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New electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses
MIT engineers have developed a technique to grow and peel ultrathin “skins” of electronic ... that produces an electric current in response to changes in temperature. The thinner the pyroelectric ... and demonstrated that the film is highly sensitive to heat and radiation across the far-infrared ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-electronic-%E2%80%9Cskin%E2%80%9D-could-enable-lightweight-night-vision-glassesTeam of MechE and CSAIL Students Wins Grand Prize in Maritime RobotX Challenge
Students partnered with Olin College of Engineering students to build an unmanned surface vehicle. ... (ONR), invited 15 student teams from five countries to build an unmanned surface vehicle that could best ... challenged to add propulsion, computing, sensor, navigation, and power systems. The MIT-Olin team split the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/team-meche-and-csail-students-wins-grand-prize-maritime-robotx-challengeNewly tenured engineers
The School of Engineering is proud to announce that eight members of its faculty have been granted ... School of Engineering. “They are exceptional researchers and scholars whose work has the potential to ... defect-engineering techniques across the entire solar-cell process, from crystal growth to modules, to improve the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/newly-tenured-engineersEmpowering Futures
and doctoral students composed their theses on typewriters and made copies using mimeograph machines, ... through the digital practices of today, Regan was there to offer students support and guidance. Professor ... reception in May. Credit: Tony Pulsone “My heart was with the students. To me it was never really a job, it ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/empowering-futuresQ&A: Engineering professors on America’s Cup
Two sailboats raced through a foggy San Francisco Bay this week, dueling for a chance to race ... Zealand sailed to victory past Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge. New Zealand now waits to confront their ... traditional boats used in the races have been replaced this year with a faster model. The new yacht, called ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/qa-engineering-professors-america%E2%80%99s-cupAlumni Spotlight: Kevin Rustagi (SB ’11)
ultimate tool. If you want to create a prototype, you’ve got a hammer, nails, a laser cutter; but if you’ve ... leading a clock-making class for undergrads to creating his own industrial laser-etched business cards and ... co-founding a sweat-free shirt-making business with a fellow student. But then, one of the reasons he came to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-kevin-rustagi-sb-%E2%80%9911Kevin Rustagi
identifying a worthy idea are novelty and usefulness. “Once I have that initial concept, I try to do a lot ... you want to create a prototype, you’ve got a hammer, nails, a laser cutter; but if you’ve got an ... a clock-making class for undergrads to creating his own industrial laser-etched business cards and co-founding ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/kevin-rustagiJ-WEL names spring 2018 grant recipients
Reich’s team will use their simulation platform, TeacherMoments, to help teachers from all disciplines, ... The Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) at MIT has selected 10 projects to receive ... grants as part of its program to support educational innovation. J-WEL grants support initiatives that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wel-names-spring-2018-grant-recipientsMeet the MIT bilinguals: Claudia Chen '20 combines creative, humanistic, and technical fields
used her time in the Pappalardo lab in part to build a laser-cut kinetic sculpture. That project, which ... In her role at Microsoft, she will use that language training to communicate with suppliers on her ... to pursue. But inspired by WTP and her hands-on lab experience, Chen applied to MIT, planning on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meet-mit-bilinguals-claudia-chen-20-combines-creative-humanistic-and-technical-fieldsAlumni Spotlight: John Wall (SB, SM ’75, ScD ’78) and Jennifer Rumsey (SM ’98)
research and development as an intern at Cummins,” says Rumsey. “Here, I can see how my work is going to ... to be up until his retirement from Cummins just this past October – the MIT educational counselor for ... John Wall, SB, SM '75, ScD '78. “My first exposure to engines happened when I worked for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-john-wall-sb-sm-%E2%80%9975-scd-%E2%80%9978-and-jennifer-rumsey-sm-%E2%80%9998Jennifer Rumsey and John Wall
development as an intern at Cummins,” says Rumsey. “Here, I can see how my work is going to matter for the ... day as an intern, and she was 18 years old. Wall was – as he continued to be up until his retirement ... “My first exposure to engines happened when I worked for Cummins as an intern the summer before I went ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/jennifer-rumsey-and-john-wallBuilding nursery 2.0
clothing that uses sensors to track a person’s breathing and other health statistics. “Early on, we knew we ... space: Almost every child is in a onesie every day. It’s something the parents are really used to and ... and other biometrics, and relay that data to parents or caretakers in real time. Sensors are embedded ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/building-nursery-20Ocean scientists measure sediment plume stirred up by deep-sea-mining vehicle
surface. Through a sequence of carefully conceived maneuvers. the MIT scientists used the vehicle to ... cloud created in the vehicle’s wake. They did so using two maneuvers that the vehicle was programmed to ... What will be the impact to the ocean if humans are to mine the deep sea? It’s a question that’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ocean-scientists-measure-sediment-plume-stirred-deep-sea-mining-vehicle2.007 Robots Battle it Out, Revolutionary-Style
“There’s a lot of guidance available to you, and it’s up to you to use it. That freedom is really cool.” ... Motors smoking, robot reenacted Paul Revere’s ride to win competition. On Thursday evening, just ... soldier, lead the teams into battle. Photo by Tony Pulsone In head-to-head battles, robots sought to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2007-robots-battle-it-out-revolutionary-styleNew polymer films conduct heat instead of trapping it
Polymers are usually the go-to material for thermal insulation. Think of a silicone oven mitt, or ... lightweight, flexible, and corrosion-resistant alternatives to traditional metal heat conductors, for ... applications ranging from heat dissipating materials in laptops and cellphones, to cooling elements in cars and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-polymer-films-conduct-heat-instead-trapping-itImaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution
such as the genetically encoded calcium indicator GCaMP, that neuroscientists use to signal neural ... could be used in humans, for instance, during brain surgeries. The next step for the team is to ... microscopy to produce ever deeper and sharper images of brain activity, not only in the cortex but also in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/imaging-tech-promises-deepest-looks-yet-living-brain-tissue-single-cell-resolutionMegan Smith
how to harness the power of technology, data, and innovation to advance the future of the United ... 1986 and 1988, respectively. This year, she was appointed to the position of chief technology officer ... evangelist, one that makes it easy to see why President Obama appointed her to such an important position in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/megan-smithA recipe for health
went around and tried to learn as much as I could from people who are doing amazing and beautiful ... Gynepathology Research in 2009, she delivered the keynote address. Since then, Lakshmi has returned to MIT on ... multiple occasions to discuss women’s health issues and raise awareness about endometriosis among MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/recipe-healthJohn Lewandowski
well known fact that the disease’s biomarkers were magnetic. An interesting characteristic, to be sure, ... but one that unfortunately hadn’t amounted to much. “The problem had always been that the rate of ... group. Photo by: Len Rubenstein According to Lewandowski, a PhD student in Associate Professor John ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/john-lewandowskiToward more flexible and rapid prototyping of electronic devices
attached using epoxy glue or Velcro tape. This convenient design opens the door to more rapidly ... functions as two separate tasks, which makes it hard to test the prototype in its use environment in the ... a ball or clothes. To illustrate the platform’s versatility on different items, researchers tested it ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/toward-more-flexible-and-rapid-prototyping-electronic-devices