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Faculty Research: Professor Rohit Karnik
cells use to navigate through the body. During inflammation, for example, the endothelial cells that ... sorting, a widely used technique, requires lasers and voltage to sort cells based on their electric charge ... to stick weakly to the device’s ridges then roll through trenches and into a collection chamber. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-rohit-karnik“Nanofiber yarn” makes for stretchy, protective artificial tissue
cells and may be used to repair injured muscles and tendons while maintaining their flexibility. Image: ... using electrospinning, a technique that uses electric force to spin ultrathin fibers out from a solution ... nature to be tough and highly stretchable. An injury to any of these tissues, particularly in a major ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cnanofiber-yarn%E2%80%9D-makes-stretchy-protective-artificial-tissueLight-activated muscle grafts show promise in aiding muscle recovery post-trauma
after they've implanted does more than just make muscle stronger, it also appears to affect how ... Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and MIT collaborators aims to restore ... if we were able to exercise muscle grafts after they'd been implanted in an injury, we'd be ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/light-activated-muscle-grafts-show-promise-aiding-muscle-recovery-post-trauma-0Marcos Berríos
adds. “I wanted to use my hands. I took 2.007, a class I would Google when I was in high school — that ... applicants. This aims to boost the total number of MIT astronaut alumni to 44, of the 360 NASA selected by ... NASA to serve as astronauts since the original Mercury Seven in 1959. The astronaut candidates will ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/marcos-berr%C3%ADosMicroscope system sharpens scientists’ view of neural circuit connections
of mosTF is still limited by needing to use high-sensitivity, low-noise cameras that are often slow. ... The brain’s ability to learn comes from “plasticity,” in which neurons constantly edit and remodel ... the tiny connections called synapses that they make with other neurons to form circuits. To study ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microscope-system-sharpens-scientists%E2%80%99-view-neural-circuit-connectionsHybrid System Could Cut Coal-Plant Emissions in Half
using steam or carbon dioxide to react with the particles of coal. Both methods have been widely used ... Most of the world’s nations have agreed to make substantial reductions in their greenhouse gas ... coal-fired power generation will increase over the next few decades. Finding a cleaner way of using that coal ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hybrid-system-could-cut-coal-plant-emissions-halfMIT engineers grow “perfect” atom-thin materials on industrial silicon wafers
single-crystalline growth,” which the team used for the first time to grow pure, defect-free 2D materials onto ... associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We’ve unlocked a way to catch up to Moore’s Law using ... True to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on a microchip has doubled every year since the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-grow-%E2%80%9Cperfect%E2%80%9D-atom-thin-materials-industrial-silicon-wafersInvisible tagging system enhances 3D object tracking
For example, a toy lightsaber with an embedded BrightMarker could be used as an in-game tool to slice ... to trick you into giving away your data to unwanted parties — a seemingly harmless set of pixels ... could lead you to dangerous links and viruses. Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/invisible-tagging-system-enhances-3d-object-trackingRacing into the future of autonomous driving
would point at cones lining the track, then use geometry to calculate — and maintain — the car’s ... — they use it to maneuver professional race cars. “It’s super high-speeds, up to 120 miles per hour,” Liu ... convinced her that autonomous technology will change the world. “I used to be uncertain about whether it ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/racing-future-autonomous-drivingEleven MIT students accept 2019 Fulbright Fellowships
models to investigate how plants process information for cellular resource allocation and agricultural ... 2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Student Fellowship Program. In addition to the 11 students accepting their awards, ... three applicants from MIT were selected as finalists but decided to decline their grants. MIT’s newest ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/eleven-mit-students-accept-2019-fulbright-fellowshipsFeatured video: Pulling drinking water out of thin air
power of the sun. “The device is completely passive,” says Wang. “There is no need to use outside power ... living without access to safe water, the need for technologies that produce clean water is greater than ... ever. The key, according to Evelyn Wang, the Gail E. Kendall Professor and department head for MIT’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/featured-video-pulling-drinking-water-out-thin-airEngineers 3D print soft, rubbery brain implants
electrodes designed to monitor brain activity, and may also be useful in brain implants that stimulate neural ... this proof of concept, people can use this technology to make different devices, quickly,” says Hyunwoo ... form is mostly for homogenous coatings, and it’s difficult to use this for any two-dimensional, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-3d-print-soft-rubbery-brain-implantsMaking hydropower plants more sustainable
existence and our use of energy was driven by the idea that we needed to make conscious decisions about ... extremely rounded edge on a turbine blade — as opposed to the sharp blades typically used for hydropower ... change in loading, in a form factor that the whole industry is used to.” The turbine Natel developed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-hydropower-plants-more-sustainableAbe Schneider
because we were too poor to own a dryer, but because everything about our existence and our use of energy ... rounded edge on a turbine blade — as opposed to the sharp blades typically used for hydropower turbines. ... change in loading, in a form factor that the whole industry is used to.” The turbine Natel developed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/abe-schneiderMechE Spinoff Launches All-Terrain Wheelchair in US
approximately two miles a day, could be powered manually with ease, and was small enough to use indoors — all at ... Based on an original design for use in developing countries, new Freedom Chair is specially ... Professor Amos Winter SM ’05 PhD ’11, recently launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the U.S. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-spinoff-launches-all-terrain-wheelchair-usCultivating confidence and craft across disciplines
illustrates, “he … helped me learn the ‘tacit’ knowledge to understand how to write a paper,” while also ... fortunate to receive — one rooted in intellectual rigor and grounded in humility, empathy, and personal ... Ertl (left), Corban Swain Whether it’s Karnik’s quiet integrity and commitment to scientific ethics, or ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cultivating-confidence-and-craft-across-disciplinesMechE student named a Rhodes Scholar
how they represent MIT to the world.” Matthew Chun, from Arlington, Virginia, is an MIT senior ... scholarly achievement, character, commitment to the public good, and leadership potential. The scholarship ... provides funding for one to three years of graduate study at Oxford. This year’s two Rhodes Scholars from ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-student-named-rhodes-scholarMIT events illuminate critical need for menstruation science
understand how the endometriosis got there, why it got there, how it behaves, and what we can do to not only ... More than 70 MIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni gathered in MIT’s Killian Court recently to ... their abilities to work and participate in the academic community. Participants in the Sept. 14 rally ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-events-illuminate-critical-need-menstruation-scienceDriving a human-machine collaboration
you.” He added: “Our vision is that we can use some of the advanced techniques from automation to help ... haven’t found a way to use this advanced technology to make cars safer. And so I think that the human ... as effectively as possible. “I believe deeply, personally, that we want to use this technology to ...
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