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Taking on the stormy seas
professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, uses analytical and computational methods to try to predict ... occasionally extreme dynamics. Image Credit: M. Scott Brauer In other words, Sapsis did not have to choose ... the other. Today, Sapsis, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, uses analytical and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/taking-stormy-seasAndy Obst
for the products’ users. “You learned how to execute and just get the work done. If there was ... understandable given the work they share: inventing and manufacturing medical devices to treat patients with ... worse, it comes back to the patients and the work,” Andy says. “And we’re not in a glamorous space. We’re ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/andy-obstSteam from the sun
materials that can be used in these two layers that can lead to higher efficiencies at lower ... more steam is generated. The new material is able to convert 85 percent of incoming solar energy into ... steam — a significant improvement over recent approaches to solar-powered steam generation. What’s more, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/steam-sunMIT’s growing global leadership in water achieves industry recognition
dedicated to the distribution of practical knowledge for water system operators, wastewater engineers, and ... organizations. “WWi is one of many industry publications that I turn to to stay informed of the latest trends in ... “Therefore it was an honor and a surprise to find my name included in this year’s list of influential leaders ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit%E2%80%99s-growing-global-leadership-water-achieves-industry-recognitionFaculty Research: Professor John Lienhard
water or the air, whether to use a closed loop water system or a closed loop air system or both, whether ... Lienhard. This technology is intended for use in developing countries where potable water is not easy to ... Efficiency Innovation for Water Purification From left to right: Karim Chehayeb, Gregory Thiel, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-john-lienhard-0De Florez Competition Winners Split $20K in Prize Money
engineering students have to offer, this year’s de Florez Competition pitted 25 applicants against each other ... to compete for a total of $20,000 in prize money. Entrants do their best to pitch the gizmos and ... products they’ve designed to a team of judges, who look at each entry’s level of creativity, innovation, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/de-florez-competition-winners-split-20k-prize-moneyTurning any room into an operating room
Dust, dirt, bacteria, flies — these are just some of the many contaminants surgeons need to worry ... about when operating in the field or in hospitals located in developing nations. According to a 2015 ... study in The Lancet, 5 billion people don’t have access to safe, clean surgical care. Graduate student ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-any-room-operating-roomAlumni Spotlight: Dr. Dana Yoerger (SB ’77, SM ’79, PhD ’83)
all the right people, we’re on a good ship; I’m not sure how this is going to turn out, but everything ... to this day. “The night before we got there,” says Dr. Dana Yoerger (SB ‘77, SM ‘79, PhD ’83), senior ... we’ve done has been leading us to this point.’” It was the notorious 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-dr-dana-yoerger-sb-%E2%80%9977-sm-%E2%80%9979-phd-%E2%80%9983Dana Yoerger
equipment, we’ve got all the right people, we’re on a good ship; I’m not sure how this is going to turn out, ... had led him to this day. “The night before we got there,” says Dr. Dana Yoerger (SB ‘77, SM ‘79, PhD ... but everything we’ve done has been leading us to this point.’” Dana Yoerger_1024.jpg It was the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/dana-yoergerJoseph Ntaimo
Ntaimo learned how to make sound-reactive LEDs, the precursors of what appear on his capaci-harp, and ... and a transcendent choral sound, akin to a full-bodied digital organ, fills the air. This is Ntaimo’s ... converted to a sonic output. Today, as a graduate student in mechanical engineering (MechE), Ntaimo ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/joseph-ntaimoStudent Spotlight: Guangtao (Taotao) Zhang (Candidate SB ’14)
small groups. But leading Course 2.013 is forcing me to learn how to live with some uncertainties and be ... moved to the US from China during her junior year of high school, and she didn’t speak a word of ... English. Now, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering at MIT, she is preparing to graduate this winter ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-spotlight-guangtao-taotao-zhang-candidate-sb-%E2%80%9914MIT-Delft University of Technology team places third in Formula Student Germany driverless competition
autonomous vehicle technology, teaching the race car how to perceive and interpret its environment, and then ... student engineering competitions in the world, FSG takes place at the Hockenheimring Track. Close to 3,500 ... worked together to modify TU Delft’s electric race car, building the software to operate the car ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-delft-university-technology-team-places-third-formula-student-germany-driverlessCharlotte Minsky and Lyndie Mitchell Zollinger named 2020 Gates Cambridge Scholars
Cambridge Scholarship, which offers students an opportunity to pursue graduate study in the field of their ... studies would allow her to struggle with the historical legacies of science. At Cambridge, she plans to ... read for an MPhil in history and philosophy of science before returning to the United States to earn ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/charlotte-minsky-and-lyndie-mitchell-zollinger-named-2020-gates-cambridge-scholars“Sun in a box” would store renewable energy for the grid
says. “So there was a push to operate at much higher temperatures, so you could use a more efficient ... Grid Storage-Multi-Junction Photovoltaics. Instead of using fields of mirrors and a central tower to ... to capture excess electricity during the day and store it for later use. Consider, for instance, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Csun-box%E2%80%9D-would-store-renewable-energy-gridStudent-led conference charts the future of micro- and nanoscale research, reinforces scientific community
Engineering graduate student Caroline McCue presents her research on using surface morphology to mediate ... Caroline McCue presents her research on using surface morphology to mediate cancer cell adhesion at the ... combine for a two-day flurry of research celebrations. Returning to the Omni Mount Washington Resort in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-led-conference-charts-future-micro-and-nanoscale-research-reinforces-scientificEllen Roche and Justin Solomon named Edgerton Award winners
(Solomon) Established in fall 1982, the award exists as a permanent tribute to the late Institute Professor ... The purpose of the award is to recognize exceptional distinction in teaching, in research, and in ... modeling. Roche’s contributions to the medical field have impacted its progression in three significant ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ellen-roche-and-justin-solomon-named-edgerton-award-winnersTransatlantic connections make the difference for MIT Portugal
focused on the Azores as an isolated energy ecosystem and investigated its ability to minimize energy use ... and become energy independent. “That view of system-level energy use helped to stimulate activity on ... Successful relationships take time to develop, with both parties investing energy and resources ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/transatlantic-connections-make-difference-mit-portugalCelebrating a curious mind: Steven Keating 1988-2019
to see how best to face this enemy,” explains Chiocca. Ever the researcher, Keating craved every ... approach to battling cancer and was a champion for patient access to health data. Curiosity was a driving ... tinkering with and building devices. This predilection for making led to not only his love of engineering, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/celebrating-curious-mind-steven-keating-1988-2019MIT community members honored with 2024 Franklin Institute Awards
polymer films and other materials using layer-by-layer assembly is groundbreaking. They can be used to ... her “innovative methods to create novel materials one molecular layer at a time and for applying these ... materials to areas ranging from drug delivery to energy storage.” Hammond’s techniques for creating thin ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-community-members-honored-2024-franklin-institute-awards