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Class opens the door to a new world of mechanical engineering

says Portela, who is the d’Arbeloff Career Development assistant professor in MIT’s Department of ... challenge brought students into a lab at the world-class MIT.nano facility, an environment so delicate that ... enormous excitement in having participated in the competition and experienced the MIT.nano lab. “You walked ...

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When healthy meets fast food

MIT, now runs the largest vegan/vegetarian restaurant company in the U.S. “I saw the issues in the ... so.” Read more stories like this in the  Slice of MIT  blog. Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Julie Barr | MIT ...

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Engineering Joy

When the late professor emeritus Woodie Flowers SM ’68, MEng ’71, PhD ’73 was a student at MIT ... engineering students are educated — at MIT, and around the world.  A victor is crowned in the 1983 2.70 final ... competition. Credit: Calvin Campbell, Historical Collections, MIT Museum Flowers passed away in 2019, but his ...

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Using aluminum and water to make clean hydrogen fuel — when and where it’s needed

mechanical engineering at MIT. “Using aluminum as our source, we can ‘store’ hydrogen at a density that’s 10 ... Thomas W. Eagar, a professor of materials engineering and engineering management in the MIT Department of ... aluminum from a variety of sources. Using those samples, the MIT researchers performed a series of tests to ...

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Reimagining an iconic design class

For the past 50 years, mechanical engineering students at MIT have convened on campus for ... many students, the class and competition are a driving factor in their decision to enroll in MIT. “Each ... year, students tell us that they came to MIT specifically to take 2.007 and participate in the mayhem of ...

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Accelerating 3-D printing

Recent work from an MIT lab may help 3-D printing fulfill its long-standing promise to transform ... Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity and the Mechanosynthesis Group at MIT. “3-D printing compels us ... a graduate-level MIT class in additive manufacturing, which is proving highly popular; and in 2018, he launched an ...

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RJ Scaringe

federal tax rebates. The company is planning to release lower-priced cars in the future. MIT past helps ... be difficult, but he believes his time at MIT helped him persevere in the face of the major ... challenges that come with starting something as complex and capital-intensive as a automotive company. “MIT ...

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3Q: Leon Glicksman and John Lienhard on how to teach the unteachable

In August, Leon Glicksman, an MIT professor of architecture and mechanical engineering, and John ... with that.  Over more than 15 years, we have developed and co-taught a graduate-level subject at MIT on ... structure of the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering’s doctoral qualifying exams, which focus primarily ...

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Removing carbon dioxide from power plant exhaust

assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and her group at MIT have therefore been focusing on ... such as sodium or calcium. With  seed funding  from the MIT Energy Initiative, the team has already ... topic.”  This research was supported by startup funding from the  MIT Department of Mechanical ...

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3 Questions: How to control biofilms in space

Researchers from MIT will be collaborating with colleagues at the University of Colorado at ... sick. MIT News asked professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi and doctoral student Samantha ... 2019 David L. Chandler | MIT News Office Collaboration International Horizontal In an experiment on the ...

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Student Awards

(Outstanding Performance in Course 2.002) Antonia Warner   MIT-Lincoln Lab Beaver Works Barbara P. James Memorial ...

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Cooling buildings worldwide

alternative was brought to Norford’s attention by  John Lienhard, MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Water ... and Modeling, a research group at the  Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology. Lienhard ... the MIT Energy Initiative. Tuesday, July 10, 2018 Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative Horizontal ...

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Bioinspired robotics class offers intriguing surprises

When MIT’s mini cheetah perfectly executed a backflip on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” ... professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. The backflip is basic when compared to an enormous repertoire of ... hand,” MIT’s motto], so labs that involved building and controlling robot legs, as well as the final ...

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Using combustion to make better batteries

combustion. Now an assistant professor in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Class of 1954 ... cathode. The MIT researchers began their search for cost savings by considering the methods now used to ... a major contribution to the ongoing energy transition. This research was supported by the MIT Department ...

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Q&A: Options for the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

to close in 2025. A team of researchers at MIT’s Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, Abdul ... transportation. MIT News asked report co-authors Jacopo Buongiorno, the TEPCO Professor of Nuclear Science and ... with the above research. Monday, November 8, 2021 David L. Chandler | MIT News Office Collaboration ...

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Smart irrigation technology covers “more crop per drop”

farmers,” says Susan Amrose, research scientist with the Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab at MIT ... fruition,” says  Amos Winter SM ’05, PhD ’11, associate professor of mechanical engineering and MIT GEAR Lab ... For more stories, and for past issues, please visit  meche.mit.edu/magazine.    Tuesday, October 24, ...

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The Quest for Clean Water

MIT researchers design a solar-powered desalination device for rural India. The air was hot and ... Amos Winter, director of the Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab at the MIT Department of ... and PhD candidate Natasha Wright, a researcher in Winter’s GEAR Lab and a fellow of the MIT Tata ...

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Sixteen MIT grad students named Siebel Scholars for 2017

Sixteen MIT graduate students are among the  2017 cohort of Siebel Foundation Scholars hailing ... challenges, the select MIT students are part of a class of 92 individuals receiving a $35,000 award for their ... including 216 MIT affiliates. This year's MIT honorees, chosen by the deans of their respective ...

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Professional Education

Professional Education Programs MIT Professional Education offers two separate programs to further ... professionals in industry or government looking to advance their knowledge and career. Graduates earn MIT credit ... list of all available classes. See http://web.mit.edu/Professional/advanced-study/index.html Short ...

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Hear from our Students

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