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Four MIT students named Schwarzman Scholars
to improving education, using economics and machine learning together to devise intelligent policy. ... ENGIE in Paris. Her research, developing techno-economic models of the electricity grid to advise ... governments on policy decisions and market design, has brought her to Saudi Arabia and China. Moreover, she ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-students-named-schwarzman-scholarsMatthew Cavuto: Getting a leg up on engineering
alum Hugh Herr, will use his Marshall Scholarship to work on devices that enhance mobility for the ... who works on improving prosthetic devices and systems to allow people with similar disabilities to ... in MIT and made me want to tackle similar problems in my studies,” Cavuto recalls. Now, thanks to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/matthew-cavuto-getting-leg-engineeringEvelyn Wang appointed as director of US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
early-stage energy research that has the potential to impact energy generation, storage, and use. The agency ... honored by the opportunity to serve as the director of ARPA-E. I’d like to thank President Biden, for his ... nomination to this important role, and Secretary Granholm, for her confidence in my abilities. I am thrilled ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/evelyn-wang-appointed-director-us-department-energy%E2%80%99s-advanced-research-projects-agencyMaster of Engineering in Manufacturing
now how important it is for business people to understand technology. But what about the other way ... engineering, but they are more interested in product realization than research—understanding how to design ... around? People often overlook that it is just as important for manufacturing engineers to understand the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/master-engineering-manufacturingMIT MechE DEI Vision Statement
Scroll to Explore--> Explore Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Vision Statement Community Values ... Our Vision Where We Are Now Moving Forward Our Vision As part of its mission to make the world ... a better place, the MIT Mechanical Engineering Department (MechE) aims to solve global challenges by ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/mit-meche-dei-vision-statementSweat-proof “smart skin” takes reliable vitals, even during workouts and spicy meals
simulations to see how they might overlay and arrange artificial pores, in a way that would not block actual ... away, even when a wearer is perspiring. The patch is patterned with artificial sweat ducts, similar to ... perforate the patch in a kirigami-like pattern, similar to that of the Japanese paper-cutting art. The ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sweat-proof-%E2%80%9Csmart-skin%E2%80%9D-takes-reliable-vitals-even-during-workouts-and-spicy-mealsInnovating for health equity
thought I would be a cooler person if I knew how to drive an ambulance in Boston.” In her sophomore year, ... 1024-Abigail-Schipper-01-press.jpg A longtime leader of MIT EMS, senior Abigail Schipper hopes to increase peoples’ access to medical ... advancements. Credit: Bryce Vickmark This has motivated Schipper to devote her career to increasing peoples’ ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/innovating-health-equityProduction in the Innovation Economy
asks, “How can we imagine enabling these firms to branch out into more innovative activities as well?” ... needed is a better sense of how to translate those advances into economic growth and new jobs. That ... bulky and inexpensive, it is not economical to produce them overseas and ship them to the United States, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/production-innovation-economyIra Dyer, professor emeritus of ocean engineering, dies at 91
system was intended to use active sonar to find brain tumors, and Dyer himself was the first person to ... Program, created to stimulate research and wise use of the oceans, became a model program, and was widely ... and Charles Dyer, who immigrated to the United States after being forced to flee the Pale of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ira-dyer-professor-emeritus-ocean-engineering-dies-91Harvesting fresh water from fog
Using a simple system of suspended mesh structures, placed on hilltops in areas with persistent fog and ... prevailing westerly winds, local Chilean communities collect fog water for drinking and agricultural use ... MIT professor of chemical engineering Robert Cohen — has been able to increase the fog-collecting ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/harvesting-fresh-water-fogMIT Energy Initiative conference spotlights research priorities amidst a changing energy landscape
use cases of long-duration energy storage and the key technologies addressing this need. From left to ... nicknamed “sun in a box.” His system uses liquid metal and graphite to hold electricity as heat and then ... “We’re here to talk about really substantive changes, and we want you to be a participant in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-energy-initiative-conference-spotlights-research-priorities-amidst-changing-energyPeer coaching helps graduate students thrive
says. “The analogy I like to use is we don’t think of a fish as a bad animal because it can’t live on ... for students. Her first reaction was, “What do I have to lose?” MIT-Grad-Coach-01-press_0-1.jpg Since ... Wang discovered that many other students were also grappling with doubt and anxiety. She learned to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/peer-coaching-helps-graduate-students-thriveNew Device Could Make Large Biological Circuits Practical
is called a load driver, and its effect is similar to that of load drivers used in electronic ... Innovation from MIT could allow many biological components to be connected to produce predictable ... that could ultimately allow such circuits to behave nearly as predictably as their electronic ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-device-could-make-large-biological-circuits-practicalThe tenured engineers of 2024
In 2024, MIT granted tenure to 12 faculty members across the School of Engineering. This year’s ... reports jointly to the School of Engineering and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing), Mechanical ... Engineering, and Nuclear Science and Engineering. “My heartfelt congratulations to the 12 engineering faculty ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tenured-engineers-2024Five MIT Researchers Win Sloan Research Fellowships
selected by an independent panel of senior scholars. Fellows receive $50,000 to be used to further their ... given to early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising ... “For more than 50 years the Sloan Foundation has been proud to celebrate the achievements of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/five-mit-researchers-win-sloan-research-fellowshipsMechE Minor
grading option (instated in AY21) can be used for all General Institute Requirements and programs, ... including minors. The ME Undergraduate Office (Rm. 1-110, x3-2305) is available to help students develop ... a minor program of study in mechanical engineering. Students who wish to designate mechanical engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/undergraduate/meche-minorLate Summer Listening
Podcasts and audio stories offer a great way to learn about big ideas from MIT Members of the ... from the Pappalardo Lab, aka “the most wicked lab on campus,” but did you know that MIT is also home to ... several other podcasts and other types of audio stories? As the summer starts to draw to a close and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/late-summer-listeningDemystifying the Cretaceous hothouse
all the way to the poles. As evidenced by fossils, crocodiles and broad-leaved, water-loving plants ... from the increasing efficiency of the atmosphere at transporting heat from the equator up to the poles ... "That's the confusing part. To explain the weak gradient you need a strong gradient," says David ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/demystifying-cretaceous-hothouseProfessor A. Douglas Carmichael, Leading Ocean Engineer, Passes Away at 86
Highly regarded thermodynamicist is remembered for his dedication to hands-on undergraduate ... in the Department of Ocean Engineering at MIT from 1970 to 1996, and was a lead developer of the ... as head of the Aerodynamics Department, designing gas turbine blades for the Olympus engine used in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-douglas-carmichael-leading-ocean-engineer-passes-away-86