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Teaching robots how to move objects
graduate student Maria Bauza, who served as task-planning lead for the MIT-Princeton Team, the moment was ... in Barcelona. During a year as a visiting student at MIT, Bauza was able to put her interest in ... computer science and artificial intelligence into practice. “When I came to MIT for that year, I starting ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/teaching-robots-how-move-objectsShowcasing solutions for land, sea, space — and everywhere in between
one of the 44 participants in this year’s MIT Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition (MERE), which ... Engineers (GAME) and MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Graduate students, postdocs, and ... the event gave the entire mechanical engineering community at MIT an opportunity to learn about ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/showcasing-solutions-land-sea-space-%E2%80%94-and-everywhere-betweenBlending medicine and mechanical engineering
both industry and academia. As an assistant professor at MIT, she holds a joint appointment in the ... joined an online Irish network to stay connected to her roots. “When I emailed an online group of MIT and ... position in mechanical engineering and medical engineering at MIT after completing her PhD. She deferred ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/blending-medicine-and-mechanical-engineeringNew polymer films conduct heat instead of trapping it
a Styrofoam coffee cup, both manufactured from polymer materials that are excellent at trapping heat. Now MIT ... Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering at MIT, and a senior co-author on the paper. “Our bigger vision is, ... Li from MIT, and Zhang Jiang of Argonne National Laboratory. In 2010, the team reported success in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-polymer-films-conduct-heat-instead-trapping-itNew surface treatment could improve refrigeration efficiency
away with them. Now, researchers at MIT have made significant progress in promoting droplet formation ... developed at MIT by Gleason and is now widely used. The authors optimized the iCVD process by tuning the ... condenser systems.” The research was supported by the Shell-MIT Energy Initiative partnership. The team ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-surface-treatment-could-improve-refrigeration-efficiencySuper-strong surgical tape detaches on demand
Last year, MIT engineers developed a double-sided adhesive that could quickly and firmly stick ... at MIT. “You put the adhesive on, and if for any reason you want to take it off, you can do so ... along with Jingjing Wu at MIT, and Christoph Nabzdyk at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Unbreakable bonds In ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/super-strong-surgical-tape-detaches-demandThe (robotic) doctor will see you now
from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently set out to answer that question. In a study ... fronts,” says Giovanni Traverso, an MIT assistant professor of mechanical engineering, a gastroenterologist ... these systems,” Chai says. The MIT team is continuing to develop sensors that can obtain vital sign ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotic-doctor-will-see-you-nowMembrane around tumors may be key to preventing metastasis
basement membrane, a material that itself has been tricky for scientists to characterize. Now MIT engineers ... Ming Guo, a lead author of the study and associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Guo’s ... University of California at Santa Diego, and MIT postdoc Yu Long Han. Blowing up The basement membrane ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/membrane-around-tumors-may-be-key-preventing-metastasisA robot that senses hidden objects
been giving robots human-like perception,” says MIT Associate Professor Fadel Adib. In a new paper, ... Kinetics Group at the MIT Media Lab. Her MIT co-authors include Adib, who is the director of the Signal ... | MIT News Office Collaboration Horizontal MIT researchers including Associate Professor Alberto ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robot-senses-hidden-objectsWomen’s Technology Program 2021: The sweet sound of success
Each year, a new cohort of high school students come to MIT’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus to ... MIT students, plus several recent MIT grads and a student from nearby Wellesley College) design ... which is honestly a newfound passion of mine. I’d like to thank all of the donors at MIT for making this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/women%E2%80%99s-technology-program-2021-sweet-sound-successExploring growth within a confined space
confinement. Photo: moonimage/Flickr Now, MIT and Yale University researchers have developed a theoretical framework ... a research team led by Tal Cohen, MIT associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and of ... was not part of the MIT-Yale study. “Cohen and co-workers have ingeniously solved the Eshelby’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/exploring-growth-within-confined-spaceAging Brain Initiative awards fund five new ideas to study, fight neurodegeneration
expertise to join the field, MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative (ABI) this month awarded five seed grants after ... a competition among labs across the Institute. Founded in 2015 by nine MIT faculty members, the ABI promotes ... were very pleased that many groups across MIT were eager to contribute their expertise and creativity ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/aging-brain-initiative-awards-fund-five-new-ideas-study-fight-neurodegenerationPolymer Day 2023 showcases interdisciplinary innovation
fabrics and used as microphones or loudspeakers. Such was the varied innovation that crowded MIT’s Morss ... of space in Morss Hall,” says Eric Lee, a graduate student in the MIT’s Department of Materials ... packaging, for example, and the polyester in clothing. The MIT event included workshops, student seminars, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/polymer-day-2023-showcases-interdisciplinary-innovationCrystan McLymore SM ’23: Exceling at sea and in the lab
mechanical engineering at MIT, after participating in research on an ingestible device that can detect ... and she chose to apply to MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE), even though she says she ... to apply. Let them tell you no.” In fact, MIT told her yes, and once she was accepted, she contacted ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/crystan-mclymore-sm-%E2%80%9923-exceling-sea-and-labThe 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 ... include: Adam Belay, associate professor of computer science and principal investigator at MIT’s Computer ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tenured-engineers-2024From large labs to small teams, mentorship thrives
Each year, new MIT graduate students are tasked with the momentous decision of choosing a research ... arts and sciences at MIT, where she founded and directs the Personal Robots group at the MIT Media Lab. ... She is also the MIT dean for digital learning, leading MIT Open Learning’s business and research and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/large-labs-small-teams-mentorship-thrivesCultivators of Research
participating in their research journey from the beginning to end. For MIT graduate students, the Committed to ... MIT, which is characterized by interdisciplinary work in design, including product design, engineering ... a first-ever summit as a part of this project. The summit brought together faculty and students from MIT as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cultivators-researchCrumpled Graphene Could Provide an Unconventional Energy Storage
is reported in the journal Scientific Reports by MIT’s Xuanhe Zhao, the Brit (1961) and Alex (1949) ... National 1000 Talents Program of China. Friday, October 3, 2014 David L. Chandler | MIT News Office red ... zhaox@mit.edu ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/crumpled-graphene-could-provide-unconventional-energy-storageNew Faculty
engineering in 2005. He began his graduate studies at MIT in 2006, earning his PhD in mechanical engineering ... ambient vibrations. As an MIT student, he was named the George and Marie Vergottis MIT Presidential ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-faculty-0Letter from the Department Head
Department Head Dear Friends, The Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT has been at the forefront of ... at MIT. Our faculty members are award-winning educators and mentors, as well as leading researchers, ... MIT. Sincerely, Gang Chen, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering and Department Head ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/letter-department-head-1