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Materials’ Key Role in Addressing Climate Change is Focus of Materials Day Symposium
Engineering. “To meet the climate targets we set for 2050, all of our new systems must be low- or no-emissions ... works on the development of novel chemicals, materials, and engineered systems with a focus not only on ... agencies to carry out fundamental engineering research on materials. Research topics include energy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/materials%E2%80%99-key-role-addressing-climate-change-focus-materials-day-symposiumWater is Life
in-the-field research. Mechanics Design and Manufacturing Energy Science and Engineering Health Environment ... Professor Amos Winter work to design a low-cost desalination system, guided by insight from their extensive ... Winter work to design a low-cost desalination system. As overpopulation and lack of rainfall fuel ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/water-lifeAlumnus’ thermal battery helps industry eliminate fossil fuels
MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, where he worked on solid-state solar thermal energy ... conversion systems. In 2016, while taking course 15.366 (Climate and Energy Ventures), he met Jordan Kearns ... Science and Engineering. The two were studying renewable energy when they began to think about the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumnus%E2%80%99-thermal-battery-helps-industry-eliminate-fossil-fuelsTransatlantic connections make the difference for MIT Portugal
sustainable energy, transportation systems, engineering design, and advanced manufacturing. Now halfway ... at MIT in 2014 as part of the MPP Sustainable Energy Systems Doctoral Program. He says the ... hugely successful,” says Douglas Hart, MPP co-director and professor of mechanical engineering at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/transatlantic-connections-make-difference-mit-portugalMechanical engineer-led startups offer healthcare solutions
Traverso, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Traverso is no stranger to startups. He has ... first year on MIT’s faculty, Traverso introduced a new class called Translational Engineering (2.s988), ... developing systems to reduce patient wait times, or improving drug delivery, there are endless opportunities ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mechanical-engineer-led-startups-offer-healthcare-solutionsFour MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2020
staff, or members of the MIT Corporation. Tuesday, February 25, 2020 School of Engineering | School of ... Four MIT researchers are among the 87 new members and 18 foreign associates elected to ... the National Academy of Engineering for 2020. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-researchers-elected-national-academy-engineering-2020MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2022-23
colleges and universities, announced today. As in past years, MIT’s engineering program continues to lead ... and other variables. MIT placed first in six engineering specialties: ... information systems, and quantitative analysis/methods. MIT Sloan also placed within the top five in two other ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-named-no-2-university-us-news-2022-23Kirigami-inspired technique manipulates light at the nanoscale
journal Science Advances, in a paper by MIT professor of mechanical engineering Nicholas X Fang and five ... Now, researchers at MIT and in China have for the first time applied this approach to the creation of ... creation of new light-based communications, detection, or computational devices. MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/kirigami-inspired-technique-manipulates-light-nanoscaleEngineering fantasy into reality
is a PhD student in mechanical engineering at MIT, and has already made good on his childhood goal. ... engineer who was a former lecturer at MIT. As a practical suggestion, she nudged Ballesteros to consider ... MIT-Erik-Ballesteros-01-press_1024.jpg Erik Ballesteros is currently at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to refine the design of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineering-fantasy-realityMaking a remarkable material even better
new aerogels for solar thermal energy conversion systems, which convert sunlight into thermal energy ... Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences; and the MIT Tata Center for Technology and ... appears in the Autumn 2019 issue of Energy Futures, the magazine of the MIT Energy Initiative. Monday, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-remarkable-material-even-betterIn a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat
in a paper in PNAS, by MIT postdoc Yaodong Tu, professor of mechanical engineering Gang Chen, and ... Shaoting Lin, Mohammed Alshrah, and Xuanhe Zhao, all in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Monday, ... at a higher rate than could be explained by the amount of heat, or thermal energy, that the water was ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/surprising-finding-light-can-make-water-evaporate-without-heatNew technique allows rapid screening for new types of solar cells
engineering at MIT and senior author of the paper. “One of the things that makes the process slow is the long ... U.S. Department of Energy, and a Total research grant through the MIT Energy Initiative. Tuesday, ... MIT and other institutions has come up with a way to bypass such expensive and time-consuming ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-technique-allows-rapid-screening-new-types-solar-cellsAir pollution can put a dent in solar power
Ian Marius Peters, now an MIT research scientist, was working on solar energy research in ... instruments, Peters worked with MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi and three ... Department of Energy and National Science Foundation. Monday, August 27, 2018 David L. Chandler | MIT News ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/air-pollution-can-put-dent-solar-powerDesigning cleaner vehicles
Mehrotra majored in electrical engineering and computer science as an undergraduate, but says he was drawn ... to mechanical engineering and took as many MechE classes as he could. During his junior year, ... mechanical design and sparked an interest in vehicle design. He now heads up a “revamping” of the MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-cleaner-vehicles-0A new way to find better battery materials
batteries — could accelerate the development of high-energy lithium batteries, and possibly other energy ... storage and delivery devices such as fuel cells, researchers say. MIT ... developed by a team led by W.M. Keck Professor of Energy Yang Shao-Horn, graduate student Sokseiha Muy, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-find-better-battery-materialsMerging engineering and education
science, and encouraged her to consider engineering. That’s when Etienne started looking into MIT. After ... Etienne’s first research project at MIT, she was on a team of four in the Teaching Systems Lab analyzing ... to earn a bachelor’s degree. MIT-Student-Etienne-1024.jpg Senior Nikayah Etienne is majoring in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/merging-engineering-and-educationA Nanophotonic Comeback for Incandescent Bulbs?
Engineering — as well as MIT principal research scientist Ivan Celanovic, postdoc Ognjen Ilic, and Purdue ... Researchers combine the warm look of traditional light bulbs with 21st-century energy efficiency. ... aimed at improving energy efficiency are phasing out the old bulbs in favor of more efficient compact ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nanophotonic-comeback-incandescent-bulbsTurning heat into electricity
the amount of energy they are able to produce, is currently limited. Now researchers at MIT have ... Engineering. “In the end, this could be a clean-energy way to help us use a heat source to generate ... might one day become a reality. MIT-dirac-heat-1024.jpg MIT researchers, looking for ways to turn heat ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-heat-electricityAI and machine learning for engineering design
and associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Within mechanical engineering ... environmental engineering, aeronautics and astronautics, the MIT Sloan School of Management, and nuclear and ... Society of Mechanical Engineers Systems Engineering, Information and Knowledge Management 2025 Best Paper ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ai-and-machine-learning-engineering-designQS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2019-20
Systems; Chemical Engineering; Civil and Structural Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering ... MIT has again been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings, which ... were announced today. This is the eighth year in a row MIT has received this distinction. The full ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/qs-ranks-mit-world%E2%80%99s-no-1-university-2019-20