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New system recovers fresh water from power plants
deceptively simple: When air that’s rich in fog is zapped with a beam of electrically charged particles, known ... by Maher Damak PhD ’18 and associate professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi. Damak and ... a net decrease in collection. But when the incoming fog gets zapped first with an ion beam, the opposite ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-system-recovers-fresh-water-power-plantsStrengthening America’s manufacturing base
role. She is responsible for supporting research, development, and prototyping across the DoD. In her ... from promising prototypes to scaled production, and will team with DoD agencies and the private sector. ... to navigate the DoD. “I’m sure many of you will develop novel ideas in your research here and decide ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/strengthening-america%E2%80%99s-manufacturing-baseProtecting seafarers and the global supply chain during Covid-19
The offshore and shipping industries are grappling with unique challenges in the face of the ... Covid-19 Task Force. Thomas Peacock, professor of mechanical engineering, is a member of the task force, ... inspections have been delayed. With many of the travel restrictions still in place, a solution for May is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/protecting-seafarers-and-global-supply-chain-during-covid-19Professor Alberto Rodriguez presents work on robotic extrinsic dexterity
Alberto Rodriguez, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and incoming graduate student ... with Chavan-Dafle — and in collaboration with researchers from Carnegie Mellon and ABB Robotics ... robotic hands. Friday, July 11, 2014 Department of Mechanical Engineering blue ALBERTOR@MIT.EDU ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-alberto-rodriguez-presents-work-robotic-extrinsic-dexterityModel quantifies the impact of quarantine measures on Covid-19’s spread
MERS. Now, a team of engineers at MIT has developed a model that uses data from the Covid-19 pandemic in ... studying civil and environmental engineering. Together with George Barbastathis, professor of mechanical ... engineering, Dandekar has spent the past few months developing the model as part of the final project in class ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/model-quantifies-impact-quarantine-measures-covid-19%E2%80%99s-spreadSurface-based sonar system could rapidly map the ocean floor at high resolution
Laboratory and the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering 's Ocean Science and Engineering lab is ... images, with each image pixel representing a football field in size. Resolution is also restricted because ... sonar array and tested it in a water tank at the laboratory's Autonomous Systems Development ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/surface-based-sonar-system-could-rapidly-map-ocean-floor-high-resolutionExpanding the conversation about sustainability
a disproportionately heavy environmental burden. At MIT, she chose a double major in mechanical engineering with ... a concentration in global and sustainable development, and in African and African diaspora studies, a major she ... Godfreey-Igwe worked under a lab in Stanford University’s civil and environmental engineering department to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/expanding-conversation-about-sustainabilityVine-inspired robotic gripper gently lifts heavy and fragile objects
says Kentaro Barhydt, a PhD candidate in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “This kind of ... tenacity, engineers at MIT and Stanford University have developed a robotic gripper that can snake around ... automatically clamped in place and mechanically wound back up to gently lift the object in a soft, sling-like ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/vine-inspired-robotic-gripper-gently-lifts-heavy-and-fragile-objectsDragging your feet? Lack of sleep affects your walk, new study finds
mechanics of walking, in order to develop strategies and assistive robotics for patients who have suffered ... control our stride, or gait — can indeed be affected by lack of sleep. In experiments with student ... of Mechanical Engineering. “We also find that compensating for sleep could be an important strategy. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/dragging-your-feet-lack-sleep-affects-your-walk-new-study-findsElectrifying boilers to decarbonize industry
change.” Stark stayed at MIT to earn his PhD in mechanical engineering, studying thermochemical biofuels. ... innovation that can scale. In other words, it requires a mass-produced product — not one-off projects.” ... ultimately completed a dual master’s degree by adding mechanical engineering to his studies. “I was ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/electrifying-boilers-decarbonize-industryIllustrating Covid-19 hygiene education
using her background in engineering, product design, and illustration to help communicate important ... Product Engineering Processes, she learned the importance of good user research and user design. ... a graduate student studying mechanical engineering at MIT. For her master’s thesis, she worked on household ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/illustrating-covid-19-hygiene-educationThis touchy-feely glove senses and maps tactile stimuli
health care applications, such as pulse detection and recovering the sensory capability in patients with ... tactile dysfunction,” says Nicholas Fang, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Fang and his ... University of of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in China. Sensing with sweat The glove’s pressure sensors ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/touchy-feely-glove-senses-and-maps-tactile-stimuliFaculty Research: Professor Pierre Lermusiaux
optimize path planning for automated underwater vehicles (AUVs), even in regions with complex shorelines ... incorporate obstacle-avoidance functions to protect the AUVs. The team included mechanical engineering graduate students ... from point A to point B is not a straight line: for example, if you’re underwater and contending with strong ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-pierre-lermusiaux“Nanofiber yarn” makes for stretchy, protective artificial tissue
assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “With this nanofiber yarn, the hope is, you won’t have ... heal. Now MIT engineers have come up with a tissue engineering design that may enable flexible range of ... motion in injured tendons and muscles during healing. MIT-Nano-Yarn-1024.jpg MIT engineers have designed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cnanofiber-yarn%E2%80%9D-makes-stretchy-protective-artificial-tissueHow to push, wiggle, or drill an object through sand
driving over gravel all have one thing in common: They all are exercises in intrusion, with an intruding ... options as fast as possible,” says Ken Kamrin, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “This is ... through sand, gravel, or other soft media can help engineers drive a rover over Martian soil, anchor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-push-wiggle-or-drill-object-through-sandBiomechanics and Biomedical Devices
subjects with a strong mechanical engineering disciplinary background. Major areas covered in this ... complementary to both the biomedical engineering minor and the minor program in toxicology and environmental ... REST subjects: 2.772/ 20.110; REST subjects with no engineering: 5.07 / 7.05, 5.12 Suggested ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/undergraduate/course-2a/biomechanics-and-biomedical-devicesIntelligent Towing Tank propels human-robot-computer research
with MIT Sea Grant; Gurvan Jodin from ENS Rennes; MIT PhD candidate in mechanical engineering Yu Ma; ... a matter of weeks. The automated experimental facility, developed in the MIT Sea Grant Hydrodynamics ... Department of Mechanical Engineering, École Normale Supérieure de Rennes, and Brown University, reveal ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/intelligent-towing-tank-propels-human-robot-computer-research-0Student Spotlight: Peter Godart '15, SM '19, PhD Candidate
a driving force in Godart’s academic career. As a mechanical engineering undergraduate at MIT, he took the ... class 2.013, Engineering Systems Design. During the class, he worked with aluminum fuel. “That ... Festival Jazz Ensemble to perform in Puerto Rico with saxophonist Miguel Zenon and went with the MIT Wind ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-spotlight-peter-godart-15-sm-19-phd-candidateWhen to get your head out of the game
taught valuable lessons in product design and manufacturing, and in applying engineering skills to ... Head injuries are a hot topic today in sports medicine, with numerous studies pointing to a high ... just after.” Getting knocked around — for science Harvatine, who studied mechanical engineering at MIT, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/when-get-your-head-out-gameMembrane around tumors may be key to preventing metastasis
Ming Guo, a lead author of the study and associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Guo’s ... shape their geometry, while also keeping them separate and distinct. Guo’s group specializes in the ... study of cell mechanics, with a focus on the behavior of cancer cells and the processes that drive ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/membrane-around-tumors-may-be-key-preventing-metastasis