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Probing microscopic wiggles in squishy materials
professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Knowing all this information of how the material behaves across ... co-authors are MIT graduate student Jae Hyung Cho and Roberto Cerbino of the University of Milan. A single ... different length scales, from individual particle scales of tens of nanometers, to the structures they form, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/probing-microscopic-wiggles-squishy-materials“Body on a chip” could improve drug evaluation
Innovation, a professor of biological engineering and mechanical engineering, and one of the senior authors of ... are designed to interact with the human immune system. David Trumper, an MIT professor of mechanical ... Kevin Healy, a professor of bioengineering and materials science and engineering at the University of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cbody-chip%E2%80%9D-could-improve-drug-evaluationPills of the future: nanoparticles
far. Now, researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have developed a new type of ... Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT, a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative ... a gastroenterologist at BWH; Etgar Levy-Nissenbaum, a former BWH postdoc; Rohit Karnik, an MIT associate professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pills-future-nanoparticlesSolving a mystery of thermoelectrics
graduate student Sangyeop Lee; Gang Chen, the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering; and ... which could lead to the discovery of new, improved thermoelectric materials. The findings — by MIT ... thermoelectrics work by maintaining a temperature difference from one side of a device to the other. If a material ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solving-mystery-thermoelectrics‘Anklebot’ helps determine ankle stiffness
bunch of elastic bands around them,” says Neville Hogan, the Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering ... at MIT. “That’s pretty much a description of what the ankle is. It’s nowhere near a simple joint from ... University. A robotic walking coach Hogan and Krebs, a principal research scientist in MIT’s Department of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%98anklebot%E2%80%99-helps-determine-ankle-stiffnessExploring Surfaces of Nanomaterials
sustainable energy conversion and storage,” says the Gail E. Kendall Associate Professor of Mechanical ... Working with Paula Hammond, a professor of chemical engineering, Shao-Horn recently created a novel ... Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. Her work could lead to everything from better fuel cells ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/exploring-surfaces-nanomaterialsIn Search of a Major She Loves
traditional or direct path to mechanical engineering at MIT — she switched majors twice, determined to find ... Magzoub dove into chemical engineering research with Allan Myerson, professor of the practice of chemical ... an assistant professor of neuroscience. Magzoub’s study investigated how mice learn from observing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/search-major-she-lovesMIT graduate engineering and business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2025-26
U.S. News and Word Report has again placed MIT’s graduate program in engineering at the top of ... aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering, chemical engineering, computer engineering (tied with the University of California at ... biomedical engineering/bioengineering. In the rankings of individual MBA specialties, MIT placed first in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-graduate-engineering-and-business-programs-ranked-highly-us-news-2025-26Technique quickly identifies extreme event statistics
structure,” says Themistoklis Sapsis, associate professor of mechanical and ocean engineering at MIT. “You can ... research by MIT scientists may help engineers design more resilient offshore platforms. Courtesy of the ... researchers Now engineers at MIT have developed an algorithm that quickly pinpoints the types of extreme ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-quickly-identifies-extreme-event-statistics-0Tackling Greenhouse Gases
faculty members in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering are turning to technologies that store, ... professor of mechanical engineering. An expert in heat transfer, Henry has turned to an unlikely class of ... Ghoniem, Ronald C. Crane Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ahmed Ghoniem 1024.jpg Professor Ahmed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tackling-greenhouse-gasesInspired by hands-on learning, MechE junior creates Haiti’s first of its kind open-use Makerspace
making, biomaking, unrestricted use and more. Hector says he took a lot of inspiration from campus Project ... Director Professor Kim Vandiver, the Edgerton Center, and MIT’s hands on approach in general. Hector spent ... centers at MIT to design the project to best meet the needs of the targeted students. Collaborating groups ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/inspired-hands-learning-meche-junior-creates-haiti%E2%80%99s-first-its-kind-open-use-makerspaceScientists Tune Polymer Material’s Transparency
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering; and Shanmugam Kumar ... control through smart windows.” Shengqiang Cai, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace ... engineering at the University of California at San Diego, says that in addition to smart window technology, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/scientists-tune-polymer-material%E2%80%99s-transparencyJuncal Arbelaiz Mugica
graduate studies at the University of Navarra in San Sebastian led to her working with MIT Professor John ... Anette “Peko” Hosoi, who is the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering as well as ... Research Center (SSRC), and is now advised by Ali Jadbabaie, the JR East Professor of Engineering and head ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/juncal-arbelaiz-mugicaUnlocking ammonia as a fuel source for heavy industry
and Jo, completed their PhDs in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Jo worked on energy ... and specialized engines. MIT-Amogy-01-press_1024.jpg Because of the power density advantages of ... in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering before his eventual co-founders, Kim, Choi, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/unlocking-ammonia-fuel-source-heavy-industryPeeking into a chrysalis, videos reveal growth of butterfly wing scales
Yaqoob, professor of mechanical engineering and biological engineering Peter So, and associate professor ... of mechanical engineering Mathias Kolle. MIT-Butterfly-Growth-1024.jpg Larger, overlapping scales in ... a butterfly its color and shimmer, and help shield the insect from the elements. Now, MIT engineers have ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/peeking-chrysalis-videos-reveal-growth-butterfly-wing-scalesJ-WAFS welcomes Daniela Giardina as new executive director
Professor of Water and Food in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. Karnik was named the director ... to water and food. Giardina holds a PhD in sustainable development from the University of Brescia in ... Italy. She also holds a master’s degree in environmental engineering from the Politecnico of Milan in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wafs-welcomes-daniela-giardina-new-executive-directorPowering Desalination with the Sun
graduate student Natasha Wright began her PhD program in mechanical engineering, she had no idea how to ... MIT-natasha-wright_1024.jpg Photo by: Bryce Vickmark Wright joined the lab of Amos Winter, an assistant professor of ... mechanical engineering, in 2012. The lab was just getting established, and the aim of Wright’s project was ...
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