Department of Mechanical Engineering Winter’s students have thrived under his mentorship. A team he led with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/amos-winter-wins-harold-e-edgerton-awardA graphene roll-out
MIT engineers have developed a continuous manufacturing process that produces long strips of ... route to ultrathin membranes,” says John Hart, associate professor of mechanical engineering and ... who is now at Caltech; and Rohit Karnik, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/graphene-roll-outMaking hydropower plants more sustainable
engineering while Abe followed three years later and majored in mechanical engineering for both his bachelor’s ... insects in the bed of the river with the beaver dams. MIT_Natal-energy1024.jpg A fish-safe turbine ... with only power output in mind, as opposed to the idea that if we want to unlock growth, we have to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-hydropower-plants-more-sustainableBuilding nursery 2.0
Mimo, Rest Devices is positioned as an early innovator, along with a few other companies, in a fledgling ... years, which can detect with greater accuracy changes in respiration and movement, Darling says. For ... engineering graduate who splits the company’s “tinkering” duties with Lipoma — says this form of rapid, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/building-nursery-20Sustainable solutions at home and abroad
initially drawn to mechanical engineering because he wanted to keep his options open. “I felt like ... mechanical engineering is that perfect niche where there’s so much exposure to so many different fields. It ... decision I ever made,” says Patel, now a senior studying mechanical engineering. RS4590_Arnav ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sustainable-solutions-home-and-abroadA streamlined approach to determining thermal properties of crystalline solids and alloys
Chen, a mechanical engineering PhD student. “But those calculations scale with the fourth order of the ... Andrejevic, a PhD student in materials science and engineering. “We can think of these atoms as spheres ... you want a material with a high specific heat, which means it can take in heat without a sharp rise in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/streamlined-approach-determining-thermal-properties-crystalline-solids-and-alloysMechE Milestones
S.B. 1869, in the “1874 Report to the President.” Whitaker served as head of mechanical engineering ... we swapped numbers with Civil Engineering, and officially became Course 2.” The study of mechanical ... enrolled in 1865, of the six courses offered, mechanical engineering was designated as Course 1. The reason ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-milestonesStefanie Mueller changes everything: A hands-on class responds to Covid
home and work with,” says Mueller. Those basic components combine with more specialized products ... Technologies), is entirely about the ways that humans interact with technology in the physical world. As it ... to be done in isolation. “It’s a building-based class, so normally, the students sit with us in an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stefanie-mueller-changes-everything-hands-class-responds-covid