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Water vapor sets some oxides aflutter
to mechanical engineering, Shao-Horn holds joint appointments with the Department of Materials ... the material suggests that it could offer a new mechanism for catalyst designs, she says. In addition ... being published today in the journal Nature Materials. The paper’s lead author is Binghong Han PhD ’16, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/water-vapor-sets-some-oxides-aflutterHacking apparel becomes lucrative business for alumni
With Rustagi, a friend and mechanical engineering student, Amarasiriwardena began selling the shirts ... and developing a refined prototype, the startup launched a Kickstarter campaign in 2012, with a goal ... MBA ’13, and mechanical engineering alumnus Kevin Rustagi ’11. Having last year expanded nationwide, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hacking-apparel-becomes-lucrative-business-alumniAUVs: From Idea to Implementation
professor of mechanical and ocean engineering. “In the late 1980s, I suggested a revolutionary concept: an ... Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute ... scientists have tackled various barriers to robots that can travel autonomously in the deep ocean. This ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/auvs-idea-implementationIngestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month
Xuanhe Zhao, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Zhao and senior collaborator Giovanni ... Traverso, a visiting scientist who will join the MIT faculty in 2019, along with lead authors Xinyue Liu, ... polyacrylate — superabsorbent particles that are used in commercial products such as diapers for their ability ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ingestible-expanding-pill-monitors-stomach-monthLariessa Nietner & Scott Nill
professor of mechanical engineering, on an idea she had developed with Nill: increasing STEM engagement ... doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering. Less than two weeks earlier, Nill and Nietner were at another ... Nill were both assigned to work in MIT’s Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity with David ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/lariessa-nietner-scott-nillTranslating MIT research into real-world results
and initiate product design and development,” Lienhard adds. “With this strong I&E framework, many ... industry into valuable products. “As a scientist with no prior experience in entrepreneurship, the program ... risks in our future product development.” Economic and societal benefits Commercializing technologies ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/translating-mit-research-real-world-resultsDesigning cleaner vehicles
Graduate student Adi Mehrotra ’22 is developing sustainable solutions in vehicle design Fueled by ... Mehrotra majored in electrical engineering and computer science as an undergraduate, but says he was drawn ... to mechanical engineering and took as many MechE classes as he could. During his junior year, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-cleaner-vehicles-0Meet the MIT bilinguals: Claudia Chen '20 combines creative, humanistic, and technical fields
Chen declared a major in CMS along with her original MechE track. “As a mechanical engineering student, ... Course 2 (mechanical engineering, or MechE). And Chen soon discovered the Institute’s deep resources in ... hinge. In the short term, she’s excited to be expanding her skills technically as a mechanical engineer ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meet-mit-bilinguals-claudia-chen-20-combines-creative-humanistic-and-technical-fieldsThe Power of Salt
according to a team of mechanical engineers at MIT. The researchers evaluated an emerging method of power ... has now developed a model to evaluate the performance and optimal dimensions of large PRO systems. In ... Department of Mechanical Engineering, says reducing the size of the membrane needed to generate power would, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/power-saltTapping the MIT talent pool for the future of fusion
MIT graduate student Caroline Sorensen is using her talent for mechanical engineering to help ... energy gain. In order to fast track an innovative solution, MIT announced plans last March to work with ... are also engineering challenges where people like me can play an important role in making fusion ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tapping-mit-talent-pool-future-fusionMore than 30 from MIT named to Forbes 30 Under 30 lists
engineering, in the category of Science Hyunwoo Yuk SM ’16, MIT graduate student in mechanical engineering, in ... Boyce ’11, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Columbia University, in the category of ... Healthcare Carter Chang ’12, head of solar products strategic planning at Tesla, in the category of Energy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/more-30-mit-named-forbes-30-under-30-listsVapor-collection technology saves water while clearing the air
The technology was originally envisioned by professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi to ... Competition in 2018 for the basic concept. The nascent company, which they called Infinite Cooling, with Damak ... Jacopo Buongiorno in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering immediately spotted a good ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/vapor-collection-technology-saves-water-while-clearing-airCaroline Sorensen
a growing fusion ecosystem in which researchers across disciplines — mechanical engineering, electrical ... MIT graduate student Caroline Sorensen is using her talent for mechanical engineering to help ... engineering, aero-astro — are working together to achieve a mutual goal of fusion energy in time to make ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/caroline-sorensen2.75: Precision Machine Design
underlying mechanics, have a chance to experience the process of product development in a real situation. ... In MechE, Theory is Just the Beginning Just one minute with Professor Alexander Slocum and you can ... excitement in his students while imbuing them with the confidence (and intellectual and practical tools) to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/275-precision-machine-designGetting the Salt Out
well, but pure water does not. McGovern, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and ... — such as the brackish, shallow groundwater found in many locations, generally with salinity around ... More efficient fracking saves water. The boom in oil and gas produced through hydraulic ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/getting-salt-out2022 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
mechanical engineering says of becoming a MacVicar Fellow. Kamrin received his PhD from MIT in 2008 and ... joined the mechanical engineering department in 2011. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed the Class of ... tackle some of the most fundamental topics in mechanical engineering. “He focused on addressing any ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2022-macvicar-faculty-fellows-namedStudents build assistive technologies at MIT’s annual ATHack
and a graduate student in mechanical engineering at MIT. The event was founded in 2014 by a group of ... undergraduate in mechanical engineering. “Even if we don’t have a successful project, someone else will learn ... day-to-day.” MIT students Sally Beiruti, an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering, Tally Portnoi, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/students-build-assistive-technologies-mit%E2%80%99s-annual-athackBuilding robots to expand access to cell therapies
a great adventure for someone like me, a physician-scientist, to interact with mechanical engineers and ... engineering team of Multiply Labs. Photo Courtesy of Multiply Labs. In a recently announced project, Multiply ... Labs is developing a new robotic manufacturing platform to ease bottlenecks in the creation of cell ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/building-robots-expand-access-cell-therapiesJulia Sokol
old. After receiving her bachelor’s in mechanical engineering at Harvard University, Sokol spent some ... for sustainability with my interest in fundamental research in fluid mechanics and system design.” ... for the environment, but also for global food supply. Julia Sokol, a PhD student in mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/julia-sokol