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Advanced silicon solar cells
Buonassisi, associate professor of mechanical engineering and lab director. ... Mechanical Engineering have identified defects that may be causing a promising type of high-efficiency ... silicon solar cell to generate decreasing amounts of electricity in sunlight and have made recommendations ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/advanced-silicon-solar-cellsBose Grants for 2017 reward bold and unconventional research visions
engines or propellers. “The aircraft would pull itself through the air by ionizing air over its surface ... a radio-frequency antenna embedded with chemical sensors that change their electrical properties in response to ... could, and to dream big,” he says. Seeking light from an unexpected source Engineer Michael Strano and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bose-grants-2017-reward-bold-and-unconventional-research-visions%C2%A0MIT Energy Initiative awards seven Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research
sensitized by exciton fission" — Marc Baldo of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ... Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering. “This year’s funded projects highlight just a few examples of ... applied economics, chemical engineering, biology, and other areas. Demand-response policies and incentives ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-energy-initiative-awards-seven-seed-fund-grants-early-stage-energy-researchExperiments reveal the physics of evaporation
the huge power plant that provides its electricity — that it’s often taken for granted: the way ... of mechanical engineering and department head Evelyn Wang, and three others at MIT and Tokyo ... understanding of the dynamics at play, but in many cases engineers rely on approximations or empirical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/experiments-reveal-physics-evaporationAsegun Henry has a big idea for tackling climate change: Store up the sun
supply all our electrical needs, even on overcast and windless days. And he has a blueprint for how to ... metal could be pumped through a converter to turn heat back into electricity ... . MIT-Asegun-Henry-01-press.jpg MIT mechanical engineering professor Asegun Henry. Photo Credit: Adam Glanzman Henry says this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/asegun-henry-has-big-idea-tackling-climate-change-store-sunDesign could enable longer lasting, more powerful lithium batteries
now take for granted, as well as the rapid expansion of electric vehicle production. But researchers ... watt-hours per kilogram. That would translate into longer ranges for electric cars and longer-lasting changes ... and manganese, “is the workhorse of today’s electric vehicle industry,” says Li, who is a professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/design-could-enable-longer-lasting-more-powerful-lithium-batteriesPassive cooling system could benefit off-grid locations
or no reliable electric power. Now, an innovative system developed at MIT offers a way to use passive ... a significant role in meeting the cooling needs of many parts of the world where a lack of electricity or water ... could resemble a conventional solar panel, but instead of putting out electricity, it would directly ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/passive-cooling-system-could-benefit-grid-locationsMaking hydropower plants more sustainable
a hydropower industry that is by far the largest source of renewable electricity in the world but has not grown ... engineering while Abe followed three years later and majored in mechanical engineering for both his bachelor’s ... experience before starting a company. After graduation, Abe worked as a mechanical engineer and did some ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-hydropower-plants-more-sustainableExtending the life of low-cost, compact, lightweight batteries
Energy Yang Shao-Horn, and professor of mechanical engineering Douglas P. Hart. While several other ... rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs for electric vehicles, the researchers report. Hart explains that ... gasoline in cars. Aluminum-air batteries have been used as range extenders for electric vehicles to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/extending-life-low-cost-compact-lightweight-batteriesProfessor Emeritus Jerome Milgram, a leader in ship design and hydrodynamics, dies at 83
Mechanics) in mechanical engineering in addition to 6.003 (Signals and Systems) in electrical engineering for ... Jerome Milgram ’61, PhD ’65, professor emeritus of ocean engineering at MIT, passed away at the ... a life fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and a life member of the National ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-jerome-milgram-leader-ship-design-and-hydrodynamics-dies-83Three MIT faculty elected 2018 AAAS Fellows
Hewitt is the Julius A. Stratton Professor in Electrical Engineering and Physics in the Department of ... Prather is the Arthur D. Little Professor of Chemical Engineering and a co-director of the MIT Energy ... engineer bacteria to synthesize useful chemical compounds such as drugs and biofuels. She has been ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-mit-faculty-elected-2018-aaas-fellowsUnderstanding the impact of deep-sea mining
driving more electric vehicles and utilizing renewable energy, there will be an increased demand for these ... mechanical engineering and the director of MIT’s Environmental Dynamics Lab (END Lab). He is part of an ... density makes them ideal for use in everything from cellphones to electric vehicles, which require large ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/understanding-impact-deep-sea-miningMIT-Takeda program launches
, Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and co-chair of the MIT-Takeda ... and Martin Schmidt, provost of MIT and Maria Stata Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer ... Professor of Electrical Engineering and faculty co-director of the Leaders for Global Operations program; ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-takeda-program-launches3 Questions: Energy studies at MIT and the next generation of energy leaders
Professor of Economics at MIT. Addison Stark SM ’10, PhD ’15, whose degrees are in mechanical engineering ... sustainability issues at a time when many other science and engineering schools hadn’t to the same degree. Q: How ... Stark: Completing my master’s in the Technology and Policy Program (TPP) and in mechanical engineering at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-questions-energy-studies-mit-and-next-generation-energy-leadersThe race to build the Navy’s next fleet of ships
A graduate of MIT’s naval architecture and marine engineering program, Goddard took the Alpino’s trip to ... engineering and director of the Center for Ocean Engineering, along with a number of naval construction and ... engineering graduate students to take a guided tour of the ship. “It was a great opportunity to show our ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/race-build-navy%E2%80%99s-next-fleet-ships-0New MIT program to train military leaders for the AI age
MIT departments of Mechanical Engineering (Course 2, MechE) and Electrical Engineering and Computer ... Ellis Warren Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. “I’m honored that the college can ... engineering, naval construction, and engineering. “AI is a force multiplier that can be used for data ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-mit-program-train-military-leaders-ai-age-0Multi-university effort will advance materials, define the future of mobility
Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Sra ... Tedrake, associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, leads ... experimental data,” says Bazant, the E. G. Roos (1944) Professor of Chemical Engineering and a professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/multi-university-effort-will-advance-materials-define-future-mobilityStudent group helps blind boater sail independently
Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. An upper-level class, it draws students from ... Olabinjo and Agustin are both electrical engineering and computer science students who have worked on ... for children with autism. Xi is a mechanical engineering student and member of MIT’s sailing team. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-group-helps-blind-boater-sail-independentlyTalking Shop: Assistant Professor Sili Deng
electricity and power,” explains Sili Deng, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and Brit (1961) ... interested in engineering at very early age since my dad is an electrical engineer. When I was young, he ... Tsinghua University, I studied thermal engineering. One day, I was talking about my research interests with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/talking-shop-assistant-professor-sili-dengMIT announces 2022 Bose grants for ambitious ideas
bold research projects across diverse areas of study including biology, engineering, and the ... nine researchers: John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Electrical ... Engineering and Computer Science Sangeeta Bhatia; Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering Gang ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-announces-2022-bose-grants-ambitious-ideas