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Vishnu Jayaprakash
another. Understanding how a liquid interacts with a solid or how a liquid reacts to a certain gas has ... surface. Using polyelectrolytes, the researchers could reduce the amount of spray needed to cover a crop by ... use of a fully plant-based material to help farmers achieve the same savings. Cloaking droplets and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/vishnu-jayaprakashDerek Straub: Shaping the future of additive manufacturing
In his seven years at the laboratory, Straub has become the go-to expert for how to design, ... geometry, curves, or voids that would be difficult or impossible to carve by using subtractive tools. ... at the laboratory used AM in some aspect. Straub expects this figure to grow to close to 100 percent ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/derek-straub-shaping-future-additive-manufacturingIngestible sensor could help doctors pinpoint GI difficulties
could use this technology to track the sensor as it moved through the digestive tract of large animals. ... currently used to diagnose motility disorders. “Many people around the world suffer from GI dysmotility or ... (25).jpg MIT engineers have shown that they can use magnetic fields to track the location of this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ingestible-sensor-could-help-doctors-pinpoint-gi-difficultiesDesigning off-grid refrigeration technologies for crop storage in Kenya
important insights into how to design a practical and effective cooling chamber that is suitable for use by ... a strategy many farmers use to beat the heat and ensure freshness, but that results in oversupply and ... Together, they are looking to develop a cost-effective large-scale cooperative storage facility that uses ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-grid-refrigeration-technologies-crop-storage-kenyaFor MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Faith Brooks, the sky’s the limit
in coastal ponds is a process that was initially used to enhance salinity for herring and shellfish ... diverse group and I gained a much better understanding of how to design instruments and systems in ... idea to take a step back and look at how your work fits into the larger picture,” she says. “I couldn’t ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-whoi-joint-program-student-faith-brooks-sky%E2%80%99s-limit-0A community of making
on 24 different campuses. “They used to be a bit like locusts,” he joked. One of Parkinson’s greatest ... hours a day — and used the interlibrary loan system to ship printed objects to students who had ... well, says Martin Culpepper, are almost impossible to calculate. ISAM_1024.jpg Maker mentor Alisha ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/community-making2.013: Engineering Systems Design
from aluminum using a gallium-based eutectic, then reacting the aluminum with water to generate ... their own potential application. One team, led by Laura Jarin-Lipschitz, is designing a way to use the ... and rescue missions; another, led by Alexander Klein, is looking at how to automate the production of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2013-engineering-systems-designSoft materials hold onto “memories” of their past, for longer than previously thought
released, will cause the gel to shift in the direction opposite to how it was initially mixed, reverting ... turns out they hold this memory of their past, a lot longer than we used to think.” In addition to the ... protocol she has developed to measure residual stress, Owens has developed a model to estimate how ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/soft-materials-hold-%E2%80%9Cmemories%E2%80%9D-their-past-longer-previously-thoughtTesting new drugs with “ALS-on-a-chip”
neurons and muscle fibers. The researchers used cells from either healthy subjects or ALS patients to ... displacement of the pillars. In the 2016 version of the model, the researchers used mouse cells to grow the ... used induced pluripotent stem cells from humans to generate both the muscle cells and the neurons. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/testing-new-drugs-%E2%80%9Cals-chip%E2%80%9DTalking Shop: Professor Themis Sapsis
higher wave elevation. We analyze this mechanism by using localized basis elements that help us to ... understand and visualize these energy fluxes. Next, we apply statistical analysis to see how these ... working toward the development of short-term predictive schemes that are able to quickly predict the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/talking-shop-professor-themis-sapsisBubble, bubble…Boiling On the Double
extreme heating — which occurs when a value known as the critical heat flux (CHF) is exceeded — and how to ... output. Using textured surfaces has been known to help, but it has not been known why, or what the optimal ... importantly, answers questions on how to optimize surfaces for increased performance.” The research was ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bubble-bubble%E2%80%A6boiling-doubleAlumni Profile: RJ Scaringe SM ’07, PhD ‘09
health of the battery. “We use the statistical knowledge of how the vehicle is being used to adjust the ... doctoral research under Professor Wai Cheng. He studied how to extend the load limit of homogeneous charge ... periods. Using this information, the BMS makes real-time adjustments to improve both the performance and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-profile-rj-scaringe-sm-%E2%80%9907-phd-%E2%80%9809RJ Scaringe
performance and health of the battery. “We use the statistical knowledge of how the vehicle is being used to ... conducted his master’s and doctoral research under Professor Wai Cheng. He studied how to extend the load ... of charging periods. Using this information, the BMS makes real-time adjustments to improve both the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/rj-scaringe-0Pushing material boundaries for better electronics
that could be used in high-performance engines. After completing his master’s, Kim wanted to continue ... which tackled a hard industry problem: how to stretch, or “strain,” silicon to minimize defects that ... how electrons flow through the material. “My manager told me he didn’t expect me to solve this. But ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pushing-material-boundaries-better-electronicsNew technique allows rapid screening for new types of solar cells
quantify exactly how the performance varies under these changing conditions. These values are then used to ... the traditional approach. MIT-Assessing-PVs_1024.jpg This experimental setup was used by the team to ... the team has now accomplished. They have developed a set of tools that can be used to make accurate, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-technique-allows-rapid-screening-new-types-solar-cellsHelping older adults stay safe and independent
important to understand if there are times when the mobility aid is not being used appropriately and someone ... cumbersome. We just wanted to make sure my grandma was okay.” Chamberlain used MIT’s Nuts and Bolts of ... it. It uses an accelerometer to record movement and detect if the walker has tipped over, transmitting ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/helping-older-adults-stay-safe-and-independentWith a zap of light, system switches objects’ colors and patterns
a physical prototype to see if your design really works,” says Wessely. “You can see how it looks when ... of textile makers in Paris to see how ChomoUpdate can be incorporated into the design process. This ... “Programmable matter” technique could enable product designers to churn out prototypes with ease. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/zap-light-system-switches-objects%E2%80%99-colors-and-patternsAlumni Profile: Peter Lehner
how to control fibers better than anyone else I knew.” Lehner was 16, and his time as an apprentice in ... a way to use the carpet carcass. That’s our biggest worry because 70% of every carpet is carcass. Nobody ... a teenager. He loved rebuilding old cars and wanted to become an aircraft engineer after college. “I knew ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-profile-peter-lehnerPeter Lehner
shop too, and eventually took me on as an apprentice. He understood mechanics and how to control fibers ... focus to carpets. “Right now, our biggest operational challenge is trying to find a way to use the ... cars and wanted to become an aircraft engineer after college. Peter Lehner.jpg “I knew a man named Mr. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/peter-lehnerHealing with hydrogels
that can easily bind to tissues or organs. The tape could one day be used in place of sutures to ... graduate student Hyunwoo Yuk has used his expertise in soft materials to develop a hydrogel bandage that ... children with limited motor skills inspired Yuk to apply to MIT for graduate school to build robots for use ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/healing-hydrogels