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Unlocking ammonia as a fuel source for heavy industry
and Jo, completed their PhDs in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Jo worked on energy ... could transform energy systems using existing infrastructure. But burning ammonia creates dangerous ... and specialized engines. MIT-Amogy-01-press_1024.jpg Because of the power density advantages of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/unlocking-ammonia-fuel-source-heavy-industryHot New Solar Cell
Nature Energy, in a paper by MIT doctoral student David Bierman, Professors Evelyn Wang and Marin ... the system harnesses energy that would otherwise be wasted as heat, it can reduce excessive heat ... of Energy. Sunday, May 22, 2016 David L. Chandler | MIT News Office Collaboration enwang@mit ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hot-new-solar-cellPesticide innovation takes top prize at Collegiate Inventors Competition
On Oct. 12, MIT mechanical engineering alumnus Vishnu Jayaprakash SM '19, PhD '22 was ... while he was a student in the lab of Kripa Varanasi, a professor of mechanical engineering. Currently, ... and environmentally sustainable way to prevent pesticide overuse and waste.” MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pesticide-innovation-takes-top-prize-collegiate-inventors-competitionOvercoming a bottleneck in carbon dioxide conversion
conversion systems, were published today in the journal Langmuir, in a paper by MIT postdoc Álvaro Moreno ... could maximize its effectiveness. The research was supported by Shell, through the MIT Energy ... a power plant or other emissions sources. Now, researchers at MIT have identified, quantified, and modeled ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/overcoming-bottleneck-carbon-dioxide-conversionTackling Greenhouse Gases
faculty members in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering are turning to technologies that store, ... – creating a completely greenhouse gas free energy storage system. “This system can’t work if the pipes are ... Culture Education International Horizontal Faculty in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering are ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tackling-greenhouse-gasesNew Concept Turns Battery Technology Upside-Down
substitutes a simple gravity feed for the pump system, eliminates that complexity. The rate of energy ... a desired battery system: its energy density (how much energy it can deliver at a given moment) and its ... hourglass, could offer great advantages due to the system’s low cost and the simplicity of its design and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-concept-turns-battery-technology-upside-downEngineering Management
. Engineering management involves the integration of management systems into different technological ... Commonly recommended engineering classes include: Recommended REST Subject: 6.041: Probabilistic Systems ... — 3 engineering units Profile Link: jchun@mit.edu ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/undergraduate/course-2a/engineering-managementA new way to remove ice buildup without power or chemicals
preventing that buildup usually requires energy-intensive heating systems or chemical sprays that are ... ice buildup. MIT-Solar-Deicing-1024.jpg Passive solar-powered system could prevent freezing on ... new system is described today in the journal Science Advances, in a paper by MIT associate professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-remove-ice-buildup-without-power-or-chemicalsMIT engineers grow “perfect” atom-thin materials on industrial silicon wafers
perfect crystalline form. And MIT engineers may now have a solution. The team has developed a method that ... associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We’ve unlocked a way to catch up to Moore’s Law using ... coated in a “mask” (top left), MIT engineers can corral the atoms in the mask’s individual pockets ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-grow-%E2%80%9Cperfect%E2%80%9D-atom-thin-materials-industrial-silicon-wafersWith a zap of light, system switches objects’ colors and patterns
light. MIT researchers have developed a way to rapidly update imagery on object surfaces. The system ... Horizontal A new system developed by MIT researchers, including Stefanie Mueller, uses UV light projected ... worth the effort. But a new color-shifting “programmable matter” system could change that with a zap of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/zap-light-system-switches-objects%E2%80%99-colors-and-patternsHow light can vaporize water without the need for heat
In a series of painstakingly precise experiments, a team of researchers at MIT has demonstrated that ... any source of heat. MIT-Evaporation-Light-01-press_0-1.jpg Researchers at MIT have discovered a new ... Professor of Power Engineering Gang Chen, postdocs Guangxin Lv and Yaodong Tu, and graduate student James ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-light-can-vaporize-water-without-need-heatHow to assess new solar technologies
by MIT graduate student Sarah Sofia, associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, ... having a high energy yield in a residential system.” But because utility-scale systems can spread the ... question, but a team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere has come up with a way to figure out the best ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-assess-new-solar-technologiesBubble, Bubble, at the Flick of a Switch
to most electric power plants, heating and cooling systems, and desalination plants. Now, for the ... first time, researchers at MIT have found a way to control this process, literally with the flick of an ... electrical switch. The system, which could improve the efficiency of electric power generation and other ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bubble-bubble-flick-switchMicro/Nano
improve the efficiency of macroscale energy systems, etc. Many faculty members in our department pursue ... Instrumentation and Measurement for Biological Systems 2.674 Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory 2.71 Optics 2.715 ... Micro/Nano Engineering Micro and nanotechnology have had and will continue to have a tremendous ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/undergraduate/course-2a/micronanoWhat will happen to sediment plumes associated with deep-sea mining?
engineering at MIT. “Our study is the first of its kind on these midwater plumes, and can be a major ... impacts compare to traditional land-based mining — are currently unknown. Now oceanographers at MIT, the ... team’s study appears today in Nature Communications: Earth and Environment. Peacock’s co-authors at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/what-will-happen-sediment-plumes-associated-deep-sea-miningFour from MIT are named IEEE Fellows for 2021
are four members of the MIT community: Domitilla Del Vecchio, professor of mechanical engineering ... ; Asuman Ozdaglar, professor and head of the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ... circuit engineering in synthetic biology." She is a member of MIT's Synthetic Biology Center, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-are-named-ieee-fellows-2021How to speed up the discovery of new solar cell materials
Joule, in a paper by MIT research scientist Shijing Sun, professor of mechanical engineering Tonio ... solar panels. But the typical system for developing new energy-conversion materials can take 20 years, ... MIT Energy Initiative, by the National Science Foundation, and Singapore’s National Research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-speed-discovery-new-solar-cell-materialsStartups take root in senior capstone class
market analysis and alpha-prototype production. MIT-2.009-Event-PRESS.jpg Mechanical engineering students ... from the ceiling. Eight teams of mechanical engineering students in class 2.009, Product Engineering ... pursuits,” says David Wallace, professor of mechanical engineering and long-time instructor of 2.009. While ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/startups-take-root-senior-capstone-classHow to clean solar panels without water
problem, they say. MIT-Cleaning-Solar-03-press.jpeg The new system uses electrostatic repulsion to cause ... supported by Italian energy firm Eni. S.p.A. through the MIT Energy Initiative. Full Paper in Science ... a team of researchers at MIT has devised a way of automatically cleaning solar panels, or the mirrors of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-clean-solar-panels-without-waterSurface coating designed to improve power plant efficiency wins 2022 Water Innovation Prize
MIT’s Ford Professor of Engineering and the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Such ... ’18, who is currently a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering at MIT. “When compared to what’s ... broader energy applications,” Gangemi said. MIT’s Water Innovation Prize helps translate water-related ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/surface-coating-designed-improve-power-plant-efficiency-wins-2022-water-innovation-prize