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Mechanics of Biological Systems
Engineering and Design of Living Systems, students explore how mechanics, structure, and materials intersect ... Guo and Associate Professor Mathias Kolle take a cross-disciplinary approach to introduce students to ... Engineering and Design of Living Systems) students explore how mechanics, structure, and materials intersect ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mechanics-biological-systemsTransparent, gel-based robots can catch and release live fish
hydrogels are mostly composed of water, he says, they are naturally safer to use in a biomedical setting. ... and Zhao used 3-D printing and laser cutting techniques to print their hydrogel recipes into robotic ... pumps. To actuate, or move, the structures, the team used syringe pumps to inject water through the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/transparent-gel-based-robots-can-catch-and-release-live-fishResearchers present novel, enzyme-free strategy for detaching cells from culture surfaces
is crucial, but current techniques used to separate cells from surfaces can induce stresses and ... cells are cells that require physical attachment to a solid surface, such as a culture dish, to survive, ... grow, and reproduce. In the biomedical industry, and others, having the ability to culture these cells ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-present-novel-enzyme-free-strategy-detaching-cells-culture-surfacesMIT Faculty Founder Initiative announces finalists for second competition
and signal processing approaches for neuroimaging data and applying these tools to study how neural ... Prize Competition. The competition, which is supported by Royalty Pharma, aims to support female faculty ... entrepreneurs in biotechnology and provide them with resources to help take their ideas to commercialization. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-faculty-founder-initiative-announces-finalists-second-competitionNovel membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surface
perform in terms of flux,” Karnik says. “How short do we have to make the pore and what flow rates will we ... to measure this basic property.” Knowing this bouncing probability would give scientists an essential ... Laoui, a professor at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia — to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/novel-membrane-reveals-water-molecules-will-bounce-liquid-surfaceMIT announces 2022 Bose grants for ambitious ideas
Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). Their “Magical Data Visualization” proposal uses performance magic to ... create new visualizations that are responsive to the users’ intent, potentially impacting how ... MIT Provost Cynthia Barnhart has announced three Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants to support ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-announces-2022-bose-grants-ambitious-ideasThirteen from MIT win 2023 Fulbright fellowships
the efficiency of the brain to AI systems and better understanding how the brain performs inference. ... the University of São Paulo. In Brazil, Oladipo will use the lens of reproductive justice to ... using virtual reality for language immersion. Especially committed to language acquisition, he was ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/thirteen-mit-win-2023-fulbright-fellowshipsBio-inspired, blood-repelling tissue glue could seal wounds quickly
Inspired by the sticky substance that barnacles use to cling to rocks, MIT engineers have designed ... a longstanding problem that has not been adequately solved, Zhao says. Sutures are commonly used to seal wounds, ... and showed that it could be used to close surgical incisions. This tape, inspired by the sticky ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bio-inspired-blood-repelling-tissue-glue-could-seal-wounds-quicklyRemembering ‘Papa Flash’
side-scan sonar, which was used to find the Titanic wreck. Edgerton won numerous awards for his work, ... photography, which could “freeze time” down to the millionth of a second — as a bullet tore through a banana or ... physicists new ways to analyze the dynamics of fluids, air and engines and aided in World War II aerial ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/remembering-%E2%80%98papa-flash%E2%80%99Solving the polar climate conundrum
researchers present a useful and timely reminder that the ocean is not a passive bath tub when it comes to ... processes behind this asymmetric response of the polar regions to the effects of human-induced changes to ... by considering ocean dynamics. The ocean, because of its ability to absorb and transport enormous ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solving-polar-climate-conundrumNew surface treatment could improve refrigeration efficiency
low-surface-tension fluids. “Whatever materials are used in your facility's heat exchanger, it tends to be ... Horizontal A new surface treatment developed by the Varanasi Research Group could be used to improve ... Unlike water, liquid refrigerants and other fluids that have a low surface tension tend to spread ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-surface-treatment-could-improve-refrigeration-efficiencyOvercoming a bottleneck in carbon dioxide conversion
depletion of the carbon dioxide gas right next to the electrodes being used to catalyze the conversion. The ... or ethanol, to be used as fuel, or ethylene, which serves as a precursor to useful polymers. There ... electrolyte. In their tests, they used more sophisticated analytical tools to characterize reaction products, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/overcoming-bottleneck-carbon-dioxide-conversionThe Art of Measuring a Material Function as it Flows
framework for using microfluidic devices to characterize viscoelastic liquids at large deformation rates. ... framework for using microfluidic devices to characterize viscoelastic liquids at large deformation rates. ... framework for using microfluidic devices to characterize viscoelastic liquids at large deformation rates. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/art-measuring-material-function-it-flowsThe most interesting startup in America is in Massachusetts. You’ve probably never heard of it.
Aerospace uses the machines to build fuel nozzles for its jet engines; rather than welding together 20 ... and the gaming and entertainment industries. A few years ago, Formlabs printers were used to design ... factory and learn from what they see. It’s a throwback, in a way, to how America built things before so ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/most-interesting-startup-america-massachusetts-you%E2%80%99ve-probably-never-heard-itMIT Society of Women Engineers’ journey into virtual connection
was hard for us to learn how to create these same connections in a more virtual setting,” says Ntowe. ... to the undergraduate community to learn about peoples’ perceptions of SWE and suggestions on how to ... programming events to an entirely virtual experience. The group worked tirelessly throughout the summer — when ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-society-women-engineers%E2%80%99-journey-virtual-connectionThe environmental toll of disposable masks
environmental waste by at least 75 percent, compared to using a new mask for every encounter with a patient. ... began using decontamination systems that use hydrogen peroxide vapor to sterilize masks. This allows one ... be used with either disposable or reusable N95 filters. According to their analysis, if every health ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/environmental-toll-disposable-masksStudy finds cells take out the trash before they divide
tossing out molecules that they appear not to need anymore. Using a new method they developed for ... the molecular content of the dry mass and it is difficult to use with cells that grow in suspension. ... so that it could be used to calculate the dry mass of cells, as well as the density of the dry mass. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-finds-cells-take-out-trash-they-divideDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Wins New England Emmy Award for “Hope Regenerated”
Yannas, we learn the details of how the duo’s unusual cross-disciplinary partnership came to be and how ... Freidah on creating this film," says Yannas. "He was able to capture how important it was — and ... still is — to me to make this contribution to medicine and science, and how life-changing the discovery ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/department-mechanical-engineering-wins-new-england-emmy-award-%E2%80%9Chope-regenerated%E2%80%9DCustom, 3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing
patient’s own heart. The team can also use this approach to print a patient’s aorta — the major artery that ... use their new procedure to first print a patient’s heart and aorta, then implant a variety of valves ... medical field in using 3D printing technology to accurately recreate patient anatomy for use in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/custom-3d-printed-heart-replicas-look-and-pump-just-real-thing