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Scientists make microscopes from droplets
Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “We can create complex geometries that form lenses, ... Blankschtein, professor of mechanical engineering George Barbastathis, and John D. MacArthur Professor of ... see a reflection of the world around you, close up and distended as you’d see in a crystal ball. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/scientists-make-microscopes-dropletsTaking a break and making connections
a newfound interest in sustainable design. “I changed my mechanical engineering concentration to sustainable ... patterns and I wasn’t learning how to fix them,” says Jahnavi, now a senior majoring in mechanical ... prepare for her return to MIT, Jahnavi took classes in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and aerodynamics ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/taking-break-and-making-connectionsJahnavi Kalpathy
fix them,” says Jahnavi, now a senior majoring in mechanical engineering. “I would start off each ... design. “I changed my mechanical engineering concentration to sustainable development and energy because ... to MIT, Jahnavi took classes in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and aerodynamics at a local ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/jahnavi-kalpathyComputing for the health of the planet
simulations, and data science. Jossou obtained his PhD in mechanical engineering in 2019 from the University of ... of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society in academic year 2023-24. ... departments in the schools of Engineering and Science for shared faculty in computing for health of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/computing-health-planetMIT researchers 3-D print colloidal crystals
helices, that interact with light in specific ways depending on the size of the individual particles within ... mechanical engineering Mathias Kolle, and associate professor of mechanical engineering A. John Hart. Out of ... in sea sponges. So far, scientists have developed techniques to evaporate and assemble colloidal ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-researchers-3-d-print-colloidal-crystalsSuper-strong surgical tape detaches on demand
Last year, MIT engineers developed a double-sided adhesive that could quickly and firmly stick ... organs,” says Xuanhe Zhao, professor of mechanical engineering and of civil and environmental engineering ... along with Jingjing Wu at MIT, and Christoph Nabzdyk at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Unbreakable bonds In ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/super-strong-surgical-tape-detaches-demandStudent Spotlight: David Larson ’16, SM ’18, PhD Candidate
2016, Larson enrolled in MIT’s graduate program for mechanical engineering and ocean engineering. The ... He has been a competitive sailor since high school. In his free time, he designs and tinkers with ... Initially intent on studying physics, Larson quickly determined that he was most interested in mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-spotlight-david-larson-%E2%80%9916-sm-%E2%80%9918-phd-candidateHow to speed up the discovery of new solar cell materials
Joule, in a paper by MIT research scientist Shijing Sun, professor of mechanical engineering Tonio ... Buonassisi, as the world continues to move toward solar energy, including in regions with limited space for ... with significant upfront capital costs, he says. His team’s aim is to cut that development time to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-speed-discovery-new-solar-cell-materialsA safer way to deploy bacteria as environmental sensors
In recent years, scientists have developed many strains of engineered bacteria that can be used as ... interacting with other microbes in the environment. Image: Christine Daniloff, MIT Credits: “Right now there ... are a lot of whole-cell biosensors being developed, but applying them in the real world is a challenge ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/safer-way-deploy-bacteria-environmental-sensorsRavi Patil ’93, SM ’95, IT Executive and Storyteller
thinking, hands on skills, and perseverance to be successful in anything that you pursue, he says, with the ... components and streamlined manufacturing processes for worldwide vehicle platforms. “As mechanical engineers ... my interest in a broader set of systems (marketing, finance, sales) required to bring products to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ravi-patil-%E2%80%9993-sm-%E2%80%9995-it-executive-and-storytellerMonitoring muscles to improve athletic training
innovation, and entrepreneurship while pursuing his PhD in mechanical engineering, and Babini was on his way ... companies trying to change that with wearable sensors and other technologies. The company’s first product ... expertise of a personal coach combined in a consumer product.” The Hex, a lightweight device that straps ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/monitoring-muscles-improve-athletic-trainingTurning heat into electricity
during a warm summer’s day? With advancements in thermoelectric technology, this sustainable solution ... conventional semiconductors like silicon,” says Te-Huan Liu, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... Engineering. “In the end, this could be a clean-energy way to help us use a heat source to generate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-heat-electricityRobo-picker grasps and packs
an impact,” says Alberto Rodriguez, the Walter Henry Gale Career Development Professor in Mechanical ... stored. Now engineers from MIT and Princeton University have developed a robotic system that may one day ... lend a hand with this household chore, as well as assist in other picking and sorting tasks, from ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robo-picker-grasps-and-packsDeploying non-contact vitals sensing kiosks across campus
undergraduate student in mechanical engineering at MIT, Koeppen developed an interest in using mechanical ... Students_1024.jpg A trailer on MIT’s campus developed by a team in the Device Realization Laboratory, including ... engineering designs for medical applications. Anthony’s work on ultrasound and sensing in medicine made the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/deploying-non-contact-vitals-sensing-kiosks-across-campusWhere the wind blows
concerned that widespread deployment of wind power, with its inherently unpredictable swings in output, ... With the world's energy needs growing rapidly, can zero-carbon energy options be scaled up ... enough to make a significant difference? How much of a dent can these alternatives make in the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/where-wind-blowsUnderstanding how fluids heat or cool surfaces
Andrei Fedorov, a professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech, who was not involved in this work. ... mechanical engineering at MIT, made a careful analysis of published experimental data and found that this ... engines, Lienhard says. In fact, though, most engineers working on such systems understand the existence of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/understanding-how-fluids-heat-or-cool-surfacesComputing for ocean environments
mechanical engineers are utilizing advances in scientific computing to address the ocean’s many challenges, ... exploring the many ocean creatures we haven’t discovered yet.” Ocean engineers and mechanical engineers ... underwater devices. This tool could help engineers and designers develop, for example, robotic fins and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/computing-ocean-environmentsA cool new way to study gravity
Shin, a PhD candidate in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE). “The key to answering ... 08_1024x768.jpg Dongchel Shin, a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering and the lead author of a new paper that ... nanofabrication, optics, control, and electronics,” he says. “Having a background in mechanical engineering, which ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cool-new-way-study-gravityReducing runoff pollution by making spray droplets less bouncy
The project was developed in collaboration with the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design, which ... of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi, graduate student Maher Damak, research scientist Seyed Reza ... including graduate student Maher Damak (left) and associate professor of mechanical engineering Kripa K. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/reducing-runoff-pollution-making-spray-droplets-less-bouncySecretary of Energy Chris Wright ’85 visits MIT
the MIT campus on Sept. 29. Wright earned a BS in mechanical engineering and spent two and a half ... research. After earning his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, Wright entered into graduate ... years pursuing graduate studies in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science before ...
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