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A new way to detect leaks in pipes

mechanical engineering at MIT and lead author of the research papers. “We’ve proved that the concept works.” ... pipes, and should be effective in gas, water, and oil pipes. MIT mechanical engineering professor Kamal ... pipes. Co-author Rached Ben-Mansour, a professor of mechanical engineering at KFUPM, says that current ...

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A microchip for metastasis

mechanical engineering. “We only waited until day five, but if we had gone longer, [the size of the clusters] ... Green Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Biological Engineering at MIT, have outlined the results ... engineering at Boston University who was not involved in the research. “I believe that this microfluidic ...

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Karina Pikhart

2.009: Product Engineering Processes. Karina Pikhart 1024.jpg Pikhart was on a 15-member team ... to work on the project. While earning a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford ... later, she recruited Robert Liebert, a graduate from Duke University with degrees in engineering and ...

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Student Spotlight: PhD Candidate Faye Wu (SB ’09, SM ’12)

designing in Professor Harry Asada’s lab. Wu – who earned an SB and an SM in mechanical engineering from MIT ... in mechanical engineering, demonstrates the "supernumerary robotic fingers" device. Photo: ... Engineering red Maker asada@mit.edu Horizontal Student Faye Wu is designing a robotic finger system you can ...

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Cleaning Water Without the Grid

professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, but he describes one of the most important aspects of his job as ... India Desal_4_1024.jpg MechE PhD candidate Natasha Wright, left, meets with engineers at Jain Irrigation ... an engineering subsidiary of the Tata Group currently focusing on village-scale water systems. Tata ...

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2.007 Robots Battle it Out, Revolutionary-Style

mechanical engineering. This year, instructors modeled the competition’s obstacle course after major ... assistant professor of mechanical engineering, dressed as a British redcoat and ringing a bell, called to ... Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, dressed as a Revolutionary soldier and brandishing a wrench, ...

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Alumni Spotlight: Prakash Govindan PhD '12

engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras and his PhD in mechanical engineering at MIT ... Mallinson | Mechanical Engineering Collaboration Entrepreneurship LIENHARD@MIT.EDU Horizontal Alum Prakash ...

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Basic training

campus,” says Culpepper, who is also a professor of mechanical engineering, and runs the MakerLodge program ... makerspace. Junior Ruben Peinado, a student volunteer and mechanical engineering major, is making the most of ... motorized. Thursday, September 8, 2016 Meg Murphy | School of Engineering Collaboration Maker Vertical New ...

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New gel coatings may lead to better catheters and condoms

one. Now MIT engineers have designed a gel-like material that can be coated onto standard plastic or ... MIT-Hydrogel-Lam-1024.jpg MIT engineers have designed a gel-like material that can be coated onto standard plastic or rubber ... Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, bonded layers ...

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Going with the flow

mechanical engineering who received tenure earlier this month. “I think if we want to develop a better ... explains. As a student studying engineering physics and applied mathematics, Kamrin developed an interest ... Mechanical Engineering Horizontal Associate Professor Ken Kamrin’s model of granular material flow could ...

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Teaching robots how to move objects

engineers convened in a cavernous exhibit hall in Nagoya, Japan, for the 2017 Amazon Robotics Challenge. The ... undergraduate career. She studied mathematics and engineering physics at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia ... | Department of Mechanical Engineering Culture Education Horizontal PhD candidate Maria Bauza is developing ...

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Advocating for federal research funding on Capitol Hill

Biological Engineering, who was motivated to participate by the NSF funding that enabled her to train in ... Department of Mechanical Engineering. “The absence of the OTA compromises the ability of Congress to govern. ... Science-Engineering-Technology Congressional Visits Day 2019. ...

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum honors MIT D-Lab with National Design Award

School of Engineering. “The D-Lab team deeply understands that designing and developing products and ... engineering. “Design is such an important part of what we do at D-Lab — we believe that both the products and ... known as The Haiti Class, which sought to apply engineering and design principles to the complex issues ...

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Tissue model reveals role of blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s patients. Image: Christine Daniloff, MIT MIT engineers have now developed a tissue model that ... Roger Kamm, the Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Biological Engineering at ... project several years ago, along with researchers at MGH who had engineered neurons to produce large ...

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Super-strong surgical tape detaches on demand

Last year, MIT engineers developed a double-sided adhesive that could quickly and firmly stick ... organs,” says Xuanhe Zhao, professor of mechanical engineering and of civil and environmental engineering ...

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IdeaStream 2020 goes virtual

impact on the environment or society. Svetlana Boriskina of the Department of Mechanical Engineering said ... pandemic, the Hadley D. Sikes Lab had developed immunoassays using engineered binding proteins that ... Department of Mechanical Engineering built on a statistic — only about 2 percent of applied pesticides adhere ...

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Membrane 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 ... Collaboration Horizontal MIT engineers led by Associate Professor Ming Guo have found that a biological membrane ...

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Supporting the Covid-19 vaccine rollout with extra-strength glass

Department of Mechanical Engineering as well as an SM from the MIT Sloan School of Management. “I was really ... drawn to the MIT LGO program because it covered three main areas: engineering and technology ... Engineering while participating in an immersive, six-month research fellowship at partner organizations, ...

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Mark Kurz