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A shape-changing antenna for more versatile sensing and communication
in MIT’s departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering and ... — engineered materials whose mechanical properties, such as stiffness and strength, depend on the geometric ... sensing for interaction design,” says lead author Marwa AlAlawi, a mechanical engineering graduate student ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/shape-changing-antenna-more-versatile-sensing-and-communicationBreaking through the mucus barrier
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s ... with gelatin that can be tuned to dissolve at a specific pH. When the coating dissolves, the change in ... the National Institutes of Health and MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Other authors of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/breaking-through-mucus-barrierLaura Rosado
been other important formative experiences in the aspiring mechanical engineer’s life, which reinforced ... (UROP) project analyzed and modeled the driving strategies of freight train engineers in order to develop ... favorite class is math.” laura-rosado-bike1024.jpg Laura Rosado is double-majoring in mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/laura-rosadoDeep-learning model predicts how fruit flies form, cell by cell
splitting, and growing of many thousands of cells. A team of MIT engineers has now developed a way to ... cell-by-cell development in other species, such zebrafish and mice. Then, they can begin to identify patterns ... patterns of disease, such as in asthma. Lung tissue in people with asthma looks markedly different from ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/deep-learning-model-predicts-how-fruit-flies-form-cell-cellMechE alumna Danielle Zurovcik’s WiCare named finalist for Hult Prize
MIT spinoff WiCare, founded by mechanical engineering alumna Danielle Zurovcik SM ’07, PhD ’12, ... developed a revolutionary negative pressure wound therapy pump (NPWT) as a PhD student in MechE, started ... March 18, 2014 Alissa Mallinson | Department of Mechanical Engineering green Entrepreneurship ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-alumna-danielle-zurovcik%E2%80%99s-wicare-named-finalist-hult-prizeLiquiGlide
challenge. Most people have experienced the frustration that comes with struggling to expel a condiment like ... ketchup, mustard or mayonnaise with furious shaking, messy rummaging, or pure brute force. Now, a simple ... tilt of the hand sends condiments sliding out. “Our research group is mainly focused on big issues in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/liquiglideManufacturing
manufacturing and product realization work in the modern world. This includes how processes, automation, ... possess. It is also a great way to prepare for entry into the ME Master of Engineering in Manufacturing ... Management for Engineers 2.888 Professional Seminar in Global Manufacturing Innovation and Entrepreneurship ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/undergraduate/course-2a/manufacturingAutonomous system improves environmental sampling at sea
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering at the WHOI; and Nicholas Roy, a professor in CSAIL and in the ... the targeted values in the surrounding environment — such as spots with highest concentrations of ... games, the space for possible paths is finite. In unknown environments, with real-time changing dynamics, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/autonomous-system-improves-environmental-sampling-seaDesigning exploratory robots that collect data for marine scientists
plumes move in the water column. Working closely with engineers from the National Deep Submergence ... tools to make a difference. In 2016, Preston completed her BS in robotics engineering from Olin College ... Preston began her PhD in aeronautics and astronautics and applied ocean physics and engineering through ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-exploratory-robots-collect-data-marine-scientistsAlbatross robot takes flight
environment in an efficient way to do this long-distance travel, with a system that remains small-scale.” ... professor of mechanical engineering and information sciences and of brain sciences; and Michael ... Triantafyllou, the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor in Ocean Science and Engineering. The physics of speed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/albatross-robot-takes-flightSavannah Gordon
a graduate student in mechanical engineering, spent IAP 2025 in Querétaro, Mexico, hosting an electronics ... by MIT Professor Steven Leeb, the Emanuel E. Landsman (1958) Professor in Electrical Engineering and ... in Guadalajara, Mexico, where two of her uncles had attended school. Through conversations with her ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/savannah-gordonGame changer: How Christopher Weaver transformed video games and game studies at MIT
the company’s founder and president, had a background in physics, mechanical engineering, and computer ... In the mid-1980s, an electrical engineer and avid sports fan named Ed Fletcher approached his boss ... co-founding the multimedia development company ZeniMax Media. Weaver returned to his alma mater in 1998 to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/game-changer-how-christopher-weaver-transformed-video-games-and-game-studies-mitWhen healthy meets fast food
a degree in mechanical engineering, he decided to start a business that helped to tackle health and ... restaurant company in the U.S. Although Pillan started his career in computer systems after graduating with ... wellness. 09.13.17_Veggie-Grill-TK-Pillan-1024.jpg T.K. Pillan ’90, a mechanical engineering major while at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/when-healthy-meets-fast-foodThomas Ober
the engineering teams have to conduct analysis on previous races and develop, in a few weeks’ time, an ... interested in racing. In fact, during his time as a PhD candidate with Professor Gareth McKinley’s group, ... Formula 1 championship with his newly created Haas Formula 1 racing team. A motorsports fan in high school ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/thomas-oberT.K. Pillan
a degree in mechanical engineering, he decided to start a business that helped to tackle health and ... restaurant company in the U.S. Although Pillan started his career in computer systems after graduating with ... wellness. T.K. Pillan ’90, a mechanical engineering major while at MIT, now runs the largest ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/tk-pillanNew Microscope Creates Near-Real-Time Videos of Nanoscale Processes
based on the PhD work of Iman Soltani Bozchalooi, now a postdoc in the Department of Mechanical ... Engineering, are published in the journal Ultramicroscopy. MIT-Better-Micro-2-1024.jpg Photo by Jose-Luis ... says. “There’s no way you can get a bigger picture.” Scanning in synchrony Bozchalooi came up with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-microscope-creates-near-real-time-videos-nanoscale-processesPhD student recognized by International Desalination Association
acknowledged with an award. In both cases, the work has been jointly conducted with KFUPM. It was sponsored by ... by the International Desalination Association. The award was presented "in recognition of ... Program." The paper in question, titled "Design and Optimization of Hybrid ED-RO Systems for the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/phd-student-recognized-international-desalination-associationFeatured Class
2.009: An Iconic MechE Class Learn about 2.009, an iconic MechE product development class taught ... 2.009 is an iconic MechE product development class taught by fun-loving Professor David Wallace. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/featured-classExploring Surfaces of Nanomaterials
Working with Paula Hammond, a professor of chemical engineering, Shao-Horn recently created a novel ... surfaces of particles only billionths of a meter in diameter. Hundreds of thousands of these particles ... sustainable energy conversion and storage,” says the Gail E. Kendall Associate Professor of Mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/exploring-surfaces-nanomaterials