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International Study
abroad options and to start planning. GLOBAL UROP UROPs Abroad: Find out how to plan UROP abroad, which ... by MIT faculty or go on IAP or summer external programs to explore new subject areas or hone ... a foreign language. Contact Global Education Office for an advising appointment to explore your study ...
https://meche.mit.edu/international-studyNew Faculty
materials incorporating aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Their groundbreaking understanding of how CNTs can ... use in micromechanical devices and as a platform for the engineering of textured surfaces and ... efficient roll-to-roll chemical vapor deposition, high-speed manufacturing of nanocomposite thin films, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-faculty-0Two from MIT honored at World Technology Awards
California, and Italy who are interested in using the system.” They expect to begin these trials in the ... year ended in defeat, thanks to MIT graduate student Maher Damak. Damak, a PhD candidate in the ... category for his work with the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, had to settle for runner-up. The annual ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/two-mit-honored-world-technology-awardsEngineers fabricate a chip-free, wireless electronic “skin”
multifunctional electronic films. In their new study, the engineers used the same technique to peel away ultrathin ... material. The team looked to use a pure film of gallium nitride as both a sensor and a wireless communicator ... They placed the new e-skin on volunteers’ wrists and necks, and used a simple antenna, held nearby, to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-fabricate-chip-free-wireless-electronic-%E2%80%9Cskin%E2%80%9DBound for Robotic Glory
against the downward force of gravity, in order to maintain forward momentum. “ Once I know how long my ... leg is on the ground and how long my body is in the air, I know how much force I need to apply to ... New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass. Speed and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bound-robotic-gloryWind power — even without the wind
problem, allowing the electricity generated by floating wind farms to be stored and then used, on demand, ... quickly. The system would be grid-connected, so the spheres could also be used to store energy from other ... concrete comparable to that used to build the Hoover Dam — but would also supply a comparable amount of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/wind-power-%E2%80%94-even-without-windBreaking Through the Bacteria Barrier
engineering. Genetically engineering any organism requires first getting its cells to take in foreign DNA. To ... do this, scientists often perform a process called electroporation, in which they expose cells to an ... membrane, through which DNA can flow. But it can take scientists months or even years to figure out the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/breaking-through-bacteria-barrierFaculty Research: Professor Neville Hogan
work in rehabilitation, using the Anklebot to train patients to walk. Tuesday, June 9, 2015 alissam red ... measured the stiffness of the ankle in various directions using a robot called the “Anklebot.” The robot ... is mounted to a knee brace and connected to a custom-designed shoe. As a person moves his ankle, the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-neville-hoganIndustrial Design
Systems Engineering 6.902 Engineering Innovation and Design (GEL) MAS.865 How to Make (Almost) Anything ... Industrial Design This concentration focuses on the process of design applied to physical products ... to be mass-produced with mechanical engineering disciplinary background. The discipline involves many ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/undergraduate/course-2a/industrial-design3-D printing with cellulose
— potentially providing a renewable, biodegradable alternative to the polymers currently used in 3-D printing ... price to that of thermoplastics used for injection molding, and it’s much less expensive than the ... paper. Now, thanks to new research at MIT, it may also become an abundant material to print with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-d-printing-celluloseMIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing
reach well beyond the shop floor to tackle challenges like how to make supply chains more resilient, and ... how to inform public policy to foster a broad, healthy manufacturing ecosystem that can drive decades ... MIT today launched its Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM), an Institute-wide effort to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-announces-initiative-new-manufacturingCoatings for shoe bottoms could improve traction on slick surfaces
material that could be used to coat the bottom of your shoes, giving them a stronger grip on ice and other ... a friction-boosting material that could be used to coat the bottom of your shoes, giving them a stronger grip on ice ... to create three-dimensional structures. Recently, some scientists have used this technique to develop ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/coatings-shoe-bottoms-could-improve-traction-slick-surfacesBig Range of Behaviors for Tiny Graphene Pores
solution. Such ion-selective membranes may also be useful in mining: In the future, it may be possible to ... scale. To create pores in graphene, the group used chemical vapor deposition, a process typically used to ... frontier Karnik and Jain then developed a model to interpret the measurements, and used it to translate the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/big-range-behaviors-tiny-graphene-poresUnderwater Robot for Port Security
hulls and propeller shafts that smugglers frequently use to hide contraband. Because of its small size ... security to use traditional robots for every small boat coming into the port,” says Sampriti Bhattacharyya, ... very easy to make.” Indeed, Bhattacharyya built the main structural components of the robot using a 3-D ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/underwater-robot-port-securityInside the Innards of a Nuclear Reactor
inspectors use indirect methods to monitor buried piping; the only direct monitoring requires digging out the ... valves within the hull, or “skin,” of the small, spherical robot, using 3-D printing to construct the ... underwater communications, using laser optics to transmit images in real time across distances of up to 100 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/inside-innards-nuclear-reactorSeparating finely mixed oil and water
Nasim Hyder. In addition to its possible role in cleaning up spills, the new method could also be used ... mechanical support. The approach can be adapted to industrial processes used today for making large membranes ... further optimized using polymeric pore formers to enhance throughput. Solomon performed experiments ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/separating-finely-mixed-oil-and-waterGetting a charge out of water droplets
demonstrated that this process can generate small amounts of electricity that might be used to power electronic ... devices to charge cellphones or other electronics using just the humidity in the air. As a side benefit, ... and represents an amount that could be sufficient to provide useful power for electronic devices in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/getting-charge-out-water-dropletsEngineers put tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on a single chip
having to connect to the internet. We hope to use energy-efficient memristors to do those tasks on-site, ... bridge, and stabilizes the silver-silicon interface,” Kim says. To make memristors using their new alloy, ... using artificial synapses to do real inference tests,” Kim says. “We would like to develop this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-put-tens-thousands-artificial-brain-synapses-single-chipMaking 3-D printing as simple as printing on paper
If you haven’t used a 3-D printer yet, you may be surprised to learn that it isn’t fully automated ... removal, making print jobs quicker and easier for multiple users, and dropping the cost per part. To use ... Printers are usually put in a central area for all to use. Every student can sign up for an account to ...
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