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Sweat-proof “smart skin” takes reliable vitals, even during workouts and spicy meals

MIT engineers and researchers in South Korea have developed a sweat-proof “electronic skin” ... sensors. MIT-E-Skin-01-1024.jpg Engineers have developed a sweat-proof “electronic skin” — a conformable, ... Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We can provide wearable sensors that can do ...

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Designing AR apps to close the skills gap

mechanical engineering, Digital Learning Lab scientist, and principal investigator of the  LEAPGroup, felt ... augmented reality (AR) apps for 2.670 Mechanical Engineering Tools, 2.008 Design and Manufacturing II, and ... 2.674 Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory with the goal of creating technologies that are proven to have ...

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First-year students take center stage on Killian Court

“PLAYsentations” — demonstrating the toys they created this semester in mechanical engineering class 2.00b (Toy ... courtesy of the 2.00b Team. David Wallace, professor of mechanical engineering and instructor of 2.00b, saw ... and in-between could celebrate engineering design.” Throughout the PLAYsentations, attendees consumed ...

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Innovating for health equity

medical technology in her biomedical engineering classes; however, by night, she witnessed firsthand ... access to medical advancements. As a mechanical engineering major with a concentration in biomedicine and ... chance to look at health care both from the provider perspective as an EMT, and as an engineer through my ...

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New laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses

Metamaterials are products of engineering wizardry. They are made from everyday polymers, ... ordinary materials can take on extraordinary properties. With the help of computer simulations, engineers ... Courtesy of the researchers The technique, developed by MIT engineers, probes metamaterials with a system ...

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MIT gears up to transform manufacturing

“Manufacturing is the engine of society, and it is the backbone of robust, resilient economies,” ... says John Hart, head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) and faculty co-director of ... Engineering and faculty co-director of the Initiative for New Manufacturing. Credit: David Sella Launched this ...

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Abigail Schipper

medical technology in her biomedical engineering classes; however, by night, she witnessed firsthand ... access to medical advancements. As a mechanical engineering major with a concentration in biomedicine and ... chance to look at health care both from the provider perspective as an EMT, and as an engineer through my ...

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A quick stretch switches this polymer’s capacity to transport heat

a material’s thermal conductivity cannot be changed without re-manufacturing it. But MIT engineers have now ... its plastic-like properties.  In experiments, MIT engineers demonstrate a fiber, made from a common ... used to engineer systems that adapt to changing temperatures in real time. For instance, switchable ...

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Finding a nanoscale solution to safer spaceflight

Using boron nitride nanotubes, mechanical engineering doctoral student Palak Patel develops ... remember,” says Palak Patel, a sixth-year doctoral student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ... in mechanical engineering there, she became heavily focused on research. Patel interned at the Indian ...

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Microfluidics and nanofluidics research address global challenges

Rohit Karnik, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, addresses real-world ... July 22, 2014 John Freidah | Mechanical engineering green International karnik@mit.edu ...

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A Letter from Department Head Gang Chen

is being conducted across a myriad of sports here in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. This ... Chen, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering and Department Head This article originally ...

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J-WAFS awards commercialization grants to develop technologies for water and food solutions

Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, has been awarded ... professor of mechanical engineering, is developing novel spray formulations comprising charged molecules to ... Karnik, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, and co-PI Amy Smith, who is a senior lecturer in ...

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Accessible, open-source tools for measuring zeta potential

systems—poses significant challenges for scientists and engineers. Traditionally, zeta potential, an indirect ... and Chemical engineering departments at MIT, and is supported by a  Multi University Research ...

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Soft biorobotic heart, computational fluid models, aid in evaluation of surgical techniques for Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect

Development Professor and associate professor of mechanical engineering. The researchers developed a model of ... Engineering blue Collaboration Horizontal ...

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Financial Support

Financial Services web site. Graduate Students The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers three types ... Mechanical Engineering also offers a limited number of Teaching Assistantships. A TA position provides full ...

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Sylas Horowitz

“Of course, something must always go wrong,” Horowitz, a mechanical engineering major with minors in ... collaboration between MIT’s  Department of Mechanical Engineering  and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute ... sustainable development. In addition to the ROV, Horowitz has tackled engineering projects through  D-Lab, ...

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The challenges and triumphs of the graduate experience

Gallant ’08, SM ’10, PhD ’13, associate professor of mechanical engineering. “It’s by definition ... a transitory time, which can feel unsettling.” The mechanical engineering faculty and staff at MIT aim to help ... support of the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering’s Graduate Office to help them tackle challenges. ...

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“Mens et manus” in Guatemala

engineering at UVG, demonstrated the operation of an industrial ultrasound machine. Then he invited each of ... Amy Smith (center), professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and founder of the MIT D-Lab, and ... Michael Tarkanian, professor of materials science and engineering, lead a Machine Elements and Advanced ...

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