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Developing tech for, and with, people with disabilities
has cerebral palsy, which severely impacts her balance, and for years she has used a walker to help ... another ATHack co-designer, uses a wheelchair and has limited arm strength and an inability to use his ... deemed by everybody else as not important enough to spend precious time figuring out how to make easier. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/developing-tech-and-people-disabilitiesSolving Mysteries of Conductivity in Polymers
conduction worked in these materials, or to predict how they would behave when used in such devices. ... devices. But they’ve faced one major obstacle: Nobody has been able to explain just how electrical ... this polymer?” That’s information needed to assess its potential usefulness for various applications. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solving-mysteries-conductivity-polymersMaterials’ Key Role in Addressing Climate Change is Focus of Materials Day Symposium
science to understand how a material’s structure impacts both its functional performance and potential ... Kyocera Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Chiang went on to describe how ... new electrical processes using electricity from renewables could be one way to decarbonize cement ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/materials%E2%80%99-key-role-addressing-climate-change-focus-materials-day-symposiumAn immersive experience in industry
team identified parameters that could be used to judge the visual appearance of surfaces — things like ... instruments and metrics that can be used to quantify visual surface finish parameters,” she adds. In addition ... machine learning, and how to relate human perception to measurable parameters. Katie Hahm — Amazon ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/immersive-experience-industryFaculty highlight: A. John Hart
manufacturing, I feel especially motivated to do things that can make a practical impact in how materials are ... research and to use automation to discover hidden factors in the process." Hart envisions a day when ... Shapeways. Airplane makers are using 3-D printing to produce lighter, stronger parts using computational ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-highlight-john-hartUS Manufacturing: A Modern-Day Renaissance
Innovation Economy (PIE) project. PIE is a cross-disciplinary look at how to optimize production capabilities ... to know how it all fits together: what parts to make, how to design them properly, how to make them ... the same continuously, how to deliver them to the right place, and how to change things quickly if ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/us-manufacturing-modern-day-renaissanceDeploying non-contact vitals sensing kiosks across campus
graduate students Ivan Goryachev and Ryan Koeppen, uses thermal cameras to screen for elevated temperatures ... solutions were needed to support any on-campus operations. That’s when our team started exploring how to ... spread,” explains Goryachev. The first trailer uses thermal cameras to screen for elevated temperatures. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/deploying-non-contact-vitals-sensing-kiosks-across-campusJ-WAFS: Supporting food and water research across MIT
$21 million in subsequent awards to MIT.” Professor Retsef Levi led a seed study on how agricultural ... specialists and operations management experts to study how small firms and government agencies influence ... access to and uptake of irrigation technology by poorer farmers. “We used J-WAFS to spur a collaboration ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wafs-supporting-food-and-water-research-across-mitDrug injection device wins MIT $100K Competition
up at night,” Mehta told the audience. “How much money do we need to save? What public benefits is ... Finally, how do we manage the funds and compliance over time?” Haven works by using family information and ... infringing on the freedom of the patient and effectively leaving them tethered to their hospital beds. The ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/drug-injection-device-wins-mit-100k-competitionWilhem Hector
“Our goal is to train about 1500 students a year on how to maneuver the tools, and potentially build ... Inspired by MIT’s hands-on approach to learning, Junior MechE student Wilhem Hector spent the ... characterized as the country’s first-of-its-kind open-use makerspace. “I got inspired while taking 2.00A, my ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/wilhem-hectorDepartment News
razor clam uses very little energy to burrow into undersea soil at high speed. Now a detailed ... insight into how the animal digs has led to the development of a robotic clam that can perform the same trick. ... The device, known as “RoboClam,” could be used to dig itself into the ground to bury anchors or destroy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/department-news-0Tackling Greenhouse Gases
Asegun Henry is researching how to use hot metals like molten tin to store heat from a concentrated ... due to growth in fossil fuels use across the energy, manufacturing, and transportation industries. ... solar power system so it can be used to generate electricity as needed. Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tackling-greenhouse-gasesSeeing solutions through, across continents
through MITES. I want to show students how great it is here and that yes, you can truly find paradise,” ... MIT and my passion for engineering through MITES. I want to show students how great it is here and ... Nabahe and her group used an initial visit to Rayampampa, Peru to work with the community there to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/seeing-solutions-through-across-continentsRohit Karnik seeks sustainable solutions through nanotechnology
filtered salts using the technique and hopes to develop efficient graphene filters for water purification ... with a small telescope, from the roof of his family’s home. “I used to take my telescope up to the ... different things, and I used to collect stuff from around the house, like onion peels or fungus growing on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/rohit-karnik-seeks-sustainable-solutions-through-nanotechnologyAI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies
your chest, using your whole body to manipulate the box. Humans are generally good at whole-body ... researchers found a way to simplify this process, known as contact-rich manipulation planning. They use an AI ... still in its early days, this method could potentially enable factories to use smaller, mobile robots ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ai-helps-robots-manipulate-objects-their-whole-bodiesHairy tongues help bats drink up
as they were plunged into baths of various fluids. Their results shed light on how beavers use ... Landau-Levich-Derjaguin, or LLD theory — a mathematical equation that is commonly used to characterize dip coating, and ... initially filled with liquid, and model how much time it takes for this fluid to fall back in the bath,” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hairy-tongues-help-bats-drinkMIT engineers design a robotic replica of the heart’s right chamber
also used the model to test cardiac devices. For instance, the team implanted a mechanical valve to ... They say the new robotic right ventricle, or RRV, can be used as a realistic platform to study right ... (IMES). “The RRV simulator can be used in the future to study the effects of mechanical ventilation on the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-design-robotic-replica-heart%E2%80%99s-right-chamberCooling homes without warming the planet
conditioner that uses safer refrigerants to cool homes. The company believes its machine could have one-fifth ... Transaera is using a class of materials called metal organic frameworks, or MOFs, to create air conditioners ... then used to dry the MOF material for continuous reuse. Transaera was formally founded in the beginning ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cooling-homes-without-warming-planetReducing inequality across the globe and on campus
scarcity, food insecurity, and racial injustice. At a young age, Orisa Coombs pledged to use her engineering ... knowledge to reduce inequality. The summer after her first year of high school, she found herself grappling ... Coombs’ world view and reshaped how she approached her own role in society. Orisa Coombs_1024.jpg Portrait ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/reducing-inequality-across-globe-and-campusOrisa Coombs
At a young age, Orisa Coombs pledged to use her engineering knowledge to reduce inequality. The ... her research focus to issues affecting the developing world. In particular, she started exploring how ... don’t understand how membrane diffusion works in OARO, leading to inaccurate performance models. Coombs ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/orisa-coombs