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A flexible way to grab items with feeling

Professor Edward Adelson and his Perceptual Science Group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial ... Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). In a recent project, Adelson and Sandra Liu — a mechanical engineering PhD ... Conference on Soft Robotics. Courtesy of MIT CSAIL The fin ray has become a popular item in soft robotics ...

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Twenty-three MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2023-25

Nathan Wilmers, MIT Sloan School of Management Maria Yang, Department of Mechanical Engineering Since the ... In the halls of MIT, a distinctive thread of compassion weaves through the fabric of education. As ... to Caring (C2C) program at MIT is a student-driven initiative that celebrates faculty members who ...

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Inaugural Morningside Academy for Design Professorships named

generation of engineering innovators. Wallace is known both inside and outside of MIT for his development of ... two iconic design classes at MIT, 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes), and 2.00B (Toy Product ... faculty whose teaching, research, and service have significantly shaped the field of design at MIT and ...

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Financial Support

undergraduate students at MIT is handled through MIT Student Financial Services. At MIT, we make all our ... not influence your admission decision. If your family needs assistance to pay for an MIT education, we ... encourage you to apply for financial aid. Learn more about MIT financial aid options at the MIT Student ...

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Five MIT Researchers Win Sloan Research Fellowships

Professor Themis Sapsis Among Winners Two mathematicians, a chemist, a mechanical engineer, and an ... economist from MIT are among the 126 American and Canadian researchers awarded 2015 Sloan Research ... Fellowships, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation recently announced. New MIT-affiliated Sloan Research Fellows are: ...

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Three from MIT named Marine Microbiology Initiative investigators

Three MIT researchers were named Marine Microbiology Initiative investigators on Monday by the ... Engineering (CEE) and Department of Biological Engineering; Michael Follows, a senior research scientist in ... in CEE, were among 16 awardees nationwide. MIT was the only institution to have more than one ...

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Lallit Anand selected for ASME Drucker Medal

Mechanical Engineering yellow anand@mit.edu ... Lallit Anand, the Warren and Towneley Rohsenow Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been ... American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1997, the medal recognizes distinguished contributions to the ...

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Professor Emeritus Ali Argon, pioneer in the mechanics of materials, dies at 89

under Professor Egon Orowan. Argon received his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from MIT in ... Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Throughout his career, Argon combined novel experiments with theoretical and ... mid-1990s, Argon helped reshape the graduate program in mechanical engineering at MIT by leading an ad hoc ...

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Yo-yo champion pursues his passions at MIT

not MIT would be a good fit. For Alex Hattori, a rising senior studying mechanical engineering ... professor of mechanical engineering and MIT’s Maker Czar. Culpepper helped Hattori find the makerspaces and ... Each spring, accepted MIT students trek to Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the Institute’s annual ...

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2021 Teaching with Digital Technology Awards honor MIT educators’ innovation and empathy

Banzaert – Mechanical Engineering Helena Belio-Apaolaza – Global Studies and Languages Joseph Doyle – MIT ... Computer Science Joe Steinmeyer – Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Nikolaos Trichakis – MIT ... This June, 23 faculty and instructors from over a dozen departments, labs, and centers across MIT ...

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Researchers develop novel AI-based estimator for manufacturing medicine

serious,” says Allan Myerson, a professor of practice in the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering and one ... Barbastathis, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and corresponding author of the study. The machine ... efficient are the subject of a recent Nature Communications paper authored by researchers at MIT and Takeda. ...

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Tackling the world’s challenges in the field

MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) — MIT’s pioneering international ... and short videos showcasing the ways in which MIT is making the world a better place through the MISTI ... summer. Winning videos:   MIT-Netherlands Better World Story: Yara Azouni At MX3D, Yara Azoni, now ...

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Ernesto Blanco, mechanical design professor and inventor of the stair-climbing wheelchair, dies at 94

Ernesto E. Blanco, a renown inventor, mechanical designer, and beloved former professor in MIT ... ’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE), passed away on March 21, in Murrieta, California. He was 94 ... climbing wheelchair, one of 150 inventions showcased in the museum. // MIT President Susan Hockfield and ...

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Maker Break: A celebration of making at MIT

life during Maker Break, the first annual celebration of making at MIT that took place on April 17 at ... 700 MIT students took a much needed break from their studies and tapped into their creative sides for ... for the win.   Dan Dorsch, a mechanical engineering PhD candidate and the winner of the RC car ...

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2.12: Introduction to Robotics at MIT

Video Teaser Image:  Teaser Headline:  2.12: Introduction to Robotics at MIT Teaser Text:  In this ... competition, pushing the boundaries of their mathematics, physics, and mechanical engineering know-how. ...

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